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Description

The Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 5-Minute (MYD11_L2) Version 6.1 swath product provides per-pixel Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) with a pixel size of 1,000 meters (m). The product is produced daily in 5-minute temporal increments of satellite acquisition using the generalized split-window algorithm. MYD11_L2 is a Level 2 product which provides the input for the Level 3 products. Provided in each MYD11_L2 file are LST, quality control assessment, error estimates, bands 31 and 32 emissivities, zenith angle of the pixel view, observation time, and the geographic coordinates for every five scan lines and samples.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6.1 land surface temperature and emissivity data products: (1) Version 6.1 Level-1B (L1B) products have been improved by undergoing various calibration changes that include: changes to the response-versus-scan angle (RVS) approach that affects reflectance bands for Aqua and Terra MODIS, corrections to adjust for the optical crosstalk in Terra MODIS infrared (IR) bands, and corrections to the Terra MODIS forward look-up table (LUT) update for the period 2012 – 2017, and (2) A polarization correction has been applied to the L1B Reflective Solar Bands (RSB).

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
1000 Meters x 1000 Meters
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2002-07-04 to Present
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
C2343114808-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
2130688
Processing Level
2
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. (2021). MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 5-Min L2 Swath 1km V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD11_L2.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-16

File Naming Convention

MYD11_L2.A2025223.2355.061.2025224171210.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MYD11_L2) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025223), the Hours and Minutes of Acquisition provided as HHMM (2355), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025224171210), and the Data Format (hdf).

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Title Year Author Topic
Supplement of the radiance-based method to validate satellite-derived land surface temperature products over heterogeneous land surfaces Yu, Wenping, Ma, Mingguo, Yang, Hong, Tan, Junlei, Li, Xiaolu Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Using Robust Satellite Technique (RST) to determine thermal anomalies before a strong earthquakeA case study of the Saravan earthquake (April 16th, 2013, MW = 7.8, Iran) Khalili, Marzieh, Alavi Panah, Seyed Kazem, Abdollahi Eskandar, Seyed Sabereh Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Validation of Collection 6 MODIS land surface temperature product using in situ measurements Duan, Si-Bo, Li, Zhao-Liang, Li, Hua, Gottsche, Frank-M., Wu, Hua, Zhao, Wei, Leng, Pei, Zhang, Xia, Coll, Cesar Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Thermal anomalies detection before Saravan earthquake (April 16th, 2013, M-W=7.8) using time series method, satellite, and meteorological data Khalili, Marzieh, Abdollahi Eskandar, Seyed Sabereh, Alavi Panah, Seyed Kazem Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Estimation of land surface temperature from three thermal infrared channels of MODIS data for dust aerosol skies Fan, Xiwei, Nie, Gaozhong, Wu, Hua, Tang, Bo-Hui Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Near-surface temperature inversion during summer at Summit, Greenland, and its relation to MODIS-derived surface temperatures Adolph, Alden C., Albert, Mary R., Hall, Dorothy K. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Evaluation of different WRF microphysics schemes: severe rainfall over Egypt case study Eltahan, Muhammed, Magooda, Mohammed Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spring and summer monthly MODIS LST is inherently compared to air temperature in snow covered sub-Arctic mountains Williamson, Scott N., Hik, David S., Gamon, John A., Jarosch, Alexander H., Anslow, Faron S., Clarke, Garry K.C., Scott Rupp, T. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
A physics-based algorithm for the simultaneous retrieval of land surface temperature and emissivity from VIIRS thermal infrared data Islam, Tanvir, Hulley, Glynn C., Malakar, Nabin K., Radocinski, Robert G., Guillevic, Pierre C., Hook, Simon J. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Surface Radiative Properties, Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Ice freeze-up and break-up detection of shallow lakes in northern Alaska with spaceborne SAR Surdu, Cristina, Duguay, Claude, Pour, Homa, Brown, Laura Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Improvements of a COMS land surface temperature retrieval algorithm based on the temperature lapse rate and water vapor/aerosol effect Cho, A-Ra, Choi, Youn-Young, Suh, Myoung-Seok Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
An autonomous system to take angular thermal-infrared measurements for validating satellite products Niclos, Raquel, Valiente, Jose, Barbera, Maria, Coll, Cesar Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Estimation of surface longwave radiation over the Tibetan Plateau region using MODIS Data for cloud-free skies Wang, Jiao, Tang, Bo-Hui, Zhang, Xiao-Yu, Wu, Hua, Li, Zhao-Liang Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Study on the estimation of near-surface air temperature from MODIS data by statistical methods Xu, Yongming, Qin, Zhihao, Shen, Yan Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
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