VIIRS/JPSS1 Moderate Resolution Terrain Corrected Geolocation L1 6-Min Swath 750m

The VIIRS/JPSS1 Moderate Resolution Terrain Corrected Geolocation 6-Min L1 Swath 750m product, short-name VJ103MOD contains the derived line-of-sight (LOS) vectors for each of the 750-m moderate-resolution, or M-bands. The geolocation algorithm uses a number of inputs that include an Earth ellipsoid, geoid, and a digital terrain model along with the SNPP platform’s ephemeris and attitude data, and knowledge of the VIIRS sensor and satellite geometry. It produces geodetic coordinates (latitude and longitude), and related parameters for each VIIRS L1 pixel. The VJ103MOD product includes geodetic latitude, longitude, surface height above the geoid, solar zenith and azimuth angles, sensor zenith and azimuth angles, land/water mask, and quality flag for every pixel location.

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Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated June 8, 2026, 23:35 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 19:48 (UTC)
accessLevel public
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modified 2026-06-03T16:52:51Z
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