VNP02MOD: VIIRS/NPP Moderate Resolution Satellite Imagery Swath

VIIRS/NPP Moderate Resolution Bands L1B 6-Min Swath 750m NRT is a Level 1B satellite imagery product from the Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS sensor. It contains 16 spectral bands spanning visible, near-infrared, and thermal wavelengths (0.412 μm to 12.1 μm) with a spatial resolution of 750 meters at nadir. Data is provided in near-real-time as 6-minute swaths in NetCDF format.

Use Cases

• Monitoring land surface temperature and thermal anomalies based on thermal wavelength bands.
• Analyzing vegetation health and ocean color using visible and near-infrared (NIR) spectral channels.
• Tracking aerosol and cloud properties across a 750m resolution swath.
• Conducting near-real-time environmental event detection from 6-minute acquisition segments.

Strengths

• Provides data across 16 distinct spectral bands, enabling multi-spectral analysis.
• Offers near-real-time (NRT) availability for timely monitoring applications.
• Has a defined spatial resolution of 750 meters at nadir for moderate-scale observation.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and specific license terms are missing or inconsistent across platforms.
• Column names and detailed data structure are not provided, limiting precise understanding of the file contents.
• The 'last updated' date (2026-04-09) appears to be a future date, indicating potential metadata errors.

Provenance

Source

LANCEMODIS / NASA

Collection Method

Generated from processing 6 minutes of VIIRS data acquired during the S-NPP satellite overpass.

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-04-09 20:58:08.946232

Geography

Global swath coverage from the Suomi NPP satellite orbit.