Data Set Characteristics Area = Global
Image Dimensions= 2 (3600 X 7200 row/column)
Average File Size = ~440 MB
Resolution = 0.05 degrees (~5.6 km 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) = 15
Product Description This MODIS Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST/E) daily global
product (MYD11C1) provides temperature and emissivity values at 0.05 degree
latitude/longitude climate model grids (CMG). The temperature and emissivity
values are derived by reprojection and average of the values in the daily
MODIS LST/E product (MYD11B1) at 5km equal area grids in the sinusoidal
projection.
Before
making reprojection in the production of MYD11C1, cloud-contaminated daytime
and nighttime LSTs are removed by the double-screen scheme, which is described
in paper titled "Validation of the land-surface temperature products retrieved
from Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer data,"
by Z. Wan, Y. Zhang, Q. Zhang, and Z.-L. Li, in Remote Sens. Environ., 83,
163-180 (2002). 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 MYD11C1 image shown was retrieved from MODIS data of February
5 2004. It is an example of the MODIS Level 3 LST daily product at 0.05 degree
resolution.
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 Scaling Factor
Add ADDITIONAL OFFSET
Daily 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
Time of daytime LST observation (UTC)
Hrs
8-bit unsigned integer
0
0 - 120
0.2000
na
View zenith angle of daytime Land-surface Temperature
Degree
8-bit unsigned integer
255
0 - 130
1.0000
-65.00
Daily 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
Time of nighttime LST observation (UTC)
Hrs
8-bit unsigned integer
0
1 - 120
0.2000
na
View zenith angle of nighttime Land-surface Temperature
Degree
8-bit unsigned integer
255
0 - 130
1.0000
-65.00
Band 20 emissivity
na
8-bit unsigned integer
0
1 - 255
0.0020
0.49
Band 22 emissivity
na
8-bit unsigned integer
0
1 - 255
0.0020
0.49
Band 23 emissivity
na
8-bit unsigned integer
0
1 - 255
0.0020
0.49
Band 29 emissivity
na
8-bit unsigned integer
0
1 - 255
0.0020
0.49
Band 31 emissivity
na
8-bit unsigned integer
0
1 - 255
0.0020
0.49
Band 32 emissivity
na
8-bit unsigned integer
0
1 - 255
0.0020
0.49
*Quality control for retrieved emissivities (only Fillvalue in V003)
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