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Description

The MOD11A1 Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD11A1 Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD11A1 Version 6 product provides daily per-pixel Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) with 1 kilometer (km) spatial resolution in a 1,200 by 1,200 km grid. The pixel temperature value is derived from the MOD11_L2 swath product. Above 30 degrees latitude, some pixels may have multiple observations where the criteria for clear-sky are met. When this occurs, the pixel value is a result of the average of all qualifying observations. Provided along with the daytime and nighttime surface temperature bands are associated quality control assessments, observation times, view zenith angles, and clear-sky coverages along with bands 31 and 32 emissivities from land cover types.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6 land surface temperature and emissivity data products: (1) Removed cloud-contaminated LSTs from Level 2 and Level 3 LST products, (2) Updated the coefficient look-up table (LUT) for the split-window algorithm with comprehensive regression analysis of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) simulation data in bands 31 and 32 over wide ranges of surface and atmospheric conditions, especially extending the upper boundary for (LST – Ts-air) in arid and semi-arid regions. Increased the overlap between various sub-ranges to reduce the sensitivity of the algorithm to uncertainties in the input data (i.e., column water vapor and air surface temperature from MOD07), (3) Made minor adjustments in the classification-based surface emissivity values, especially for bare soil and rocks land cover types, (4) Tuned the day/night algorithm by adjusting weights to improve performance in desert regions where the incorporated split-window algorithm may not work well, and (5) Generated new gridded LST&E products with a 6 km spatial resolution for 8-day (MOD11B2) and monthly (MOD11B3) intervals in response to user community requests.

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
1000 Meters x 1000 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
MODIS Sinusoidal Tiling System
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2000-02-24 to 2022-11-16
Temporal Resolution
1 Day
Data Partner
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) ,
MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/MODAPS)
Concept ID
C2763297212-LPCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Land Surface Temperature ,
Emissivity

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

Wan, Z., Hook, S., & Hulley, G. (2015). MOD11A1 MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V006 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11A1.006 Date Accessed: 2026-05-11

File Naming Convention

MOD11A1.A2002281.h01v09.006.2015160232430.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD11A1) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2002281), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h01v09), the Version of the data collection (006), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2015160232430), and the Data Format (hdf).

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Urban heat island assessment with LST-LULC change analysis using Google Earth Engine in Delhi-NCR Manna, Sudeshna, Chattopadhay, Dipanwita, Das, Sandipan, Singh, T.P. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Urbanization pressures on climate adaptation capacity of forest habitats Huang, Anqi, Xu, Xiyan, Jia, Gensuo Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Population Density
Understanding the Relationship Between Urban Green Infrastructure and Lyu, Feinan, Chen, Kai, Olhnuud, Aruhan, Sun, Xiaojie, Gong, Cheng Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Urbanization Drives Habitat Suitability of the Invasive Cuban Knight Romer, Alexander S., BalagueraReina, Sergio A., Saurez, Eric, BonillaLiberato, Edison D., Whelpley, W. James, Mazzotti, Frank J., Miller, Melissa A. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Understanding flood dynamics in the Indus River Basin: Lessons from the Aryal, Aashutosh, Kim, Kyung Y., Lakshmi, Venkataraman Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Surface Soil Moisture, Albedo, Snow Cover
TEMLI: A High-Resolution Air Temperature Estimation Using Machine Learning and Land Surface Data Across Morocco Salih, Wiam, EL Khalki, El Mahdi, Ongoma, Victor, Lguensat, Redouane, Aithssaine, Bouchra, Ouatiki, Hamza, Driouech, Fatima, Sebbar, Badreddine, Achli, Soumia, Chehbouni, Abdelghani Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
The development of biological soil crusts shifts the drivers of soil multifunctionality in drylands Wang, Mingming, Song, Boyi, Yin, Benfeng, Tao, Ye, Zhang, Jing, Rong, Xiaoying, Li, Yonggang, Zhang, Shihang, Kan, Zihan, Lu, Yongxing, Guo, Hao, Guo, Xing, Hang, Wei, Yang, Jungang, Du, Fan, Zhang, Yuanming, Zhou, Xiaobing, Duran, Jorge Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Temporal Normalization of UAV Thermal Infrared Data From Long-Duration Wang, Ziwei, Zhou, Ji, Tang, Wenbin, Zhou, Xiangbing, Zhou, Bohan, Gottsche, Frank-Michael, Liu, Shaomin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Temporal and spatial patterns of heat extremes in Hesse, Germany Krikau, S, Benz, S A Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spillover risk for yellow fever virus is amplified by foresturban interface in the Amazon MacDonald, Andrew J., Sipin, Terrell J., Ring, Kacie Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Variance-based sensitivity analysis of climate variability impact on Xu, Yingqiang, Albalawneh, Abeer, Al-Zoubi, Maysoon, Baroud, Hiba Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Topographical Relief Maps, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Validation of the STAEBLE lake evaporation model in mountainous terrain Henrique F. DUARTE, Luis DIAS, Nelson, IWATA, Hiroki Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
A collaborative approach for the identification of thermal hot-spots: from remote sensing data to urban planning interventions Gallacher, Claire, Benz, Susanne, Boehnke, Denise, Jehling, Mathias Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
A Century of Reforestation Reduced Anthropogenic Warming in the Eastern Barnes, Mallory L., Zhang, Quan, Robeson, Scott M., Young, Lily, Burakowski, Elizabeth A., Oishi, A. Christopher., Stoy, Paul C., Katul, Gaby, Novick, Kimberly A. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Forest Mensuration, Forests, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
A machine learning approach for modeling the occurrence of the major intermediate hosts for schistosomiasis in East Africa Tabo, Zadoki, Breuer, Lutz, Fabia, Codalli, Samuel, Gorata, Albrecht, Christian Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
An emerging aeroallergen in Europe: Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima [Mill.] Swingle) inventory and pollen concentrations Taking a metropolitan region in Germany as an example Werchan, Matthias, Werchan, Barbora, Bogawski, Pawe, Mousavi, Fateme, Metz, Martin, Bergmann, Karl-Christian Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
A multiscale examination of heat health risk inequality and its drivers in mega-urban agglomeration: A case study in the Yangtze River Delta, China Wu, Hanyi, Zhao, Chuanwu, Zhu, Yu, Pan, Yaozhong Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
A Multivariate Geostatistical Framework to Assess the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Air Pollution and Land Surface Temperature in Bangladesh Rahaman, Sk Nafiz, Nelson, Jake, Ali, Al Artat Bin, Shermin, Nishat, Pricope, Narcisa G., Al Kafy, Abdulla, Sabuj, Md Shahaduzzaman, Toa, Sharmin Sultana Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
C: N: P stoichiometric characteristics and drivers of surface soil in the drylands of China Zhang, Shihang, Chen, Yusen, Lu, Yongxing, Guo, Hao, Guo, Xing, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhang, Yuanming Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Wavelet local multiple correlation analysis of long-term AOD, LST, and NDVI time-series over different climatic zones of India Kadaverugu, Rakesh, Nandeshwar, Sukeshini, Biniwale, Rajesh Reflectance, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Utility of thermal remote sensing for evaluationof a high-resolution Hall, Thomas W., Blunn, Lewis, Grimmond, Sue, McCarroll, Niall, Merchant, Christopher J., Morrison, William, Shonk, Jonathan K. P., Lean, Humphrey, Best, Martin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Insights Into Urban Heat Island and Heat Waves Synergies Revealed by a Land-Surface-Physics-Based Downscaling Method Xue, Lingbo, Doan, QuangVan, Kusaka, Hiroyuki, He, Cenlin, Chen, Fei Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Hybrid Machine Learning Approach to Zero-Inflated Data Improves Accuracy Francisco, Micanaldo Ernesto, Carvajal, Thaddeus M., Watanabe, Kozo Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Increasing numbers of global change stressors reduce soil carbon worldwide Saez-Sandino, Tadeo, Maestre, Fernando T., Berdugo, Miguel, Gallardo, Antonio, Plaza, Cesar, Garcia-Palacios, Pablo, Guirado, Emilio, Zhou, Guiyao, Mueller, Carsten W., Tedersoo, Leho, Crowther, T. W., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel Population Density, Animal Manure and Waste, Conservation, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Greening and browning trend with physio-climatic drivers in Chattogram division, Bangladesh Rashid, Kazi Jihadur, Tuli, Rajsree Das, Nasher, N. M. Refat, Akter, Tahmina, Karim, K. H. Razimul, Hasan, Md. Mahmudul, Talha, MD, Chowdhury, Shah Imran Ahsan, Musharrat, Mahiba Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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