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Description

The Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 8-Day (MOD11A2) Version 6.1 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 6.1 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
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
2000-02-18 to Present
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
C2269056084-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
381562
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. (2021). MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 8-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11A2.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-18

File Naming Convention

MOD11A2.A2025209.h20v17.061.2025217165719.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD11A2) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025209), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h20v17), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025217165719), 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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Spatiotemporal patterns of maize drought stress and their effects on biomass in the Northeast and North China Plain from 2000 to 2019 Wan, Wei, Liu, Zhong, Li, Jiahui, Xu, Jianing, Wu, Hanqing, Xu, Zhaohui Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatiotemporal patterns of water consumption and irrigation requirements of wheat-maize in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China and options of their reduction Ren, Pinpin, Huang, Feng, Li, Baoguo Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatial-temporal dynamics of alpine grassland coverage and its response to climate warming in Mt. Qomolangma Nature Preserve during 20002019 Ma, Fei, Peng, Pei-hao Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Spatially Explicit Environmental Factors Associated with Lymphatic Filariasis Infection in American Samoa Lemin, Morgan E., Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen J., Lau, Colleen L. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatiotemporal pattern and long-term trend of global surface urban heat islands characterized by dynamic urban-extent method and MODIS data Si, Menglin, Li, Zhao-Liang, Nerry, Francoise, Tang, Bo-Hui, Leng, Pei, Wu, Hua, Zhang, Xia, Shang, Guofei Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy
Spatiotemporal and multiscale analysis of the coupling coordination degree between economic development equality and eco-environmental quality in China from 2001 to 2020 Ji, Jianwan, Tang, Zhanzhong, Zhang, Weiwei, Liu, Wenliang, Jin, Biao, Xi, Xu, Wang, Futao, Zhang, Rui, Guo, Bing, Xu, Zhiyu, Shifaw, Eshetu, Xiong, Yibing, Wang, Jinming, Xu, Saiping, Wang, Zhenqing Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Systematic assessment of the warming trend in Madagascar's mainland daytime land surface temperature from 2000 to 2019 Eka Prasetya, Tofan Agung, Devi, Rafika Minati, Fitrahanjani, Cendana, Wahyuningtyas, Tri, Muna, Silmi Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Remote sensing of vegetation prolonged drought at the salt playas of Hail Saudi Arabia Hereher, Mohamed, Alghmdi, Ahmed, Mseddi, Khalil, El Kenawy, Ahmed Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Twenty-year impact of fire foci and its relationship with climate variables in Brazilian regions Teodoro, Paulo Eduardo, da Silva Junior, Carlos Antonio, Delgado, Rafael Coll, Lima, Mendelson, Teodoro, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro, Baio, Fabio Henrique Rojo, de Azevedo, Gileno Brito, de Oliveira Sousa Azevedo, Glauce Tas, de Andrea Pantaleao, Ariane, Capristo-Silva, Guilherme Fernando, Facco, Cassiele Uliana Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Water dynamics over a Western Patagonian watershedLand surface changes and human factors Olivera-Guerra, L., Quintanilla, M., Moletto-Lobos, I., Pichuante, E., Zamorano-Elgueta, C., Mattar, C. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Vegetation recovery and recent degradation in different karst landforms He, Yuanhuizi, Wang, Li, Niu, Zheng, Nath, Biswajit Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Using an object-based machine learning ensemble approach to upscale evapotranspiration measured from eddy covariance towers in a subtropical wetland Zhang, Caiyun, Brodylo, David, Rahman, Mizanur, Rahman, Md Atiqur, Douglas, Thomas A., Comas, Xavier Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Reflectance
Unprecedented fire activity above the Arctic Circle linked to rising temperatures Descals, Adria, Gaveau, David L. A., Verger, Aleixandre, Sheil, Douglas, Naito, Daisuke, Penuelas, Josep Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Uncovering current pyroregions in Italy using wildfire metrics Elia, Mario, Giannico, Vincenzo, Ascoli, Davide, Arganaraz, Juan Pablo, DEste, Marina, Spano, Giuseppina, Lafortezza, Raffaele, Sanesi, Giovanni Reflectance, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Understanding the spatiotemporal patterns of seasonal, annual, and Li, Le, Pan, Yaozhong, Zheng, Rongbao, Liu, Xiaoping Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Uncertainty of city-based urban heat island intensity across 1112 global citiesBackground reference and cloud coverage Li, Kangning, Chen, Yunhao, Gao, Shengjun Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Thermal and moisture response to land surface changes across different Liu, Tingxiang, Yu, Lingxue, Bu, Kun, Yang, Jiuchun, Yan, Fengqin, Zhang, Shuwen, Li, Guangshuai, Jiao, Yue, Liu, Shizhuo Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
PISCOeo_pm, a reference evapotranspiration gridded database based on FAO Penman-Monteith in Peru Huerta, Adrian, Bonnesoeur, Vivien, Cuadros-Adriazola, Jose, Gutierrez, Leonardo, Ochoa-Tocachi, Boris F., Roman-Danobeytia, Francisco, Lavado-Casimiro, Waldo Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Pixel-scale historical-baseline-based ecological quality: Measuring Wang, Junbang, Ding, Yuefan, Wang, Shaoqiang, Watson, Alan E., He, Honglin, Ye, Hui, Ouyang, Xihuang, Li, Yingnian Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Urban heat island and thermal comfort of Esfahan City (Iran) during COVID-19 lockdown Roshan, Gholamreza, Sarli, Reza, Fitchett, Jennifer M. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Urban warming increases the temperature sensitivity of spring vegetation phenology at 292 cities across China Wang, Liqun, De Boeck, Hans J., Chen, Lixin, Song, Conghe, Chen, Zuosinan, McNulty, Steve, Zhang, Zhiqiang Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Urbanization-induced changes in convective and frontal precipitation events in Ankara Donmez, Berkay, Donmez, Kutay, Diren-Ustun, Deniz H., Unal, Yurdanur Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Quantifying the contribution of diminishing green spaces and urban sprawl to urban heat island effect in a rapidly urbanizing metropolitan city of Pakistan Arshad, Salman, Ahmad, Sajid Rashid, Abbas, Sawaid, Asharf, Ather, Siddiqui, Nadia Asad, Islam, Zia ul Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Quantifying latitudinal variation in land surface phenology of Spartina alterniflora saltmarshes across coastal wetlands in China by Landsat 7/8 and Sentinel-2 images Zhang, Xi, Xiao, Xiangming, Qiu, Shiyun, Xu, Xiao, Wang, Xinxin, Chang, Qing, Wu, Jihua, Li, Bo Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Reconstructing NDVI and land surface temperature for cloud cover pixels of Landsat-8 images for assessing vegetation health index in the Northeast region of ... Mohanasundaram, S., Baghel, Triambak, Thakur, Vishal, Udmale, Parmeshwar, Shrestha, Sangam Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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