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Description

The MOD15A2H Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD15A2H Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD15A2H Version 6 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) combined Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) product is an 8-day composite dataset with 500 meter (m) pixel size. The algorithm chooses the “best” pixel available from all the acquisitions of the Terra sensor from within the 8-day period.

LAI is defined as the one-sided green leaf area per unit ground area in broadleaf canopies and as one-half the total needle surface area per unit ground area in coniferous canopies. FPAR is defined as the fraction of incident photosynthetically active radiation, 400-700 nanometers (nm), absorbed by the green elements of a vegetation canopy.

Science Datasets (SDSs) in the Level 4 (L4) MOD15A2H product include LAI, FPAR, two quality layers, and standard deviation for LAI and FPAR. Two low resolution browse images, LAI and FPAR, are also available for each MOD15A2H granule.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6 LAI and FPAR data products: (1) The Version 6 product uses the daily L2G-lite surface reflectance as input as opposed to MODAGAGG used in Version 5, (2) Products are generated at native resolution of 500 m rather than the 1000 m of the Version 5, and (3) Version 6 uses an improved multi-year land cover product.

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
500 Meters x 500 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
MODIS Sinusoidal Tiling System
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2000-02-18 to 2023-02-17
Temporal Resolution
8 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
C2763298089-LPCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar) ,
Leaf Area Index (LAI)

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

Myneni, R., Knyazikhin, Y., & Park, T. (2015). MOD15A2H MODIS/Terra Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD15A2H.006 Date Accessed: 2026-05-19

File Naming Convention

MOD15A2H.A2002273.h20v06.006.2015151112325.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD15A2H) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2002273), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h20v06), the Version of the data collection (006), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2015151112325), and the Data Format (hdf).

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Publications Citing This Dataset

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Longer simulation time step of the tracer-aided hydrological model estimates lower contribution of slow runoff components Nan, Yi, Tian, Fuqiang, Li, Zongxing, Gui, Juan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Accelerated vegetative growth measured by gross primary productivity in Zuo, Chan, Wang, Junbang, Zhang, Xiujuan, Watson, Alan E. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Acclimation of phenology relieves leaf longevity constraints in Marques, Laura, Hufkens, Koen, Bigler, Christof, Crowther, Thomas W., Zohner, Constantin M., Stocker, Benjamin D. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
A physically-based potential evapotranspiration model for global water Liu, Ziwei, Wang, Taihua, Li, Changming, Yang, Wencong, Yang, Hanbo Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
A Novel Approach for Predicting Large Wildfires Using Machine Learning Agrawal, Nikita, Nelson, Peder V., Low, Russanne D. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
A deep transfer learning framework for mapping high spatiotemporal resolution LAI Zhou, Junxiong, Yang, Qi, Liu, Licheng, Kang, Yanghui, Jia, Xiaowei, Chen, Min, Ghosh, Rahul, Xu, Shaomin, Jiang, Chongya, Guan, Kaiyu, Kumar, Vipin, Jin, Zhenong Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Reflectance, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
A county-level soybean yield prediction framework coupled with XGBoost Li, Yuanchao, Zeng, Hongwei, Zhang, Miao, Wu, Bingfang, Zhao, Yan, Yao, Xia, Cheng, Tao, Qin, Xingli, Wu, Fangming Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Global photosynthetic capacity of C3 biomes retrieved from solar-induced Liu, Yihong, Chen, Jing M., He, Liming, Wang, Rong, Smith, Nicholas G., Keenan, Trevor F., Rogers, Cheryl, Li, Wenyu, Leng, Jiye Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Bio-geophysical feedback to climate caused by the conversion of Amazon Forest to soybean plantations Zhang, Jie, Wu, Jin, Hughes, Alice Catherine, Kaplan, Jed O., Maeda, Eduardo Eiji Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Albedo, Anisotropy
Carbon dynamics of Western North American boreal forests in response to stand-replacing disturbances Yu, Ling, Fan, Lei, Ciais, Philippe, Sitch, Stephen, Fensholt, Rasmus, Xiao, Xiangming, Yuan, Wenping, Chen, Jingming, Zhang, Yingtong, Wu, Xiaocui, Qin, Yuanwei, Ma, Mingguo, Chang, Zhongbing, Wang, Mengjia, Yan, Kai, Song, Lisheng, Wigneron, Jean-Pierre Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Aquatic Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Vegetation, Soils
BESSv2. 0: A satellite-based and coupled-process model for quantifying long-term global landatmosphere fluxes Li, Bolun, Ryu, Youngryel, Jiang, Chongya, Dechant, Benjamin, Liu, Jiangong, Yan, Yulin, Li, Xing Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Balancing the Effects of Forest Conservation and Restoration on South Peng, Jian, Hu, Tao, Qiu, Sijing, Hu, Yi'na, Dong, Jianquan, Lin, Yifan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Assessing the impacts of past and ongoing deforestation on rainfall Duku, Confidence, Hein, Lars Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Assessing the sensitivity of multi-frequency passive microwave vegetation optical depth to vegetation properties Schmidt, Luisa, Forkel, Matthias, Zotta, Ruxandra-Maria, Scherrer, Samuel, Dorigo, Wouter A., Kuhn-Regnier, Alexander, van der Schalie, Robin, Yebra, Marta Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Community forestry dominates the recent land greening amid climate Gao, Shenshen, Wang, Lang, Hao, Lu, Sun, Ge Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Comparative performance of regionalization methods for model Karki, Nischal, Shakya, Narendra Man, Pandey, Vishnu Prasad, Devkota, Laxmi Prasad, Pradhan, Ananta Man Singh, Lamichhane, Suraj Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Limited driving of elevated CO<sub>2</sub> on vegetation greening over Jian, Dongnan, Niu, Guo-Yue, Ma, Zhuguo, Liu, Hongyan, Guan, Dabo, Zhou, Xin, Zhou, Juan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Land Surface Temperature Sensitivity to Changes in Vegetation Phenology Park, ChangEui, Jeong, Sujong 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, Atmospheric Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Radiative Forcing, Surface Radiative Properties, Albedo, Emissivity, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Modeling the biogenic isoprene emission and its impact on ozone pollution in Zhejiang province, China Lou, Chenxi, Jiang, Fei, Tian, Xudong, Zou, Qiaoli, Zheng, Yanhua, Shen, Yang, Feng, Shuzhuang, Chen, Jiansong, Zhang, Lingyu, Jia, Mengwei, Xu, Jiawei Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Spatiotemporal variability and controlling factors of ecosystem water use efficiency in India Bejagam, Vijaykumar, Singh, Akriti, Sharma, Ashutosh Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Temperature, Soil Temperature, Soil Infiltration, Soil Infiltration, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Surface Soil Moisture, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Evaporation, Surface Water, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation, Snow/Ice, Snow Depth, Snow Melt, Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Absorption, Radiative Forcing, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spatiotemporally consistent global dataset of the GIMMS leaf area index Cao, Sen, Li, Muyi, Zhu, Zaichun, Wang, Zhe, Zha, Junjun, Zhao, Weiqing, Duanmu, Zeyu, Chen, Jiana, Zheng, Yaoyao, Chen, Yue, Myneni, Ranga B., Piao, Shilong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Canopy Characteristics
Spatial Pattern of Plant Transpiration Over China Constrained by Cui, Jiangpeng, He, Mingzhu, Lian, Xu, Wei, Zhongwang, Wang, Tao Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Seasonal soil moisture and crop yield prediction with fifth-generation seasonal forecasting system (SEAS5) long-range meteorological forecasts in a land ... Boas, Theresa, Bogena, Heye Reemt, Ryu, Dongryeol, Vereecken, Harry, Western, Andrew, Hendricks Franssen, Harrie-Jan Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Brightness Temperature, SIGMA NAUGHT, Soil Moisture/Water Content
Sensor-independent LAI/FPAR CDR: reconstructing a global sensor-independent climate data record of MODIS and VIIRS LAI/FPAR from 2000 to 2022 Pu, Jiabin, Yan, Kai, Roy, Samapriya, Zhu, Zaichun, Rautiainen, Miina, Knyazikhin, Yuri, Myneni, Ranga B. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Sustainable poverty reduction models for the coordinated development of the social economy and environment in China Ge, Yong, Hu, Shan, Song, Yongze, Zheng, Hua, Liu, Yansui, Ye, Xinyue, Ma, Ting, Liu, Mengxiao, Zhou, Chenghu Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), 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 10), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0)
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