Where to get VIIRS data
• NOAA CLASS website
– http://www.class.ncdc.noaa.gov/
• NOAA GRAVITE server
• Atmosphere PEATE server (SDR files only):
– ftp://peate.ssec.wisc.edu/allData/ingest/viirs/
• University of Wisconsin Direct Broadcast (SDR
files over CONUS within the last week only)
– ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/eosdb/npp/viirs/
Software for Displaying VIIRS Data
This information does not constitute an endorsement of any product
or service
• McIDAS-V
– http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas/software/v/
• IDL
– http://www.exelisvis.com/ProductsServices/IDL.aspx
• TeraScan
– http://www.seaspace.com/software.php
• MATLAB
– http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/
• CSPP
– http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/cspp/
For Further Reading
• Documentation
– Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD), Operational Algorithm Description (OAD), and
Common Data Format Control Book (CDFCB) documents may be found here:
http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/documents.html
http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/jpss/ATBD.php
• Presentations/Discussions of known issues
– VIIRS Imagery and Visualization Team website:
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/projects/npp/
• Imagery Examples
– Blogs:
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/projects/npp/blog/
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/category/viirs
http://nasasport.wordpress.com/category/viirs/
http://goesrnatcentperspective.wordpress.com/tag/viirs/
– “Realtime” Display:
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/npp_viirs.asp
