STAR / SMCD / VIIRS Aerosol Calibration and Validation
Documents
The following documents are available on the VIIRS aerosol products:
| Description | Document | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Information on the official VIIRS aerosol products at the current maturity level | Readme file | MS Word (.docx) |
| Information on the 0.25x0.25-degreed gridded VIIRS AOT EDR | Readme file | ASCII text (.txt) |
| General introduction to the VIIRS instrument, aerosol data products, format, and content | User’s Guide | PDF (.pdf) |
| Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) - VIIRS Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT)
and Particle Size Parameter Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD); describes the algorithm used for retrieving aerosol optical thickness and particle size parameter |
AOT & APSP ATBD | PDF (.pdf) |
| Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) - VIIRS Suspended Matter Algorithm Theoretical Basis
Document (ATBD) ; describes the algorithm used for retrieving suspended matter |
Suspended Matter ATBD | PDF (.pdf) |
| Operational Algorithm Description (OAD) Document VIIRS Aerosol Products (AOT, APSP & SM) Intermediate Product (IP)/Environmental Data Records (EDR) Software - OAD Rev D |
OAD-VIIRS-Aerosols-IP-EDR_D | PDF (.pdf) |
| Common Data Format Control Book (CDFCB) CDFCB documents provide in depth technical information about the NPP data products Sections relevant to the Aerosol Products are Volume I and Volume IV, Parts I and II. |
CDFCB SNPP Science Documents at NASA website |
Website (.html) |