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V005 MOD11 Changes
V005 MOD11C2 Science Data Sets (specifications for data layers)
V005 MOD11C2 Quality Information

Day LST November 2000	Night LST November 2000
Data Set Characteristics: Area: Global Dimensions: 3600 x 7200 rows/columns File Size: ~70 MB compressed Resolution: 0.05-degrees (5600-m at the equator) Projection: Lat/Lon LST Data Type: 16-bit unsigned integer Emissivity Data Type: 8-bit unsigned integer Data Format: HDF-EOS Science Data Sets (SDS HDF Layers): 17	The false-colored MOD11C2 images shown above were retrieved from MODIS data acquired in November 2000. They provide an example of the MODIS Level 3 LST 8-Day product at 0.05 degree resolution. On the left is the LST characterization during daylight hours, as compared to the cooler nighttime temperatures on the right.

Product Description
The level-3 MODIS global Land Surface Temperature (LST) and Emissivity 8-day data are composed from the daily MOD11C1 product and stored as the averaged values of clear-sky LSTs during an 8-day period in a 0.05-degree (5600-meter) geographic Climate Modeling Grid (CMG).

MOD11C2 is a level-3 product comprised of daytime and nighttime LSTs, quality assessment, observation times, view angles, bits of clear-sky days and nights, and emissivities retrieved in Bands 20, 22-23, 29, and 31-32.

Version-5 MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity products are validated indirectly through the daily 6-km product, MOD11B1, to Stage 1, meaning that accuracy has been estimated using a small number of independent measurements obtained from selected locations and time periods and ground-truth/field program efforts. Although there may be later improved versions, these data are ready for use in scientific publications when 8-day averaged LSTs are applications-appropriate.

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Data Center:	LPDAAC
Sensor:	MODIS
Dataset:	MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG Grid V005
Geographic Extent:	Global
Temporal Extent:	2000-03-05 to present

Product Information

Product Description http://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/temp.htm

User Guide http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/modis/LstUsrGuide/MODIS_LST_products_Users_guide_C5.pdf

Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod11.pdf

MODIS Standard Data Products Catalog ( http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/index.php)

EOS Data Products Handbook Volume 1 (2000) ( http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/for_scientists/data_products/vol1.php)

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