Daily 1km L3 LST product specifications
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Version 6, Revision 6.3.0, modified by Z. Wan on 12/16/2012.
Product Identifier: MOD11_1km_L3
Description: MODIS daily Land-surface Temperature at 1km grids
Contents:
SDS:
LST_Day_1km
QC_Day
Day_view_time
Day_view_angl
LST_Night_1km
QC_Night
Night_view_time
Night_view_angl
Emis_31
Emis_32
Clear_day_cov
Clear_night_cov
Global Metadata:
Name: Type: Num_Val: Source: Value:
CoreMetadata.0 HDF-STRING 1 SDPtk Variable
This string will contain the following PVL fields:
REPROCESSINGPLANNED ECS-STRING 1 Code "further update is anticipated"
REPROCESSINGACTUAL ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
LOCALGRANULEID ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
DAYNIGHTFLAG ECS-STRING 1 Code "Both"
PRODUCTIONDATETIME ECS-D/T 1 Code Variable
LOCALVERSIONID ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
PARAMETERNAME.1 ECS-STRING 1 Code "MOD 1KM L3 LST"
AUTOMATICQUALITYFLAG.1 ECS-STRING 1 Code "Passed", "Suspect"
or "Failed"
AUTOMATICQUALITYFLAGEXPLANATION.1
ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
SCIENCEQUALITYFLAG.1 ECS-STRING 1 Code "Not Investigated"
SCIENCEQUALITYFLAGEXPLANATION.1
ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
QAPERCENTINTERPOLATEDDATA.1
ECS-INTEGER 1 Code Variable
QAPERCENTMISSINGDATA.1 ECS-INTEGER 1 Code Variable
QAPERCENTOUTOFBOUNDSDATA.1
ECS-INTEGER 1 Code Variable
QAPERCENTCLOUDCOVER.1 ECS-INTEGER 1 Code Variable
SHORTNAME ECS-STRING 1 MCF "MOD11A1"
VERSIONID ECS-INTEGER 1 MCF 6
INPUTPOINTER ECS-STRING FREE_RANGE Code Variable
EXCLUSIONGRINGFLAG.1 ECS-STRING 1 Input "N"
GRINGPOINTLATITUDE.1 ECS-DOUBLE 4 Input Variable
GRINGPOINTLONGITUDE.1 ECS-DOUBLE 4 Input Variable
GRINGPOINTSEQUENCENO.1 ECS-STRING 4 Input Variable
RANGEBEGINNINGDATE ECS-STRING 1 Input Variable
RANGEBEGINNINGTIME ECS-STRING 1 Input Variable
RANGEENDINGDATE ECS-STRING 1 Input Variable
RANGEENDINGTIME ECS-STRING 1 Input Variable
PGEVERSION ECS-STRING 1 Code "V5.0.0"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTES ECS-STRING FREE_RANGE Code Variable
includes the following five attributes:
QAPERCENTGOODQUALITY ECS-INTEGER 1 Code percent of good
quality pixels
QAPERCENTOTHERQUALITY ECS-INTEGER 1 Code % of other quality
pixels
QAPERCENTNOTPRODUCEDCLOUD ECS-INTEGER 1 Code % of pixels not
processed because
of cloud effects
QAPERCENTNOTPRODUCEDOTHER ECS-INTEGER 1 Code % of pixels not
processed because
of effects other
than cloud
N_GRAN_POINTERS ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
ASSOCIATEDPLATFORMSHORTNAME.1
ECS-STRING 1 Code "Terra"
ASSOCIATEDINSTRUMENTSHORTNAME.1
ECS-STRING 1 Code "MODIS"
ASSOCIATEDSENSORSHORTNAME .1
ECS-STRING 1 Code "MODIS"
ArchiveMetadata.0 HDF-STRING 1 SDPtk Variable
This string will contain the following PVL fields:
HORIZONTALTILENUMBER ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
VERTICALTILENUMBER ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
ALGORITHMPACKAGEACCEPTANCEDATE
ECS-STRING 1 Code "102004"
ALGORITHMPACKAGEMATURITYCODE
ECS-STRING 1 Code "Normal"
ALGORITHMPACKAGENAME ECS-STRING 1 Code "MOD_PR11A"
ALGORITHMPACKAGEVERSION ECS-INTEGER 1 Code 6
LONGNAME ECS-STRING 1 MCF "MODIS/Terra Land
Surface Temperature/Emissivity Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid"
INPUTGRANULEPOINTER.N ECS-STRING FREE_RANGE Code Variable
INPUTTILEPOINTER.N ECS-STRING FREE_RANGE Code Variable
INSTRUMENTNAME ECS-STRING 1 MCF
"Moderate-Resolution Imaging SpectroRadiometer"
LOOKUPTABLETYPE.N ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
LOOKUPTABLEPOINTER.N ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
LOCALINPUTGRANULEID ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
PROCESSINGCENTER ECS-STRING 1 Code "GSFC"
PROCESSINGDATETIME ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
PROCESSINGENVIRONMENT ECS-STRING 1 Code Variable
SPSOPARAMETERS ECS-STRING 1 Code "2484 and 3323"
EASTBOUNDINGCOORDINATE ECS-DOUBLE 1 Input Variable
WESTBOUNDINGCOORDINATE ECS-DOUBLE 1 Input Variable
NORTHBOUNDINGCOORDINATE ECS-DOUBLE 1 Input Variable
SOUTHBOUNDINGCOORDINATE ECS-DOUBLE 1 Input Variable
Note the fieldnames ending with ".N" are in multi-valued containers.
===============================================================================
HDFEOS Grid Structure:
GROUP=GridStructure
GROUP=GRID_1
GridName="MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST"
XDim=1200
YDim=1200
UpperLeftPointMtrs=(0.000000,5559752.598833)
LowerRightMtrs=(1111950.519767,4447802.079066)
Projection=GCTP_SNSOID
ProjParams=(6371007.181000,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,86400,0,0,0,0)
SphereCode=-1
GridOrigin=HDFE_GD_UL
GROUP=Dimension
OBJECT=Dimension_1
DimensionName="XDim"
Size=1200
END_OBJECT=Dimension_1
OBJECT=Dimension_2
DimensionName="YDim"
Size=1200
END_OBJECT=Dimension_2
END_GROUP=Dimension
GROUP=DataField
OBJECT=DataField_1
DataFieldName="LST_Day_1km"
DataType=DFNT_UINT16
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_1
OBJECT=DataField_2
DataFieldName="QC_Day"
DataType=DFNT_UINT8
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_2
OBJECT=DataField_3
DataFieldName="Day_view_time"
DataType=DFNT_UINT8
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_3
OBJECT=DataField_4
DataFieldName="Day_view_angl"
DataType=DFNT_UINT8
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_4
OBJECT=DataField_5
DataFieldName="LST_Night_1km"
DataType=DFNT_UINT16
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_5
OBJECT=DataField_6
DataFieldName="QC_Night"
DataType=DFNT_UINT8
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_6
OBJECT=DataField_7
DataFieldName="Night_view_time"
DataType=DFNT_UINT8
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_7
OBJECT=DataField_8
DataFieldName="Night_view_angl"
DataType=DFNT_UINT8
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_8
OBJECT=DataField_9
DataFieldName="Emis_31"
DataType=DFNT_UINT8
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_9
OBJECT=DataField_10
DataFieldName="Emis_32"
DataType=DFNT_UINT8
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_10
OBJECT=DataField_11
DataFieldName="Clear_day_cov"
DataType=DFNT_UINT16
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_11
OBJECT=DataField_12
DataFieldName="Clear_night_cov"
DataType=DFNT_UINT16
DimList=("YDim","XDim")
END_OBJECT=DataField_12
END_GROUP=DataField
GROUP=MergedFields
END_GROUP=MergedFields
END_GROUP=GRID_1
END_GROUP=GridStructure
===============================================================================
SDS Definition
SDS Name: LST_Day_1km
Description: Daily daytime Land-surface temperature at 1km grids
Data conversions:
LST_Day_1km = file data * scale_factor
Number Type: uint16
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code
"Daily daytime 1km grid Land-surface Temperature"
units HDF-STRING 1 code "K"
valid_range HDF-uint16 2 code 7500,65535
_FillValue HDF-uint16 1 code 0
scale_factor HDF-float64 1 code 0.02
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint16"
LST HDF-STRING 1 code "LST data * scale_factor"
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SDS Definition
SDS Name: QC_Day
Description: Daytime LST Quality Indicators for 1km L3 LST
Bit field legend; uint8 (Note: bit 0 is the least significant bit)
bit Long name Key
1 & 0 Mandatory QA flags 00=LST produced, good quality, not
necessary to examine more detailed QA
01=LST produced, other quality,
recommend examination of more
detailed QA
10=LST not produced due to cloud
effects
11=LST not produced primarily due to
reasons other than cloud
2 Data Quality flag 00=good data quality of L1B in bands 31 and 32
01=other quality data
3 Snow/Lakeice 00=no
01=yes according to MOD10
5 & 4 Emis Error flag 00=average emissivity error <= 0.01
01=average emissivity error <= 0.02
10=average emissivity error <= 0.04
11=average emissivity error > 0.04
7 & 6 LST Error flag 00=average LST error <= 1K
01=average LST error <= 2K
10=average LST error <= 3K
11=average LST error > 3K
Number Type: uint8
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code
"Quality control for daytime LST and emissivity"
valid_range HDF-uint8 2 code 0,255
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint8"
Note: there is no _FillValue for this SDS and bit fields in the SDS. This SDS
should be used with SDS LST_Day_1km together. If LST_Day_1km has _FillValue 0,
bits 1 & 0 in QC_Day have value 10 or 11, other bit fields with 0 as undefined.
===============================================================================
SDS Definition
SDS Name: Day_view_time
Description: Local sun time of daytime Land-surface Temperature observation
Data conversions:
Day_view_time = View_time data * scale_factor
Number Type: uint8
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code
"Time of daytime Land-surface Temperature observation"
units HDF-STRING 1 code "hrs"
valid_range HDF-uint8 2 code 0, 240
_FillValue HDF-uint8 1 code 255
scale_factor HDF-float64 1 code 0.1
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint8"
View_time HDF-STRING 1 code "View_time data * scale_factor"
===============================================================================
SDS Definition
SDS Name: Day_view_angl
Description: View zenith angle of daytime Land-surface temperature
Data conversions:
Day_view_angl = View_angl data * scale_factor + add_offset
Number Type: uint8
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code
"View zenith angle of daytime Land-surface Temperature"
units HDF-STRING 1 code "deg"
valid_range HDF-uint16 2 code 0,130
_FillValue HDF-uint16 1 code 255
scale_factor HDF-float64 1 code 1.0
add_offset HDF-float64 1 code -65.0
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint8"
View_angle HDF-STRING 1 code "View_angle data * scale_factor + add_offset"
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SDS Definition
SDS Name: LST_Night_1km
Description: Daily nighttime 1km grid Land-surface temperature
Data conversions:
LST_Night_1km = LST data * scale_factor
Number Type: uint16
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code
"Daily nighttime 1km grid Land-surface Temperature"
units HDF-STRING 1 code "K"
valid_range HDF-uint16 2 code 7500,65535
_FillValue HDF-uint16 1 code 0
scale_factor HDF-float64 1 code 0.02
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint16"
LST HDF-STRING 1 code "LST data * scale_factor"
===============================================================================
SDS Definition
SDS Name: QC_Night
Description: Nighttime LST Quality Indicators for 1km L3 LST
Bit field legend; uint8
bit Long name Key
1 & 0 Mandatory QA flags 00=LST produced, good quality, not
necessary to examine more detailed QA
01=LST produced, other quality,
recommend examination of more
detailed QA
10=LST not produced due to cloud
effects
11=LST not produced primarily due to
reasons other than cloud
2 Data Quality flag 00=good data quality of L1B in bands 31 and 32
01=other quality data
3 Snow/Lakeice 00=no
01=yes according to previous MOD10
5 & 4 Emis Error flag 00=average emissivity error <= 0.01
01=average emissivity error <= 0.02
10=average emissivity error <= 0.04
11=average emissivity error > 0.04
7 & 6 LST Error flag 00=average LST error <= 1K
01=average LST error <= 2K
10=average LST error <= 3K
11=average LST error > 3K
Number Type: uint8
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code
"Quality control for nighttime LST and emissivity"
valid_range HDF-uint8 2 code 0,255
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint8"
Note: there is no _FillValue for this SDS and bit fields in the SDS. This SDS
should be used with SDS LST_Night_1km together. If LST_Night_1km has _FillValue
0, bits 1 & 0 in QC_Night have value 10 or 11, other bit fields with 0 as
undefined.
===============================================================================
SDS Definition
SDS Name: Night_view_time
Description: Local sun time of nighttime Land-surface temperature
observation
Data conversions:
Night_view_time = View_time data * scale_factor
Number Type: uint8
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code
"Time of nighttime Land-surface Temperature observation"
units HDF-STRING 1 code "hrs"
valid_range HDF-uint8 2 code 0,240
_FillValue HDF-uint8 1 code 255
scale_factor HDF-float64 1 code 0.1
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint8"
View_time HDF-STRING 1 code "View_time data * scale_factor"
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SDS Definition
SDS Name: Night_view_angle
Description: View zenith angle of nighttime Land-surface temperature
Data conversions:
Night_view_angl = View_angl data * scale_factor + offset
Number Type: uint8
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code
"View zenith angle of daily nighttime Land-surface Temperature"
units HDF-STRING 1 code "deg"
valid_range HDF-uint16 2 code 0,130
_FillValue HDF-uint16 1 code 255
scale_factor HDF-float64 1 code 1.0
add_offset HDF-float64 1 code -65.0
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint8"
View_angle HDF-STRING 1 code "View_angle data * scale_factor + add_offset"
===============================================================================
SDS Definition
SDS Name: Emis_31
Description: Band 31 emissivity
Data conversions:
Emis_31 = Emis_31 data * scale_factor + add_offset
Number Type: uint8
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code "Band 31 emissivity"
valid_range HDF-uint8 2 code 1,255
_FillValue HDF-uint8 1 code 0
scale_factor HDF-float64 1 code 0.002
add_offset HDF-float64 1 code 0.49
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint8"
Emis_31 HDF-STRING 1 code "Emis_31 data * scale_factor + add_offset"
===============================================================================
SDS Definition
SDS Name: Emis_32
Description: Band 32 emissivity
Data conversions:
Emis_32 = Emis_32 data * scale_factor + add_offset
Number Type: uint8
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code "Band 32 emissivity"
valid_range HDF-uint8 2 code 1,255
_FillValue HDF-uint8 1 code 0
scale_factor HDF-float64 1 code 0.002
add_offset HDF-float64 1 code 0.49
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint8"
Emis_32 HDF-STRING 1 code "Emis_32 data * scale_factor + add_offset"
===============================================================================
SDS Definition
SDS Name: Clear_day_cov
Description: day clear-sky coverage of the LST observation
Data conversions:
day clear_sky_cov = day_clear_sky_cov data * scale_factor
Number Type: uint16
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code "day clear-sky coverage"
valid_range HDF-uint8 2 code 1,65535
_FillValue HDF-uint8 1 code 0
scale_factor HDF-float64 1 code 0.0005
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint16"
day clear_sky_cov HDF-STRING 1 code "day_clear_sky_cov data * scale_factor"
============================================================================
SDS Definition
SDS Name: Clear_night_cov
Description: night clear-sky coverage of the LST observation
Data conversions:
night clear_sky_cov = nit_clear_sky_cov data * scale_factor
Number Type: uint16
Rank: 2
Dimension sizes: (Data Rows, Maximum Number Data Bins per Row)
Dimension Names: (YDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST, XDim:MODIS_Grid_Daily_1km_LST)
Dimension_1: YDim
Dimension_2: XDim
SDS Metadata:
Name: Data Type: Num_val: Source: Value:
long_name HDF-STRING 1 code "night clear-sky coverage"
valid_range HDF-uint8 2 code 1,65535
_FillValue HDF-uint8 1 code 0
scale_factor HDF-float64 1 code 0.0005
Number Type HDF-STRING 1 code "uint16"
night clear_sky_cov HDF-STRING 1 code "nit_clear_sky_cov data * scale_factor"
============================================================================