Getting Started with MODIS Land Surface Temperature Data
Part 3: Interpreting Quality Information

This video focuses on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6 Land Surface Temperature data distributed by NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC).

In this short video tutorial, information about MODIS Land Surface Temperature quality information, including how to decode quality bits, tools for working with quality data, and where to find additional information, is provided.

To learn more about MODIS Version 6 Land Surface Temperature data and other data products distributed by the LP DAAC please visit https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/.

The LP DAAC is one of twelve NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) DAACs. It is located at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The LP DAAC ingests, archives, processes and distributes NASA Earth science land processes data and information.

For information about NASA EOSDIS data, information, services and tools, https://earthdata.nasa.gov

To discover and access NASA Earth science data, https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov