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    • MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 5-Min L2 Swath 1km NRT

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The MODIS/Terra level-2 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST/E) Near Real Time (NRT) with Shortname MOD11_L2, incorporate 1 km pixels, which are produced daily at 5-minute increments using the generalized split-window algorithm. This algorithm is optimally used to separate ranges of atmospheric column water vapor and lower boundary air surface temperatures into tractable sub-ranges. The surface emissivities in bands 31 and 32 are estimated from land cover types. The data inputs include the MODIS L1B calibrated and geolocated radiances, geolocation, cloud mask, atmospheric profiles, land and snow cover. The MOD11_L2 data set comprises swath data obtained in 5-minute sensor collection periods, and includes the following Science Data Set (SDS) layers: - LST- Quality control assessment- Error estimates- Bands 31 and 32 emissivities- Zenith angle of the pixel view- Observation time- Geographic coordinates for every five scan lines and samples. Produced daily, MOD11_L2 is an unprojected level-2 product, which provides the input for the level-3 products.

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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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    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    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 December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher Not provided
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2007658455-LANCEMODIS
    Data First Published 2021-02-07
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-07-20
    Category Terra, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation LANCEMODIS. 2015-09-10. MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 5-Min L2 Swath 1km NRT. Version 6.1NRT. MODAPS at NASA/GSFC. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, The Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE). https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11_L2.NRT.061. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/download-nrt-data/modis-nrt.
    Creator LANCEMODIS
    Harvest Object Id 839507dc-efb0-41c3-bc22-50fc06d70025
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11_L2.NRT.061
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place MODAPS at NASA/GSFC
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 1b296f7c9daab9749d00b110e29e445ae24c21303fef4122dd0e8adc4429794e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2021-02-07T00:00:00Z/2023-07-24T00:00:00Z

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