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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: 2026-05-24

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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Data-constrained modeling of terrestrial gross primary production over Chen, Shaoyuan, Liu, Dan, Zhang, Yuan, Zheng, Rongshun, Wang, Tao Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Decadal variation and trend of boundary layer height and possible Li, Congcong, Zhang, Xuanze, Guo, Jianping, Yu, Qiang, Zhang, Yongqiang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Conflicting Changes of Vegetation Greenness Interannual Variability on Half of the Global Vegetated Surface Tian, Jiaqi, Luo, Xiangzhong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Constraining light dependency in modeled emissions through comparison to observed biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) concentrations in a southeastern ... Panji, Namrata Shanmukh, McGlynn, Deborah F., Barry, Laura E. R., Scanlon, Todd M., Lerdau, Manuel T., Pusede, Sally E., Isaacman-VanWertz, Gabriel Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Deforestation-induced runoff changes dominated by forest-climate feedbacks Ma, Shuai, Zhou, Sha, Yu, Bofu, Song, Jiaxi Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Development of a multidecadal land reanalysis over High Mountain Asia Maina, Fadji Z., Xue, Yuan, Kumar, Sujay V., Getirana, Augusto, McLarty, Sasha, Appana, Ravi, Forman, Bart, Zaitchik, Ben, Loomis, Bryant, Maggioni, Viviana, Zhou, Yifan Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Water Budget
Evaluating NoahMP simulated runoff and snowpack in heavily burned PacificNorthwest snowdominated catchments AbolafiaRosenzweig, Ronnie, He, Cenlin, Chen, Fei, Zhang, Yongxin, Dugger, Aubrey, Livneh, Ben, Gochis, David Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Characteristics, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Snow Melt, Snow Melt, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Vegetation Cover
Evaluating global vegetation products for application in heterogeneous forest-savanna landscapes Pletcher, Elise, Smith-Tripp, Sarah, Evans, Damian, Schwartz, Naomi B. 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), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Forests, Shrubland/Scrub, Biomass, Grasslands, LIDAR WAVEFORM
Estimation of global ecosystem isohydricity from solar-induced Xue, Jinru, Huete, Alfredo, Liu, Zhunqiao, Wang, Yakai, Lu, Xiaoliang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
EStreams: An Integrated Dataset and Catalogue of Streamflow, Hydro-Climatic Variables and Landscape Descriptors for Europe do Nascimento, Thiago V. M., Rudlang, Julia, Hoge, Marvin, van der Ent, Ruud, Chappon, Mate, Seibert, Jan, Hrachowitz, Markus, Fenicia, Fabrizio Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Snow Cover
Evaluation of Leaf Phenology of Different Vegetation Types From Local to Li, Xiaolu, Carrillo, Carlos M., Ault, Toby, Richardson, Andrew D., Friedl, Mark A., Frolking, Steve Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Evaluation of optical and microwave-derived vegetation indices for Chang, Zhongbing, Fan, Lei, Wigneron, Jean-Pierre, Wang, Ying-Ping, Li, Xiaojun, Wang, Mengjia, Liu, Xiangzhuo, Wang, Huan, Cui, Tianxiang, Yu, Ling, Wu, Jianping, Xiong, Xin, Zhang, Shuo, Tang, Xuli, Yan, Junhua Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Evaluation of the coupling of EMACv2.55 to the land surface and Martin, Anna, Gayler, Veronika, Steil, Benedikt, Klingmuller, Klaus, Jockel, Patrick, Tost, Holger, Lelieveld, Jos, Pozzer, Andrea Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Albedo, Anisotropy, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Hybrid hydrological modeling for large alpine basins: a semi-distributed approach Li, Bu, Sun, Ting, Tian, Fuqiang, Tudaji, Mahmut, Qin, Li, Ni, Guangheng Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Identification of the dominant factors and altitudinal variation in water use efficiency in the QinlingDaba Mountains Zhao, Tixia, Zhu, Lianqi, Dong, Qingdong, Shi, Beibei, Zhao, Jingjing, Zhu, Wenbo Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Improving physiological simulations in seasonally dry tropical forests with limited measurements e Silva, Iago Alvarenga, Rodriguez, Daniel Andres, Espindola, Rogerio Pinto Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Improving forest carbon sequestration through thinning strategies under soil conservation constraints: A case study in Shaanxi Province, China Liu, Le, Chen, Yunming, Peng, Shouzhang, Han, Qinggong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Improving global gross primary productivity estimation using two-leaf Li, Zhilong, Jiao, Ziti, Gao, Ge, Guo, Jing, Wang, Chenxia, Chen, Sizhe, Tan, Zheyou, Zhao, Wenyu 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, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone, 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), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Improving the estimation of atmospheric water vapor pressure using interpretable long short-term memory networks Gao, B., Coon, E.T., Thornton, P.E., Lu, D. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Maximum/Minimum Temperature, 24 Hour Precipitation Amount, Snow Water Equivalent, Shortwave Radiation, Vapor Pressure
Improved Representation of Vegetation Soil Moisture Coupling Enhances Hassani, Farhad, Zhang, Yu, Kumar, Sujay V. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Improved Streamflow Simulations in Hydrologically Diverse Basins using Physically Informed Deep Learning Models Magotra, Bhanu, Saharia, Manabendra, Dhanya, C. T. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Inclusion of bedrock vadose zone in dynamic global vegetation models is key for simulating vegetation structure and function Lapides, Dana A., Hahm, W. Jesse, Forrest, Matthew, Rempe, Daniella M., Hickler, Thomas, Dralle, David N. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Incorporating changes in land surface temperature improves BESS Lu, Xiaoman, Guan, Kaiyu, Jiang, Chongya, Gao, Lun, Wang, Sheng, Zhang, Jiaying Albedo, Anisotropy, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Reflectance
Greening-Induced Biophysical Impacts Lead to Earlier Spring and Autumn Guo, Jing, Wang, Jinmei, Qiao, Yuxin, Huang, Xu, Smith, Nicholas G., Liu, Zhiyong, Zhang, Rui, Chen, Xiuzhi, Wu, Chaoyang, Penuelas, Josep, Chen, Lei Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
GPP Estimation of a Grassland Ecosystem Based on Photosynthesis-Hydrology Coordination Optimization Fu, Lijiang, Tan, Jinglu, Jiang, Yongnian, Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I., Xu, Zhenyu, Guo, Ya Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
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