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Description

The NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) GEOLST4KHR version 2 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 17 satellites for the years 2000 through 2023. 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 layers 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.

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for the GEOLST4KHR Version 2 data product: 1) Sea surface temperatures were added to the land surface temperature variable, and 2) Updates were made to the cloud mask algorithm.

Product Summary

Platforms
GOES-8 ,
GOES-10 ,
GOES-11 ,
GOES-12 ,
GOES-13 ,
GOES-14 ,
GOES-15 ,
GOES-16 ,
GOES-17
Instruments
GOES-8 Imager ,
GOES-10 Imager ,
GOES-11 Imager ,
GOES-12 Imager ,
GOES-13 Imager ,
GOES-14 Imager ,
GOES-15 Imager ,
GOES-16 Imager ,
GOES-17 Imager
Spatial Extent

N: 71.892242873168 S: -20.959026825734 E: 3.4957049484841 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
4000 Meters x 4000 Meters
Location
NORTH AMERICA ,
SOUTH AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2000-04-01 to 2024-01-01
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
C3261922508-LPCLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
462660
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Land Surface Temperature

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. (2021). Geostationary Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Hourly North and South America 4 km V002 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/LSTE/GEOLST4KHR.002 Date Accessed: 2026-02-16

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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.

Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor
cloud Cloud Mask N/A uint8 0 1 to 128 N/A
lat Latitude Degree float32 -999 -90 to 90 N/A
lon Longitude Degree float32 -999 -180 to 180 N/A
lst Land Surface Temperature Kelvin int16 0 7500 to 65535 0.02
lst_err Land Surface Temperature Error Kelvin int8 0 1 to 255 0.04
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