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    • Global Summer Land Surface Temperature (LST) Grids, 2013

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The Global Summer Land Surface Temperature (LST) Grids, 2013, represent daytime maximum temperature and nighttime minimum temperature in degree Celsius at a spatial resolution of 30 arc-seconds (~1km) during summer months of the northern and southern hemisphere for the year 2013. The grids are produced using Aqua Level-3 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 5 global daytime and nighttime LST 8-day composite data (MYD11A2). For most regions, the LST grids provide the daytime maximum (1:30 p.m. overpass) and nighttime minimum (1:30 a.m. overpass) LST values for each grid cell from a 40-day time-span during July-August (Julian days 185-224) 2013 in the northern hemisphere and January-February (Julian days 001-040) 2013 in the southern hemisphere. LST grid cells with missing values resulting from high cloud cover in tropical regions were filled with daytime maximum and nighttime minimum LST values from April-May 2013 in the northern hemisphere and December 2013-January 2014 in the southern hemisphere, where available. Some data gaps remain in areas where data were insufficient (e.g., Central Africa).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4H70CRF
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H48C9T68

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1399916105-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2016-11-18
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2016-11-18
    Category SDEI, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2016-11-18. Global Summer Land Surface Temperature (LST) Grids, 2013. Version 1.00. Palisades, NY. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H408638T. http://doi.org/10.7927/H408638T.
    Creator Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
    Graphic Preview Description Maps Download Page
    Graphic Preview File https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/sdei-global-summer-lst-2013/maps
    Harvest Object Id 65fa36f5-36c0-4f3d-a033-45b7f8b4cdf6
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H408638T
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -60.01 179.99 80.01
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4H70CRF, https://doi.org/10.7927/H48C9T68
    Release Place Palisades, NY
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5230ad4cd7f059d1d6b2536c7a882d972ea2c60f68af45dc717221a45ee52ead
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z/2013-12-31T00:00:00Z

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