NASA BRDF/Albedo/NBAR Products
Product User GuidePI - Crystal Schaaf (UMass Boston)
Product ATBDCollaborators: Zhuosen Wang, Dorothy Hall, George Riggs, Mark Tschudi,
Xiaoyang Zhang
BRDF, Albedo and NBAR
VIIRS BRDF/Albedo/NBAR - Inter-comparison with MODIS
The VNP43 product will deliver climate-quality consistent daily Suomi-NPP VIIRS Albedo, Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Functions (BRDF), and Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) quantities. This product will include new narrow-to-broadband coefficients (N2B) and production of gap-filled climate modeling grid (CMG) products. This project supports of the Direct Broadcast and near real time (NRT) communities and builds on the long standing MODIS heritage by producing and delivering an algorithm for Suomi NPP VIIRS that includes extensive accompanying quality and uncertainty information for the user.
The products are provided in standard Hierarchical Data Format–Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS5) format. Currently, this collection is available January 19, 2012 and forward. Products from the VIIRS sensor aboard JPSS-1 (J1) will be also be available starting in mid-2023.
Product Details and links to LPDAAC
| Product Name | SNPP | JPSS-1 |
|---|---|---|
| BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid | VNP43IA1 | VJ143IA1 |
| BRDF/Albedo Quality Daily L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid | VNP43IA2 | VJ143IA2 |
| Albedo Daily L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid | VNP43IA3 | VJ143IA3 |
| Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid | VNP43IA4 | VJ143IA4 |
| BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid | VNP43MA1 | VJ143MA1 |
| BRDF/Albedo Quality Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid | VNP43MA2 | VJ143MA2 |
| Albedo Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid | VNP43MA3 | VJ143MA3 |
| Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid | VNP43MA4 | VJ143MA4 |
| BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG | VNP43C1 | VJ143C1 |
| BRDF/Albedo Snow-free Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG | VNP43C2 | VJ143C2 |
| BRDF/Albedo Albedo Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG | VNP43C3 | VJ143C3 |
| RDF/Albedo Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG | VNP43C4 | VJ143C4 |
| BRDF/Albedo Daily L3 Global 30 ArcSec CMG Parameters | VNP43D* | VJ143D* |
| DNB BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid | VNP43DNBA1 | VJ143DNBA1 |
| DNB BRDF/Albedo Quality Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid | VNP43DNBA2 | VJ143DNBA2 |
| DNB Albedo Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid | VNP43DNBA3 | VJ143DNBA3 |
| DNB Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid | VNP43DNBA4 | VJ143DNBA4 |
