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Data collected by NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) are integral for research of Earth's physical properties. Explore MODIS datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
Datasets
Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Annual PM2.5 Grids from MODIS, MISR and SeaWiFS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) with GWR, 1998-2016 | 1998-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1.0 | COMPLETE | 3 | PDF, PNG, WMS, GeoTIFF | Particulate Matter, Particulates |
| Global Annual PM2.5 Grids from MODIS, MISR, SeaWiFS and VIIRS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), 1998-2022, V5.GL.04 | 1998-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | 5.04 | COMPLETE | 4 | GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, netCDF-4 | Particulate Matter, Particulates, Sustainability, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl |
| Global Fire Atlas with Characteristics of Individual Fires, 2003-2016 | 2003-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | multiple | Burned Area, Fire Dynamics, Fire Occurrence |
| Global Fire Emissions Database, Version 4.1 (GFEDv4) | 1995-06-01 to 2016-12-31 | 4.1 | COMPLETE | 4 | multiple | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds |
| Global Food Security Support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Crop Dominance 2010 Global 1 km V001 | 2007-01-01 to 2012-12-31 | 001 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | Vegetation Cover, Cropland |
| Global Food Security Support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Crop Mask 2010 Global 1 km V001 | 2007-01-01 to 2012-12-31 | 001 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | Vegetation Cover, Cropland |
| Global Forest Cover Change Forest Cover Change Multi-Year Global 30m V001 | 1990-01-01 to 2004-12-31 | 001 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | Forest Harvesting and Engineering |
| Global Forest Cover Change Surface Reflectance Estimates Multi-Year Global 30m V001 | 1984-03-12 to 2011-12-25 | 001 | COMPLETE | 2 | GeoTIFF | Reflectance |
| Global Forest Cover Change Tree Cover Multi-Year Global 30m V003 | 2000-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | 003 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | Forest Management |
| Global Forest Cover Change Water Cover 2000 Global 30m V001 | 1999-06-29 to 2003-01-14 | 001 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | Total Surface Water |
| Global MODIS and FLUXNET-derived Daily Gross Primary Production, V2 | 2000-03-01 to 2020-08-01 | 2 | COMPLETE | 3 | netCDF-4 classic | Primary Production, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Gross Primary Production (gpp), Reflectance |
| Global Monthly Mean Leaf Area Index Climatology, 1981-2015 | 1981-08-01 to 2015-08-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | netCDF-4 classic | Leaf Area Index (LAI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) |
| Greenness Trends and Carbon Stocks of Mangrove Forests Across Mexico, 2001-2015 | 2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | multiple | Estuary, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Coastal, Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Land Use/Land Cover |
| Gross Primary Production Maps of Tidal Wetlands across Conterminous USA, 2000-2019 | 2000-03-05 to 2019-11-17 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | GeoTIFF | Wetlands, Wetlands, Wetlands, Coastal, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Intertidal Zone |
| High Mountain Asia 1 km MODIS-AIRS Gap-Filled Ground Temperatures and Permafrost Probability Maps, 2003-2016 V001 | 2003-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | netCDF-4 | Land Surface Temperature, Permafrost, Permafrost Temperature |
| High Mountain Asia 12 km Modeled Estimates of Aerosol Transport, Chemistry, and Deposition Reanalysis, 2003-2019 V001 | 2003-01-01 to 2019-08-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | netCDF-4 classic | Aerosol Concentration, Black Carbon, Deposition, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation |
| High Mountain Asia MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth V001 | 2000-02-01 to 2019-03-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | ASCII | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent |
| High Mountain Asia UCLA Daily Snow Reanalysis V001 | 1999-10-01 to 2017-09-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | netCDF-4 | Albedo, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent |
| High Resolution Global Contiguous SIF Estimates from OCO-2 SIF and MODIS, Version 2 | 2014-09-01 to 2020-07-31 | 2 | COMPLETE | 3 | netCDF-4 classic | Solar Induced Fluorescence, Chlorophyll, Primary Production, Leaf Characteristics |
| High Resolution Land Cover-Specific Solar-Induced Fluorescence, Midwestern USA, 2018 | 2018-05-02 to 2018-09-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | netCDF-4 | Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Solar Induced Fluorescence, Canopy Transmittance, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Cover |
| India Annual Winter Cropped Area, 2001-2016 | 2001-03-31 to 2016-03-31 | 1.0 | COMPLETE | 4 | GeoTIFF, netCDF-4, PDF, PNG, WMS | Agriculture Production, Land Use/Land Cover |
| ISLSCP II AVHRR Albedo and BRDF, 1995 | 1995-02-01 to 1995-07-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | Shapefile | Albedo, Canopy Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Plant Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Index, Land Use/Land Cover, Reflectance |
| ISLSCP II C4 Vegetation Percentage | 1993-01-01 to 1998-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | ASCII | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance |
| ISLSCP II Continuous Fields of Vegetation Cover, 1992-1993 | 1992-04-01 to 1993-05-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | Shapefile | Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance, Vegetation Index |
| ISLSCP II Ecosystem Rooting Depths | 1995-02-01 to 1995-07-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | ASCII | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance |
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