Accessing 6-Min L2 Swath 375m data beyond NRT.

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Accessing 6-Min L2 Swath 375m data beyond NRT.

by hannaswedenklef » Mon Mar 02, 2026 4:46 am America/New_York

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!

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Re: Accessing 6-Min L2 Swath 375m data beyond NRT.

by LAADS_UserServices_M » Mon Mar 02, 2026 1:31 pm America/New_York

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
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