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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: 2026-05-04

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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Artificial light at night is a top predictor of bird migration stopover density Horton, Kyle G., Buler, Jeffrey J., Anderson, Sharolyn J., Burt, Carolyn S., Collins, Amy C., Dokter, Adriaan M., Guo, Fengyi, Sheldon, Daniel, Tomaszewska, Monika Anna, Henebry, Geoffrey M. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Precipitation Amount, Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Shortwave Radiation, Snow Water Equivalent, Vapor Pressure
Remotely Sensed Agriculture Drought Indices for Assessing the Impact on Khlif, Manel, Escorihuela, Maria Jose, Chahbi Bellakanji, Aicha, Paolini, Giovanni, Lili Chabaane, Zohra Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Remotely Sensed Agroclimatic Classification and Zoning in Water-Limited Mediterranean Areas towards Sustainable Agriculture Faraslis, Ioannis, Dalezios, Nicolas R., Alpanakis, Nicolas, Tziatzios, Georgios A., Spiliotopoulos, Marios, Sakellariou, Stavros, Sidiropoulos, Pantelis, Dercas, Nicholas, Dominguez, Alfonso, Martinez-Lopez, Jose Antonio, Lopez-Urrea, Ramon, Karam, Fadi, Amami, Hacib, Nciri, Radhouan Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Satellite evidence for small biophysical effects of transport infrastructure in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Zhou, Decheng, Zhang, Liangxia, Huang, Lin, Fan, Jiangwen, Li, Yuzhe, Zhang, Haiyan Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance, Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps
The biophysical effects of potential changes in irrigated crops on diurnal land surface temperature in Northeast China Li, Xintao, Hai, Quansheng, Xia, Ke, Vandansambuu, Battsengel, Bao, Yuhai Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Soil organic carbon content increase in the east and south of China is accompanied by soil acidification Sun, Xiao-Lin, Minasny, Budiman, Wu, Yun-Jin, Wang, Hui-Li, Fan, Xiao-Hui, Zhang, Gan-Lin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatiotemporal patterns of land surface temperature and their response to land cover change: A case study in Sichuan Basin Yan, Dongming, Yu, Huan, Xiang, Qing, Xu, Xiaoyu Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Study of the improvement of the multifractal spatial downscaling by the Zhang, Wei, Ji, Chenjia, Zheng, Shengjie, Loaiciga, Hugo A., Li, Wenkai, Sun, Xiaona Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatial Optimization Methods for Malaria Risk Mapping in Sub-Saharan Morlighem, Camille, Chaiban, Celia, Georganos, Stefanos, Brousse, Oscar, van Lipzig, Nicole P. M., Wolff, Eleonore, Dujardin, Sebastien, Linard, Catherine Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Satellite-based land surface temperature and soil moisture observations accurately predict soil respiration in temperate deciduous and coniferous forests Weiland, Lelia, Rogers, Cheryl A., Sothe, Camile, Arain, M. Altaf, Gonsamo, Alemu Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Surface Radiative Properties
Towards an Accurate and Reliable Downscaling Scheme for High-Spatial-Resolution Precipitation Data Zhu, Honglin, Liu, Huizeng, Zhou, Qiming, Cui, Aihong Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Vegetation structural shift tells environmental changes on the Tibetan Plateau over 40 years Wang, Yanfen, Xue, Kai, Hu, Ronghai, Ding, Boyang, Zeng, Hong, Li, Ruijin, Xu, Bin, Pang, Zhe, Song, Xiaoning, Li, Congjia, Du, Jianqing, Yang, Xiuchun, Zhang, Zelin, Hao, Yanbin, Cui, Xiaoyong, Guo, Ke, Gao, Qingzhu, Zhang, Yangjian, Zhu, Juntao, Sun, Jian, Li, Yaoming, Jiang, Lili, Zhou, Huakun, Luo, Caiyun, Zhang, Zhenhua, Gao, Qingbo, Chen, Shilong, Ji, Baoming, Xu, Xingliang, Chen, Huai, Li, Qi, Zhao, Liang, Xu, Shixiao, Liu, Yali, Hu, Linyong, Wu, Jianshuang, Yang, Qien, Dong, Shikui, He, Jinsheng, Zhao, Xinquan, Wang, Shiping, Piao, Shilong, Yu, Guirui, Fu, Bojie Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Upscaling Wetland Methane Emissions From the FLUXNETCH4 Eddy Covariance Network (UpCH4 v1. 0): Model Development, Network Assessment, and Budget ... McNicol, Gavin, FluetChouinard, Etienne, Ouyang, Zutao, Knox, Sara, Zhang, Zhen, Aalto, Tuula, Bansal, Sheel, Chang, KuangYu, Chen, Min, Delwiche, Kyle, Feron, Sarah, Goeckede, Mathias, Liu, Jinxun, Malhotra, Avni, Melton, Joe R., Riley, William, Vargas, Rodrigo, Yuan, Kunxiaojia, Ying, Qing, Zhu, Qing, Alekseychik, Pavel, Aurela, Mika, Billesbach, David P., Campbell, David I., Chen, Jiquan, Chu, Housen, Desai, Ankur R., Euskirchen, Eugenie, Goodrich, Jordan, Griffis, Timothy, Helbig, Manuel, Hirano, Takashi, Iwata, Hiroki, Jurasinski, Gerald, King, John, Koebsch, Franziska, Kolka, Randall, Krauss, Ken, Lohila, Annalea, Mammarella, Ivan, Nilson, Mats, Noormets, Asko, Oechel, Walter, Peichl, Matthias, Sachs, Torsten, Sakabe, Ayaka, Schulze, Christopher, Sonnentag, Oliver, Sullivan, Ryan C., Tuittila, EevaStiina, Ueyama, Masahito, Vesala, Timo, Ward, Eric, Wille, Christian, Wong, Guan Xhuan, Zona, Donatella, WindhamMyers, Lisamarie, Poulter, Benjamin, Jackson, Robert B. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Methane, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Wetlands
A daily and 500 m coupled evapotranspiration and gross primary production product across China during 20002020 He, Shaoyang, Zhang, Yongqiang, Ma, Ning, Tian, Jing, Kong, Dongdong, Liu, Changming Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Terrestrial Water Storage, 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, Albedo, Anisotropy, Emissivity, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
A framework to integrate innovations in invasion science for proactive van Rees, Charles B., Hand, Brian K., Carter, Sean C., Bargeron, Chuck, Cline, Timothy J., Daniel, Wesley, Ferrante, Jason A., Gaddis, Keith, Hunter, Margaret E., Jarnevich, Catherine S., McGeoch, Melodie A., Morisette, Jeffrey T., Neilson, Matthew E., Roy, Helen E., Rozance, Mary Ann, Sepulveda, Adam, Wallace, Rebekah D., Whited, Diane, Wilcox, Taylor, Kimball, John S., Luikart, Gordon Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Investigating the contrast diurnal relationship of land surface temperatures with various surface parameters represent vegetation, soil, water, and urbanization over Ahmedabad city in India Mathew, Aneesh, P, Sarwesh, Khandelwal, Sumit Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Intraurban heterogeneity of space-time land surface temperature trends in six climate-diverse cities Lemoine-Rodriguez, Richard, Inostroza, Luis, Zepp, Harald Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Magnitudes and patterns of large-scale permafrost ground deformation revealed by Sentinel-1 InSAR on the central Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Chen, Jie, Wu, Tonghua, Zou, Defu, Liu, Lin, Wu, Xiaodong, Gong, Wenyu, Zhu, Xiaofan, Li, Ren, Hao, Junming, Hu, Guojie, Pang, Qiangqiang, Zhang, Jing, Yang, Sizhong Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
MODIS land surface temperature product reconstruction based on the SSA-BiLSTM model Cui, Jianyong, Zhang, Manyu, Song, Dongmei, Shan, Xinjian, Wang, Bin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Long-term and fine-scale surface urban heat island dynamics revealed by Landsat data since the 1980sA comparison of four megacities in China Li, Long, Zhan, Wenfeng, Du, Huilin, Lai, Jiameng, Wang, Chenguang, Fu, Huyan, Huang, Fan, Liu, Zihan, Wang, Chunli, Li, Jiufeng, Jiang, Lu, Miao, Shiqi Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Future snow changes and their impact on the upstream runoff in Salween Chai, Chenhao, Wang, Lei, Chen, Deliang, Zhou, Jing, Liu, Hu, Zhang, Jingtian, Wang, Yuanwei, Chen, Tao, Liu, Ruishun Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Emissivity
Forecasting crop yield with deep learning based ensemble model Divakar, M. Sarith, Elayidom, M. Sudheep, Rajesh, R. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Estimation of actual evapotranspiration using TDTM model and MODIS derived variables Ruiz-Alvarez, Marcos, Gomariz-Castillo, Francisco, Alonso-Sarria, Francisco, Lopez-Ballesteros, Ana Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance
Estimation of high-resolution precipitation using downscaled satellite Krishnan, Sooraj, Pradhan, Ankita, Indu, J. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Evaluating maize yield response to fertilizer and soil in Mexico using ground and satellite approaches Campolo, Jake, Ortiz-Monasterio, Ivan, Guerena, David, Lobell, David B. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Prediction of MODIS land surface temperature using new hybrid models based on spatial interpolation techniques and deep learning models Kartal, Serkan, Sekertekin, Aliihsan Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Population-based disparities in US urban heat exposure from 2003 to 2018 Johnson, Daniel P. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Recent trends of land surface temperature in relation to the influencing factors using Google Earth Engine platform and time series products in megacities of India Bera, Dipankar, Chatterjee, Nilanjana Das, Ghosh, Subrata, Dinda, Santanu, Bera, Sudip Reflectance, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy
Reexamining the relationship between surface urban heat island intensity and annual precipitation: Effects of reference rural land cover Yang, Xiaoshan, Yao, Lingye Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
An integrated assessment on the warming effects of urbanization and agriculture in highly developed urban agglomerations of China Yan, Zhangmei, Zhou, Decheng, Li, Yu, Zhang, Liangxia Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps
A novel large-scale land degradation remote sensing index and its application in Three River Source Region Wen, Ye, Wang, Qiubing, Guo, Bing, Meng, Chao, Cai, Yumei, Xue, Haorun, Zhao, Huihui, Zang, Wenqian, Wei, Cuixia, Yu, Yang, Liu, Yifeng, Li, Jialin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Combined radiometer and scatterometer derived soil moisture product for Sure, Anudeep, Dikshit, Onkar Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Comparing coarse-resolution land surface temperature products over western Australia Botje, Dirk, Dewan, Ashraf, Chakraborty, TC Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Biophysical feedback of forest canopy height on land surface temperature over contiguous United States Zhang, Zhijiang, Li, Xinxin, Liu, Hongguang Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Analyze the Impact of Weather Parameters for Crop Yield Prediction Using Deep Learning Patel, Pragneshkumar, Chaudhary, Sanjay, Parmar, Hasit Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Design and implementation of an efficient and cost effective deep feature learning model for rice yield mapping Divakar, M. Sarith, Elayidom, M. Sudheep, Rajesh, R. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Crop production response to soil moisture and groundwater depletion in the Nile Basin based on multi-source data Nigatu, Zemede M., Fan, Dongming, You, Wei, Melesse, Assefa M., Pu, Lun, Yang, Xinchun, Wan, Xiangyu, Jiang, Zhongshan 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, Ground Water, Emissivity, Reflectance
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
Retrieval of monthly maximum and minimum air temperature using MODIS Alqasemi, Abduldaem S., Hereher, Mohamed E., Al-Quraishi, Ayad M. Fadhil, Saibi, Hakim, Aldahan, Ala, Abuelgasim, Abdelgadir Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatiotemporal variability/stability analysis of NO2, CO, and land surface temperature (LST) during COVID-19 lockdown in Amman city, Jordan Almagbile, Ali, Hazaymeh, Khaled Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
THE EFFECT OF FOREST COVER LOSS ON LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE: A CASE STUDY OF KOCAELI PROVINCE. Akyurek, Ozer Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Spatiotemporal comparison of drought in ShaanxiGansuNingxia from 2003 to 2020 using various drought indices in Google Earth Engine Zhao, Xiaoyang, Xia, Haoming, Liu, Baoying, Jiao, Wenzhe Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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
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
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
Urbanization contributes little to global warming but substantially intensifies local and regional land surface warming Zhou, Decheng, Xiao, Jingfeng, Frolking, Steve, Zhang, Liangxia, Zhou, Guoyi Population Estimates, Socioeconomics, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
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)
A cloud-based toolbox for the versatile environmental annotation of biodiversity data Li, Richard, Ranipeta, Ajay, Wilshire, John, Malczyk, Jeremy, Duong, Michelle, Guralnick, Robert, Wilson, Adam, Jetz, Walter Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
A global assessment of PT-JPL soil evaporation in agroecosystems with optical, thermal, and microwave satellite data Zhang, Lilin, Marshall, Michael, Nelson, Andy, Vrieling, Anton Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Mapping Bioclimatic Indices by Downscaling MODIS Land Surface Morin, Gwenael, LE ROUX, Renan, Lemasle, Pierre-Gilles, Quenol, Herve Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
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