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Description

The GEOLST4KHR Version 1 data product was decommissioned on December 15, 2022. Users are encouraged to use the improved GEOLST4KHR Version 2 data product.

The NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) GEOLST4KHR swath product provides per-pixel Land Surface Temperature (LST) with a spatial resolution of 4,000 meters (m). The product is produced daily in hourly increments using data acquired from Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 8 and 10 through 15 satellites for the years 2000–2016. The GEOLST4KHR product provides LST values for both North and South America. The GEOLST4KHR data product utilizes the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications Version 2 / Radiative Transfer for TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (MERRA-2/RTTOV) Single-Channel Emissivity-Combined ASTER and MODIS Emissivity over Land (CAMEL) algorithm.

The GEOLST4KHR product provides variables for cloud mask, latitude, longitude, land surface temperature, and land surface temperature error. A low-resolution browse is also available showing land surface temperature as an RGB (red, green, blue) image in JPEG format.

Product Summary

Platforms
GOES-10,
GOES-11,
GOES-12,
GOES-13,
GOES-14,
GOES-15,
GOES-16,
GOES-8
Instruments
GOES-10 Imager,
GOES-11 Imager,
GOES-12 Imager,
GOES-13 Imager,
GOES-14 Imager,
GOES-15 Imager,
GOES-16 Imager,
GOES-8 Imager
Spatial Extent
N: 71.892242873168 S: -20.959026825734 E: 3.4957049484841 W: -180
Spatial Resolution
4000 Meters x 4000 Meters
Geographic Region
NORTH AMERICA,
SOUTH AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2000-04-01 to 2016-12-30
Temporal Resolution
1 Hour
Data Partner
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC)
Earth and Space Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/ESSD)
Concept ID
c3544695215-lpcloud
Data State
DEPRECATED
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Hook, S., & Cawse-Nicholson, K. (2019). Geostationary Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Hourly North and South America 4 km V001 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/LSTE/GEOLST4KHR.001 Date Accessed: 2025-07-30

Data Center Citation

Simon Hook, Kerry Cawse-Nicholson. Geostationary Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Hourly North and South America 4 km V001. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEaSUREs/LSTE/GEOLST4KHR.001.

Documents

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD) The ATBD provides physical theory and mathematical procedures for the calculations used to produce the data products.
HOW-TO GEOLST4KHR Swath to Grid Conversion Python Script
USER'S GUIDE The technical information in the User's Guide enables users to interpret and use the data products.

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