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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: 2026-05-27

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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Global soil moisture retrievals from the Chinese FY-3D microwave radiation imager Kang, Chuen Siang, Zhao, Tianjie, Shi, Jiancheng, Cosh, Michael H., Chen, Yingying, Starks, Patrick J., Collins, Chandra Holifield, Wu, Shengli, Sun, Ruijing, Zheng, Jingyao Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Feasibility of using MODIS products to simulate sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) in Boreal Forests Guo, Meng, Li, Jing, Huang, Shubo, Wen, Lixiang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Extending the range of applicability of the semi-empirical ecosystem Tian, Xianglin, Minunno, Francesco, Cao, Tianjian, Peltoniemi, Mikko, Kalliokoski, Tuomo, Makela, Annikki Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Stratigraphic Sequence, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Soil Depth, Sediments, Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Horizons/Profile, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance
Biophysical impacts of Earth greening largely controlled by aerodynamic resistance Chen, Chi, Li, Dan, Li, Yue, Piao, Shilong, Wang, Xuhui, Huang, Maoyi, Gentine, Pierre, Nemani, Ramakrishna R., Myneni, Ranga B. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Below-surface water mediates the response of African forests to reduced Madani, Nima, Kimball, John S, Parazoo, Nicholas C, Ballantyne, Ashley P, Tagesson, Torbern, Jones, Lucas A, Reichle, Rolf H, Palmer, Paul I, Velicogna, Isabella, Bloom, A Anthony, Saatchi, Sassan, Liu, Zhihua, Geruo, A Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Assessing the relationship between vegetation greenness and surface temperature through Granger causality and Impulse-Response coefficientsa case study in Mexico Reygadas, Yunuen, Jensen, Jennifer L.R., Moisen, Gretchen G., Currit, Nate, Chow, Edwin T. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Comparison of EPIC-simulated and MODIS-derived leaf area index (LAI) across multiple spatial scales Iiames, John S., Cooter, Ellen, Pilant, Andrew N., Shao, Yang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Compared performances of SMOS-IC soil moisture and vegetation optical depth retrievals based on Tau-Omega and Two-Stream microwave emission models Li, Xiaojun, Al-Yaari, A., Schwank, M., Fan, Lei, Frappart, F., Swenson, J., Wigneron, J.-P. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Lagged effects regulate the inter-annual variability of the tropical Bloom, A. Anthony, Bowman, Kevin W., Liu, Junjie, Konings, Alexandra G., Worden, John R., Parazoo, Nicholas C., Meyer, Victoria, Reager, John T., Worden, Helen M., Jiang, Zhe, Quetin, Gregory R., Smallman, T. Luke, Exbrayat, Jean-Francois, Yin, Yi, Saatchi, Sassan S., Williams, Mathew, Schimel, David S. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
The global dataset of historical yields for major crops 19812016 Iizumi, Toshichika, Sakai, Toru Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
The Greening and Wetting of the Sahel Have Leveled off since about 1999 Chen, Tiexi, Zhou, Shengjie, Liang, Chuanzhuang, Hagan, Daniel Fiifi Tawia, Zeng, Ning, Wang, Jun, Shi, Tingting, Chen, Xin, Dolman, A.J. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Terrestrial land-cover type richness is positively linked to landscape-level functioning Oehri, Jacqueline, Schmid, Bernhard, Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela, Niklaus, Pascal A. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy
Temporal validation of four LAI products over grasslands in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau Yin, Gaofei, Li, Ainong, Zhang, Zhengjian, Lei, Guangbin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Spatiotemporal patterns of evapotranspiration, gross primary productivity, and water use efficiency of cropland in agroecosystems and their relation to the water-saving project in the Shiyang River Basin of Northwestern China Tian, Fei, Zhang, Yu Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Spatio-temporal evolution, future trend and phenology regularity of net primary productivity of forests in Northeast China Wang, Chunli, Jiang, Qunou, Deng, Xiangzheng, Lv, Kexin, Zhang, Zhonghui Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Reflectance
Spatio-temporal variability of gross primary productivity in moist and dry deciduous plant functional types of Northwest Himalayan foothills of India using temperature-greenness model Srinet, Ritika, Nandy, Subrata, Watham, Taibanganba, Padalia, Hitendra, Patel, N. R., Chauhan, Prakash Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spatio-Temporal Variation in AOD and Correlation Analysis with PAR and Li, Xin, Liang, Hongyu, Cheng, Weiming Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Sexual modulation in a polyploid grass: A reproductive contest between environmentally inducible sexual and genetically dominant apomictic pathways Karunarathne, Piyal, Reutemann, Anna V., Schedler, Mara, Glucksberg, Adriana, Martinez, Eric J., Honfi, Ana I., Hojsgaard, Diego H. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Sensitivity and uncertainty quantification for the ECOSTRESS Cawse-Nicholson, Kerry, Braverman, Amy, Kang, Emily L., Li, Miaoqi, Johnson, Margaret, Halverson, Gregory, Anderson, Martha, Hain, Christopher, Gunson, Michael, Hook, Simon Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Geolocation
Simulating the impact of urban surface evapotranspiration on the urban heat Island effect using the modified RS-PM modelA case study of Xuzhou, China Wang, Yuchen, Zhang, Yu, Ding, Nan, Qin, Kai, Yang, Xiaoyan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Water use efficiency and its drivers in four typical agroecosystems based on flux tower measurements Jiang, Shouzheng, Liang, Chuan, Cui, Ningbo, Zhao, Lu, Liu, Chunwei, Feng, Yu, Hu, Xiaotao, Gong, Daozhi, Zou, Qingyao Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Variations in Canopy Cover and Its Relationship with Canopy Water and Temperature in the Miombo Woodland Based on Satellite Data Zimba, Henry, Coenders-Gerrits, Miriam, Kawawa, Banda, Savenije, Hubert, Nyambe, Imasiku, Winsemius, Hessel Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
P-model v1.0: an optimality -based light use efficiency model for Stocker, Benjamin D., Wang, Han, Smith, Nicholas G., Harrison, Sandy P., Keenan, Trevor F., Sandoval, David, Davis, Tyler, Prentice, I. Colin Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Ecosystem Functions, Precipitation Amount, Radiative Flux, Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Soil Gas/Air
Particulate matter removal by forest cover in Delhi Maitra, Sanjit, Jyethi, Darpa Saurav Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Quality Assessment of PROBA-V LAI, fAPAR and fCOVER Collection 300 m Fuster, Beatriz, Sanchez-Zapero, Jorge, Camacho, Fernando, Garcia-Santos, Vicente, Verger, Aleixandre, Lacaze, Roselyne, Weiss, Marie, Baret, Frederic, Smets, Bruno Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
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