# ECOSTRESS L2 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity
*data products*

## Specifications
- **level**: L2
- **distributor**: nasa
- **spectral range nm**: {"min":8000,"max":12500}
- **spectral band count**: 5
- **gsd m**: {"native":70}
- **file format**: HDF5
- **access endpoint**: https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=ECO_L2_LSTE
- **access model**: open
- **licence**: NASA EOSDIS open data
- **primary data portal url**: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/lpcloud-eco-l2-lste-002
- **use cases**: ["Urban land-surface temperature mapping","Evapotranspiration and plant-water-stress analysis","Thermal anomaly screening"]
- **practical limitations**: ["70 m pixels are district/block scale for building-thermal work and can mix roofs, roads, vegetation, and facades","ISS orbit covers approximately 52 degrees north to 52 degrees south","ECOSTRESS had historical acquisition gaps and a reduced-band acquisition period"]
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **entity type**: data_product
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: nasa
- **attributes**: {"level":"L2","distributor":"nasa","spectral_range_nm":"{\"min\":8000,\"max\":12500}","spectral_band_count":5,"gsd_m":"{\"native\":70}","file_format":"HDF5","access_endpoint":"https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=ECO_L2_LSTE","access_model":"open","licence":"NASA EOSDIS open data","primary_data_portal_url":"https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/lpcloud-eco-l2-lste-002","use_cases":"[\"Urban land-surface temperature mapping\",\"Evapotranspiration and plant-water-stress analysis\",\"Thermal anomaly screening\"]","practical_limitations":"[\"70 m pixels are district/block scale for building-thermal work and can mix roofs, roads, vegetation, and facades\",\"ISS orbit covers approximately 52 degrees north to 52 degrees south\",\"ECOSTRESS had historical acquisition gaps and a reduced-band acquisition period\"]","deployment_context":"orbital"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
ECOSTRESS L2 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity is an open NASA EOSDIS Level 2 product distributed through Earthdata for ECOSTRESS swath observations from the International Space Station orbit [^earthdata-ecostress-lste]. It provides land surface temperature and emissivity outputs at 70 m ground sampling distance from five thermal infrared bands spanning 8000 to 12500 nm, delivered as HDF5 files [^earthdata-ecostress-lste].

For buyers evaluating thermal workflows, the product is useful for urban land-surface temperature mapping, evapotranspiration and plant-water-stress analysis, and thermal anomaly screening [^earthdata-ecostress-lste]. Its 70 m pixels are suitable for district or block-scale analysis, but they can mix roofs, roads, vegetation, and facades in building-level work [^earthdata-ecostress-lste]. Coverage is limited by the ISS orbit to roughly 52 degrees north through 52 degrees south, and ECOSTRESS acquisition history includes gaps and a reduced-band operating period that should be checked against project dates [^earthdata-ecostress-lste].

## Compositional position
- building-thermal (topics) --[topic_capabilities]--> ECOSTRESS L2 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity

## Sources
- [earthdata-ecostress-lste] | ECOSTRESS Swath Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Instantaneous L2 Global 70 m V002, NASA Earthdata | https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/lpcloud-eco-l2-lste-002 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14

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