Additional VIIRS Version 2 Biophysical Vegetation and Snow Cover Products Available In AppEEARS

by **LP DAAC - jwilson** » Tue May 26, 2026 2:16 pm America/New_York

Version 3.118 of the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) has been released. This new version adds several Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Version 2 data collections into AppEEARS, including 8-day Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR), and Daily Snow Cover from the NOAA-21 satellite (previously called Joint Polar Satellite System, or JPSS-2).

The specific products included in this release are listed in the Referenced Datasets section below. A complete listing of data products available in AppEEARS can be found on the available products list. Check out additional content for how to use AppEEARS on the project web page and on the AppEEARS Data Resources GitHub Repository.

About AppEEARS
AppEEARS offers a simple and efficient way to access and transform geospatial data from a variety of federal data archives. By enabling users to subset data spatially, temporally, and by band or layer, it allows them to download only the data they need.

Additional resources for getting started with AppEEARS:

AppEEARS Documentation
API Documentation
Contact Earthdata User Services with any questions.
https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/alerts-outages/additional-viirs-version-2-biophysical-vegetation-snow-cover-products-available