Aqua Product Descriptions:MYD11_L2

Last update:February 12, 2015

Data Set Short Name:
MYD11_L2

Data Set Long Name:
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity 5-Min L2 Swath-1km

Platform:
Aqua

Instrument:
MODIS

Product Description:
The MODIS Near Real Time (NRT) level-2 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST/E) data, MYD11_L2, incorporate 1km pixels which are produced daily at 5-min 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 subranges. 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, and land and snow cover. The MYD11_L2 data set comprises swath data obtained in 5-min 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, and the geographic coordinates for every five scan lines and samples. Produced daily, MYD11_L2 is an unprojected level-2 product, which provides the input for the level-3 products.

Production Frequency:
288 file per day

Spatial Coverage:
Global

Spatial Resolution:
1 km

File Size (MB):
2.5

Citation:

Dataset Originator/Creator:
MODIS Land Science Team/MODIS Adaptive Processing System (MODAPS)

Data Authors:

Dataset DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD11_L2.NRT.006