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Description

The Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Monthly(MOD11C3) Version 6.1 product provides monthly Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) values in a 0.05 degree (5,600 meters at the equator) latitude/longitude Climate Modeling Grid (CMG). A CMG granule is a geographic grid with 7,200 columns and 3,600 rows representing the entire globe. The LST&E values in the MOD11C3 product are derived by compositing and averaging the values from the corresponding month of MOD11C1 daily files. Each MOD11C3 product consists of the following layers for daytime and nighttime observations: LSTs, quality control assessments, observation times, view zenith angles, and number of clear-sky observations along with percentage of land in the grid and emissivities from bands 20, 22, 23, 29, 31, and 32.

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
5600 Meters x 5600 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
MODIS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG)
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2000-02-01 to Present
Temporal Resolution
1 Month
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
C2565788897-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
315
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Emissivity ,
Land Surface Temperature

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 Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11C3.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-18

File Naming Convention

MOD11C3.A2025182.061.2025213154157.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD11C3) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025182), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025213154157), 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
A remotely sensed assessment of surface ecological change over the Gomishan Wetland, Iran Qureshi, Salman, Alavipanah, Seyed Kazem, Konyushkova, Maria, Mijani, Naeim, Fathololomi, Solmaz, Firozjaei, Mohammad Karimi, Homaee, Mehdi, Hamzeh, Saeid, Kakroodi, Ata Abdollahi Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
A climatology of surface-air temperature difference over the Tibetan Wang, Xuejia, Chen, Deliang, Pang, Guojin, Ou, Tinghai, Yang, Meixue, Wang, Meng Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
A combined Terra and Aqua MODIS land surface temperature and meteorological station data product for China from 2003 to 2017 Zhao, Bing, Mao, Kebiao, Cai, Yulin, Shi, Jiancheng, Li, Zhaoliang, Qin, Zhihao, Meng, Xiangjin, Shen, Xinyi, Guo, Zhonghua Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Filling gaps of monthly Terra/MODIS daytime land surface temperature using discrete cosine transform method Liu, Hengzi, Lu, Ning, Jiang, Hou, Qin, Jun, Yao, Ling Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Is there a relationship between human population distribution and land surface temperature? Global perspective in areas with different climatic classifications Jaber, Salahuddin M. Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
MODIS-based land surface temperature for climate variability and change researchThe tale of a typical semi-arid to arid environment Jaber, Salahuddin M., Abu-Allaban, Mahmoud M. Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Spatial pattern and seasonal dynamics of the photosynthesis activity across Australian rainfed croplands Shen, Jianxiu, Huete, Alfredo, Ma, Xuanlong, Tran, Ngoc Nguyen, Joiner, Joanna, Beringer, Jason, Eamus, Derek, Yu, Qiang Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spatiotemporal forecast with local temporal drift applied to weather patterns in Patagonia Takafuji, Eduardo Henrique de Moraes, da Rocha, Marcelo Monteiro, Manzione, Rodrigo Lilla Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Suitability of satellite-based hydro-climate variables and machine Seyoum, Wondwosen M., Kwon, Dongjae Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Revisiting the global hydrological cycle: is it intensifying? Koutsoyiannis, Demetris Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
The urban meteorology island: a multi-model ensemble analysis Karlicky, Jan, Huszar, Peter, Novakova, Tereza, Belda, Michal, Svabik, Filip, Doubalova, Jana, Halenka, Tomas Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
The spectral portrait of plain landscapes in Russia Titkova, T.B., Zolotokrylin, A.N., Vinogradova, V.V. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Parasitoids indicate major climateinduced shifts in arctic communities Kankaanpaa, Tuomas, Vesterinen, Eero, Hardwick, Bess, Schmidt, Niels M., Andersson, Tommi, Aspholm, Paul E., Barrio, Isabel C., Beckers, Niklas, Bety, Joel, Birkemoe, Tone, DeSiervo, Melissa, Drotos, Katherine H. I., Ehrich, Dorothee, Gilg, Olivier, Gilg, Vladimir, Hein, Nils, Hye, Toke T., Jakobsen, Kristian M., Jodouin, Camille, Jorna, Jesse, Kozlov, Mikhail V., Kresse, JeanClaude, LeandriBreton, DonJean, Lecomte, Nicolas, Loonen, Maarten, Marr, Philipp, Monckton, Spencer K., Olsen, Maia, Otis, JoseeAnne, Pyle, Michelle, Roos, Ruben E., Raundrup, Katrine, Rozhkova, Daria, Sabard, Brigitte, Sokolov, Aleksandr, Sokolova, Natalia, Solecki, Anna M., Urbanowicz, Christine, Villeneuve, Catherine, Vyguzova, Evgenya, Zverev, Vitali, Roslin, Tomas Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Performance of land surface schemes in the WRF model for climate simulations over the MENA-CORDEX domain Constantinidou, Katiana, Hadjinicolaou, Panos, Zittis, George, Lelieveld, Jos Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
What environmental factors influence the concentration of fecal indicator bacteria in groundwater? Insights from explanatory modeling in Uganda and Bangladesh Poulin, Chloe, Peletz, Rachel, Ercumen, Ayse, Pickering, Amy J., Marshall, Katherine, Boehm, Alexandria B., Khush, Ranjiv, Delaire, Caroline Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Recent fall Eurasian cooling linked to North Pacific sea surface temperatures and a strengthening Siberian high Li, Baofu, Li, Yupeng, Chen, Yaning, Zhang, Baohuan, Shi, Xun Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Data products, quality and validation of the DLR earth sensing imaging spectrometer (DESIS) Alonso, Kevin, Bachmann, Martin, Burch, Kara, Carmona, Emiliano, Cerra, Daniele, de los Reyes, Raquel, Dietrich, Daniele, Heiden, Uta, Holderlin, Andreas, Ickes, Jack, Knodt, Uwe, Krutz, David, Lester, Heath, Muller, Rupert, Pagnutti, Mary, Reinartz, Peter, Richter, Rudolf, Ryan, Robert, Sebastian, Ilse, Tegler, Mirco RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Detailed global modelling of soil organic carbon in cropland, grassland and forest soils Morais, Tiago G., Teixeira, Ricardo F.M., Domingos, Tiago Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Determining variable weights for an Optimal Scaled Drought Condition Index (OSDCI)Evaluation in Central Asia Guo, Hao, Bao, Anming, Liu, Tie, Ndayisaba, Felix, Jiang, Liangliang, Zheng, Guoxiong, Chen, Tao, De Maeyer, Philippe Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
First-time estimation of HCHO column over Asia using multiple regression with OMI and MODIS data Choi, W. N., Hong, H. K., Lee, Y. W., Ryu, J. Y., Park, J. S., Lee, H. L. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Impacts of forestation and deforestation on local temperature across the globe Prevedello, Jayme A., Winck, Gisele R., Weber, Marcelo M., Nichols, Elizabeth, Sinervo, Barry Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Downscaling GRACE TWSA data into high-resolution groundwater level anomaly using machine learning-based models in a glacial aquifer system Seyoum, Wondwosen, Kwon, Dongjae, Milewski, Adam Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Climate changes in transitional natural areas of Russian northern regions and their display in landscape spectral characteristics Titkova, T.B., Vinogradova, V.V. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Characterization of the occurrence and abundance of the Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) with regard to assessment of its expansion potential in European Russia Afonin, A. N., Fedorova, Y. A., Li, Yu. S. Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Monthly gridded data product of northern wetland methane emissions based on upscaling eddy covariance observations Peltola, Olli, Vesala, Timo, Gao, Yao, Raty, Olle, Alekseychik, Pavel, Aurela, Mika, Chojnicki, Bogdan, Desai, Ankur R., Dolman, Albertus J., Euskirchen, Eugenie S., Friborg, Thomas, Gockede, Mathias, Helbig, Manuel, Humphreys, Elyn, Jackson, Robert B., Jocher, Georg, Joos, Fortunat, Klatt, Janina, Knox, Sara H., Kowalska, Natalia, Kutzbach, Lars, Lienert, Sebastian, Lohila, Annalea, Mammarella, Ivan, Nadeau, Daniel F., Nilsson, Mats B., Oechel, Walter C., Peichl, Matthias, Pypker, Thomas, Quinton, William, Rinne, Janne, Sachs, Torsten, Samson, Mateusz, Schmid, Hans Peter, Sonnentag, Oliver, Wille, Christian, Zona, Donatella, Aalto, Tuula Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance, Wetlands, Methane, Emissions, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Surface Water, Landscape Patterns, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
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