VJ243MA3: BRDF/Albedo Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid

NASA/VIIRS/002/VJ243MA3
Dataset Availability
2023-02-07T00:00:00Z–2026-10-27T00:00:00Z
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ee.ImageCollection("NASA/VIIRS/002/VJ243MA3")
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albedo brdf land nasa noaa satellite-imagery surface viirs

Description

The NASA/NOAA NOAA-21 (JPSS-2) 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 VJ243MA3 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 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 to reconstruct surface anisotropic effects, computing integrated black-sky albedo (BSA) at local solar noon and white-sky albedo (WSA) (VJ243MA3). 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:

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

Image Properties

Image Properties

Name Type Description
num_tiles INT

The number of source tiles that were mosaicked to create this image.

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/NOAA-21 BRDF/Albedo Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V002. 2024, distributed by NASA EOSDIS Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center, 10.5067/VIIRS/VJ243MA3.002.

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var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('NASA/VIIRS/002/VJ243MA3')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2023-06-01', '2023-06-10'));

var visualization = {
  bands: ['Albedo_BSA_Shortwave'],
  min: [0.0],
  max: [0.3],
  palette: [
    '440154', // Deep purple
    '414487', // Blue
    '2a788e', // Teal
    '22a884', // Green
    '7ad151', // Yellow-green
    'fde725', // Bright yellow
  ],
};

Map.setCenter(-98.0, 38.0, 4);
Map.addLayer(dataset, visualization, 'Black-Sky Albedo (Shortwave Broadband)');
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The NASA/NOAA NOAA-21 (JPSS-2) 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 VJ243MA3 product is produced daily using 16 days of VIIRS data and is weighted temporally to the ninth day. …
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