Suomi-NPP Sensor and Environmental Data Products: Summary on Product Performance Accuracy, Precision, and Uncertainties

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite, with its on-board suite of sensors including, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS), and the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS), has been extremely successful in operations for the last seven years and has provided a wide variety of Atmospheric, Land, Ocean, and Cryosphere products. The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program at the center for Satellite Applications and Research (JSTAR) led the development of S-NPP science products algorithms and calibration/validation (Cal/Val) of the data products, and the science teams are currently focusing their efforts on NOAA-20 data product Cal/Val and maturity. The Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS) operationally produces S-NPP/NOAA-20 Sensor Data Records (SDRs) and imagery Environmental Data Records (EDRs). The NESDIS Data Exploitation (NDE) operationally produces all of the other S-NPP priority 2, 3, and 4 EDR products using enterprise algorithms. The JSTAR science teams have validated all of the S-NPP SDR/EDR products accuracy, precision, and uncertainties (APUs) against the Level-1 Requirements Document (L1RD) and the JPSS SDR/EDR review panel has approved Validated maturity status for most of the S-NPP products. The S-NPP products are now under the long-term monitoring and reactive maintenance phase, and the NOAA-20 products are at various validation maturity stages. This paper presents a comprehensive guidebook summary for users on the APUs achieved for each S-NPP product with in-situ measurements, model analysis fields, and other correlative data sets used in achieving the validated maturity. The S-NPP product validated maturity reviews presented over past years and approved by the JPSS Program were summarized in this paper as a one-stop-place table with web-links for easy access to users. Examples of S-NPP science data products, user feedback on the data utility, quality assurance measures adapted by JSTAR in achieving the product validated maturity, and on-going NOAA-20 data product Cal/Val activities, schedules and deliverables are presented to gather user experience and improve upon the path forward to expedite NOAA-20 and future JPSS product Cal/Val maturity.