NOAA CDR VIIRS NDVI: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Version 1

NOAA/CDR/VIIRS/NDVI/V1
Dataset Availability
2014-01-01T00:00:00Z–2025-01-31T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("NOAA/CDR/VIIRS/NDVI/V1")
Cadence
1 Day
Tags
cdr daily land ndvi noaa viirs

Description

This dataset contains gridded daily Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) derived from the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Surface Reflectance. The data record spans from 2014 onward using data from NOAA polar orbiting satellites. The data are projected on a 0.05 degree x 0.05 degree global grid. This dataset is one of the Land Surface CDR products produced by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the University of Maryland (UMD).

Known issues with this dataset include:

  • TIMEOFDAY variable contains values that are too large by 1 day

  • Latitude values are not correctly associated with the center of the grid cell, error is < 0.002 degrees

  • Longitude values are not correctly associated with the center of the grid cell, error is < 0.02 degrees

See technical note from the data provider.

Provider's note: the orbital drift of N-19 (the last NOAA satellite carrying the AVHRR sensor) began to severely degrade the retrieved product quality. Therefore, VIIRS is now the primary sensor being used for these products from 2014-present.

Bands

Pixel Size
5566 meters

Bands

Name Units Min Max Scale Description
NDVI -9998* 9998* 0.0001

Normalized difference vegetation index

TIMEOFDAY h 0* 2400* 0.01

Hours since start of day

QA

Quality control bit flags

* estimated min or max value

Image Properties

Image Properties

Name Type Description
status STRING

'provisional' or 'permanent'

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

The NOAA CDR Program's official distribution point for CDRs is NOAA's National Climatic Data Center which provides sustained, open access and active data management of the CDR packages and related information in keeping with the United States' open data policies and practices as described in the President's Memorandum on "Open Data Policy" and pursuant to the Executive Order of May 9, 2013, "Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information". In line with these policies, the CDR data sets are nonproprietary, publicly available, and no restrictions are placed upon their use. For more information, see the Fair Use of NOAA's CDR Data Sets, Algorithms and Documentation pdf.

Citations

Citations:
  • Cite as: Vermote, Eric; NOAA CDR Program. (2022): NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of VIIRS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Version 1. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/gakh-st76

DOIs

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('NOAA/CDR/VIIRS/NDVI/V1')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2018-05-01', '2018-06-01'));
var ndvi = dataset.select('NDVI');
var ndviVis = {
  min: -1000.0,
  max: 5000.0,
  palette: [
    'ffffff', 'ce7e45', 'fcd163', 'c6ca02', '22cc04', '99b718', '207401',
    '012e01'
  ],
};
Map.setCenter(7.71, 17.93, 2);
Map.addLayer(ndvi, ndviVis, 'NDVI');
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