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Description

The Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Vegetation Indices (MOD13Q1) Version 6.1 data are generated every 16 days at 250 meter (m) spatial resolution as a Level 3 product. The MOD13Q1 product provides 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 algorithm chooses the best available pixel value from all the acquisitions from the 16 day period. The criteria used is low clouds, low view angle, and the highest NDVI/EVI value.

Along with the vegetation layers and the two quality layers, the HDF file will have MODIS reflectance bands 1 (red), 2 (near-infrared), 3 (blue), and 7 (mid-infrared), as well as four observation layers.

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
Projects
TERRA
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
250 Meters x 250 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
MODIS Sinusoidal Tiling System
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
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
C1748066515-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
177482
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 250m SIN Grid V061 [Dataset]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD13Q1.061 Date Accessed: 2026-08-23

File Naming Convention

MOD13Q1.A2025193.h31v08.061.2025209132825.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD13Q1) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025193), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h31v08), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025209132825), 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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Deploying photovoltaic systems in global open-pit mines for a clean energy transition Wang, Kechao, Zhou, Jiatong, Yang, Runjia, Xu, Suchen, Hu, Zhenqi, Xiao, Wu Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps
Construction and evaluation of ecosystem service radiation networks in Wang, Yu, Huang, Kan, Yu, Qiang, Avirmed, Buyanbaatar, Orgilbold, Myangan, Cui, Huanjia, Zhao, Jikai, Liu, Yilin, Lian, Jiezixuan, Nawaz, Tauqeer Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Deep learning calibration model for PurpleAir PM2.5 measurements: Ghahremanloo, Masoud, Choi, Yunsoo, Momeni, Mahmoudreza Population Density, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Deep transfer learning for spatiotemporal mapping of PM2.5 nitrate Zheng, Xi, Meng, Haiyan, Zhao, Zixiang, Liu, Xinyi, Zhou, Li, Grieneisen, Michael L., Zhang, Han, Zhan, Yu, Yang, Fumo Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Declining Groundwater Storage in the Indus Basin Revealed Using GRACE Dharpure, Jaydeo K., Howat, Ian M., Kaushik, Saurabh Population Density, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Declining net carbon sequestration of west-central Indian ecosystem in Ravi, Aparnna, Pillai, Dhanyalekshmi, Deshpande, Monish Vijay Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Declining Outdoor Recreation and Increased Use of Fitness Centers Among Norwegian Adolescents, 20102019 Liland, Solveig Sandaker, Ulset, Vidar Sandsaunet Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Ecosystem multistability maintained by water resource management in Wang, Bo, Li, Anyuan, Zhu, Meng, Liu, Wei, Lu, Zhixiang, Liu, Wen, Xu, Chi, Feng, Qi Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Phenology
Efficacy of a multicomponent nature-based intervention on well-being and Leao, Eliseth Ribeiro, Savieto, Roberta Maria, Borba, Gustavo Benvenutti, da Silva Victor, Elivane, Bomfim, Sabrina Bortolossi, Hingst-Zaher, Erika, Lima, Luciano Moreira, Longo, Luccas Guilherme Rodrigues, de Oliveira, Leticia Bernardes, Noguchi, Denise Tiemi, Oliveira, Lucas Pires Garcia, Moredo, Rafael Facure, Santos, Clarissa de Oliveira, Menini, Andre, Bass, Lital Moro, Patricio, Karina Pavao, Catissi, Giulia, Rosa, Joao Marcos, Soldado, Emerson Barao Rodrigues, Bertini, Floriana, de Barros, Claudia Garcia, Kiriyama, Edgard Joseph Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
El Nino-Southern Oscillation impacts in a coffee growing region of Colombia and adaptations mechanisms among coffee producers Bedoya-Soto, Juan Mauricio, Acevedo, Erika, Sauchyn, David, Poveda, German, Uran, Alexandra Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Effects of vegetation composition changes on surface runoff and land degradation in Sahelian Watersheds Nkiaka, Elias, Dembele, Moctar, Yonaba, Roland, Belemtougri, Axel, Fowe, Tazen, Imuwahen Priscilla, Aigbedion, Karambiri, Harouna Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
ECODATA: A toolbox to efficiently explore and communicate animal movements alongside environmental and anthropogenic context using geospatial big data Missik, Justine E. C., Davidson, Sarah C., Scyphers, Madeline E., Hebblewhite, Mark, Kelly, Allicia P., Fieberg, John R., Kays, Roland, Lohr, Ashley, Russell, Kelsey L., Suitor, Mike, Bohrer, Gil Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Ecological and intrinsic drivers of foraging parameters of Eurasian lynx at a continental scale Oliveira, Teresa, Mattisson, Jenny, Vogt, Kristina, Linnell, John, Odden, John, Oeser, Julian, Premier, Joseph, RodriguezRecio, Mariano, Belotti, Elisa, Bufka, Ludek, Cerne, Rok, Dula, Martin, Flezar, Ursa, Gonev, Andrej, Herdtfelder, Micha, Heurich, Marco, Hocevar, Lan, Hvala, Tilen, Ilko, Tomas, Kont, Raido, Koubek, Petr, KrojerovaProkesova, Jarmila, Kubala, Jakub, Kubarsepp, Marko, Kusak, Josip, Kutal, Miroslav, Machcinik, Benadik, Mannil, Peep, Melovski, Dime, Molinari, Paolo, Ornicans, Aivars, Pavlov, Aleksandar, Prostor, Marusa, Slijepcevic, Vedran, Smolko, Peter, Tam, Branislav, Krofel, Miha Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Ecological problem identification based on spatial and temporal dynamics Zhang, Rui, Liu, Huamin, Xu, Zhichao, Zhao, Xinchuan, Wen, Lu, Zhuo, Yi, Wang, Lixin Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Ecology of Eastern and Southern Festoons: Living in a city or thriving Popovic, Milos, Ilic, Milan, Nowicki, Piotr Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Does within-biome drought sensitivity reflect patterns across biomes? Hedberg, Sydney L., Dao, Phuong D., Knapp, Alan K. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Snow Water Equivalent, Vapor Pressure, Shortwave Radiation
Dominance of human activities in reducing soil erosion on the Loess Shi, Shangyu, Zheng, Wende, Han, Jianqiao, Zhan, Xiaoyun, Wang, Fei Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Downscaled GRACE data reveals anthropogenic dominance in groundwater Cui, Bochao, Xue, Dongping, Gui, Dongwei, Liu, Qi, Abd-Elmabod, Sameh Kotb., Chen, Xiaonan, Goethals, Peter, Maeyer, Philippe De Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Disentangling the effects of temperature and rainfall on the population dynamics of Kalahari meerkats Thorley, Jack, Duncan, Chris, Gaynor, Dave, Manser, Marta B., Clutton-Brock, Tim Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
DAHG: A Dynamic Augmented Heterogeneous Graph Framework for Precipitation Forecasting with Incomplete Data Tang, Hailiang, Yang, Hyunho, Zhang, Wenxiao Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Contrasting age-dependent leaf acclimation strategies drive vegetation greening across deciduous broadleaf forests in mid-to high latitudes Wang, Fangyi, Xue, Meimei, Zhou, Liming, Doughty, Christopher E., Ciais, Philippe, Reich, Peter B., Shang, Jiali, Chen, Jing Ming, Liu, Jane, Green, Julia K., Hao, Dalei, Tao, Shengli, Su, Yanjun, Liu, Lingli, Xia, Jianyang, Wang, Han, Yu, Kailiang, Zhu, Zaichun, Zhu, Peng, Li, Xing, Liu, Hui, Zeng, Yelu, Yan, Kai, Liu, Liyang, Lafortezza, Raffaele, Su, Yongxian, Meng, Yanqiong, Pan, Yixuan, Yang, Xueqin, Fu, Yongshuo H., He, Nianpeng, Yuan, Wenping, Chen, Xiuzhi Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Phenology, Reflectance, Anisotropy
Drivers of the geographical distribution of nematode-based indices Mani, Doina Thais Constance, Mulder, Vera Leatitia, Vazquez Martin, Carmen, Geisen, Stefan, Campos-Herrera, Raquel, Cerevkova, Andrea, Cesarz, Simone, Ciobanu, Marcel, Costa, Sofia R., de Goede, Ron, Eisenhauer, Nico, Jackson, Louise, Kalinkina, Daria Sergeevna, Kudrin, Alexey, Matveeva, Elizaveta Mikhailovna, Mikola, Juha, Mulder, Christian, Nagy, Peter, Njezic, Branimir, Palomares-Rius, Juan Emilio, Peneva, Vlada, Popovici, Iuliana, Ruess, Liliane, Sanchez-Moreno, Sara, Sunnemann, Marie, Sushchuk, Anna Alekseevna, Vestergard, Mette, Villenave, Cecile, Waeyenberge, Lieven, Wallinga, Jakob, Creamer, Rachel Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Drought and Vegetation Lag Effects Influence Lizard Abundance: A 10-Year Bateman, Heather L., Clark, Jeffrey A. G., de Albuquerque, Fabio Suzart Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Dynamic Risk From Mexican Wolves and Mountain Lions Influences Elk Olson, Julia E., Thompson, Cara J., Farley, Zachary J., Martinez, Samuel I., Boyle, Scott T., Tatman, Nicole M., DeVos, James C., Liley, Stewart D., Cain, James W. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Dwarf Mongooses Lose Body Mass in Hot Weather due to Limited Behavioural Vane, Lauren S., Arbon, Josh J., MorrisDrake, Amy, Kern, Julie M., Radford, Andrew N. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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