VIIRS/NPP Daily Gridded Day Night Band 500m Linear Lat Lon Grid Night NRT
The first of two VIIRS DNB-based Near Real Time (NRT) datasets is a daily, top-of-atmosphere, at-sensor nighttime radiance product called VIIRS/NPP Daily Gridded Day Night Band 500m Linear Lat Lon Grid Night. Known by its short-name, VNP46A1_NRT, this product contains 26 Science Data Sets (SDS) that include sensor radiance, zenith and azimuth angles (at-sensor, solar, and lunar), cloud-mask flags, time, shortwave IR radiance, brightness temperatures, VIIRS quality flags, moon phase angle, and moon illumination fraction. It also provides Quality Flag (QF) information specific to the cloud-mask, VIIRS moderate-resolution bands M10, M11, M12, M13, M15, M16, and DNB.
Complete Metadata
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| description | The first of two VIIRS DNB-based Near Real Time (NRT) datasets is a daily, top-of-atmosphere, at-sensor nighttime radiance product called VIIRS/NPP Daily Gridded Day Night Band 500m Linear Lat Lon Grid Night. Known by its short-name, VNP46A1_NRT, this product contains 26 Science Data Sets (SDS) that include sensor radiance, zenith and azimuth angles (at-sensor, solar, and lunar), cloud-mask flags, time, shortwave IR radiance, brightness temperatures, VIIRS quality flags, moon phase angle, and moon illumination fraction. It also provides Quality Flag (QF) information specific to the cloud-mask, VIIRS moderate-resolution bands M10, M11, M12, M13, M15, M16, and DNB. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | 10.5067/VIIRS/VNP46A1_NRT.001 |
| keyword |
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"earth-science-visible-wavelengths-spectral-engineering-visible-radiance"
]
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| landingPage | https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP46A1_NRT.001 |
| modified | 2026-02-17 |
| programCode |
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"026:000"
]
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| publisher |
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"name": "NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS/LANCE MODIS",
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| spatial |
"["CARTESIAN",[{"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90.0,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90.0}]]"
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| temporal | 2020-12-21/2020-12-21 |
| theme |
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"Earth Science"
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| title | VIIRS/NPP Daily Gridded Day Night Band 500m Linear Lat Lon Grid Night NRT |