AI-generated Key Takeaways
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This dataset provides long-term (2000-2017) monthly day-night land surface temperature differences derived from MODIS LST data.
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The data is available at a 1 km resolution and covers the globe excluding Antarctica.
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It includes 12 bands representing the monthly differences in land surface temperature, measured in Kelvin.
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Users can access and visualize this dataset through Google Earth Engine or the OpenGeoHub platform.
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The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 and provided by EnvirometriX Ltd.

- Dataset Availability
- 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z–2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Dataset Provider
- EnvirometriX Ltd
- Tags
Description
Long-term MODIS LST day-time and night-time differences at 1 km based on the 2000-2017 time series
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 | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
feb |
K | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
mar |
K | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
apr |
K | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
may |
K | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
jun |
K | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
jul |
K | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
aug |
K | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
sep |
K | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
oct |
K | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
nov |
K | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
dec |
K | -40.5137* | 1336.09* | 0.02 | meters | Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference |
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.1420116
DOIs
Explore with Earth Engine
Code Editor (JavaScript)
var dataset = ee.Image('OpenLandMap/CLM/CLM_LST_MOD11A2-DAYNIGHT_M/v01'); var visualization = { bands: ['jan'], min: -40.5137, max: 1336.09, palette: ['0000ff', '00ffff', 'ffff00', 'ff0000'] }; Map.centerObject(dataset); Map.addLayer(dataset, visualization, 'Long-term Land Surface Temperature monthly day-night difference');