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Low Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Monthly Global Gridded V001

Published by LP DAAC;NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/MODAPS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Catalog Last Checked: June 23, 2026 at 08:41 PM | Dataset Last Updated: June 23, 2026
The NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) LEOLSTCMG30 version 1 Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) product provides Land Surface Temperature (LST) derived from the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite data record from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments as well as LST error estimates for both day and night. The product will include global LST produced on CMG at monthly timesteps from 2002 to 2020. The MEaSUREs LEOLST product is generated by regridding the monthly LST CMG products from MODIS ([MYD21C3](https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD21C3.061)) and VIIRS ([VNP21C3](https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP21C3.002)). The product will be available on 0.25, 0.5, and 1 degree optimized climate grids with well characterized per-pixel uncertainties. A low-resolution browse is also available showing LST as an RGB (red, green, blue) image in PNG format. Known Issues * Users should be aware that in v001 of the Low Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Monthly Global Gridded product (LEOLSTCMG30) the nighttime LST error estimates (LST_Night_err_*) in the one degree, half degree, and quarter degree SDS layers were erroneously filled with zero values, and should not be used for any scientific data analyses.

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title Low Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Monthly Global Gridded V001

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