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Description

The Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 8-Day (MYD11A2) 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 MYD11A2 is a simple average of all the corresponding MYD11A1 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
Aqua
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
2002-07-04 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
C2269057787-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
346999
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/Aqua 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/MYD11A2.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-03

File Naming Convention

MYD11A2.A2025209.h16v16.061.2025217184830.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MYD11A2) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025209), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h16v16), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025217184830), 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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A global annual fractional tree cover dataset during 20002021 generated from realigned MODIS seasonal data Liu, Yang, Liu, Ronggao, Chen, Jilong, Wei, Xuexin, Qi, Lin, Zhao, Lei Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
A global assessment of the effects of solar farms on albedo, vegetation, and land surface temperature using remote sensing Xu, Zhengjie, Li, Yan, Qin, Yingzuo, Bach, Eviatar Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy
Mapping environmental suitability changes for arbovirus mosquitoes in Hou, Weitao, Zhou, Yuxuan, Luo, Wei, Wang, Lin, Kwan, Mei-Po, Cook, Alex R. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Modes of summertime thermal urban stress over major cities in the Middle El Kenawy, Ahmed M., Aboelkhair, Hassan, Mohamed, Emad K., Gaber, Islam M., Fernandez-Duque, B., Pena-Angulo, D., Abdelaal, Mohamed M. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Increased Warming Efficiencies of Lake Heatwaves Enhance Dryland Lake Wu, Yuchen, Ji, Fei, Wang, Siyi, He, Yongli, Hu, Shujuan Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Impact of large kernel size on yield prediction: a case study of corn yield prediction with SEDLA in the US Corn Belt Terliksiz, Anil Suat, Altilar, Deniz Turgay Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Impacts of forest cover change on local temperature in Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta urban agglomerations of China Liu, Qing, Shen, Wenjuan, Wang, Tongyu, He, Jiaying, Cao, Pingting, Sun, Tianyi, Zhang, Ying, Ye, Wenjing, Huang, Chengquan Albedo, Anisotropy, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Next-level vegetation health index forecasting: A ConvLSTM study using MODIS Time Series KARTAL, Serkan, IBAN, Muzaffer Can, SEKERTEKIN, Aliihsan Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Dominant role of grazing and snow cover variability on vegetation shifts in the drylands of Kazakhstan Kolluru, Venkatesh, John, Ranjeet, Chen, Jiquan, Konkathi, Preethi, Kolluru, Srinivas, Saraf, Sakshi, Henebry, Geoffrey M., Xiao, Jingfeng, Jain, Khushboo, Kussainova, Maira Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Snow Cover, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Enhanced cooling efficiency of urban trees on hotter summer days in 70 cities of China Yang, Limei, Ge, Jun, Cao, Yipeng, Liu, Yu, Luo, Xing, Wang, Shiyao, Guo, Weidong Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Exploring the role of strategic urban planning and greening in decreasing surface urban heat island intensity Raj, Sarath, Yun, Geun Young Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Identification of Thermal Anomalies in Active Volcanoes Using Google Rodriguez, Adonnis, Henriquez, Daniel, Arias, Lizardo, Pocasangre, Carlos Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Human risk to tick encounters in the southeastern United States estimated with spatial distribution modeling Butler, Rebecca A., Papes, Mona, Vogt, James T., Paulsen, Dave J., Crowe, Christopher, Trout Fryxell, Rebecca T. Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Biomass, Litter Characteristics, Carbon, Forests, Runoff, Soil Texture, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Burned Area
Exploring Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Apulia, Italy: Random Forest Approach Utilizing Remote Sensing Data Masoumi, Iman, De Iaco, Sandra, Maggio, Sabrina Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Exploring spatiotemporal features of surface water temperature for Lake Li, Huan, Somogyi, Boglarka, Toth, Viktor Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
High-resolution environmental and host-related factors impacting Crandall, Kirsten E., Millien, Virginie, Kerr, Jeremy T. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Prioritizing Forestation in China Through Incorporating Biogeochemical Li, Yu, Zhang, Pengyi, Wang, Huanhuan, Ma, Hui, Zhao, Jie, Xu, Mengyang, Wang, Mengyu, Guo, Chenhui, Yue, Chao Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Pairwise-Interaction Model Unifies Different Asymptotic Shapes of UHI Li, Yunfei, Ribeiro, Fabiano L., Zhou, Bin, Rybski, Diego Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
A study of land cover and land surface temperature changes triggered by tropical cyclone Titli Kadali, Srikanth, Swain, Debadatta, Mahapatra, Dikshika Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Characterization of the urban heat Island effect from remotely sensed data based on a hierarchical model Ford, Lucas, Wang, Dingbao, Kumar, Mukesh, Sankarasubramanian, A. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
An urban module coupled with the Variable Infiltration Capacity model to improve hydrothermal simulations in urban systems Wang, Yibing, Xie, Xianhong, Zhu, Bowen, Tursun, Arken, Jiang, Fuxiao, Liu, Yao, Peng, Dawei, Zheng, Buyun Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Deforestation amplifies climate change effects on warming and cloud level rise in African montane forests Abera, Temesgen Alemayehu, Heiskanen, Janne, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji, Muhammed, Mohammed Ahmed, Bhandari, Netra, Vakkari, Ville, Hailu, Binyam Tesfaw, Pellikka, Petri K. E., Hemp, Andreas, van Zyl, Pieter G., Zeuss, Dirk Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Optimization of Maize Irrigation Strategies in the Middle Reaches Jia, Lige, Zhang, Bo, Cui, Yanqiang RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatiotemporal patterns, sustainability, and primary drivers of NDVI-derived vegetation dynamics (20032022) in Nepal Shrestha, Bhaskar, Zhang, Lifu, Shrestha, Sanjeevan, Khadka, Nitesh, Maharjan, Linda Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Soil erosion monitoring using the perpendicular soil moisture index as a remote sensing index (case study: Salehiya Wetland, Iran) Sedaghat, Mahdi, Shafaie, Vahid Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Unraveling the non-linear relationship between seasonal deformation and permafrost active layer thickness Chang, Tian, Yi, Yonghong, Jiang, Huiru, Li, Rongxing, Lu, Ping, Liu, Lin, Wang, Lingxiao, Zhao, Lin, Zwieback, Simon, Zhao, Jingyi Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Soil Depth, Active Layer, Soil Moisture/Water Content
Urbanization and regional climate change-linked warming of Indian cities Sethi, Soumya Satyakanta, Vinoj, V. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
A Bayesian maximum entropy model for predicting tsetse ecological distributions Fox, Lani, Peter, Brad G., Frake, April N., Messina, Joseph P. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
A dataset of monthly VCI and TCI drought indices at a resolution of 1km in the Yellow River Basin (20032021) QIAO, Longxin, ZHENG, Zelin, MA, Xiaoyan, ZHANG, Xingwang, RU, Xutong, PENG, Jie, ZHAO, Xiaoyang, XIA, Haoming Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Increased Grain Crop Production Intensifies the Water Crisis in Northern Li, Xiaojie, Zhang, Yongqiang, Ma, Ning, Zhang, Xuanze, Tian, Jing, Zhang, Lu, McVicar, Tim R., Wang, Enli, Xu, Junzeng 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, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI)
Impacts of irrigation-climate interactions on irrigated soybean yields He, Yaqian, Connolly, Matthew H., Xu, Rongting, Huang, Xiao, Wang, Zhuosen, Arreguin, Marisol Filares, Rhodes, Caden Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Impact of Vegetation Indices on Wheat Yield Prediction Using Spatio-Temporal Modeling Patel, Pragnesh, Shah, Maitrik, Raval, Mehul S., Chaudhary, Sanjay, Parmar, Hasit Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Dominant Drivers for Terrestrial Water Storage Changes Are Different in Li, Congcong, Yu, Qiang, Zhang, Yongqiang, Ma, Ning, Tian, Jing, Zhang, Xuanze Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
ecolo-zip: A global, rich and granular characterization of biogeophysical ecology for 1.5 million postal codes Willinger, David, Gotz, Friedrich M., Stieger, Stefan Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Diverse responses of canopy conductance to heatwaves Wang, Longhao, Zhang, Yongqiang, Ma, Ning, Song, Peilin, Tian, Jing, Zhang, Xuanze, Xu, Zhenwu Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Fine Resolution Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon in Croplands with Feature Zhang, Xianglin, Xue, Jie, Chen, Songchao, Wang, Nan, Xie, Tieli, Xiao, Yi, Chen, Xueyao, Shi, Zhou, Huang, Yuanfang, Zhuo, Zhiqing Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Exploring dynamic response of agrometeorological droughts towards winter Arshad, Sana, Kazmi, Jamil Hasan, Prodhan, Foyez Ahmed, Mohammed, Safwan Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Evaluation of the storage and evapotranspiration terms of the water Hoeltgebaum, Lucas E.B., Dias, Nelson Luis Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Groundwater Level Prediction with Machine Learning to Support Li, Wanru, Finsa, Mekuanent Muluneh, Laskey, Kathryn Blackmond, Houser, Paul, Douglas-Bate, Rupert Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
High-resolution grids of daily air temperature for Peru-the new PISCOt v1. 2 dataset Huerta, Adrian, Aybar, Cesar, Imfeld, Noemi, Correa, Kris, Felipe-Obando, Oscar, Rau, Pedro, Drenkhan, Fabian, Lavado-Casimiro, Waldo Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
A Spatiotemporal Drought Analysis Application Implemented in the Google Taheri Qazvini, Adel, Carrion, Daniela Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Aerodynamic effects cause higher forest evapotranspiration and water Meili, Naika, Beringer, Jason, Zhao, Jiacheng, Fatichi, Simone Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
A multivariate approach for mapping a soil quality index and its uncertainty in southern France Angelini, M. E., Heuvelink, G. B. M., Lagacherie, P. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Climate change is leading to rapid shifts in seasonality in the himalaya Ingty, Tenzing, Erb, Angela, Zhang, Xiaoyang, Schaaf, Crystal, Bawa, Kamaljit S. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Climate change, income sources, crop mix, and input use decisions: Evidence from Nigeria Amare, Mulubrhan, Balana, Bedru Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Climate and management impacts on the spatiotemporal dynamics of water-carbon fluxes in the North China Plain Wang, Xingwang, Lei, Huimin, Li, Jiadi, Qu, Yanping, Kong, Dongdong, Huo, Zailin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy
Climate-sensitive spatial variability of soil organic carbon in multiple forests, Central China Shen, Chenchen, Xiao, Wenfa, Chen, Jizhen, Hua, Lin, Huang, Zhilin Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Particulate Matter, Particulates, Habitat Conversion/Fragmentation, Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps
Comparisons of the Urbanization Effect on Heat Stress Changes in Li, Wen, Chao, Liya, Si, Peng, Zhang, Huixian, Li, Qingxiang Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Assessing the interrelation between NDVI and climate dependent variables Kumar, Vibhanshu, Bharti, Birendra, Singh, Harendra Prasad, Topno, Amit Raj Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Assessing the resilience of ecosystem functioning to wildfires using Marcos, Bruno, Goncalves, Joao, Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo, Cunha, Mario, Honrado, Joao P. Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
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