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Description

The Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Vegetation Indices 16-Day (MOD13C1) Version 6.1 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

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6.1 vegetation indices 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
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 Present
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
C2565788912-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
603
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. (2021). MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD13C1.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-20

File Naming Convention

MOD13C1.A2025193.061.2025212174201.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD13C1) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025193), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025212174201), 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
Using remote sensing and modeling techniques to investigate the annual parasite incidence of malaria in Loreto, Peru Mousam, Aneela, Maggioni, Viviana, Delamater, Paul L., Quispe, Antonio M. Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Condensation, Evaporation, Sublimation, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Liquid Water Equivalent, Precipitation Rate, Rain, Heat Flux
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)
Environmental variation and the evolution of large brains in birds Sayol, Ferran, Maspons, Joan, Lapiedra, Oriol, Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Szekely, Tamas, Sol, Daniel Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Ground heat fluxAn analytical review of 6 models evaluated at 88 sites and globally Purdy, A. J., Fisher, J. B., Goulden, M. L., Famiglietti, J. S. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Remote sensing derived fire frequency, soil moisture and ecosystem productivity explain regional movements in emu over Australia Madani, Nima, Kimball, John S., Nazeri, Mona, Kumar, Lalit, Affleck, David L. R. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spatial downscaling of satellite soil moisture data using a vegetation temperature condition index Peng, Jian, Loew, Alexander, Zhang, Shiqiang, Wang, Jie, Niesel, Jonathan Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Wet and dry patterns associated with ENSO events in the Sonoran Desert from, 20002015 Zolotokrylin, Alexander N., Titkova, Tatiana B., Brito-Castillo, Luis Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Scrutinising MODIS and GIMMS vegetation indices for extracting growth rhythm of natural vegetation in India Jeganathan, C., Nishant, Nilay Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Estimation of regional evapotranspiration over the North China Plain using geostationary satellite data Shu, Yunqiao, Stisen, Simon, Jensen, Karsten H., Sandholt, Inge Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Amazon vegetation greenness as measured by satellite sensors over the last decade Atkinson, P. M., Dash, J., Jeganathan, C. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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