Imaging · collection · 2025
VIIRS/NPP BRDF/Albedo Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V002
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/viirs/vnp43c4.002
Description
The delivery of all Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) VIIRS science data products will cease on November 1, 2026 (2026/305). Data users are encouraged to transition to the equivalent VJ243C4 (primary) or VJ143C4 (secondary) data products.
The NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) and Albedo Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily Global 0.05 Degree Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) Version 2 product (VNP43C4) is derived from the 30 arc second CMG VNP43D Version 2 product suite. VNP43C3 is generated daily from all available high-quality reflectance data over a 16-day moving window emphasizing the ninth day of the retrieval period, which is reflected in the Julian date in the filename.
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The VNP43 algorithm uses the RossThick/Li-Sparse-Reciprocal (RTLSR) semi-empirical kernel-driven BRDF model, with the three kernel weights from VNP43C1 to compute NBAR values for the VIIRS Day/Night band (DNB), and moderate resolution bands M1 through M5, M7, M8, M10, and M11. The algorithm removes view angle effects from directional reflectances to model the values as if they were collected from a nadir view at local solar noon.
The quality and inversion status of the majority of the underlying 30 arc second pixels is provided as well as the percentage of the underlying pixels that were present or were snow covered. Users are encouraged to assess the quality information before using the BRDF/Albedo data. This 0.05 degree (5,600 meters at the equator) CMG product covers the entire globe for use in climate simulation models.
The VNP43C4 product includes 15 variables containing NBAR values for VIIRS DNB and moderate resolution bands M1 through M5, M7, M8, M10, and M11. Along with the NBAR data for the 10 bands are five ancillary variables for uncertainty, quality, local solar noon, percent finer resolution inputs, and snow cover. A low-resolution browse image is also available showing NBAR bands M5, M4, and M3 as a red, green, blue (RGB) image in JPEG format.
Known Issues
* For complete information about known issues please refer to the MODIS/VIIRS Land Quality Assessment website.
Links
Get the data
- Resource doi.org/10.5067/viirs/vnp43c4.002 ↗
The LP DAAC product page provides information on Science Data Set layers and links for user guides, ATBDs, data access, tools, customer support, etc.
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- PDF lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/194/VNP43_ATBD_V1.pdf ↗
The ATBD provides physical theory and mathematical procedures for the calculations used to produce the data products.
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- Resource ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/filespec/VIIRS/1/VNP43C4 ↗
The File Specification provides a description of the product file including Scientific Data Sets and their attributes.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Val/Albedo_Val.html ↗
Validation at stage 3 has been achieved for the VIIRS BRDF/Albedo product suite.
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- Resource viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Val_overview.html ↗
Further details regarding VIIRS product validation and maturity status are available from VIIRS Land Product Quality Assessment site.
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- Resource landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov ↗
The LDOPE Land Product Quality Assessment website provides known issues, maneuvers, and product quality of the land products.
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- Resource umb.edu/spectralmass/viirs-user-guides-c1-and-c2/vnp43c4-cmg-nbar-prod… ↗
The technical information in the User's Guide enables users to interpret and use the data products.
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- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2847918047-LPCLOUD.iso19115 ↗
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- Resource earthdata.nasa.gov/centers/lp-daac ↗
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Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/viirs-npp-brdf-albedo-nadir-brdf-adjusted-reflectance-… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=95534096-d404-4752-8f8f-452ef648d… ↗
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- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2847918047-LPCLOUD.umm_json ↗
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- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2847918047-LPCLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Albedo · Anisotropy · Reflectance · Suomi-NPP · Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Climate change science 68% · Climate model simulation 65% · Image 75% · Imaging 75% · Simulation 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 24 field assertions
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|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2847918047-LPCLOUD | 15 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 95534096-d404-4752-8f8f-452ef648d1a0 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3702 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (68%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:viirs | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
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| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/surface-radiative-properties/anisotropy | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/surface-radiative-properties/reflectance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[method].local:method:climate-model | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[method].local:method:simulation | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:imaging | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
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| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
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