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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: 2026-05-22

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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Monitoring the Spatial Distribution of Cover Crops and Tillage Practices Using Machine Learning and Environmental Drivers across Eastern South Dakota Jain, Khushboo, John, Ranjeet, Torbick, Nathan, Kolluru, Venkatesh, Saraf, Sakshi, Chandel, Abhinav, Henebry, Geoffrey M., Jarchow, Meghann Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps
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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
Mangrove forest regeneration age map and drivers of restoration success in Gulf Cooperation Council countries from satellite imagery Mohan, Midhun, Dutta Roy, Abhilash, Montenegro, Jorge F., Watt, Michael S., Burt, John A., Shapiro, Aurelie, Ouerfelli, Dhouha, Daniel, Redeat, de-Miguel, Sergio, Ali, Tarig, Ortega Pardo, Macarena, Al Sayah, Mario, Aboobacker, Valliyil Mohammed, El Beyrouthy, Naji, Reef, Ruth, Adrah, Esmaeel, AlMealla, Reem, Arachchige, Pavithra S. Pitumpe, Selvam, Pandi, Jaafar, Wan Shafrina Wan Mohd, Sujud, Lara, Bahzad, Jenan, Alawatte, Isuru, Hussein, Sohaib, Lopez-Martinez, Carlos, Sidik, Frida, Nithyanandan, Manickam, Abdullah, Meshal, Al-Khalid, Mohammad, Abulibdeh, Ammar, Cardil, Adrian, Chambers, Jeffrey Q. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Machine learning downscaling of GRACE/GRACE-FO data to capture spatial-temporal drought effects on groundwater storage at a local scale under data-scarcity Shilengwe, Christopher, Banda, Kawawa, Nyambe, Imasiku Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Machine-Learning Based Multi-Layer Soil Moisture Forecasts-An Du, J., Kimball, J. S., Jencso, K., Hoylman, Z., Brust, C., Ketchum, D., Xu, Y., Lu, H., Sheffield, J. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
OntoRaster: Extending VKGs with Raster Data Ghosh, Arka, Pano, Albulen, Xiao, Guohui, Calvanese, Diego Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
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
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 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 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
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)
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
Land use as key element for urban heat island inception in small cities. Case study: Barlad City, Romania ICHIM, Pavel, MIRON, Ruben, COROCAESCU, Alexandru-Constantin, CRETU, Claudiu- Stefanel, SFICA, Lucian Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Land surface modeling informed by earth observation data: toward understanding bluegreenwhite water fluxes in High Mountain Asia Buri, Pascal, Fatichi, Simone, Shaw, Thomas E., Fyffe, Catriona L., Miles, Evan S., McCarthy, Michael J., Kneib, Marin, Ren, Shaoting, Jouberton, Achille, Fugger, Stefan, Jia, Li, Zhang, Jing, Shen, Cong, Zheng, Chaolei, Menenti, Massimo, Pellicciotti, Francesca Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Snow Cover
Landscape and meteorological determinants of malaria vectors' presence Taconet, Paul, Zogo, Barnabas, Ahoua Alou, Ludovic P., Amanan Koffi, Alphonsine, Dabire, Roch Kounbobr, Pennetier, Cedric, Moiroux, Nicolas RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Sampling Error of Mean and Trend of Nighttime Air Temperature at Weather Chen, Linghong, Wang, Kaicun Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
The high spatial resolution Drought Response Index (HiDRI): An Xu, Zhenheng, Sun, Hao, Zhang, Tian, Xu, Huanyu, Wu, Dan, Gao, JinHua Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatiotemporal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus abundance in northern Spain Peralbo-Moreno, Alfonso, Espi, Alberto, Barandika, Jesus F., Garcia-Perez, Ana L., Acevedo, Pelayo, Ruiz-Fons, Francisco Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
The benefit of clean water on child health: An empirical analysis with specific reference to Escherichia Coli water contamination Hanif, Ammazia, Nakano, Yuko, Matsushima, Midori Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Temporal Variations in Land Surface Temperature within an Urban Rees, Gareth, Hebryn-Baidy, Liliia, Belenok, Vadym Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spotting Culex pipiens from satellite: modeling habitat suitability in central Italy using Sentinel-2 and deep learning techniques Ippoliti, Carla, Bonicelli, Lorenzo, De Ascentis, Matteo, Tora, Susanna, Di Lorenzo, Alessio, dAlessio, Silvio Gerardo, Porrello, Angelo, Bonanni, Americo, Cioci, Daniela, Goffredo, Maria, Calderara, Simone, Conte, Annamaria Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatially explicit assessment of the heat-related health risk in the Yangtze River Delta, China, using multisource remote sensing and socioeconomic data Wu, Hanyi, Xu, Yongming, Zhang, Min, Su, Lingbo, Wang, Yiqi, Zhu, Shanyou 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)
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