The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the summer 2020 release of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6.1 land data products. The release will begin with historical Surface Reflectance data products followed by the Land Surface Temperature and 3-Band Emissivity product suite. MODIS Version 6.1 forward processing will begin after the historical processing has completed.
Improvements for Version 6.1 data products include changes and enhancements to the Terra and Aqua MODIS L1B products used as inputs to the higher level products.
Details on product improvements for Version 6.1 will be provided on the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) landing page for each product. Version 6 data products will remain available and will continue with forward processing during the transition.
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Have questions? Please contact LP DAAC User Services.