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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: 2026-05-15

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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Modeling present and future flows in a tailings pile at the former Le LHermite, Pierre, Jost, Anne, Plagnes, Valerie, Wang, Yifan, Blanc-Potard, Isabelle, Regnier, Damien, Descostes, Michael Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Modelling Soil <SUP>13</SUP>C across the Tibetan Plateau Using Zhou, T., College of Earth Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China, Lai, Y. S., Yang, Z. H., Shi, Y. H., Luo, X. R., Liu, L., Yu, P., Chen, G., Cao, L. X., Fan, S. H., Cai, C. J., Sun, J., Chen, S. H., Lu, H. Y., Ma, X. L., Li, S. D., Tang, X. L. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Long-term drought effects on landscape water storage and recovery under contrasting landuses 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
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)
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
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
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
Coherence of recurring fires and land use change in South America Ren, Shulin, Xu, Xiyan, Jia, Gensuo, Huang, Anqi, Ma, Wei Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Characteristics
Spatial patterns of soil organic carbon stocks and its controls in Chinese grassland ecosystems Li, Ya-Ting, Zhu, Chang-Ming, Yang, Ren-Min, Xu, Lu, Zhang, Xin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
SDG 2, Zero Hunger Guo, Huadong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Regional specificity of the transformation of the water balance structure during restoration successions in the cutting of dark coniferous forests of the Yenisey Ridge Burenina, T. A., Korets, M. A., Suleimanova, Zh. R. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Regional to global distributions, trends, and drivers of biogenic volatile organic compound emission from 2001 to 2020 Wang, Hao, Liu, Xiaohong, Wu, Chenglai, Lin, Guangxing Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Reinforce lake water balance components estimations by integrating water isotope compositions with a hydrological model Mahmoodi, Nariman, Hwang, Hyoun-Tae, Struck, Ulrich, Schneider, Michael, Merz, Christoph Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Riverscape features determining the genetic structure of the Agostini, Maria Augusta Paes, Machado, Arielli Fabricio, Ritter, Camila Duarte, FelixSilva, Daniely, Pezzuti, Juarez C. B., Andrade, Paulo Cesar Machado, PantojaLima, Jackson, da Silva Viana, Maria das Neves, dos Santos Monjelo, Luiz Alberto, Vogt, Richard C., de Oliveira Junior, Waldesse Pirage, Farias, Izeni Pires Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Role of transpiration in modulating ecosystem services in secondary tropical montane forests of Eastern Himalaya in India Kumar, Manish, Bhutia, Yangchenla, Varma, Girish R, Joseph, Gladwin, Krishnaswamy, Jagdish Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance
Satellite-observed increase in aboveground carbon over Southwest China during 2013-2021 Fan, Lei, Dong, Guanyu, Frappart, Frederic, Wigneron, Jean-Pierre, Yue, Yuemin, Xiao, Xiangming, Zhang, Yao, Tao, Shengli, Cao, Lin, Li, Yuechen, Ma, Mingguo, Fang, Hongqian, Yu, Ling, Xing, Zanpin, Li, Xiaojun, Shi, Weiyu, Chen, Xiuzhi, Fensholt, Rasmus Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Satellite-observed relationships between land cover, burned area, and Sands, Emma, Pope, Richard J., Doherty, Ruth M., O'Connor, Fiona M., Wilson, Chris, Pumphrey, Hugh Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Characteristics
Spatiotemporal estimation of groundwater and surface water conditions by Kim, Soobin, Lee, Eunhee, Hwang, Hyoun-Tae, Pyo, JongCheol, Yun, Daeun, Baek, Sang-Soo, Cho, Kyung Hwa Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Revisiting the consistency of MODIS LAI products from a new perspective Peng, Rui, Yan, Kai, Liu, Jinxiu, Gao, Si, Pu, Jiabin, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji, Zhu, Peng, 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
Responses of gross primary productivity in different types of terrestrial ecosystems to interannual variation in the northern boundary of the East Asian summer monsoon Wang, Zhikai, Chen, Wen, Piao, Jinling, Chen, Shangfeng, Kim, Jin-Soo, Wang, Lin, Yang, Ruowen, Yu, Tiantian Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Quantifying the Impacts of Fire-Related Perturbations in WRF-Hydro AbolafiaRosenzweig, Ronnie, Gochis, David, Schwarz, Andrew, Painter, Thomas H., Deems, Jeffery, Dugger, Aubrey, Casali, Matthew, He, Cenlin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Quantifying the precipitation supply of China's drylands through Wei, Fangli, Wang, Shuai, Fu, Bojie, Li, Yan, Huang, Yuanyuan, Zhang, Wenmin, Fensholt, Rasmus Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Upscaling Soil Organic Carbon Measurements at the Continental Scale Wang, Zhuonan, Kumar, Jitendra, WeintraubLeff, Samantha R., ToddBrown, Katherine, Mishra, Umakant, Sihi, Debjani Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on Mo, Lidong, Crowther, Thomas W., Maynard, Daniel S., van den Hoogen, Johan, Ma, Haozhi, Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia, Liang, Jingjing, de-Miguel, Sergio, Nabuurs, Gert-Jan, Reich, Peter B., Phillips, Oliver L., Abegg, Meinrad, Adou Yao, Yves C., Alberti, Giorgio, Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica M., Alvarado, Braulio Vilchez, Alvarez-Davila, Esteban, Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia, Alves, Luciana F., Amaral, Ieda, Ammer, Christian, Anton-Fernandez, Clara, Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Arroyo, Luzmila, Avitabile, Valerio, Aymard, Gerardo A., Baker, Timothy R., Baazy, Radomir, Banki, Olaf, Barroso, Jorcely G., Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean-Francois, Birigazzi, Luca, Birnbaum, Philippe, Bitariho, Robert, Boeckx, Pascal, Bongers, Frans, Boonman, Coline C. F., Bouriaud, Olivier, Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Brandl, Susanne, Brearley, Francis Q., Brienen, Roel, Broadbent, Eben N., Bruelheide, Helge, Bussotti, Filippo, Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla, Cesar, Ricardo G., Cesljar, Goran, Chazdon, Robin, Chen, Han Y. H., Chisholm, Chelsea, Cho, Hyunkook, Cienciala, Emil, Clark, Connie, Clark, David, Colletta, Gabriel D., Coomes, David A., Valverde, Fernando Cornejo, Corral-Rivas, Jose J., Crim, Philip M., Cumming, Jonathan R., Dayanandan, Selvadurai, de Gasper, Andre L., Decuyper, Mathieu, Derroire, Geraldine, DeVries, Ben, Djordjevic, Ilija, Dolezal, Jiri, Dourdain, Aurelie, Engone Obiang, Nestor Laurier, Enquist, Brian J., Eyre, Teresa J., Fandohan, Adande Belarmain, Fayle, Tom M., Feldpausch, Ted R., Ferreira, Leandro V., Finer, Leena, Fischer, Markus, Fletcher, Christine, Frizzera, Lorenzo, Gamarra, Javier G. P., Gianelle, Damiano, Glick, Henry B., Harris, David J., Hector, Andrew, Hemp, Andreas, Hengeveld, Geerten, Herault, Bruno, Herbohn, John L., Herold, Martin, Hietz, Peter, Hillers, Annika, Honorio Coronado, Euridice N., Hui, Cang, Ibanez, Thomas, Imai, Nobuo, Jagodzinski, Andrzej M., Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Johannsen, Vivian Kvist, Joly, Carlos A., Jucker, Tommaso, Jung, Ilbin, Karminov, Viktor, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kenfack, David, Kennard, Deborah K., Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, Keppel, Gunnar, Khan, Mohammed Latif, Killeen, Timothy J., Kim, Hyun Seok, Kitayama, Kanehiro, Kohl, Michael, Korjus, Henn, Kraxner, Florian, Kucher, Dmitry, Laarmann, Diana, Lang, Mait, Lewis, Simon L., Li, Yuanzhi, Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela, Lu, Huicui, Lukina, Natalia V., Maitner, Brian S., Malhi, Yadvinder, Marcon, Eric, Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes, Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur, Marshall, Andrew R., Martin, Emanuel H., McCarthy, James K., Meave, Jorge A., Melo-Cruz, Omar, Mendoza, Casimiro, Mendoza-Polo, Irina, Miscicki, Stanislaw, Merow, Cory, Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, Moreno, Vanessa S., Mukul, Sharif A., Mundhenk, Philip, Nava-Miranda, Maria Guadalupe, Neill, David, Neldner, Victor J., Nevenic, Radovan V., Ngugi, Michael R., Niklaus, Pascal A., Ontikov, Petr, Ortiz-Malavasi, Edgar, Pan, Yude, Paquette, Alain, Parada-Gutierrez, Alexander, Parfenova, Elena I., Park, Minjee, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy, Peri, Pablo L., Pfautsch, Sebastian, Picard, Nicolas, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Piotto, Daniel, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Poorter, Lourens, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Pretzsch, Hans, Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez, Restrepo-Correa, Zorayda, Richardson, Sarah J., Rodeghiero, Mirco, Rolim, Samir G., Roopsind, Anand, Rovero, Francesco, Rutishauser, Ervan, Saikia, Purabi, Salas-Eljatib, Christian, Saner, Philippe, Schall, Peter, Schelhaas, Mart-Jan, Schepaschenko, Dmitry, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Schmid, Bernhard, Schongart, Jochen, Searle, Eric B., Seben, Vladimir, Serra-Diaz, Josep M., Sheil, Douglas, Shvidenko, Anatoly Z., Da Silva, Ana Carolina, Silva-Espejo, Javier E., Silveira, Marcos, Singh, James, Sist, Plinio, Slik, Ferry, Sonke, Bonaventure, Sosinski, Enio Egon, Souza, Alexandre F., Sterenczak, Krzysztof J., Svenning, Jens-Christian, Svoboda, Miroslav, Swanepoel, Ben, Targhetta, Natalia, Tchebakova, Nadja, ter Steege, Hans, Thomas, Raquel, Tikhonova, Elena, Umunay, Peter M., Usoltsev, Vladimir A., Valencia, Renato, Valladares, Fernando, Van Bodegom, Peter M., van der Plas, Fons, Van Do, Tran, van Nuland, Michael E., Vasquez, Rodolfo M., Verbeeck, Hans, Viana, Helder, Vibrans, Alexander C., Vieira, Simone, von Gadow, Klaus, Wang, Hua-Feng, Watson, James V., Werner, Gijsbert D. A., Wittmann, Florian, Woell, Hannsjoerg, Wortel, Verginia, Zagt, Roderick, Zawia-Niedzwiecki, Tomasz, Zhang, Chunyu, Zhao, Xiuhai, Zhou, Mo, Zhu, Zhi-Xin, Zo-Bi, Irie C., Zohner, Constantin M. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Uncertainties of biogenic VOC emissions caused by land cover data and implications on ozone mitigation strategies for the Yangtze River Delta region Huang, Ling, Zhao, Xiaohui, Chen, Chuchu, Tan, Jiani, Li, Yuewu, Chen, Hui, Wang, Yangjun, Li, Li, Guenther, Alex, Huang, Huan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
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