Hello,
I am trying to access the VIIRS LST 375 m swath product (VNP21IMG) for research and model training purposes. On the Earthdata catalog page for VNP21IMG_NRT (https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/lancemodis-vnp21img-nrt-2
) it states a temporal coverage of 2023–present, but I can only retrieve files from the last ~7 days when using the NRT archive (nrt3.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/.../VNP21IMG_NRT/...).
My understanding from other VIIRS LST products (e.g., VNP21 at 750 m) is that science products are archived long-term and can be downloaded historically via LAADS/LP DAAC. I cannot find any equivalent long-term archive for the 375 m swath LST product either on LAADS (allData/5200/VNP21IMG/…) or via Earthdata Search when filtering for a non-NRT product.
Could you please clarify:
1. Whether an archived, non-NRT version of VNP21IMG (375 m) exists with full historical coverage beyond the NRT rolling window?
2. If it exists, what is the correct product name/identifier and archive path (LAADS API, Earthdata Search, etc.)?
3. If it does not exist, whether there are plans to archive the 375 m LST swath product historically?
Thank you!
Accessing 6-Min L2 Swath 375m data beyond NRT.
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Re: Accessing 6-Min L2 Swath 375m data beyond NRT.
Near Real Time (NRT) data are available for only current and six to seven previous days. For long term data you can explore regular products from ladsweb:
https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/5200/
or
https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog?keyword=VNP21&data_center_h[]=Land%20Process%20Distributed%20Active%20Archive%20Center%20%28LPDAAC%29
https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/5200/
or
https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog?keyword=VNP21&data_center_h[]=Land%20Process%20Distributed%20Active%20Archive%20Center%20%28LPDAAC%29
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