VIIRS/JPSS1 Daily Gridded Day Night Band 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid Night

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NASA Black Marble NOAA-20 VIIRS Version 2 daily Level 3 top-of-atmosphere, at-sensor nighttime DNB radiance tiles. The main DNB observation is passive panchromatic visible/near-infrared light. Ancillary shortwave-infrared radiance, thermal brightness-temperature fields, viewing/lunar geometry, cloud masks and quality flags accompany it; the DNB itself is not thermal imaging. This is not the separate moonlight- and atmosphere-corrected A2 retrieval. Interpret cloud, snow/ice, lunar illumination, stray light, calibration and field-specific quality flags. The 15 arc-second geographic grid is angular posting, distinct from the underlying 750 m DNB sampling; catalog metre GSD is unspecified. Native 10-degree tile polygons and daily intervals describe file coverage, not illuminated areas, individual light sources or current facility activity. Radiance alone does not establish population, power loss or an identified object. Only requested metadata pages are indexed; HDF-EOS5/HDF5 science files stay remote under Earthdata/LAADS requirements. Native archive scope does not guarantee complete coverage or current delivery.

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VJ146A1_2 · Verified populated primary NASA STAC collection on 2026-10-04. Native metadata license: CC0-1.0. Preserve tile polygons, daily intervals and publisher timestamps. File footprints do not delineate valid light observations; apply product-specific quality and retrieval-age guidance. Only requested metadata is indexed and HDF science files remain remote under Earthdata/LAADS download requirements.
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Primary NASA Black Marble product definitions, correction, angular grid and quality guidance.

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