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This dataset provides monthly long-term land surface temperature (LST) daytime means from 2000-2017, derived from MODIS data.
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Data is available globally at a 1km resolution, excluding Antarctica, and presented in separate bands for each month.
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Users can access and visualize this dataset using Google Earth Engine or the OpenGeoHub platform.
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The dataset is provided under a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license by EnvirometriX Ltd.
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The dataset leverages the data.table package and quantile function in R for processing.

- Dataset Availability
- 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z–2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Dataset Provider
- EnvirometriX Ltd
- Tags
Description
Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean value 2000-2017.
Derived using the data.table package and quantile function in R. For more info about the MODIS LST product see this page. Antarctica is not included.
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Bands
Pixel Size
1000 meters
Bands
Name | Units | Min | Max | Scale | Pixel Size | Description |
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jan |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, January |
feb |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, February |
mar |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, March |
apr |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, April |
may |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, May |
jun |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, June |
jul |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, July |
aug |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, August |
sep |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, September |
oct |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, October |
nov |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, November |
dec |
K | 11989* | 16700* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean, December |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
Citations
Long-term MODIS LST day-time and night-time temperatures, sd and differences at 1 km based on the 2000-2017 time series 10.5281/zenodo.1420114
DOIs
Explore with Earth Engine
Code Editor (JavaScript)
var dataset = ee.Image('OpenLandMap/CLM/CLM_LST_MOD11A2-DAY_M/v01'); var visualization = { bands: ['jan'], min: 11989.0, max: 16700.0, palette: ['0000ff', '00ffff', 'ffff00', 'ff0000'] }; Map.centerObject(dataset); Map.addLayer(dataset, visualization, 'Long-term Land Surface Temperature daytime monthly mean');