NOAA-20 VIIRS: Regional Triple-window Sea Surface Temperature Data

VIIRS is a 22-band instrument on the JPSS polar-orbiting satellites, succeeding MODIS. It provides regional sea surface temperature data derived from visible and infrared spectral bands ranging from 412 nm to 12 nm. The data is produced by NASA and NOAA, with this specific version being R2024.0.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean heat content and climate patterns based on triple-window sea surface temperature retrieval
• Calibrating and validating other satellite or in-situ temperature measurements based on VIIRS spectral data
• Monitoring regional ocean temperature anomalies for fisheries or weather forecasting based on the instrument's 375m and 750m resolution bands

Strengths

• Data originates from the VIIRS instrument, which has 22 spectral bands providing detailed spectral information
• Version R2024.0 indicates a specific, likely updated processing pipeline
• Platform tags and description confirm a clear focus on sea surface temperature and ocean science

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count and spatial/temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is provided in BIN and ISO formats, which may require specialized tools for access and processing

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Satellite remote sensing via the Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the NOAA-20 (JPSS) spacecraft.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 23:17:31.041335; freshness should be verified

Geography

Regional coverage (specific regions not defined in input).