CLDPROP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20 - VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Properties Level 3 daily, 1x1 degree grid



Shortname: CLDPROP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20
Platform: NOAA-20
Instrument: VIIRS
Processing Level: Level-3
Data Format: netCDF4
Spatial Resolution: 1 degree
Temporal Resolution: daily
ArchiveSets: 5111
Collection: NPP VIIRS Atmosphere data 1.1.0 (UWisc) (ArchiveSet 5111)
PGE Number: NONE
File Naming Convention:

Syntax: ESDT.AYYYYDDD. VVV.YYYYDDDHHMMSS.Format
Example: CLDPROP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20.A2020022. 011.2020035222809.nc

  • ESDT: Earth Science Data Type or Shortname
  • A: Stands for Acquisition
  • YYYYDDD: Data acquisition year and Day-of-year per the Julian Calendar
  • VVV: Version ID of the data collection
  • YYYYDDDHHMMSS: Processing year, Day-of-year, UTC time (hour, minutes, seconds)
  • Format: File format suffix, which in the above case represents netCDF4
Keywords: NOAA20 VIIRS, L3, Daily, Global Grid, Cloud Top, Cloud Optical, Microphysical Properties