Data Set Characteristics
Area = ~ 1100 x 1100 km
Image Dimensions= 2 (1200x1200 row/column)
Average File Size = 23 MB
Resolution = 1 kilometer (actual 0.93km)
Projection = Sinusoidal
Land Surface Temperature (LST) Data Type = 16-bit Unsigned Integer
Emissivity Data Type = 8-bit Unsigned Integer
Data Format = HDF-EOS
Science Data Sets (SDS) = 12
Product Description
MODIS Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST/E) products provide
per-pixel temperature and emissivity values. Temperatures are extracted in
Kelvin with a view-angle dependent algorithm applied to direct observations.
This method yields 1 K accuracy for materials with known emissivities. The view
angle information is included in each LST/E product. Emissivities are estimates
derived from applying algorithm output to land cover database information. The
LST/E algorithms use MODIS data as input, including geolocation, radiance,
cloud masking, atmospheric temperature, water vapor, snow, and land cover. The
temperature products in turn are key inputs to many of the high level MODIS
products and provide data for global temperature mapping and change
observation. On land, soil and canopy temperature are among the main
determinants of the rate of growth of vegetation and they govern seasonal start
and termination of growth. Hydrologic processes such as evapotranspiration and
snow and ice melt are highly sensitive to surface temperature fluctuation,
which is also an important discriminating factor in classification of land
surface types.
The false-colored image shown was retrieved February
5, 2004 over southern Iran and Afghanistan, west Pakistan, and Oman. The
image is an example of the MODIS Level 3 LST daily product from Aqua at 1 km
resolution. MYD11A1 is a geographically gridded version of the Level
2 daily LST product. It is generated by projecting
MYD11_L2 pixels to Earh locations on a sinusoidal mapping grid.
NOTE: These products are validated, meaning
that product uncertainties are well defined over a range of representative
conditions. Although there may be later improved versions, these data are ready
for use in scientific publications.
SDS
Units
Data Type-bit
Fill Value
Valid Range
Multiply by Scale Factor
Add ADDITIONAL OFFSET
Daily daytime 1km grid Land-surface Temperature
Kelvin
16-bit unsigned integer
0
7500 - 65535
0.0200
na
*Quality control for daytime LST and emissivity
na
8-bit unsigned integer
0
0 - 255
na
na
Time of daytime Land-surface Temperature observation
Hrs
8-bit unsigned integer
0
0 - 240
0.1000
na
View zenith angle of daytime Land-surface Temperature
Degree
8-bit unsigned integer
255
0 - 130
1.0000
-65.0000
Daily nighttime 1km grid Land-surface Temperature
Kelvin
16-bit unsigned integer
0
7500 - 65535
0.0200
na
*Quality control for nighttime LST and emissivity
na
8-bit unsigned integer
0
0 - 255
na
na
Time of nighttime Land-surface Temperature observation
Hrs
8-bit unsigned integer
0
0 - 240
0.1000
na
View zenith angle of nighttime Land-surface Temperature
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