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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: 2026-05-25

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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Impact of greening trends on biogenic volatile organic compound emissions in China from 1985 to 2022: Contributions of afforestation projects Gai, Yichao, Sun, Lei, Fu, Siyuan, Zhu, Chuanyong, Zhu, Changtong, Li, Renqiang, Liu, Zhenguo, Wang, Baolin, Wang, Chen, Yang, Na, Li, Juan, Xu, Chongqing, Yan, Guihuan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Impact of oversimplified parameters on BVOC emissions estimation in China: A sensitivity analysis using the WRFCLM4MEGAN model Shang, Fang, Yin, Lifei, Liu, Mingxu, Liu, Bing, Xu, Tingting, Li, Mengmeng, Cai, Xuhui, Kang, Ling, Zhang, Hongsheng, Yue, Xu, Song, Yu Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Total Surface Water
Impact of revegetation and agricultural intensification on water storage variation in the Yellow River Basin Wang, Zijing, Xu, Mengzhen, Penny, Gopal, Hu, Hongchang, Zhang, Xiangping, Tian, Shimin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Vegetation Cover, Cropland, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Integrated Effects of Site Hydrology and Vegetation on Exchange Fluxes Li, Bing, Li, Zhi, Zheng, Jianqiu, Jiang, Peishi, Holmquist, James, Regier, Peter J., Hammond, Glenn E., Ward, Nicholas D., MyersPigg, Allison, Rich, Roy, Huang, Wei, OMeara, Theresa A., Pennington, Stephanie C., Megonigal, Patrick, Bailey, Vanessa L., Chen, Xingyuan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
A 20012022 global gross primary productivity dataset using an ensemble model based on the random forest method Chen, Xin, Chen, Tiexi, Li, Xiaodong, Chai, Yuanfang, Zhou, Shengjie, Guo, Renjie, Dai, Jie Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Divergent Changes in Vegetation Greenness, Productivity, and Rainfall Yu, Yang, Hua, Ting, Chen, Liding, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Pereira, Paulo Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Dryland evapotranspiration from remote sensing solar-induced chlorophyll Bu, Jingyi, Gan, Guojing, Chen, Jiahao, Su, Yanxin, Yuan, Mengjia, Gao, Yanchun, Domingo, Francisco, Lopez-Ballesteros, Ana, Migliavacca, Mirco, El-Madany, Tarek S., Gentine, Pierre, Xiao, Jingfeng, Garcia, Monica Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Does dynamically modeled leaf area improve predictions of land surface water and carbon fluxes? Insights into dynamic vegetation modules Westermann, Sven Armin, Hildebrandt, Anke, Bousetta, Souhail, Thober, Stephan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Ecohydrological and hydrogeological dynamics of groundwater springs in Eastern Himalaya, India Kumar, Manish, Sen, Sumit, Kulkarni, Himanshu, Badiger, Shrinivas, Varma, Girish R., Krishnaswamy, Jagdish Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Enhancing Winter Wheat Representation in Noah-MP-Crop for Improved Dynamic Crop Growth Simulation in the North China Plain Wang, Fei, Li, Yanping, Li, Zhenhua, Cai, Xitian, Lin, Xiaofeng, Guo, Lifeng, Han, Dongrui, Fang, Jingchun Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, 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
Enhanced crop yields as a potential mitigator of soil organic carbon losses under elevated temperature in erosional and depositional landscape Woo, Dong Kook Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Enhancing rice yield prediction: a deep fusion model integrating ResNet50-LSTM with multi source data Aslam, Aqsa, Farhan, Saima Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Assessing impacts of alternative land use strategies on water Luo, Shuxin, Tetzlaff, Doerthe, Smith, Aaron, Soulsby, Chris Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Anthropogenic Influences Alter the Response and Seasonality of Maina, Fadji Z., Kumar, Sujay V. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Analyzing ecosystem functions in Bangladesh's forests: a historical MODIS study Tithi, Adrita Choudury, Sohel, Md. Shawkat Islam, Jakariya, Md., Rana, Parvez Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Characterizing the effects of atmospheric and land surface factors on Han, Yuan, Wen, Jianguang, Xiao, Qing, Wu, Xiaodan, You, Dongqin, Tang, Yong, Gong, Baochang, Zhang, Hailong, Liu, Qinhuo, Zhu, Wenzhe, Chen, Zeqiu Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Albedo, Anisotropy
Carbon restoration potential on global land under water resource constraints Peng, Shouzhang, Terrer, Cesar, Smith, Benjamin, Ciais, Philippe, Han, Qinggong, Nan, Jialan, Fisher, Joshua B., Chen, Liang, Deng, Lei, Yu, Kailiang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Multiscale assessment of North American terrestrial carbon balance Foster, Kelsey T., Sun, Wu, Shiga, Yoichi P., Mao, Jiafu, Michalak, Anna M. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Compounds, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Agricultural Lands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification
Nonstationarity in the global terrestrial water cycle and its interlinkages in the Anthropocene Nie, Wanshu, Kumar, Sujay V., Getirana, Augusto, Zhao, Long, Wrzesien, Melissa L., Konapala, Goutam, Ahmad, Shahryar Khalique, Locke, Kim A., Holmes, Thomas R., Loomis, Bryant D., Rodell, Matthew Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Irrigation-driven groundwater depletion in the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin decreases the streamflow in the Bay of Bengal Maina, Fadji Z., Getirana, Augusto, Kumar, Sujay V., Saharia, Manabendra, Biswas, Nishan Kumar, McLarty, Sasha, Appana, Ravi Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Increasing Optimum Temperature of Vegetation Activity Over the Past Four Wang, Yiheng, Sarmah, Sangeeta, Singha, Mrinal, Chen, Weinan, Ge, Yong, Liang, Liyin L., Goswami, Santonu, Niu, Shuli Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Model Diagnostic Analysis in a Cold Basin Influenced by Frozen Soils Nan, Yi, Tian, Fuqiang, Li, Zongxing Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Mapping critical soil moisture thresholds of water stress for global Shi, Lingfeng, Zhou, Yanlian, He, Wei, Dong, Zhoutong, Jiang, Zhuoyou, Wang, Yuyan, Liu, Yibo, Ju, Weimin, Duan, Zheng Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Long-Term Landslide Evolution and Restoration After the Wenchuan Wang, Xin, Fan, Xuanmei, Fang, Chengyong, Dai, Lanxin, Zhang, Wei, Zheng, Hongrui, Xu, Qiang Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI)
Numerical Weather Forecast and Multi-Meteorological Data Fusion Based on Artificial Intelligence Yang, Yuanjian, Wang, Shuai, Zheng, Wenjian, Zhou, Shaohui, Duan, Zexia, Wang, Mengya Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
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