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Description

The MOD11C3 Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD11C3 Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD11C3 Version 6 product provides monthly Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) values in a 0.05 degree (5,600 meters at the equator) latitude/longitude Climate Modeling Grid (CMG). A CMG granule is a geographic grid with 7,200 columns and 3,600 rows representing the entire globe. The LST&E values in the MOD11C3 product are derived by compositing and averaging the values from the corresponding month of MOD11C1 daily files. Each MOD11C3 product consists of the following layers for daytime and nighttime observations: LSTs, quality control assessments, observation times, view zenith angles, and number of clear-sky observations along with percentage of land in the grid and emissivities from bands 20, 22, 23, 29, 31, and 32.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6 land surface temperature and emissivity data products: (1) Removed cloud-contaminated LSTs from Level 2 and Level 3 LST products, (2) Updated the coefficient look-up table (LUT) for the split-window algorithm with comprehensive regression analysis of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) simulation data in bands 31 and 32 over wide ranges of surface and atmospheric conditions, especially extending the upper boundary for (LST – Ts-air) in arid and semi-arid regions. Increased the overlap between various sub-ranges to reduce the sensitivity of the algorithm to uncertainties in the input data (i.e., column water vapor and air surface temperature from MOD07), (3) Made minor adjustments in the classification-based surface emissivity values, especially for bare soil and rocks land cover types, (4) Tuned the day/night algorithm by adjusting weights to improve performance in desert regions where the incorporated split-window algorithm may not work well, and (5) Generated new gridded LST&E products with a 6 km spatial resolution for 8-day (MOD11B2) and monthly (MOD11B3) intervals in response to user community requests.

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
5600 Meters x 5600 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
MODIS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG)
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2000-02-01 to 2022-11-30
Temporal Resolution
1 Month
Data Partner
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) ,
MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/MODAPS)
Concept ID
C2763297260-LPCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Emissivity ,
Land Surface Temperature

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Wan, Z., Hook, S., & Hulley, G. (2015). MOD11C3 MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD11C3.006 Date Accessed: 2026-04-30

File Naming Convention

MOD11C3.A2002244.006.2015161104513.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD11C3) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2002244), the Version of the data collection (006), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2015161104513), and the Data Format (hdf).

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Evaporative cooling exceeded albedo-induced warming in greening areas of global drylands Daramola, Mojolaoluwa T., Li, Renqiang, Xu, Ming Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Host Community Traits Driving Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Xavier, Patricia, Perello, Alberto, Luque-Castro, Victor, Relimpio, David, Barroso, Patricia, Almeida, Virgilio, de la Fuente, Jose, Balseiro, Ana, Ruiz-Fons, Francisco, Gortazar, Christian Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Global risk pooling mitigates financial risk from drought in hydropower-dependent countries Cuppari, Rosa Isabella, Pavelsky, Tamlin M., Characklis, Gregory W. Snow Cover, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Recent changes in antarctic surface air temperature based on the fusion of satellite and in-situ measurements Xie, Siqin, Wei, Sihao, Li, Zichen, Li, Qingxiang Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Analyses of MODIS land cover/use and wildfires in Italian regions since 2001 Ghaderpour, Ebrahim, Bozzano, Francesca, Scarascia Mugnozza, Gabriele, Mazzanti, Paolo Precipitation, Rain, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Biodiversity regulates the asymmetric influence of forest cover gain and loss on land surface temperature Liao, Ziyin, Zhang, Chaoqun, Wang, Yixiao, Wu, Jianping, Yan, Wenting, Su, Yongxian Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Equitable AI: Exploring the role of gender in poverty estimation models Goodman, Seth, Nolan, Katherine, Sayers, Rachel, BenYishay, Ariel, Hall, Jacob, Dome, Mavis Zupork, Selormey, Edem Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Determining the influence of meteorological, environmental, and Mousavi, Seyed Mohsen, Dinan, Naghmeh Mobarghaee, Khoshbakht, Korous, Ansarifard, Saeed, Sonnentag, Oliver, Naghibi, Amir Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Distinct trajectory of post-fire GPP across forest types in Siberia Lee, Ahreum, Jeong, Sujong, Park, Chang-Eui, Kim, Jin-Soo Albedo, Anisotropy, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Burned Area, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Emissivity
Diurnal urban rainfall anomalies across different landscapes Sui, Xinxin, Yang, Zong-Liang, Niyogi, Dev Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Downscaling and Gap-Filling GRACE-Based Terrestrial Water Storage Anomalies in the QinghaiTibet Plateau Using Deep Learning and Multi-Source Data Chen, Jun, Wang, Linsong, Chen, Chao, Peng, Zhenran Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Emissivity, Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance, Glacier Runoff, Gravity, Terrestrial Water Storage, Ground Water
Exploring the multifaceted reason for deficits in soil water within He, Liang, Guo, Jianbin, Liu, Xuefeng, Yang, Wenbin, Chen, Lin, Jiang, Qunou, Bai, Mingyue Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
FreezeThaw Dynamics Reshape Climatic Control of Spring Phenology Across Northern Ecosystems Wu, Shuai, Zhang, Yu, Guo, Kang, Luo, Geping, Han, Yonglong, Yan, Wei, Ma, Xiaofei Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Local hourly trends in near-surface and land surface temperatures Safieddine, Sarah, Clerbaux, Cathy, Munoz-Sabater, Joaquin, Thepaut, Jean-Noel Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Mapping the spatio-temporal distribution of burned areas in the Amazon Abid, Mohamed, Gonzalez, Jonatan A., de Rivera, Oscar Rodriguez, Moraga, Paula Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Burned Area, Emissivity
Latitudinal and Seasonal Asymmetry in Land Surface Temperature Responses Cheng, Yongming, An, Qiang, Liu, Liu, Zhang, Yuxiang, Li, Hao, Liu, Xingcai, Huang, Guanhua Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Improving satellite remote sensing estimates of the global terrestrial Heberger, Matthew, Aires, Filipe, Pellet, Victor Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Terrestrial Water Storage, Snow Cover
Influence of land surface temperatures, precipitation, total water storage anomaly and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation anomaly, obtained from ... Gentilucci, Matteo, Younes, Hamed, Hadji, Rihab, Casagli, Nicola, Pambianchi, Gilberto Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Impacts of Vegetation Greening on Summer Mean and Extreme Land Surface Liu, Guoshuai, Wang, Weiguang, Chen, Zefeng Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Pervasive but biome-dependent relationship between fragmentation and resilience in forests Su, Yongxian, Zhang, Chaoqun, Cescatti, Alessandro, Yu, Kailiang, Ciais, Philippe, Smith, Taylor, Shang, Jiali, Carnicer, Jofre, Liu, Jane, Chen, Jing Ming, Green, Julia K., Wu, Jianping, Ponce-Campos, Guillermo E., Zhang, Yongguang, Zuo, Zhiyan, Liao, Jinbao, Wu, Jianping, Lafortezza, Raffaele, Yan, Kai, Yang, Xueqin, Liu, Liyang, Ren, Jiashun, Yuan, Wenping, Chen, Xiuzhi, Wu, Chaoyang, Zhou, Weiqi Albedo, Anisotropy, Forest Management, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Optimal spatiotemporal thinning schemes combined with wood vaulting could maximize the forest biomass carbon sink in China Chen, Yongzhe, Feng, Xiaoming, Huang, Yuanyuan, Liang, Shunlin, Wang, Lijuan, Ma, Haozhi, Gao, Zhen, Cheng, Linhai, Sucharitakul, Phuping, Zhang, Junze, Xia, Jiangzhou, Yuan, Wenping, Fu, Bojie Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Retrieval of 1 km Resolution Mid-Infrared Land Surface Emissivity Liu, Weihan, Cheng, Jie Reflectance, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Clouds, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Albedo, Snow Cover
SPECTRE: Standardised Global Spatial Data on Terrestrial SPecies and Branco, Vasco V., Capinha, Cesar, Rocha, Jorge, Correia, Luis, Cardoso, Pedro Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Droughts, Earthquakes, Floods, Landslides, Cyclones, Volcanic Eruptions, Avalanche, Sustainability, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
A local correlation integral method for outlier detection in spatially Sosa, Jorge, Moraga, Paula, Flores, Miguel, Mateu, Jorge Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Agricultural drought monitoring and early warning at the regional scale using a remote sensing-based combined index Satapathy, Trupti, Dietrich, Jorg, Ramadas, Meenu Reflectance, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Wind Speed, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Emissivity, Tropopause, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.

Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor Offset
Clear_sky_days Days in clear sky condition Bit Field uint32 0 0 to 4294967296 N/A N/A
Clear_sky_nights Nights in clear sky condition Bit Field uint32 0 0 to 4294967296 N/A N/A
Day_view_angl View zenith angle of day observation Degree uint8 255 0 to 130 N/A -65
Day_view_time Local time of day observation Hours uint8 255 0 to 120 0.2 N/A
Emis_20 Band 20 emissivity N/A uint8 0 1 to 255 0.002 0.49
Emis_22 Band 22 emissivity N/A uint8 0 1 to 255 0.002 0.49
Emis_23 Band 23 emissivity N/A uint8 0 1 to 255 0.002 0.49
Emis_29 Band 29 emissivity N/A uint8 0 1 to 255 0.002 0.49
Emis_31 Band 31 emissivity N/A uint8 0 1 to 255 0.002 0.49
Emis_32 Band 32 emissivity N/A uint8 0 1 to 255 0.002 0.49
LST_Day_CMG Daytime Land Surface Temperature Kelvin uint16 0 7500 to 65535 0.02 N/A
LST_Night_CMG Nighttime Land Surface Temperature Kelvin uint16 0 7500 to 65535 0.02 N/A
Night_view_angl View zenith angle of night observation Degree uint8 255 0 to 130 N/A -65
Night_view_time Local time of night observation Hours uint8 255 0 to 120 0.2 N/A
Percent_land_in_grid Percentage of land in the grid Percent uint8 0 1 to 100 N/A N/A
QC_Day Daytime LST Quality Indicators Bit Field uint8 N/A 0 to 255 N/A N/A
QC_Night Nighttime LST Quality indicators Bit Field uint8 N/A 0 to 255 N/A N/A
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