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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
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
2000-02-24 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: 2026-06-12

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).

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

DATA PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

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Remote sensing of urban heat dynamics and the cooling effect of urban green spaces in Ethiopian cities Moges, Desalew Meseret, Mattisson, Kristoffer, Malmqvist, Ebba, Olsson, Per-Ola Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Revisiting the Urban Heat and Pollution Islands over the Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India Pandey, Pragya, Tyagi, Bhishma, Kumar, Pradeep, Sahu, Saroj Kumar, Sharma, Kuldeep Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Temperature and Moisture Variability Drive Resilience Shifts in Canada's Yang, Chenlin, Cui, Tianxiang, Fan, Lei, Wang, Jian, Wigneron, Jean-Pierre Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area
Spatio-temporal Analysis of Forest Degradation and Its Biomass Carbon Model in Sumatra Zahira, Dhia Zalfa, Sakti, Anjar Dimara, Wikantika, Ketut Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Urban Heat Island in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East: MultiCity Approach in Regional Climate Modelling Constantinidou, Katiana, Hadjinicolaou, Panos, Tzyrkalli, Anna, Zittis, George, Lelieveld, Jos Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
VegET evapotranspiration for Africa: Continental-scale simulation, multi-product evaluation, and drought assessment Akpoti, Komlavi, Velpuri, Naga Manohar, Leh, Mansoor, Kagone, Stefanie, Mekonnen, Kirubel, Owusu, Afua, Tadesse, Mulugeta, Prabhath, Paranamana Thilina, Madushanka, Lahiru, Perera, Tharindu, Parrish, Gabriel E.L., Nangia, Vinay, Sy, Souleymane, Bliefernicht, Jan, Guug, Samuel, Seid, Abdulkarim H., Senay, Gabriel B. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Vegetation greening reduces land surface temperature differences between Cui, Guishan, Ding, Nengyang, Liu, Duqi, Xu, Zhen Albedo, Snow Cover, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Topographic modulation of drought propagation establishes low-elevation hotspots and mid-elevation climatic refugia in Southern Africa Tilahun, Minyahel, Tesfamichael, Solomon G., Sasaki, Takehiro, Angassa, Ayana Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
A Multimodal Deep Learning Approach for Soil Moisture Downscaling Using Remote Sensing and Weather Data Xu, Yijia, Cai, Shuohao, Huang, Jingyi, Liu, Jiangui, Shang, Jiali, Yang, Zhengwei, Zhang, Zhou Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Surface Soil Moisture
Andean grassland stability across spatial scales increases with camelid SandovalCalderon, Ana Patricia, Meijer, Maarten J. J., Wang, Shaopeng, van Kuijk, Marijke, Verweij, Pita, Hautier, Yann Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Analysing historical events and current management strategies of wildfires in Norway Rafaqat, Warda, Sanchez, Pedro, Botnen, Dag, Fernandez-Anez, Nieves Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Analysing the Ability of Green Spaces to Mitigate the Effects of Urban Heat Islands Kupach, T., Demianenko, S., Haidai, S., Olishevska, Y. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
AI-Based Downscaling of MODIS LST Using SRDA-Net Model for High-Resolution Data Generation Ma, Hongxia, Mao, Kebiao, Yuan, Zijin, Xu, Longhao, Shi, Jiancheng, Guo, Zhonghua, Qin, Zhihao Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Algorithm for using satellite imagery to identify promising areas for introduction of heat-loving agricultural crops: A case study of Novgorod Region Gornyy, V.I., Balun, O.V., Kiselev, A.V., Smirnov, I.A., Tronin, A.A., Shkodina, E.P. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Assessing the utility of machine learning for predicting food sufficiency: a case study in Malawi Tomes, Andrew, Gholami, Shahrzad, Alia, Didier, Hennessy, Conor, Xu, Dafeng, Bitz, Cecilia, Dodhia, Rahul, Lavista Ferres, Juan, Anderson, C. Leigh Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
CEDAR-GPP: spatiotemporally upscaled estimates of gross primary productivity incorporating CO2 fertilization Kang, Yanghui, Bassiouni, Maoya, Gaber, Max, Lu, Xinchen, Keenan, Trevor F. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo
Associations between weather extremes and faecal contamination along pathogen transmission pathways in rural Bangladeshi households: a prospective observational study Niven, Caitlin G, Islam, Mahfuza, Nguyen, Anna, Grembi, Jessica A, Mertens, Andrew, Pickering, Amy J, Kwong, Laura H, Alam, Mahfuja, Sen, Debashis, Islam, Sharmin, Rahman, Mahbubur, Unicomb, Leanne, Hubbard, Alan E, Luby, Stephen P, Colford, John M, Arnold, Benjamin F, Benjamin-Chung, Jade, Ercumen, Ayse Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Climate buffering effects of western Canadian boreal lakes: the effect of lake size and depth on shoreline and nearshore forests Hillman, Ashley, Nielsen, Scott E. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Climate-vegetation intersection in determining the burn rate in an area da Rocha Miranda, Jonathan, Juvanhol, Ronie Silva, da Silva, Rosane Gomes, do Nascimento, Marcilene Soares, da Silva, Juliana Fernandes Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Evaluation of the spatiotemporal changes in ecological quality and public health status: a case study of Jharkhand State in India Mohammad, Lal, Bandyopadhyay, Jatisankar, Mondal, Ismail, Altuwaijri, Hamad Ahmed, Pradhan, Sumana, Hossain, S. K. Ariful, Juliev, Mukhiddin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Mapping Mountain Permafrost via GPR-Augmented Machine Learning in the Northeastern QinghaiTibet Plateau Xiao, Yao, Liu, Guangyue, Hu, Guojie, Zou, Defu, Li, Ren, Du, Erji, Wu, Tonghua, Wu, Xiaodong, Zhao, Guohui, Zhao, Yonghua, Zhao, Lin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Linking hydrological connectivity and waterbirds habitat suitability in floodplain Wetlands: Implications for wetland management Teng, Jiakun, Zhu, Yukou, Duan, Houlang, Yu, Xiubo, Xia, Shaoxia, Wang, Ran, Yang, Hui Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Latin Hypercube Sampling improves estimation of the GEDI-based forest canopy height: a case study in Jiangxi Province, China Shu, Yanming, Zhang, Shaoyu, Luo, Yichen, Yu, Jun, Chen, Jin, Qi, Shuhua, Ge, Yong Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Machine learning-based winter wheat yield prediction using multisource Khosravani Shariati, Seyed Arash, Abbasi, Ali Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Reflectance, Anisotropy, Emissivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Mapping anthropogenic pressure in the Brahmani-Baitarani River Basin: a PCA-based approach Mohanty, Dibya Jyoti, Rout, Jajnaseni Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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