VIIRS (SNPP) Level 3

NOAA CoastWatch / OceanWatch / PolarWatch produces Level 3 sea surface temperature datasets using the VIIRS sensor aboard the SNPP satellite. 

    Data Access
    HTTPS
    Sample Filenames

    2016_300_0530_npp_er.hdf [YYYY_JJJ_HHMM_PPP_RR.[png, tif, hdf]

    Map projection of sea surface temperature data over the Hawaiian islands
    Short Names
    VIIRS_L3
    Temporal Coverage

    Near real-time + 3 days

    Product Families
    Sea Surface Temperature
    Measurements
    Sea Surface Temperature - Polar-orbiting
    Processing Levels
    Level 3
    Latency Groups
    0 Hours <= 24 Hours (NRT)
    Latency Details

    Less than 24 hours

    Spatial Resolution Groups
    100m < 2km
    Spatial Resolution Details

    750m @ Nadir; ~1.7km at swath edge

    Data Providers
    NOAA
    NESDIS
    STAR
    Spatial Coverage

    CoastWatch US Regions

    Description

    Also known as the CoastWatch Regional Nodes: OceanWatch Central Pacific, PolarWatch, Great Lakes, East Coast, Atlantic OceanWatch - Caribbean - Gulf of Mexico, WaterWatch (inland rivers), West Coast

    SNPP

    Description

    Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership

    Platform Type
    Low Earth Orbit Satellite (LEO)
    Instruments
    Organizations
    NASA
    NOAA
    Orbital Altitude
    833 km
    Equatorial Crossing Times
    13:25 asc

    VIIRS

    Description

    Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite

    Platforms
    Instrument Types
    Imager
    Organizations
    NASA

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