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NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of VIIRS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Version 1

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: February 10, 2026 | Last Modified: 2022-05-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset contains gridded daily Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) derived from the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Surface Reflectance. The data record spans from 2014 to 10 days before the present using data from NOAA polar orbiting satellites. The data are projected on a 0.05 degree x 0.05 degree global grid. This dataset is one of the Land Surface CDR products produced by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the University of Maryland (UMD). The dataset is in the netCDF-4 file format following ACDD and CF Conventions. The dataset is accompanied by algorithm documentation, data flow diagram and source code for the NOAA CDR Program.

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  • Registry of Open Data on AWS

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  • NASA Land Long Term Data Record (LTDR) project page

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  • Journal Article published March 2017 by Remote Sensing

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  • NCEI landing page for AVHRR Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Version 5

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  • NCEI landing page for VIIRS Surface Reflectance, Version 1

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  • Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords

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identifier gov.noaa.ncdc:C01677
issued 2022-05-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
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  "Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Index > Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (ndvi)",
  "Geographic Region > Global Land",
  "NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) Program",
  "NOAA OneStop Project",
  "VIIRS > Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite",
  "Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) > Suomi-NPP > Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "NASA/GSFC > Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA",
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language 
                                            []
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2022-05-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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rights otherRestrictions
spatial 180.0,-90.0,-180.0,90.0
temporal 2014-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2014-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
title NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of VIIRS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Version 1

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