The MOD11A2 V6 product provides an average 8-day land surface temperature (LST) in a 1200 x 1200 kilometer grid. Each pixel value in MOD11A2 is a simple average of all the corresponding MOD11A1 LST pixels collected within that 8 day period. The 8 day compositing period was chosen because twice that period is the exact ground track repeat period of the Terra and Aqua platforms. In this product, along with both the day- and night-time surface temperature bands and their quality indicator (QC) layers, are also MODIS bands 31 and 32 and eight observation layers.
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Resource Contact: Zhengming Wan
Metadata Contact: FAO-Data
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Data Access:
All data products distributed by NASA's Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) are available at no charge.
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MODIS data and products acquired through the LP DAAC have no restrictions on subsequent use, sale, or redistribution.
Online resources:
General Documentation
LPDAAC-USGS (NASA Earth Data) Website on MOD11A2 v006 - MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 8-Day L3 Global 1
User's Guide
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)
