Service | Resource Locator |
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HTTPS |
Granule selector tool (L2 unmapped): https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cw_html/cw_granule_selector.html |
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True color bands are provided from VIIRS on both S-NPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS spacecraft. These top-of-atmosphere products are generated from the emissive bands (M-bands) for wavelengths corresponding to Red, Green, and Blue and are provided in CoastWatch HDF and PNG daily composite mapped regions.
File variable contents include the following and are compatible with the CoastWatch Utilities:
EV_BandM3 |
mW cm^-2 um^-1 sr^-1 |
EV_BandM4 |
mW cm^-2 um^-1 sr^-1 |
EV_BandM5 |
mW cm^-2 um^-1 sr^-1 |
latitude |
degrees |
longitude |
degrees |
graphics |
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Key | Description |
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Platform/Sensor | Morning (1030): S-NPP / VIIRS |
Measurement/Products | True color (ToA RGB) |
Short Name | VIIRS_L3 |
Processing Level | Level-3 |
Spatial Coverage | CW Regions (high resolution) and global |
Temporal Coverage | Near real-time + 3 days |
Latency | Near real-time |
Projection | Mercator / WGS84 |
Swath Width | ~3060km |
Temporal Repeat | Orbital 16 days |
Orbital Period | 101 Minutes |
Orbit | Sun-synchronous, altitude 824km, inclination 98.74 |
Data Provider | Creator: NOAA STAR |
Keywords | NOAA, VIIRS , ocean color, chlorophyll, reflectance, k490, kpar, CoastWatch |