Imaging · collection · 2026
VIIRS/JPSS2 Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V002
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/viirs/vj215a2h.002
The NOAA-21 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) Version 2 data product (VJ215A2H) provides information about the vegetative canopy layer at 500 meter resolution.
Description
The VIIRS sensor is located aboard the NOAA-21 satellite. LAI is an index that quantifies the one-sided leaf area of a canopy, while FPAR is the fraction of incoming solar energy absorbed through photosynthesis at 400 to 700 nanometers.
This product is intentionally designed after the Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) LAI/FPAR operational algorithm to promote the continuity of the Earth Observation System (EOS) mission. The VJ215A2H product includes six variables for the analysis of key factors in LAI/FPAR measurements. These include the LAI and FPAR measurements, quality detail for LAI/FPAR, extra quality detail for FPAR, and the standard deviation for LAI and FPAR.
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Two low resolution browse images are also available for each VJ215A2H granule: LAI and FPAR.
Known Issues
* For complete information about known issues please refer to the MODIS/VIIRS Land Quality Assessment website.
Links
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- Resource doi.org/10.5067/viirs/vj215a2h.002 ↗
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- PDF lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/126/VNP15_User_Guide.pdf ↗
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- Resource viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Val/LAI_Fpar_Val.html ↗
Validation at stage 1 has been achieved for the VIIRS LAI/FPAR product suite.
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- PDF lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/125/VNP15_ATBD.pdf ↗
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- Resource landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov ↗
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- Resource viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Val_overview.html ↗
Further details regarding VIIRS product validation and maturity status are available from VIIRS Land Product Quality Assessment site.
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- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C2843640489-LPCLOUD ↗
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Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/viirs-jpss2-leaf-area-index-fpar-8-day-l4-global-500m-… ↗
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Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2843640489-LPCLOUD.umm_json ↗
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- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=a687bc7f-f3f2-4cb1-8a91-7568b3e64… ↗
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- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2843640489-LPCLOUD.html ↗
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Topics
- Stated by source
- Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (Fapar) · Joint Polar Satellite System - 2 · Leaf Area Index (Lai) · Photosynthetically Active Radiation · Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Image 65% · Imaging 75% · Satellite remote sensing 65%
Provenance · 2 source records, 22 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2843640489-LPCLOUD | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | a687bc7f-f3f2-4cb1-8a91-7568b3e64ab1 | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:viirs | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/leaf-characteristics/leaf-area-index-lai | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/photosynthetically-active-radiation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/photosynthetically-active-radiation/fraction-of-absorbed-photosynthetically-active-radiation-fapar | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
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| concepts[modality].local:modality:imaging | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-21 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
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| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
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