MODIS - MOD11A1 Data not available <2018 using the MODIS package (R)?

Question

I'm using the MODIS package to download MOD11A1 data, I'm looking for a timeseries from 2016 to 2020, which is well within the temporal range of the data. However, when I try downloading the data using the code below:

tfs = runGdal(job = "MODIS_Time_Series",
              product = "MOD11A1",
              begin = "2016.01.01", end = "2020.12.31",
              extent = getT, outDirPath = dir)

Only downloads 2018 onwards work. I've tried splitting it up by downloading by year, but again, downloads appear to stop working once I try to download anything before 2018.01.01.

Answer 1

This MOD11A1 product has 2 versions (v006 and v061). Check if the tiles you are trying to download are available on the DataPool.

You can also try pymodis if you are willing to work with Python.