This dataset contains monthly 0.05°×0.05° (1982, 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000), 0.01°×0.01° (2005, 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2018), and daily 0.01°×0.01° (2018) LST products in Qilian Mountain Area. The dataset was produced based on SW algorithm by AVHRR BT from thermal infrared channels (CH4: 10.5µm to 11.3µm; CH5: 11.5µm to 12.5µm) at a resolution of 0.05°, MYD21A1 LST products at a resolution of 0.01° along with some auxiliary datasets. The auxiliary datasets include IGBP land cover type, AVHRR NDVI products, Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications-2 (MERRA-2) reanalysis data, ASTER GED, Lat/Lon and the Julian Day information.

File naming and required software

File Naming Convention: YYYYMM.tiff (YYYY: year, MM: month); YYYYMMDD.tiff (YYYY: year, MM: month, DD: day)
Data Version：V1.0
Projection：+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs
Data Format: GeoTIFF, 1100rows×1800columes (0.01°×0.01°), 220 rows×360 columes (0.05°×0.05°)
LST Unit: K
LST Valid Range：240-340
Filled Value：0

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Li, H. (2019). Land Surface Temperature (LST) Monthly/Day Dataset (V1.0) based on AVHRR brightness temperature (BT) (0.05°×0.05°) and MYD21A1 LST products (0.01°×0.01°) in Qilian Mountain Area. A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.11888/Meteoro.tpdc.270273. CSTR: 18406.11.Meteoro.tpdc.270273. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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1. Li, H., Sun, D.L., Yu, Y.Y., Wang, H.Y., Liu, Y.L., Liu, Q.H., Du, Y.M., Wang, H.S., & Cao, B. (2014). Evaluation of the VIIRS and MODIS LST products in an arid area of Northwest China. Remote Sensing of Environment, 142, 111-121. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2013.11.014.( View Details | Bibtex)

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Pan-Third Pole Environment Study for a Green Silk Road-A CAS Strategic Priority A Program (No:XDA20000000)

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