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Description

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) MCD43C4 Version 6.1 Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function and Albedo (BRDF/Albedo) Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) dataset is produced daily using 16 days of Terra and Aqua MODIS data in a 0.05 degree (5,600 meters at the equator) Climate Modeling Grid (CMG). Data are temporally weighted to the ninth day of the retrieval period which is reflected in the Julian date in the file name. This CMG product covers the entire globe for use in climate simulation models.

Users are urged to use the band specific quality flags to isolate the highest quality full inversion results for their own science applications as described in the User Guide.

MCD43C4 removes view angle effects from directional reflectances to model the values as if they were collected from a nadir view at local solar noon. These NBAR values are calculated from MCD43C1. The product includes separate NBAR layers for MODIS spectral bands 1 through 7 as well as ancillary layers for quality, local solar noon, percent finer resolution inputs, snow cover, and uncertainty.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6.1 BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters data products: (1) Version 6.1 Level-1B (L1B) products have been improved by undergoing various calibration changes that include: changes to the response-versus-scan angle (RVS) approach that affects reflectance bands for Aqua and Terra MODIS, corrections to adjust for the optical crosstalk in Terra MODIS infrared (IR) bands, and corrections to the Terra MODIS forward look-up table (LUT) update for the period 2012 – 2017, and (2) A polarization correction has been applied to the L1B Reflective Solar Bands (RSB).

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra ,
Aqua
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
5600 Meters x 5600 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
MODIS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG)
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2000-02-16 to Present
Temporal Resolution
1 Day
Data Partner
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) ,
School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, Boston (UMASS-B/SFE) ,
MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/MODAPS)
Concept ID
C2532449179-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
9551
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Albedo ,
Anisotropy ,
Reflectance

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Schaaf, C., & Wang, Z. (2021). MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Ref Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43C4.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

File Naming Convention

MCD43C4.A2025211.061.2025220080926.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MCD43C4) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025211), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025220080926), and the Data Format (hdf).

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Title Year Author Topic
Improvement of the consistency among long-term global land surface Ye, Yongchang, Zhang, Xiaoyang, Shen, Yu, Tran, Khuong H., Gao, Shuai, Liu, Yuxia, An, Shuai Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Development of the long-term harmonized multi-satellite SIF (LHSIF) dataset at 0.05 resolution (19952024) Zou, Chu, Du, Shanshan, Liu, Xinjie, Liu, Liangyun Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Solar Induced Fluorescence, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Primary Production, Chlorophyll, Photosynthesis, Leaf Characteristics, Albedo, Anisotropy
Reduced Vegetation Uptake During the Extreme 2023 Drought Turns the Amazon Into a Weak Carbon Source Botia, S., DiasJunior, C. Q., Komiya, S., van der Woude, A. M., Terristi, M., de Kok, R. J., Koren, G., van Asperen, H., Jones, S. P., D'Oliveira, F. A. F., Weber, U., MarquesFilho, E. P., Cely, I. M., Araujo, A., Lavric, J. V., Walter, D., Li, X., Wigneron, J. P., Stocker, B. D., Goncalves de Souza, J., O'Sullivan, M., Sitch, S., Ciais, P., Chevallier, F., Li, W., Luijkx, I., Peters, W., Quesada, C. A., Zaehle, S., Trumbore, S., Bastos, A. Terrestrial Ecosystems, Biomass, LIDAR WAVEFORM, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
QeRSIF: a quality-enhanced red solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence dataset for TROPOMI satellite Du, Yulu, Du, Shanshan, Zhao, Dianrun, Liu, Xinjie, Liu, Liangyun Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
The influence of plant soil moisture stress on solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence efficiency across Africa Onkaew, Khomkrit, Quaife, Tristan, Black, Emily, Maidment, Ross I. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Anisotropy, Albedo
An improved spatially downscaled solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence dataset from the TROPOMI product Chen, Siyuan, Liu, Liangyun, Sui, Lichun, Liu, Xinjie, Ma, Yan Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
CEDAR-GPP: spatiotemporally upscaled estimates of gross primary productivity incorporating CO2 fertilization Kang, Yanghui, Bassiouni, Maoya, Gaber, Max, Lu, Xinchen, Keenan, Trevor F. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo
On the added value of sequential deep learning for the upscaling of evapotranspiration Kraft, Basil, Nelson, Jacob A., Walther, Sophia, Gans, Fabian, Weber, Ulrich, Duveiller, Gregory, Reichstein, Markus, Zhang, Weijie, Ruwurm, Marc, Tuia, Devis, Korner, Marco, Hamdi, Zayd, Jung, Martin Reflectance, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo
Regional Land Surface Conditions Developed Using the High-Resolution Vinodhkumar, Buri, Osuri, Krishna Kishore, Dimri, A. P., Mukherjee, Sandipan, AlGhamdi, Sami G., Niyogi, Dev Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
The surface mass balance and near-surface climate of the Antarctic ice van Dalum, Christiaan T., van de Berg, Willem Jan, van den Broeke, Michiel R., van Tiggelen, Maurice Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Simultaneous Reductions in Forest Resilience and Greening Trends in Southwest China Wu, Huiying, Cui, Tianxiang, Cao, Lin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Two Decades of FireInduced Albedo Change and Associated ShortWave Radiative Effect Over SubSaharan Africa Flegrova, Michaela, Brindley, Helen Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
A 20012022 global gross primary productivity dataset using an ensemble model based on the random forest method Chen, Xin, Chen, Tiexi, Li, Xiaodong, Chai, Yuanfang, Zhou, Shengjie, Guo, Renjie, Dai, Jie Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Megagrazer loss drives complex landscape-scale biophysical cascades Hyvarinen, Olli, te Beest, Mariska, le Roux, Elizabeth, Kerley, Graham I H, Buitenwerf, Robert, Druce, Dave J, Chen, Jiquan, Rapp, Linda, Fernandes, Joana, Cromsigt, Joris P G M Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Natural forest regeneration is projected to reduce local temperatures Alibakhshi, Sara, Cook-Patton, Susan C., Davin, Edouard, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji, Araujo, Miguel Bastos, Heinlein, Daniel, Heiskanen, Janne, Pellikka, Petri, Crowther, Thomas W. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Increased crossing of thermal stress thresholds of vegetation under global warming Li, Xiangyi, Huntingford, Chris, Wang, Kai, Cui, Jiangpeng, Xu, Hao, Kan, Fei, Anniwaer, Nazhakaiti, Yang, Hui, Penuelas, Josep, Piao, Shilong Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Impacts of forest cover change on local temperature in Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta urban agglomerations of China Liu, Qing, Shen, Wenjuan, Wang, Tongyu, He, Jiaying, Cao, Pingting, Sun, Tianyi, Zhang, Ying, Ye, Wenjing, Huang, Chengquan Albedo, Anisotropy, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Estimation of Vegetation Parameters of the VIC Model Using Remotely Sensed Data Gomez, Edna Lucia Espinosa, Rodriguez, Leticia, Zimmermann, Erik Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Global expansion of wildland-urban interface (WUI) and WUI fires: insights from a multiyear worldwide unified database (WUWUI) Tang, Wenfu, He, Cenlin, Emmons, Louisa, Zhang, Junzhe Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Burned Area
Reducing Resolution Dependency of Dust Emission Modeling Using Chappell, Adrian, Hennen, Mark, Schepanski, Kerstin, Dhital, Saroj, Tong, Daniel Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy
A satellite-derived dataset on vegetation phenology across Central Asia from 2001 to 2023 Ding, Chao Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Analysis of environmental variables and deforestation in the amazon using logistical regression models da Silva, Helder J. F., Goncalves, Weber A., Bezerra, Bergson G., Santos e Silva, Claudio M., de Oliveira, Cristiano P., Junior, Jorio B. Cabral, Rodrigues, Daniele T., Silva, Fabricio D. S. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Critical slowing down of the Amazon forest after increased drought occurrence Van Passel, Johanna, Bernardino, Paulo N., Lhermitte, Stef, Rius, Bianca F., Hirota, Marina, Conradi, Timo, de Keersmaecker, Wanda, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Somers, Ben RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Reflectance, Anisotropy, Albedo, Burned Area
Threshold of climate extremes that impact vegetation productivity over the Tibetan Plateau Piao, Zhenggang, Li, Xiangyi, Xu, Hao, Wang, Kai, Tang, Shuchang, Kan, Fei, Hong, Songbai Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
TCSIF: a temporally consistent global Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2A (GOME-2A) solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence dataset with the correction ... Zou, Chu, Du, Shanshan, Liu, Xinjie, Liu, Liangyun Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Solar Induced Fluorescence, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Heat Flux, Liquid Precipitation, Snow/Ice, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spatio-temporal heterogeneity and driving mechanism of ecosystem water Wang, Feiyu, Xia, Jun, Zou, Lei, Zhang, Liping, Li, Xiaoyang, Yu, Jiarui Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Vegetation IndexBased Models Without Meteorological Constraints Underestimate the Impact of Drought on Gross Primary Productivity Chen, Xin, Chen, Tiexi, Liu, Shuci, Chai, Yuanfang, Guo, Renjie, Dai, Jie, Wang, Shengzhen, Zhang, Lele, Wei, Xueqiong Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Convergence and divergence emerging in climatic controls of polynomial trends for northern ecosystem productivity over 20002018 Zhang, Wenxin, Jin, Hongxiao, Jamali, Sadegh, Duan, Zheng, Wu, Mousong, Ran, Youhua, Ardo, Jonas, Eklundh, Lars, Jonsson, Anna Maria, Sun, Huaiwei, Hu, Guojie, Wu, Xiaodong, Yun, Hanbo, Wu, Qingbai, Fu, Ziteng, Yu, Kailiang, Tian, Feng, Tagesson, Torbern, Li, Xing, Xiao, Jingfeng Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Varying effects of tree cover on relationships between satellite-observed vegetation greenup date and spring temperature across Eurasian boreal forests Ding, Chao, Meng, Yuanyuan, Huang, Wenjiang, Xie, Qiaoyun Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Global quantification of the bidirectional dependency between soil moisture and vegetation productivity Zhang, Wenmin, Wei, Fangli, Horion, Stephanie, Fensholt, Rasmus, Forkel, Matthias, Brandt, Martin Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Global trends in vegetation fractional cover: Hotspots for change in bare soil and non-photosynthetic vegetation Hill, Michael J., Guerschman, Juan P. Reflectance, Anisotropy, Albedo
A Reconstructed Global Daily Seamless SIF Product at 0.05 Degree Hu, Jiaochan, Jia, Jia, Ma, Yan, Liu, Liangyun, Yu, Haoyang Reflectance, Anisotropy, Albedo
Climatic legacy effects on the drought response of the Amazon rainforest Van Passel, Johanna, de Keersmaecker, Wanda, Bernardino, Paulo N., Jing, Xin, Umlauf, Nikolaus, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Somers, Ben Reflectance, Anisotropy, Albedo, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Topographical Relief Maps, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Burned Area
Direct and Legacy Effects of Spring Temperature Anomalies on Seasonal Marsh, Hanna, Zhang, Wenxin Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
The Negative Impact of Excessive Moisture Contributes to the Seasonal Dynamics of photosynthesis in Amazon moist Forests Chen, Ruonan, Liu, Liangyun, Liu, Xinjie Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Use of Hyper-Spectral Visible and Near-Infrared Satellite Data for Timely Estimates of the Earth's Surface Reflectance in Cloudy and Aerosol Loaded ... Joiner, J., Fasnacht, Z., Qin, W., Yoshida, Y., Vasilkov, A. P., Li, C., Lamsal, L., Krotkov, N. UV Aerosol Index, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Sea Ice Concentration, Snow Cover
A New Global Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) Data Product from TanSat Measurements Yao, Lu, Yang, Dongxu, Liu, Yi, Wang, Jing, Liu, Liangyun, Du, Shanshan, Cai, Zhaonan, Lu, Naimeng, Lyu, Daren, Wang, Maohua, Yin, Zengshan, Zheng, Yuquan Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Evaluating the benefits of chlorophyll fluorescence for in-season crop productivity forecasting Sloat, Lindsey L., Lin, Marena, Butler, Ethan E., Johnson, Dave, Holbrook, N. Michele, Huybers, Peter J., Lee, Jung-Eun, Mueller, Nathaniel D. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Estimating Global Gross Primary Production from Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Bai, Yu, Liang, Shunlin, Yuan, Wenping Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Land surface phenology as indicator of global terrestrial ecosystem dynamics: A systematic review Caparros-Santiago, Jose A., Rodriguez-Galiano, Victor, Dash, Jadunandan Reflectance, Anisotropy, Albedo, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Phenology
Relationship of surface soil moisture with solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and normalized difference vegetation index in different phenological stages: A case study of Northeast China Shen, Qiu, Liu, Leizhen, Zhao, Wenhui, Yang, Jianhua, Han, Xinyi, Tian, Feng, Wu, Jianjun Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spring and autumn phenology across the Tibetan Plateau inferred from normalized difference vegetation index and solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence Meng, Fandong, Huang, Ling, Chen, Anping, Zhang, Yao, Piao, Shilong Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Sun-induced fluorescence and near-infrared reflectance of vegetation Mengistu, Anteneh Getachew, Mengistu Tsidu, Gizaw, Koren, Gerbrand, Kooreman, Maurits L., Boersma, K. Folkert, Tagesson, Torbern, Ardo, Jonas, Nouvellon, Yann, Peters, Wouter Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
A framework for harmonizing multiple satellite instruments to generate a long-term global high spatial-resolution solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) Wen, J., Kohler, P., Duveiller, G., Parazoo, N.C., Magney, T.S., Hooker, G., Yu, L., Chang, C.Y., Sun, Y. Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Heat Flux, Liquid Precipitation, Snow/Ice
Large and projected strengthening moisture limitation on end-of-season photosynthesis Zhang, Yao, Parazoo, Nicholas C., Williams, A. Park, Zhou, Sha, Gentine, Pierre Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Land Surface Temperature Trend and Its Drivers in East Africa Abera, Temesgen Alemayehu, Heiskanen, Janne, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji, Pellikka, Petri K. E. Reflectance, Anisotropy, Albedo, Snow Grain Size, Snow Cover, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
A spatially downscaled sun-induced fluorescence global product for enhanced monitoring of vegetation productivity Duveiller, Gregory, Filipponi, Federico, Walther, Sophia, Kohler, Philipp, Frankenberg, Christian, Guanter, Luis, Cescatti, Alessandro Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Tracking Seasonal and Interannual Variability in Photosynthetic He, Liyin, Wood, Jeffrey D., Sun, Ying, Magney, Troy, Dutta, Debsunder, Kohler, Philipp, Zhang, Yongguang, Yin, Yi, Frankenberg, Christian Reflectance, Anisotropy, Albedo, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
A global, 0.05-degree product of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence derived from OCO-2, MODIS, and reanalysis data Li, Xing, Xiao, Jingfeng Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Evaluating and comparing remote sensing terrestrial GPP models for their response to climate variability and CO2 trends Sun, Zhongyi, Wang, Xiufeng, Zhang, Xirui, Tani, Hiroshi, Guo, Enliang, Yin, Shuai, Zhang, Tianyou Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.

Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor Offset
BRDF_Albedo_Uncertainty BRDF inversion information N/A uint16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
BRDF_Quality Global albedo quality N/A uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
Local_Solar_Noon Local solar noon zenith angle Degree uint8 255 0 to 90 N/A N/A
Nadir_Reflectance_Band1 Nadir reflectance for MODIS band 1 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Nadir_Reflectance_Band2 Nadir reflectance for MODIS band 2 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Nadir_Reflectance_Band3 Nadir reflectance for MODIS band 3 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Nadir_Reflectance_Band4 Nadir reflectance for MODIS band 4 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Nadir_Reflectance_Band5 Nadir reflectance for MODIS band 5 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Nadir_Reflectance_Band6 Nadir reflectance for MODIS band 6 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Nadir_Reflectance_Band7 Nadir reflectance for MODIS band 7 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Percent_Inputs Processed finer resolution data that contributed to this CMG pixel Percent uint8 255 0 to 100 N/A N/A
Percent_Snow Underlying data flagged as snow Percent uint8 255 0 to 100 N/A N/A
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