Imaging · collection · 2026
VIIRS/JPSS2 BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V002
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/viirs/vj243ia1.002
The NOAA-21 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) and Albedo Model Parameters (VJ243IA1) Version 2 product provides kernel weights (parameters) at 500 meter (m) resolution.
Description
The VJ243IA1 product is produced daily using 16 days of VIIRS data, temporally weighted to the ninth day, which is reflected in the file name. The VJ243IA1 product provides three spectrally dependent kernel weights, also known as model parameters: isotropic (fiso), volumetric (fvol), and geometric (fgeo), which can be used to model anisotropic effects of the Earth’s surface.
All VJ243 data products are designed to promote the continuity of NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) BRDF/Albedo data product suite. The VJ243 algorithm uses the RossThick/Li-Sparse-Reciprocal (RTLSR) semi-empirical kernel-driven BRDF model, with the three kernel weights from VJ243IA1 to reconstruct surface anisotropic effects, correcting the directional reflectance to a common view geometry (VJ243IA4), while also computing integrated black-sky albedo (BSA) at local solar noon and white-sky albedo (WSA) (VJ243IA3).
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Researchers can use the BRDF model parameters with a simple polynomial, to obtain black-sky albedo at any solar illumination angle. Likewise, both the BSA and WSA Science Dataset (SDS) variables can be used with a simple polynomial, to manually estimate instantaneous actual albedo (blue-sky albedo). Additional details regarding the methodology are available in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD).
The VJ243IA1 data product provides a total of six SDS variables including: three mandatory quality variables for bands I1, I2, and I3 and three multi-dimensional model parameter bands representing fiso, fvol, and fgeo for each imagery band. Each data product file is provided in HDF-EOS5 format. A low-resolution browse is also available showing BRDF/Albedo parameters for VIIRS imagery bands: I1, I2, and I1 as an RGB (red, green, blue) 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/vj243ia1.002 ↗
The LP DAAC product page provides information on Science Data Set variables and links for user guides, ATBDs, data access, tools, customer support, etc.
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- 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.
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.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/filespec/VIIRS/1/VNP43IA1 ↗
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_overview.html ↗
Further details regarding VIIRS product validation and maturity status are available from VIIRS Land Product Quality Assessment site.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- 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/vnp43ia1-and-vnp43ma1… ↗
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/C2843631269-LPCLOUD.iso19115 ↗
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- appeears.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov ↗
The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes.
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- JPEG e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov//WORKING/BRWS/Browse.001/2026.03.18/BROWSE.VJ243IA4.A2026069.h… ↗
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Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
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The LP DAAC website provides detailed information on discovery, distribution, access, and support of land data products.
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Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/viirs-jpss2-brdf-albedo-model-parameters-daily-l3-glob… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2843631269-LPCLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=ab0a4ebc-98fb-4758-a5a6-008463c5d… ↗
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- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2843631269-LPCLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Albedo · Anisotropy · Joint Polar Satellite System - 2 · Reflectance · Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Geophysics 70% · Image 75% · Imaging 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 22 field assertions
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| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2843631269-LPCLOUD | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | ab0a4ebc-98fb-4758-a5a6-008463c5dbe6 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
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