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    • MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Monthly L3 Global 6km SIN Grid V061

    Metadata Updated: May 27, 2024

    The MOD11B3 Version 6.1 product provides average monthly per pixel Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) in a 1,200 by 1,200 kilometer (km) tile with a pixel size of 5,600 meters (m). Each LST&E pixel value in the MOD11B3 is a simple average of all the corresponding values from the MOD11B1 (https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11B1.061) collected during the month period. Each MOD11B3 granule consists of 19 layers including daytime and nighttime layers for LSTs, quality control assessments, observation times, view zenith angles, and number of clear sky observations along with percentage of land in the tile and emissivities from bands 20, 22, 23, 29, 31, and 32. Unique to the MOD11B products are additional day and night LST layers generated from band 31 of the corresponding 1 km MOD11_L2 (https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11_L2.061) swath product aggregated to the 6 km grid.

    Validation at stage 2 (https://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODLAND_val.html) has been achieved for all MODIS Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity products. Further details regarding MODIS land product validation for the MOD11 data products are available from the MODIS Land Team Validation site (https://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ValStatus.php?ProductID=MOD11).

    Improvements/Changes from Previous Versions

    • The Version 6.1 Level-1B (L1B) products have been improved by undergoing various calibration changes that include: changes to the response-versus-scan angle (RVS) approach that affects reflectance bands for Aqua and Terra MODIS, corrections to adjust for the optical crosstalk in Terra MODIS infrared (IR) bands, and corrections to the Terra MODIS forward look-up table (LUT) update for the period 2012 - 2017.
    • A polarization correction has been applied to the L1B Reflective Solar Bands (RSB).

    Access & Use Information

    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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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date May 27, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date May 27, 2024
    Publisher LP DAAC
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2021-02-04
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2021-02-04
    Category Terra, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
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    Citation Zhengming Wan, Simon Hook, Glynn Hulley. 2021-02-04. MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Monthly L3 Global 6km SIN Grid V061. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA EOSDIS Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11B3.061. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11B3.061. The DOI landing page provides citations in APA and Chicago styles..
    Creator Zhengming Wan, Simon Hook, Glynn Hulley
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11B3.061
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    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
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    Temporal 2000-02-01T00:00:00Z/2024-05-27T00:00:00Z

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