EROS Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (eVIIRS) Land Surface Temperature (LST)

The EROS Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (eVIIRS) Land Surface Temperature (LST) collection is based on the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) data acquired by the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), a collaborative program between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The VIIRS sensor is currently flying on the Suomi NPP satellite mission, and NOAA-20, and is a planned sensor on follow-on JPSS satellites. The eVIIRS collection was developed as a follow-on mission to replace the eMODIS collection when the MODIS mission ends. The eVIIRS LST is a 10-day data composited data set using the VIIRS sensor. Expedited (near real-time) production runs every five days for the 10-day products. There is no expedited production over Alaska. Because each of the composites are created from a varying number of images, the eVIIRS composites include acquisition files to identify which of the possible inputs were used to populate the final composite. The metadata accompanying the data files summarize geographic bounds, projection parameters and product contact information. The data has Global coverage and is available in GeoTIFF format, Geographic projection, and 1-kilometer resolution.