Data Set Characteristics
Area = Global
Image Dimensions= 2 (3600x7200 row/column)
Average File Size = 593 MB
Resolution = 0.05 degree (~5.6km at the Equator)
Projection = Latitude/Longitude Grid
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) = 16
Product Description
The MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST/E) products provide per-pixel temperature and emissivity values. Averaged temperatures are extracted in Kelvin with a day/night LST algorithm applied to a pair of MODIS daytime and nighttime observations. This method yields 1 K accuracy for materials with known emissivities, and view angle information is included in each LST/E product. Emissivities in bands 20, 22, 23, 29, and 31-32 are estimates derived from applying algorithm output to 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 MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG product, MOD11C3, provides temperature and emissivity values on a 0.05 degree latitude/longitude climate modeling grid (CMG). MOD11C3 is simply composited and averaged from the global 8-day CMG product (MOD11C2) over a period of 32 days.
The false-colored MOD11C3 image shown was retrieved from MODIS data during May 2003. MODIS temperature products 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.
NOTE: This product is still experimental in nature upon its initial release. More investigations are underway to assess the scientific quality.
SDS
UNITS
DATA TYPE -bit
FILL VALUE
VALID RANGE
Multiply by SCALE FACTOR
Add ADDITIONAL OFFSET
Monthly daytime 3min CMG 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
Average time of daytime LST observation (UTC)
Hrs
8-bit unsigned integer
0
0 - 120
0.2000
na
Average view zenith angle of daytime Land-surface Temperature
Degree
8-bit unsigned integer
255
0 - 130
1.0000
-65.0000
The days in clear-sky conditions and with validate LSTs
na
32-bit unsigned integer
0
0 - 4294967296
na
na
Monthly nighttime 3min CMG 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
Average time of nighttime LST observation (UTC)
Hrs
8-bit unsigned integer
0
1 - 120
0.2000
na
Average view zenith angle of nighttime Land-surface Temperature
Degree
8-bit unsigned integer
255
0 - 130
1.0000
-65.0000
The nights in clear-sky conditions and with validate LSTs
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