MOD11A1.061 Terra Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Daily Global 1km

Dataset Availability

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z–2025-03-15T00:00:00Z

Dataset Provider

NASA LP DAAC at the USGS EROS Center

Earth Engine Snippet

ee.ImageCollection("MODIS/061/MOD11A1")

Cadence

1 Day

Tags

daily emissivity global lst modis nasa surface-temperature terra usgs

Description

The MOD11A1 V6.1 product provides daily land surface temperature (LST) and emissivity values in a 1200 x 1200 kilometer grid. The 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 the average of all qualifying observations. Provided along with both the day-time and night-time surface temperature bands and their quality indicator layers are MODIS bands 31 and 32 and six observation layers.

Documentation:

• User's Guide

• Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)

• General Documentation

Bands

Pixel Size
1000 meters

Bands

Name	Units	Min	Max	Scale	Offset	Description
LST_Day_1km	K	7500	65535	0.02		Daytime Land Surface Temperature
QC_Day						Daytime LST Quality Indicators
Bitmask for QC_Day Bits 0-1: Mandatory QA flags 0: LST produced, good quality, not necessary to examine more detailed QA 1: LST produced, other quality, recommend examination of more detailed QA 2: LST not produced due to cloud effects 3: LST not produced primarily due to reasons other than cloud Bits 2-3: Data quality flag 0: Good data quality 1: Other quality data 2: TBD 3: TBD Bits 4-5: Emissivity error flag 0: Average emissivity error <= 0.01 1: Average emissivity error <= 0.02 2: Average emissivity error <= 0.04 3: Average emissivity error > 0.04 Bits 6-7: LST error flag 0: Average LST error <= 1K 1: Average LST error <= 2K 2: Average LST error <= 3K 3: Average LST error > 3K
Day_view_time	h	0	240	0.1		Local time of day observation
Day_view_angle	deg	0	130		-65	View zenith angle of day observation
LST_Night_1km	K	7500	65535	0.02		Nighttime Land Surface Temperature
QC_Night						Nighttime LST Quality indicators
Bitmask for QC_Night Bits 0-1: Mandatory QA flags 0: LST produced, good quality, not necessary to examine more detailed QA 1: LST produced, other quality, recommend examination of more detailed QA 2: LST not produced due to cloud effects 3: LST not produced primarily due to reasons other than cloud Bits 2-3: Data quality flag 0: Good data quality 1: Other quality data 2: TBD 3: TBD Bits 4-5: Emissivity error flag 0: Average emissivity error <= 0.01 1: Average emissivity error <= 0.02 2: Average emissivity error <= 0.04 3: Average emissivity error > 0.04 Bits 6-7: LST error flag 0: Average LST error <= 1K 1: Average LST error <= 2K 2: Average LST error <= 3K 3: Average LST error > 3K
Night_view_time	h	0	240	0.1		Local time of night observation
Night_view_angle	deg	0	130		-65	View zenith angle of night observation
Emis_31		1	255	0.002	0.49	Band 31 emissivity
Emis_32		1	255	0.002	0.49	Band 32 emissivity
Clear_day_cov		1	65535	0.0005		Day clear-sky coverage
Clear_night_cov		1	65535	0.0005		Night clear-sky coverage

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

MODIS data and products acquired through the LP DAAC have no restrictions on subsequent use, sale, or redistribution.

Citations

Citations:

• Please visit LP DAAC 'Citing Our Data' page for information on citing LP DAAC datasets.

DOIs

• https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11A1.061

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/061/MOD11A1')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2018-01-01', '2018-05-01'));
var landSurfaceTemperature = dataset.select('LST_Day_1km');
var landSurfaceTemperatureVis = {
  min: 13000.0,
  max: 16500.0,
  palette: [
    '040274', '040281', '0502a3', '0502b8', '0502ce', '0502e6',
    '0602ff', '235cb1', '307ef3', '269db1', '30c8e2', '32d3ef',
    '3be285', '3ff38f', '86e26f', '3ae237', 'b5e22e', 'd6e21f',
    'fff705', 'ffd611', 'ffb613', 'ff8b13', 'ff6e08', 'ff500d',
    'ff0000', 'de0101', 'c21301', 'a71001', '911003'
  ],
};
Map.setCenter(6.746, 46.529, 2);
Map.addLayer(
    landSurfaceTemperature, landSurfaceTemperatureVis,
    'Land Surface Temperature');

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MOD11A1.061 Terra Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Daily Global 1km

The MOD11A1 V6.1 product provides daily land surface temperature (LST) and emissivity values in a 1200 x 1200 kilometer grid. The 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, …

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2000-02-24T00:00:00Z/2025-03-15T00:00:00Z

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