Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

Description:

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) has multi-band imaging capabilities to support the acquisition of high-resolution atmospheric imagery and generation of a variety of applied products including visible and infrared imaging of hurricanes and detection of fires, smoke, and atmospheric aerosols.

VIIRS provides operational and research users with:

• Spectral coverage from 412 nm to 12 μm in 22 bands
• Imagery at ~375 m nadir resolution in 5 bands
• Moderate resolution (~750 m at nadir) radiometric quality data

Routine data products:

• Cloud cover, cloud layers
• Cloud and aerosol physical properties
• Land & ocean biosphere properties, snow & ice
• Sea Surface Temperature, Land & Ice Temperatures
• Fire detection
• Imagery