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LP DAAC to Discontinue Data Pool Distribution for MODIS Datasets

Data Update
Issued
June 3, 2025
Resolved

As part of a larger effort to migrate data and services hosted on-premises at the NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), access to all Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)  related datasets (including MODIS Collection 6.1) via LP DAAC Data Pool will be retired on June 30, 2025. The NASA Earthdata Cloud is now the primary data archive for all NASA land processes related data. 

Users currently utilizing NASA’s Earthdata Search will have no changes to their workflows. If you currently access data through legacy on-premises archive, including through the LP DAAC Data Pool, please update your data access workflows and scripts to use the Earthdata Cloud archive. All data offered through AppEEARS remains accessible. Users are encouraged to consult the number of resources and user workflows available to access and work with data in NASA’s Earthdata Cloud

If you have questions, please contact LP DAAC User Services.

Referenced Datasets

Dataset Name Format
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Water Reservoir 8-Day L3 Global V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Water Reservoir Monthly L3 Global V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Continuous Fields Yearly L3 Global 250m SIN Grid V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Water Reservoir 8-Day L3 Global V061 HDF4
MODIS/Terra Water Reservoir Monthly L3 Global V061 HDF4
MODIS/Terra+Aqua AOD and Water Vapor from MAIAC, Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Gap-Filled Snow-Free Daily L3 Global 30ArcSec CMG V006 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Gap-Filled Snow-Free Daily L3 Global 30ArcSec CMG V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Surface Reflectance (Bands 1-7) from MAIAC, Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Surface Reflectance (Bands 8-12) from MAIAC, Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Vegetation Index from MAIAC, Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 HDF-EOS2

Details

Last Updated

Dec. 16, 2025

Published

June 13, 2025

Data Center/Project

Land Processes DAAC (LP DAAC)