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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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On the hydroclimate-vegetation relationship in the southwestern Amazon during the 20002019 period Gutierrez-Cori, Omar, Espinoza, Jhan Carlo, Li, Laurent Z. X., Wongchuig, Sly, Arias, Paola A., Ronchail, Josyane, Segura, Hans Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Total Surface Precipitation Rate
A global terrestrial ecosystem respiration dataset (2001-2010) estimated with MODIS land surface temperature and vegetation indices Ai, Jinlong, Xiao, Shuyuan, Feng, Hui, Wang, Huan, Jia, Gensuo, Hu, Yonghong Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Impact of Environmental and Climate Factors on Spatial Distribution of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Northeastern Iran: Utilizing Remote Sensing Shirzadi, Mohammad Reza, Javanbakht, Mohammad, Vatandoost, Hassan, Jesri, Nahid, Saghafipour, Abedin, Fouladi-Fard, Reza, Omidi-Oskouei, Alireza Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Hosts and environment overshadow spatial distance as drivers of bat fly Eriksson, Alan, Doherty, JeanFrancois, Fischer, Erich, Graciolli, Gustavo, Poulin, Robert Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Phenology, Plant Phenological Changes
Enhanced regional terrestrial carbon uptake over Korea revealed by Yun, Jeongmin, Jeong, Sujong, Ho, ChangHoi, Park, Hoonyoung, Liu, Junjie, Lee, Haeyoung, Sitch, Stephen, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Lienert, Sebastian, Lombardozzi, Danica, Haverd, Vanessa, Jain, Atual, Zaehle, Sonke, Kato, Etsushi, Tian, Hanqin, Vuichard, Nicolas, Wiltshire, Andy, Zeng, Ning Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, 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
Comparison of land surface phenology in the Northern Hemisphere based on AVHRR GIMMS3g and MODIS datasets Zhang, Jing, Zhao, Jianjun, Wang, Yeqiao, Zhang, Hongyan, Zhang, Zhengxiang, Guo, Xiaoyi Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Local climatically-driven changes of albedo and surface temperatures in the Sonoran Desert Zolotokrylin, Alexander N., Brito-Castillo, Luis, Titkova, Tatiana B. 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, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Observed changes in fire patterns and possible drivers over Central Africa Jiang, Yan, Zhou, Liming, Raghavendra, Ajay Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Modeling leaf senescence of deciduous tree species in Europe Liu, Qiang, Piao, Shilong, Campioli, Matteo, Gao, Mengdi, Fu, Yongshuo H., Wang, Kai, He, Yue, Li, Xiangyi, Janssens, Ivan A. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Risks of neglecting phenology when assessing climatic controls of primary production Bandieri, Lucas M., Fernandez, Roberto J., Bisigato, Alejandro J. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Satellite-observed decrease in the sensitivity of spring phenology to climate change under high nitrogen deposition Wang, Xiaoyue, Wu, Chaoyang, Zhang, Xiaoyang, Li, Zhaolei, Liu, Zhengjia, Gonsamo, Alemu, Ge, Quansheng Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
The spectral portrait of plain landscapes in Russia Titkova, T.B., Zolotokrylin, A.N., Vinogradova, V.V. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Alternative tree-cover states of the boreal ecosystem: A conceptual model Abis, Beniamino, Brovkin, Victor Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
A physically constrained inversion for high-resolution passive microwave Ebtehaj, Ardeshir, Bras, Rafael L. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
A spatio-temporal continuous soil moisture dataset over the Tibet Plateau from 2002 to 2015 Cui, Yaokui, Zeng, Chao, Zhou, Jie, Xie, Hongjie, Wan, Wei, Hu, Ling, Xiong, Wentao, Chen, Xi, Fan, Wenjie, Hong, Yang Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
First-time estimation of HCHO column over Asia using multiple regression with OMI and MODIS data Choi, W. N., Hong, H. K., Lee, Y. W., Ryu, J. Y., Park, J. S., Lee, H. L. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Evaluation of the MODIS collections 5 and 6 for change analysis of vegetation and land surface temperature dynamics in North and South America Heck, Ethan, de Beurs, Kirsten M., Owsley, Braden C., Henebry, Geoffrey M. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Legacies of historical exploitation of natural resources are more important than summer warming for recent biomass increases in a borealArctic transition region Tmmervik, Hans, Bjerke, Jarle W., Park, Taejin, Hanssen, Frank, Myneni, Ranga B. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Climate changes in transitional natural areas of Russian northern regions and their display in landscape spectral characteristics Titkova, T.B., Vinogradova, V.V. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Synergistic integration of optical and microwave satellite data for crop yield estimation Mateo-Sanchis, Anna, Piles, Maria, Munoz-Mari, Jordi, Adsuara, Jose E., Perez-Suay, Adrian, Camps-Valls, Gustau Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Low redundancy estimation of correlation matrices for time series using triangular bounds Scharwachter, Erik, Geier, Fabian, Faber, Lukas, Muller, Emmanuel Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
SMAP soil moisture improves global evapotranspiration Purdy, Adam J., Fisher, Joshua B., Goulden, Michael L., Colliander, Andreas, Halverson, Gregory, Tu, Kevin, Famiglietti, James S. Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Surface Pressure, Surface Winds, Geopotential Height, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Assessing the dynamics of vegetation productivity in circumpolar regions with different satellite indicators of greenness and photosynthesis Walther, Sophia, Guanter, Luis, Heim, Birgit, Jung, Martin, Duveiller, Gregory, Wolanin, Aleksandra, Sachs, Torsten Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Solar Induced Fluorescence, Reflectance, Anisotropy, Albedo, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Vegetation greenness and land carbon-flux anomalies associated with climate variations: a focus on the year 2015 Yue, Chao, Ciais, Philippe, Bastos, Ana, Chevallier, Frederic, Yin, Yi, Rodenbeck, Christian, Park, Taejin Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Geography of global change and species richness in the North Vilmi, Annika, Alahuhta, Janne, Hjort, Jan, Karna, Olli-Matti, Leinonen, Kirsti, Rocha, Mariana Perez, Tolonen, Katri E., Tolonen, Kimmo T., Heino, Jani Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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