VNP43MA3: BRDF/Albedo Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid

Dataset Availability

2012-01-17T00:00:00Z–2020-02-16T00:00:00Z

Dataset Producer

NASA LP DAAC at the USGS EROS Center

Earth Engine Snippet

ee.ImageCollection("NASA/VIIRS/002/VNP43MA3")

Cadence

1 Day

Tags

albedo brdf land nasa noaa satellite-imagery surface viirs

Description

The NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) and Albedo (BRDF/Albedo) Version 2 product provides albedo estimates at 1000 meter (1 km) resolution. The VNP43MA3 product is produced daily using 16 days of VIIRS data and is weighted temporally to the ninth day. It provides both directional hemispherical reflectance (black-sky albedo) at local solar noon and bihemispherical reflectance (white-sky albedo) for the nine VIIRS moderate resolution bands (M1-M5, M7-M8, M10-M11) and three broadbands (vis, nir, and shortwave). The VNP43 data products are designed to promote the continuity of NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) BRDF/Albedo data product suite.

The VNP43 algorithm uses the RossThick/Li-Sparse-Reciprocal (RTLSR) semi-empirical kernel-driven BRDF model to reconstruct surface anisotropic effects, computing integrated black-sky albedo (BSA) at local solar noon and white-sky albedo (WSA) (VNP43MA3). 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) layers 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).

Documentation:

• User's Guide

• Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)

• General Documentation

Bands

Bands

Pixel size: 1000 meters (all bands)

Name	Pixel Size	Description
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_M1	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band M1: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_M2	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band M2: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_M3	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band M3: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_M4	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band M4: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_M5	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band M5: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_M7	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band M7: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_M8	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band M8: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_M10	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band M10: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_M11	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band M11: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_vis	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band vis: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_nir	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band nir: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_shortwave	1000 meters	BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality for band shortwave: 0: full BRDF inversions 1: magnitude BRDF inversions
Albedo_BSA_M1	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M1
Albedo_BSA_M2	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M2
Albedo_BSA_M3	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M3
Albedo_BSA_M4	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M4
Albedo_BSA_M5	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M5
Albedo_BSA_M7	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M7
Albedo_BSA_M8	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M8
Albedo_BSA_M10	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M10
Albedo_BSA_M11	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M11
Albedo_BSA_vis	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band vis
Albedo_BSA_nir	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band nir
Albedo_BSA_shortwave	1000 meters	Black-sky albedo at local solar noon for band shortwave
Albedo_WSA_M1	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M1
Albedo_WSA_M2	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M2
Albedo_WSA_M3	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M3
Albedo_WSA_M4	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M4
Albedo_WSA_M5	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M5
Albedo_WSA_M7	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M7
Albedo_WSA_M8	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M8
Albedo_WSA_M10	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M10
Albedo_WSA_M11	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band M11
Albedo_WSA_vis	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band vis
Albedo_WSA_nir	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band nir
Albedo_WSA_shortwave	1000 meters	White-sky albedo at local solar noon for band shortwave

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

LP DAAC NASA data are freely accessible; however, when an author publishes these data or works based on the data, it is requested that the author cite the datasets within the text of the publication and include a reference to them in the reference list.

Citations

Citations:

• Schaaf, C., Z. Wang, A. Erb, I. Paynter. VIIRS/NPP BRDF/Albedo Albedo Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V002. 2024, distributed by NASA EOSDIS Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center, 10.5067/VIIRS/VNP43MA3.002.

DOIs

• https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP43MA3.002

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var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('NASA/VIIRS/002/VNP43MA3')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2016-06-01', '2016-06-03'));

var albedo_BSA_M1 = dataset.select('Albedo_BSA_M1').first();
var palette = [
  '000080',
  '0000d9',
  '4000ff',
  '8000ff',
  '0080ff',
  '00ffff',
  '00ff80',
  '80ff00',
  'daff00',
  'ffff00',
  'fff500',
  'ffda00',
  'ffb000',
  'ffa400',
  'ff4f00',
  'ff2500',
  'ff0a00',
  'ff00ff',
];
var visParams = {
  min: 0,
  max: 400,
  palette: palette,
};

// cadetblue
var background = ee.Image.rgb(95, 158, 160).visualize({min: 0, max: 255});
var image = albedo_BSA_M1.visualize(visParams);

var lon = -8;
var lat = 60;

Map.addLayer(background, {}, 'background');
Map.addLayer(image, {}, 'Black-sky albedo for band M1');
Map.setCenter(lon, lat, 3);

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VNP43MA3: BRDF/Albedo Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid

The NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) and Albedo (BRDF/Albedo) Version 2 product provides albedo estimates at 1000 meter (1 km) resolution. The VNP43MA3 product is produced daily using 16 days of VIIRS data and is weighted temporally …

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2012-01-17T00:00:00Z/2020-02-16T00:00:00Z

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• https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP43MA3.002
• https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP43MA3.002