Global Land Surface Temperature at 1 km Resolution for 2024

2024 daytime land surface temperature data at 1:30 PM. The dataset is a 71.2 GB seamless raster product derived from NASA Terra and Aqua satellite MODIS sensors. It was processed by Yuyu Zhou using a novel algorithm to fill missing pixels caused by clouds and shadows.

Use Cases

• Modeling climate change impacts based on global land surface temperature data.
• Analyzing urban heat island effects based on high-resolution temperature maps.
• Validating weather and climate models based on satellite-derived temperature observations.
• Studying land cover changes based on temperature anomalies.
• Filling gaps in environmental monitoring based on the spatiotemporal gap-filling algorithm.

Strengths

• 71.2 GB dataset indicates a large-scale, high-resolution global raster.
• Seamless coverage achieved via a novel gap-filling algorithm for missing pixels.
• Data sourced from authoritative NASA MODIS satellite products (MOD11A1 and MYD11A1).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is limited to daytime observations at approximately 1:30 PM.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NASA Earth Observing System Terra and Aqua satellites (MOD11A1 and MYD11A1).

Collection Method

Generated from MODIS products using a novel spatiotemporal gap-filling algorithm.

Time Range

2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 03:28:34; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global