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Description

The MOD13C1 Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD13C1 Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD13C1 Version 6 product provides a Vegetation Index (VI) value at a per pixel basis. There are two primary vegetation layers. The first is the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) which is referred to as the continuity index to the existing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (NOAA-AVHRR) derived NDVI. The second vegetation layer is the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), which has improved sensitivity over high biomass regions.

The Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) consists 3,600 rows and 7,200 columns of 5,600 meter (m) pixels. Global MOD13C1 data are cloud-free spatial composites of the gridded 16-day 1 kilometer MOD13A2 data, and are provided as a Level 3 product projected on a 0.05 degree (5,600 m) geographic CMG. The MOD13C1 has data fields for NDVI, EVI, VI QA, reflectance data, angular information, and spatial statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and number of used input pixels at the 0.05 degree CMG resolution.

Known Issues

  • The incorrect representation of the aerosol quantities (low, average, high) in the Collection 6 MOD09 surface reflectance products may have impacted MOD13 Vegetation Index data products particularly over arid bright surfaces.
  • Corrections were implemented in Collection 6.1 reprocessing.
  • For complete information about known issues please refer to the MODIS/VIIRS Land Quality Assessment website.

Improvements/Changes from Previous Versions

  • The 16-day composite VI is generated using the two 8-day composite surface reflectance granules (MOD09A1) in the 16-day period.
  • This surface reflectance input is based on the minimum blue compositing approach used to generate the 8-day surface reflectance product.
  • The product format is consistent with the Version 5 product generated using the Level 2 gridded daily surface reflectance product.
  • A frequently updated long-term global CMG Average Vegetation Index product database is used to fill the gaps in the CMG product suite.

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra
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
2000-02-18 to 2023-02-17
Temporal Resolution
16 Day
Data Partner
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) ,
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
C2763297277-LPCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Vegetation Index ,
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) ,
Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)

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

Didan, K. (2015). MOD13C1 MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD13C1.006 Date Accessed: 2026-05-15

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Reconstruction of Global Long-Term Gap-Free Daily Surface Soil Moisture from 2002 to 2020 Based on a Pixel-Wise Machine Learning Method Mi, Pei, Zheng, Chaolei, Jia, Li, Bai, Yu Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Uncertainty of Partial Dependence Relationship between Climate and Liang, Boyi, Liu, Hongyan, Cressey, Elizabeth L., Xu, Chongyang, Shi, Liang, Wang, Lu, Dai, Jingyu, Wang, Zong, Wang, Jia Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
The pan-Arctic catchment database (ARCADE) Speetjens, Niek Jesse, Hugelius, Gustaf, Gumbricht, Thomas, Lantuit, Hugues, Berghuijs, Wouter R., Pika, Philip A., Poste, Amanda, Vonk, Jorien E. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spatiotemporally consistent global dataset of the GIMMS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (PKU GIMMS NDVI) from 1982 to 2022 Li, Muyi, Cao, Sen, Zhu, Zaichun, Wang, Zhe, Myneni, Ranga B., Piao, Shilong Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
A twenty-year dataset of soil moisture and vegetation optical depth from AMSR-E/2 measurements using the multi-channel collaborative algorithm Hu, Lu, Zhao, Tianjie, Ju, Weimin, Peng, Zhiqing, Shi, Jiancheng, Rodriguez-Fernandez, Nemesio J., Wigneron, Jean-Pierre, Cosh, Michael H., Yang, Kun, Lu, Hui, Yao, Panpan Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Water Content, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Skin Temperature
A comprehensive study of the COVID-19 impact on PM2. 5 levels over the contiguous United States: A deep learning approach Ghahremanloo, Masoud, Lops, Yannic, Choi, Yunsoo, Jung, Jia, Mousavinezhad, Seyedali, Hammond, Davyda Population Density, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Accuracy, stability, and continuity of AVHRR, SeaWiFS, MODIS, and VIIRS deep blue long-term land aerosol retrieval in Asia Su, Xin, Wei, Yifeng, Wang, Lunche, Zhang, Ming, Jiang, Daoyang, Feng, Lan Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Interannual variability in the Australian carbon cycle over 20152019, based on assimilation of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite data Villalobos, Yohanna, Rayner, Peter J., Silver, Jeremy D., Thomas, Steven, Haverd, Vanessa, Knauer, Jurgen, Loh, Zoe M., Deutscher, Nicholas M., Griffith, David W. T., Pollard, David F. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Improved soil moisture estimation: Synergistic use of satellite observations and land surface models over CONUS based on machine learning Lee, Jaese, Park, Sumin, Im, Jungho, Yoo, Cheolhee, Seo, Eunkyo Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Improving the forecasting of winter wheat yields in northern China with machine learning-dynamical hybrid subseasonal-to-seasonal ensemble prediction Cao, Junjun, Wang, Huijing, Li, Jinxiao, Tian, Qun, Niyogi, Dev Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Greater temperature sensitivity of vegetation greenup onset date in areas with weaker temperature seasonality across the Northern Hemisphere Shen, Miaogen, Zhu, Xiaolin, Peng, Dailiang, Jiang, Nan, Huang, Yan, Chen, Jin, Wang, Cong, Zhao, Wenwu Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Global land surface evapotranspiration monitoring by ETMonitor model driven by multi-source satellite earth observations Zheng, Chaolei, Jia, Li, Hu, Guangcheng Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Diagnostic classification of flash drought events reveals distinct classes of forcings and impacts Osman, Mahmoud, Zaitchik, Benjamin F., Badr, Hamada S., Otkin, Jason, Zhong, Yafang, Lorenz, David, Anderson, Martha, Keenan, Trevor F., Miller, David L., Hain, Christopher, Holmes, Thomas Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Enhanced nighttime heatwaves over African urban clusters Igun, Eghosa, Xu, Xiyan, Shi, Zitong, Jia, Gensuo Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Eco-hydrological responses to recent droughts in tropical South America Jiang, Yelin, Yang, Meijian, Liu, Weiguang, Mohammadi, Koushan, Wang, Guiling Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Vegetation Productivity
Drought Legacy in SubSeasonal Vegetation State and Sensitivity to Climate Over the Northern Hemisphere Wu, Minchao, Manzoni, Stefano, Vico, Giulia, Bastos, Ana, de Vries, Franciska T., Messori, Gabriele Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Compound heat wave, drought, and dust events in California Pu, Bing, Jin, Qinjian, Ginoux, Paul, Yu, Yan Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Parameterizing Vegetation Traits with a ProcessBased Ecohydrological Model and Xylem Water Isotopic Observations Li, K., Kuppel, S., Knighton, J. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Passive Microwave Retrieval of Soil Moisture Below Snowpack at L-Band Kumawat, Divya, Olyaei, Mohammadali, Gao, Lun, Ebtehaj, Ardeshir Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Observed water and light limitation across global ecosystems Jonard, Francois, Feldman, Andrew F., Short Gianotti, Daniel J., Entekhabi, Dara Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Heat Flux, Liquid Precipitation, Snow/Ice, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Simultaneous retrieval of land surface temperature and emissivity from the FengYun-4A advanced geosynchronous radiation imager Liu, Weihan, Shi, Jiancheng, Liang, Shunlin, Zhou, Shugui, Cheng, Jie Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Reflectance
Satelliteobserved vegetation responses to intraseasonal precipitation variability Harris, Bethan L., Taylor, Christopher M., Weedon, Graham P., Talib, Joshua, Dorigo, Wouter, van der Schalie, Robin Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Spatially varying relevance of hydrometeorological hazards for vegetation productivity extremes Kroll, Josephin, Denissen, Jasper M. C., Migliavacca, Mirco, Li, Wantong, Hildebrandt, Anke, Orth, Rene Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Landscape Patterns
Tropical surface temperature response to vegetation cover changes and the role of drylands Feldman, Andrew F., Short Gianotti, Daniel J., Dong, Jianzhi, Trigo, Isabel F., Salvucci, Guido D., Entekhabi, Dara Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
The Coupling of Soil Water and Leaf Phenology Observed by Satellite During Australian Bushfires in 20192020 Liu, Yuqing, Shi, Wenzhong, Zhang, Min, Hao, Ming, Zhang, Hua, Sun, Yangjie Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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