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Description

The MOD11A2 Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD11A2 Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD11A2 Version 6 product provides an average 8-day per-pixel Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) with a 1 kilometer (km) spatial resolution in a 1,200 by 1,200 km grid. Each pixel value in the MOD11A2 is a simple average of all the corresponding MOD11A1 LST pixels collected within that 8-day period. The 8-day compositing period was chosen because twice that period is the exact ground track repeat period of the Terra and Aqua platforms. 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
Projects
TERRA
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
2000-02-18 to 2022-11-16
Temporal Resolution
8 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
C2763297220-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). MOD11A2 MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 8-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V006 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11A2.006 Date Accessed: 2026-06-06

File Naming Convention

MOD11A2.A2002273.h23v10.006.2015160225409.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD11A2) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2002273), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h23v10), the Version of the data collection (006), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2015160225409), and the Data Format (hdf).

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

DATA PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

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Geostatistical analysis to guide treatment decisions for soil-transmitted helminthiasis control in Uganda Nyawanda, Bryan O., Sullivan, Kristin M., Tinkitina, Benjamin, Beinamaryo, Prudence, Nabatte, Betty, Kyarisiima, Hilda, Mubangizi, Alfred, Emerson, Paul M., Utzinger, Jurg, Vounatsou, Penelope Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Global 30-m annual median vegetation height maps (20002022) based on ICESat-2 data and Machine Learning Hunter, Maria O., Parente, Leandro, Ho, Yu-feng, Bonannella, Carmelo, Guimaraes Ferreira, Laerte, Morton, Douglas, Consoli, Davide, Sloat, Lindsey Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Terrain Elevation
Exploring potential environmental drivers of migration phenology in two Mongolian Plateau-nesting goose species Zhang, Junjian, Li, Xianghuang, Deng, Xueqin, Damba, Iderbat, Batbayar, Nyambayar, Xu, Zhenggang, Zhang, Yong, Cao, Lei, Fox, Anthony David Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Evaluation of the performance of multiple reanalysis forcing data in Xie, Yuxuan, Kong, Dongdong, Zhang, Yongqiang, Zhong, Yulong, Ma, Ning, Gong, Rouyan, Ci, Hui, Xiao, Mingzhong, Gu, Xihui Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Evaluation of the potential effects of forest vegetation cover on surface temperature in different geographical and climatic regions of Shaanxi Province, China Wang, Minghui, Liu, Jincheng Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Possibilities of assessing the state of Lake Baikal surface water using Google Earth Engine Boldanova, E.V., Baikal State University, Lenin Street, 11, Irkutsk, 664003, Russia Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Permafrost distribution modeling using remote sensing and machine learning technique in the Garhwal Himalaya, India Pandey, Arvind Chandra, Islam, Anikul, Dwivedi, Chandra Shekhar, Parida, Bikash Ranjan, Maslakov, Alexey, Koroleva, Ekaterina Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Probabilistic linkages of propagation from meteorological to agricultural drought in the North African semi-arid region Dahhane, Younes, Ongoma, Victor, Hadri, Abdessamad, Kharrou, Mohamed Hakim, Hakam, Oualid, Chehbouni, Abdelghani Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Modeling the Distribution and Richness of Mammalian Species in the Massawe, Goodluck, Casas, Enrique, Marealle, Wilfred, Lyamuya, Richard, Mzumara, Tiwonge I., Mbewe, Willard, Arbelo, Manuel Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Monitoring Water Area Dynamics in Kashgar (20032023) Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Ding, Cong, Ren, Chao Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Nighttime land surface temperature and thermal discomfort in a seasonally muggy climate Muse, Nkosi, McNoldy, Brian D., Clement, Amy, Mach, Katharine J. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Quantifying the cooling benefits driven by global urban tree cover restoration Liu, Feng, Wang, Lunche, Cao, Qian, Gao, Jun, Zhang, Zixin, Sun, Jia Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Quantifying heat-related risks from urban heat island effects: A global Hao, Ming, Liu, Xue, Li, Xia Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance, Total Surface Water
Modeling sparse Rift Valley fever incidence data: a Bayesian perspective on zero-inflated self-exciting and autoregressive models Angelakis, Alexandros, Nyawanda, Bryan O., Vounatsou, Penelope Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Seasonal Temperature and Precipitation Patterns in Caucasus Landscapes Elizbarashvili, Mariam, Beglarashvili, Nazibrola, Pipia, Mikheil, Elizbarashvili, Elizbar, Chikhradze, Nino Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatial and temporal assessment of soil degradation risk in Europe Afshar, Mehdi H., Hassani, Amirhossein, Aminzadeh, Milad, Borrelli, Pasquale, Panagos, Panos, Robinson, David A., Or, Dani, Shokri, Nima Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spatial heterogeneity of agricultural drought drivers in irrigation Shi, Xiang, Han, Wenting, Wang, Yubin Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Soil Moisture Threshold of Methane Uptake in Alpine Grassland Ecosystems Wang, Peiyan, Wang, Jinsong, Wang, Song, D'Imperio, Ludovica, Elberling, Bo, Ambus, Per, Zhang, Zhen, Ito, Akihiko, Li, Yang, Pan, Junxiao, Song, Lei, Liu, Ning, Zhang, Ruiyang, Chen, Weinan, Niu, Shuli Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
SeasFire cube-a multivariate dataset for global wildfire modeling Karasante, Ilektra, Alonso, Lazaro, Prapas, Ioannis, Ahuja, Akanksha, Carvalhais, Nuno, Papoutsis, Ioannis Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Population Density, Burned Area
Range-wide assessment of habitat suitability for jaguars using multiscale species distribution modelling Alvarenga, Guilherme Costa, Sartor, Caroline C., Cushman, Samuel A., Zimmermann, Alexandra, Srbek-Araujo, Ana Carolina, Mendes-Oliveira, Ana Cristina, Harmsen, Bart, De Angelo, Carlos, Esteves, Carolina Franco, de Campos, Claudia B., Polli, Daiana Jeronimo, Viana, Diego F. Passos, Grabin, Diogo Maia, Donadio, Emiliano, Ramalho, Emiliano E., Payan, Esteban, Azevedo, Fernando C. C., Palomares, Francisco, Powell, George V. N., Ceballos, Gerardo, Porfirio, Grasiela, Zarza, Heliot, Cassaigne, Ivonne, Bogoni, Juliano A., Sena, Leonardo, Maranhao, Louise, de Brito, Marcos Roberto Monteiro, Tobler, Mathias W., Wiig, ystein, Foster, Rebecca J., Sampaio, Ricardo, Nunez, Rodrigo, Morato, Ronaldo G., Boron, Valeria, Moreno, Wener Hugo Arruda, Malhi, Yadvinder, Macdonald, David W., Kaszta, Zaneta Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Seasonal and interannual variations of soil heterotrophic respiration and autotrophic respiration in subtropical forests of southeast China: independent process-based ... Yan, Yibo, Wang, Xiujun, Wohlfahrt, Georg, Huang, Ni Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Quantifying Uncertainty in Projections of Desertification in Central Asia Using Bayesian Networks Liu, Jinping, Ren, Yanqun, He, Panxing, Xiao, Jianhua Population Density, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Remote sensing-based spatiotemporal dynamics of agricultural drought on Imtiaz, Fatima, Farooque, Aitazaz A., Randhawa, Gurjit S., Garmdareh, Seyyed Ebrahim Hashemi, Wang, Xiuquan, Esau, Travis J., Acharya, Bishnu, Sadiq, Rehan Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
The effects of warming on loggerhead turtle nesting counts SousaGuedes, Diana, Campos, Joao C., Bessa, Filipa, Lasala, Jacob A., Marco, Adolfo, Sillero, Neftali Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Study of the Correlation Between Water Resource Changes and Drought Indices in the Yinchuan Plain Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Deep Learning Guan, Hong, Jiang, Zhiguo, Lu, Jing, Wan, Yukuai Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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