VIIRS/JPSS2 Actual and Potential Evapotranspiration Gap-Filled 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V002

The NOAA-21 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Actual and Potential Evapotranspiration product is a gap-filled 8-day composite dataset produced at 500 meter (m) pixel resolution. The VIIRS ET and PET algorithm is based on the Penman-Monteith equation, which includes inputs of daily meteorological reanalysis data along with VIIRS remotely sensed data products such as 8-day vegetation property dynamics and daily surface albedo.

The VJ216A2GF will be generated at the end of each year when the entire yearly 8-day VJ215A2H is available. Hence, the gap-filled VJ216A2GF is the improved VJ216A2, which has cleaned the poor-quality inputs from 8-day Leaf Area Index and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (LAI/FPAR) based on the Quality Control (QC) label for every pixel. If any LAI/FPAR pixel did not meet the quality screening criteria, its value is determined through linear interpolation. However, users cannot get VJ216A2GF in near-real time because it will be generated only at the end of a given year.

Provided in the VJ216A2GF product are layers for composited Evapotranspiration (ET), Latent Heat Flux (LE), Potential ET (PET) and Potential LE (PLE) along with a quality control layer. Two low resolution browse images, ET and LE, are also available for each VJ216A2GF granule.

The pixel values for the two Evapotranspiration layers (ET and PET) are the summation of 8-day total water loss within the composite period and the pixel values for the two Latent Heat layers (LE and PLE) are the average total energy over a unit area for a day during the composite period. Note that the last acquisition period of each year is a 5 or 6-day composite period, depending on the year.

Known Issues * For complete information about known issues please refer to the MODIS/VIIRS Land Quality Assessment website.

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Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated August 25, 2026, 00:33 (UTC)
Created August 25, 2026, 00:33 (UTC)
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