MOD11A2.061 Terra Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity 8-Day Global 1km

MODIS/061/MOD11A2
Dataset Availability
2000-02-18T00:00:00Z–2024-10-23T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
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ee.ImageCollection("MODIS/061/MOD11A2")
Tags
8-day emissivity global lst mod11a2 modis nasa surface-temperature terra usgs

Description

The MOD11A2 V6.1 product provides an average 8-day land surface temperature (LST) in a 1200 x 1200 kilometer grid. Each pixel value in MOD11A2 is a simple average of all the corresponding MOD11A1 LST pixels collected within that 8 day period. The MOD11A2 does a simple averaging of all daily LST values, without any filtering for specific QA bits. Each of the MOD11A2 QA values are set based on what majority of input daily QA values are for any given pixel.

The 8 day compositing period was chosen because twice that period is the exact ground track repeat period of the Terra and Aqua platforms. In this product, along with both the day- and night-time surface temperature bands and their quality indicator (QC) layers, are also MODIS bands 31 and 32 and eight observation layers.

Documentation:

Bands

Resolution
1000 meters

Bands

Name Units Min Max Scale Offset Description
LST_Day_1km K 7500 65535 0.02

Day land surface temperature

QC_Day

Daytime LST quality indicators

Day_view_time h 0 240 0.1

Local time of day observation

Day_view_angl deg 0 130 -65

View zenith angle of day observation

LST_Night_1km K 7500 65635 0.02

Night land surface temperature

QC_Night

Nighttime LST quality indicators

Night_view_time h 0 240 0.1

Local time of night observation

Night_view_angl 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_sky_days

Days in clear-sky conditions

Clear_sky_nights

Nights in clear-sky conditions

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

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

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/061/MOD11A2')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2018-01-01', '2018-05-01'));
var landSurfaceTemperature = dataset.select('LST_Day_1km');
var landSurfaceTemperatureVis = {
  min: 14000.0,
  max: 16000.0,
  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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