VNP46A1: VIIRS Daily Gridded Day Night Band 500m Linear Lat Lon Grid Night

NOAA/VIIRS/001/VNP46A1
Dataset Availability
2012-01-19T00:00:00Z–2024-12-17T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
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ee.ImageCollection("NOAA/VIIRS/001/VNP46A1")
Cadence
1 Day
Tags
daily dnb nasa noaa viirs

Description

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) supports a Day-Night Band (DNB) sensor that provides global daily measurements of nocturnal visible and near-infrared (NIR) light that are suitable for Earth system science and applications. The VIIRS DNB's ultra-sensitivity in lowlight conditions enables us to generate a new set of science-quality nighttime products that manifest substantial improvements in sensor resolution and calibration when compared to the previous era of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program/Operational Linescan System's (DMSP/OLS) nighttime lights image products.

VNP46A1 is a daily, top-of-atmosphere, at-sensor nighttime radiance product called VIIRS/NPP Daily Gridded Day Night Band 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid Night. The 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.

Documentation:

Bands

Resolution
500 meters

Bands

Name Units Min Max Offset Description
BrightnessTemperature_M12 K 0 163.835 203

Brightness temperature of band M12
BrightnessTemperature_M13 K 0 163.835 203

Brightness temperature of band M13
BrightnessTemperature_M15 K 0 163.835 111

Brightness temperature of band M15
BrightnessTemperature_M16 K 0 163.835 103

Brightness temperature of band M16
DNB_At_Sensor_Radiance_500m 0 6553.4

At-sensor DNB radiance
Glint_Angle deg -180 180

Moon glint angle
Granule 0 254

Number of selected Granule
Lunar_Zenith deg 0 180

Lunar zenith angle
Lunar_Azimuth deg -180 180

Lunar azimuth angle
Moon_Illumination_Fraction % 0 100

Moon illumination fraction
Moon_Phase_Angle deg 0 180

Moon phase angle
QF_Cloud_Mask

Quality flag for cloud mask
QF_DNB 0 65534

DNB quality flag
QF_VIIRS_M10 0 65534

Quality flag of band M10
QF_VIIRS_M11 0 65534

Quality flag of band M11
QF_VIIRS_M12 0 65534

Quality flag of band M12
QF_VIIRS_M13 0 65534

Quality flag of band M13
QF_VIIRS_M15 0 65534

Quality flag of band M15
QF_VIIRS_M16 0 65534

Quality flag of band M16
Radiance_M10 0 85.1942 -0.04

Radiance in band M10
Radiance_M11 0 38.0097 -0.02

Radiance in band M11
Sensor_Azimuth deg -180 180

Sensor azimuth angle
Sensor_Zenith deg 0 90

Sensor zenith angle
Solar_Azimuth deg -180 180

Solar azimuth angle
Solar_Zenith deg 0 180

Solar zenith angle
UTC_Time h 0 24

UTC time

QF_DNB Class Table

Value Color Description
1 Substitute_Cal
2 Out_of_Range
4 Saturation
8 Temp_not_Nominal
16 Stray_light
256 Bowtie_Deleted
512 Missing_EV
1024 Cal_Fail
2048 Dead_Detector

QF_VIIRS_M10 Class Table

Value Color Description
1 Substitute_Cal
2 Out_of_Range
4 Saturation
8 Temp_not_Nominal
256 Bowtie_Deleted
512 Missing_EV
1024 Cal_Fail
2048 Dead_Detector

QF_VIIRS_M11 Class Table

Value Color Description
1 Substitute_Cal
2 Out_of_Range
4 Saturation
8 Temp_not_Nominal
256 Bowtie_Deleted
512 Missing_EV
1024 Cal_Fail
2048 Dead_Detector

QF_VIIRS_M12 Class Table

Value Color Description
1 Substitute_Cal
2 Out_of_Range
4 Saturation
8 Temp_not_Nominal
256 Bowtie_Deleted
512 Missing_EV
1024 Cal_Fail
2048 Dead_Detector

QF_VIIRS_M13 Class Table

Value Color Description
1 Substitute_Cal
2 Out_of_Range
4 Saturation
8 Temp_not_Nominal
256 Bowtie_Deleted
512 Missing_EV
1024 Cal_Fail
2048 Dead_Detector

QF_VIIRS_M15 Class Table

Value Color Description
1 Substitute_Cal
2 Out_of_Range
4 Saturation
8 Temp_not_Nominal
256 Bowtie_Deleted
512 Missing_EV
1024 Cal_Fail
2048 Dead_Detector

QF_VIIRS_M16 Class Table

Value Color Description
1 Substitute_Cal
2 Out_of_Range
4 Saturation
8 Temp_not_Nominal
256 Bowtie_Deleted
512 Missing_EV
1024 Cal_Fail
2048 Dead_Detector

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('NOAA/VIIRS/001/VNP46A1').filter(
  ee.Filter.date('2013-01-01', '2013-07-01'));

// At-sensor Day/night Band radiance (DNB).
var dnb = dataset.select('DNB_At_Sensor_Radiance_500m');
var dnbVis = {
  min: 0,
  max: 50,
  palette: ['black', 'purple', 'cyan', 'green', 'yellow', 'red', 'white'],
};

Map.setCenter(-79.4, 43.1, 8);

Map.addLayer(dnb, dnbVis, 'Day-Night Band (DNB) at sensor radiance 500m');
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The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) supports a Day-Night Band (DNB) sensor that provides global daily measurements of nocturnal visible and near-infrared (NIR) light that are suitable for Earth system science and applications. The VIIRS DNB's ultra-sensitivity in lowlight conditions enables us to generate …
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2012-01-19T00:00:00Z/2024-12-17T00:00:00Z
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