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Description

The MOD16A2 Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD16A2 Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD16A2 Version 6 Evapotranspiration/Latent Heat Flux product is an 8-day composite dataset produced at 500 meter (m) pixel resolution. The algorithm used for the MOD16 data product collection is based on the logic of the Penman-Monteith equation, which includes inputs of daily meteorological reanalysis data along with Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) remotely sensed data products such as vegetation property dynamics, albedo, and land cover.

Provided in the MOD16A2 product are layers for composited Evapotranspiration (ET), Latent Heat Flux (LE), Potential ET (PET) and Potential LE (PLE) along with a quality control layer. Two low resolution browse images, ET and LE, are also available for each MOD16A2 granule.

The pixel values for the two Evapotranspiration layers (ET and PET) are the sum of all eight days within the composite period and the pixel values for the two Latent Heat layers (LE and PLE) are the average of all eight days within the composite period. Note that the last acquisition period of each year is a 5 or 6-day composite period, depending on the year.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6 evapotranspiration and latent heat flux data products: (1) Spatial resolution of Version 6 products has increased to nominal 500 m from nominal 1,000 m in Version 5, and (2) Version 5 data products were previously distributed by the Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group at the University of Montana. The Version 6 products are a continuation of this project.

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra
Instruments
MODIS
Projects
TERRA
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
2001-01-01 to 2023-02-09
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
C2763298093-LPCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Evapotranspiration ,
Latent Heat Flux

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

Running, S., Mu, Q., & Zhao, M. (2017). MOD16A2 MODIS/Terra Net Evapotranspiration 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 [Dataset]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD16A2.006 Date Accessed: 2026-08-10

File Naming Convention

MOD16A2.A2002273.h13v01.006.2017078223259.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD16A2) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2002273), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h13v01), the Version of the data collection (006), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2017078223259), and the Data Format (hdf).

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

DATA PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Development of a system for analyzing the state of environment in areas of large industrial facilities, tailings and dumps Space Research Institute RAS, Loupian, E.A., Konstantinova, .., Balashov, I.V., Kashnitskii, A.V., Savorskiy, V.P., Panova, O.Yu. Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Determining the dry boundary of the LST/FVC space for soil moisture monitoringa semi-empirical method Sun, Hao, Ma, Liru, Wang, Yanmei, Zhou, Baichi, Liu, Weihan, Cai, Chuangchuang, Zhou, Wei, Chen, Wei Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Anisotropy, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Detecting hydrological droughts in ungauged areas from remotely sensed hydro-meteorological variables using rule-based models Rhee, Jinyoung, Park, Kyungwon, Lee, Seongkyu, Jang, Sangmin, Yoon, Sunkwon Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Surface Soil Moisture, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Data-based agroecological zoning of Acrocomia aculeata: GIS modeling and Resende, Rafael T., Kuki, Kacilda N., Correa, Thais Roseli, Zaidan, Ursula R., Mota, Pedro Henrique S., Telles, Lucas Arthur A., Gonzales, Duberli G.E., Motoike, Sergio Y., Resende, Marcos Deon V., Leite, Helio G., Lorenzon, Alexandre S. Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Continental drought monitoring using satellite soil moisture, data assimilation and an integrated drought index Xu, Lei, Abbaszadeh, Peyman, Moradkhani, Hamid, Chen, Nengcheng, Zhang, Xiang Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Soil Moisture/Water Content
Crop yield estimation using multi-source satellite image series and deep learning Ghazaryan, Gohar, Skakun, Sergii, Konig, Simon, Rezaei, Ehsan Eyshi, Siebert, Stefan, Dubovyk, Olena Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Efficient water allocation strategy to overcoming water inequity crisis for sustainability of agricultural land: a case of Southern Punjab, Pakistan Maqbool, Ahsan, Ashraf, Muhammad Adnan, Khaliq, Abdul, Hui, Wang, Saeed, Muhammad Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Effects of irrigation on water, carbon, and nitrogen budgets in a semiarid watershed in the Pacific NorthwestA modeling study Zhu, Bowen, Huang, Maoyi, Cheng, Yanyan, Xie, Xianhong, Liu, Ying, Zhang, Xuesong, Bisht, Gautam, Chen, Xingyuan, Missik, Justine, Liu, Heping Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Downscaling satellite retrieved soil moisture using regression tree-based machine learning algorithms over southwest France Liu, Yangxiaoyue, Xia, Xiaolin, Yao, Ling, Jing, Wenlong, Zhou, Chenghu, Huang, Wumeng, Li, Yong, Yang, Ji Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Albedo, Anisotropy, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Comprehensive evaluation of a spatio-temporal gap filling algorithmUsing remotely sensed precipitation, LST and ET data Siabi, Negar, Sanaeinejad, Seyed Hossein, Ghahraman, Bijan Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Contrasting hydrological seasonality with latitude in the South American ChacoThe roles of climate and vegetation activity Marchesini, Victoria A., Nosetto, Marcelo D., Houspanossian, Javier, Jobbagy, Esteban G. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
DSCALE_mod16A model for disaggregating microwave satellite soil moisture with land surface evapotranspiration products and gridded meteorological data Sun, Hao, Zhou, Baichi, Zhang, Chuanjun, Liu, Hongxing, Yang, Bo Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Hydrological Foundation as a Basis for a Holistic Environmental Flow Abebe, Wubneh B., Tilahun, Seifu A., Moges, Michael M., Wondie, Ayalew, Derseh, Minychl G., Nigatu, Teshager A., Mhiret, Demesew A., Steenhuis, Tammo S., Camp, Marc Van, Walraevens, Kristine, McClain, Michael E. Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Improving SWAT model calibration using soil MERGE (SMERGE) Tobin, Kenneth J., Bennett, Marvin E. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Impact of recent vegetation greening on temperature and precipitation Yu, Lingxue, Liu, Ye, Liu, Tingxiang, Yan, Fengqin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Groundwater withdrawal prediction using integrated multitemporal remote sensing data sets and machine learning Majumdar, S., Smith, R., Butler, J. J., Lakshmi, V. Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Mid-season empirical cotton yield forecasts at fine resolutions using large yield mapping datasets and diverse spatial covariates Filippi, Patrick, Whelan, Brett M., Vervoort, R. Willem, Bishop, Thomas F.A. Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Local-scale cereal yield forecasting in Italy: Lessons from different statistical models and spatial aggregations Garcia-Leon, David, Lopez-Lozano, Raul, Toreti, Andrea, Zampieri, Matteo Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Likelihood and frequency of recurrent fire ignitions in highly urbanised Mediterranean landscapes Elia, Mario, Giannico, Vincenzo, Spano, Giuseppina, Lafortezza, Raffaele, Sanesi, Giovanni Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Limits of predictability of a global self-similar routing model in a local self-similar environment Velasquez, Nicolas, Mantilla, Ricardo Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Machine Learning Regression Model for Predicting Honey Harvests Campbell, Tristan, Dixon, Kingsley W., Dods, Kenneth, Fearns, Peter, Handcock, Rebecca Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Mapping Evapotranspiration, Vegetation and Precipitation Trends in the Torres-Batllo, Juan, Marti-Cardona, Belen, Pillco-Zola, Ramiro Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Reflectance, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Recent ENSO influence on East African drought during rainy seasons through the synergistic use of satellite and reanalysis data Park, Seonyoung, Kang, Daehyun, Yoo, Cheolhee, Im, Jungho, Lee, Myong-In Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Influence of the dry event induced hydraulic redistribution on water and carbon cycles at five AsiaFlux forest sites: A site study combining measurements and modeling Wu, Haohao, Fu, Congsheng, Wu, Huawu, Zhang, Lingling Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Land Surface Temperature Trend and Its Drivers in East Africa Abera, Temesgen Alemayehu, Heiskanen, Janne, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji, Pellikka, Petri K. E. Reflectance, Anisotropy, Albedo, Snow Grain Size, Snow Cover, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
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