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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.

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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: 2026-05-19

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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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity and potential drivers of human tick-borne encephalitis in the south of Russian Far East Shartova, Natalia V., Korennoy, Fedor I., Vatlina, Tamara V., Orlov, Dmitry S., Mironova, V. A., Lee, Hairong, Li, Wang, Malkhazova, S. M. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Seasonal analysis of land surface temperature using local climate zones in peak forest basin topography: A case study of Guilin Mo, Nan, Han, Jie, Yin, Yingde, Zhang, Yelin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Satellite-Derived, Smartphone-Delivered Geospatial Cholera Risk Nusrat, Farah, Akanda, Ali S., Islam, Abdullah, Aziz, Sonia, Pakhtigian, Emily L., Boyle, Kevin, Hanifi, Syed Manzoor Ahmed Population Density, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Shared insights for heat health risk adaptation in metropolitan areas of developing countries Yu, Wenbo, Yang, Jun, Sun, Dongqi, Xue, Bing, Sun, Wei, Ren, Jiayi, Yu, Huisheng, Xiao, Xiangming, Xia, Jianhong(Cecilia), Li, Xueming Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Soil organic carbon stocks in native forest of Argentina: a useful surrogate for mitigation and conservation planning under climate variability Peri, Pablo L., Gaitan, Juan, Mastrangelo, Matias, Nosetto, Marcelo, Villagra, Pablo E., Balducci, Ezequiel, Pinazo, Martin, Eclesia, Roxana P., Von Wallis, Alejandra, Villarino, Sebastian, Alaggia, Francisco, Polo, Marina Gonzalez, Manrique, Silvina, Meglioli, Pablo A., Rodriguez-Souilla, Julian, Monaco, Martin, Chaves, Jimena E., Medina, Ariel, Gasparri, Ignacio, Arnesi, Eugenio Alvarez, Barral, Maria Paula, von Muller, Axel, Pahr, Norberto M., Echevarria, Josefina Uribe, Fernandez, Pedro, Morsucci, Marina, Lopez, Dardo, Cellini, Juan Manuel, Alvarez, Leandro, Barberis, Ignacio, Colomb, Hernan, La Manna, Ludmila, Barbaro, Sebastian, Blundo, Cecilia, Sirimarco, Ximena, Cavallero, Laura, Zalazar, Gualberto, Pastur, Guillermo Martinez Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatial ecological gradients and non-equilibrium niche construction dynamics in the Levantine Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition Stutz, Aaron Jonas Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Response of Ecological Quality to Land Use/Cover Change During Rapid Urbanization of Xiong'an New Area Sun, Qi, Qiao, Ruitong, Jiao, Quanjun, Xing, Huimin, Wang, Can, Zhu, Xinyu, Huang, Wenjiang, Zhang, Bing Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Sensitivity of Local Climate Zones and Urban Functional Zones to Multi-Scenario Surface Urban Heat Islands Deng, Haojian, Zhang, Shiran, Chen, Minghui, Feng, Jiali, Liu, Kai Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Timing matters: remotely sensed vegetation greenness can predict insect vector migration and therefore outbreaks of curly top disease Lee, Hyoseok, Wintermantel, William M., Trumble, John T., Nansen, Christian Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), 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
Vineyards of North-East Italy Exposed to Heatwaves: Trend Analysis Based on Satellite Data from Google Earth Engine Baldan, Vincenzo, Straffelini, Eugenio, Tarolli, Paolo, DAgostino, Vincenzo Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Using automated machine learning for the upscaling of gross primary productivity Gaber, Max, Kang, Yanghui, Schurgers, Guy, Keenan, Trevor Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Anisotropy, Primary Production, Gross Primary Production (gpp)
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
Uncovering NDVI time trends in Spanish high mountain biosphere reserves: A detailed study Arrogante-Funes, Patricia, Osuna, Dina, Arrogante-Funes, Fatima, Alvarez-Ripado, Ariadna, G. Bruzon, Adrian Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Trends of Summer Lake Surface Water Temperature on the Tibetan Plateau Shi, Yi, Huang, Anning, Wu, Yang, Lazhu, Wen, Lijuan Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Time series decomposition of land surface temperature for long-term trend forecasting and impact on nesting sea turtle habitats in the Arabian Gulf Perera, Sachi, Maneja, Rommel H., Allali, Mohamed, Rakovski, Cyril, Linstead, Erik, Struppa, Daniele, Qasem, Ali, El-Askary, Hesham Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Physiological and behavioural resistance of malaria vectors in rural West-Africa: a data mining study to address their fine-scale spatiotemporal heterogeneity, drivers, and predictability Taconet, Paul, Soma, Dieudonne Diloma, Zogo, Barnabas, Mouline, Karine, Simard, Frederic, Koffi, Alphonsine Amanan, Dabire, Roch Kounbobr, Pennetier, Cedric, Moiroux, Nicolas Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Probabilistic quantile multiple fourier feature network for lake temperature forecasting: incorporating pinball loss for uncertainty estimation Liu, Siyuan, Deng, Jiaxin, Yuan, Jin, Li, Weide, Li, Xian, Xu, Jing, Zhang, Shaotong, Wu, Jinran, Wang, You-Gan Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Westerly-triggered lake-effect snowfall enhanced with climate warming over the Tibetan Plateau Dai, Yufeng, Wang, Tao, Sheng, Yongwei, Wang, Lei, Chen, Hongbin, Zhang, Xiaowen, Li, Xiangyu, Wang, Weicai, Wu, Junfei, Chen, Wenfeng, Yao, Tandong Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Reduction of malaria case incidence following the introduction of clothianidin-based indoor residual spraying in previously unsprayed districts: an observational ... Hilton, Emily R, Gning-Cisse, Ndombour, Assi, Auguste, Eyakou, Mathieu, Koffi, John, Gnakou, Barthelemy, Kouassi, Bernard, Flatley, Cecilia, Chabi, Joseph, Gbalegba, Constant, Alex Aimain, Serge, Yah Kokrasset, Colette, Antoine Tanoh, Mea, N'Gotta, Sylvain, Yao, Octavie, Egou Assi, Hughes, Konan, Philomene, Davis, Kelly, Constant, Edi, Belemvire, Allison, Yepassis-Zembrou, Patricia, Zinzindohoue, Pascal, Kouadio, Blaise, Burnett, Sarah Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Data fusion for estimating high-resolution urban heatwave air temperature Wen, Zitong, Zhuo, Lu, Wang, Qin, Wang, Jiao, Liu, Ying, Du, Sichan, Abdelhalim, Ahmed, Han, Dawei Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Conflict forecasting using remote sensing data: An application to the Syrian civil war Racek, Daniel, Thurner, Paul W., Davidson, Brittany I., Zhu, Xiao Xiang, Kauermann, Goran Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Developing the role of Earth observation in spatio-temporal mosquito modelling to identify malaria hot-spots Marston, Christopher, Rowland, Clare, ONeil, Aneurin, Irish, Seth, Watsenga, Francis, Martin-Gallego, Pilar, Aplin, Paul, Giraudoux, Patrick, Strode, Clare Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Evaluation of a water network's energy potential in dynamic operation Hypolite, Gautier, Boutin, Olivier, Sole, Sandrine Del, Cloarec, Jean-Francois, Ferrasse, Jean-Henry Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Evaluating a global soil moisture dataset from a multitask model (GSM3 v1. 0) with potential applications for crop threats Liu, Jiangtao, Hughes, David, Rahmani, Farshid, Lawson, Kathryn, Shen, Chaopeng Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Vegetation Water Content, Skin Temperature, Albedo, Anisotropy, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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