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Description

The MOD17A2H Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD17A2H Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD17A2H Version 6 Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) product is a cumulative 8-day composite of values with 500 meter (m) pixel size based on the radiation use efficiency concept that can be potentially used as inputs to data models to calculate terrestrial energy, carbon, water cycle processes, and biogeochemistry of vegetation. The data product includes information about GPP and Net Photosynthesis (PSN). The PSN band values are the GPP less the Maintenance Respiration (MR). The data product also contains a PSN Quality Control (QC) layer. The quality layer contains quality information for both the GPP and the PSN.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6 gross primary productivity data products: (1) The product uses updated Biome Property look-up tables (BPLUT) and an updated version of the daily Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) meteorological data, and (2) The products are now generated at the native resolution of 500 m using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Leaf Area Index(LAI)/Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) (MOD15A2H) 8-day composite at 500 m resolution.

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
C2763298100-LPCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Photosynthesis ,
Primary Production ,
Vegetation Productivity

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. (2015). MOD17A2H MODIS/Terra Gross Primary Productivity 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A2H.006 Date Accessed: 2026-05-22

File Naming Convention

MOD17A2H.A2002273.h12v01.006.2015151211045.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD17A2H) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2002273), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h12v01), the Version of the data collection (006), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2015151211045), and the Data Format (hdf).

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Publications Citing This Dataset

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Solar-induced fluorescence detects interannual variation in gross primary production of coniferous forests in the western United States Zuromski, Lauren M., Bowling, David R., Kohler, Philipp, Frankenberg, Christian, Goulden, Michael L., Blanken, Peter D., Lin, John C. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Response of Tropical Terrestrial Gross Primary Production to the Super Zhu, Jiawen, Zhang, Minghua, Zhang, Yao, Zeng, Xiaodong, Xiao, Xiangming Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Retrieval of global terrestrial solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence from TanSat satellite Du, Shanshan, Liu, Liangyun, Liu, Xinjie, Zhang, Xiao, Zhang, Xingying, Bi, Yanmeng, Zhang, Lianchong Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Underestimates of grassland gross primary production in MODIS standard products Zhu, Xiaoyan, Pei, Yanyan, Zheng, Zhaopei, Dong, Jinwei, Zhang, Yao, Wang, Junbang, Chen, Lajiao, Doughty, Russell B., Zhang, Geli, Xiao, Xiangming Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Quantifying grazing patterns using a new growth function based on MODIS Leaf Area Index Yu, Rui, Evans, A.J., Malleson, N. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Quantifying impacts of land-use/cover change on urban vegetation gross primary productionA case study of Wuhan, China Liu, Shishi, Du, Wei, Su, Hang, Wang, Shanqin, Guan, Qingfeng Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Identification of years with extreme vegetation state in Central Europe based on remote sensing and meteorological data Kern, Aniko, Marjanovic, Hrvoje, Dobor, Laura, Anic, MIslav, Hlasny, Tomas, Barcza, Zoltan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
A data-driven assessment of biosphere-atmosphere interaction impact on seasonal cycle patterns of XCO2 using GOSAT and MODIS observations He, Zhonghua, Zeng, Zhao-Cheng, Lei, Liping, Bie, Nian, Yang, Shaoyuan Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Modelling spatial and temporal dynamics of gross primary production in the Sahel from earth-observation-based photosynthetic capacity and quantum efficiency Tagesson, Torbern, Ardo, Jonas, Cappelaere, Bernard, Kergoat, Laurent, Abdi, Abdulhakim, Horion, Stephanie, Fensholt, Rasmus Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Water, Energy, and Carbon with Artificial Neural Networks (WECANN)A statistically based estimate of global surface turbulent fluxes and gross primary productivity using solar-induced fluorescence Alemohammad, Seyed Hamed, Fang, Bin, Konings, Alexandra G., Aires, Filipe, Green, Julia K., Kolassa, Jana, Miralles, Diego, Prigent, Catherine, Gentine, Pierre Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
Validation of collection of 6 MODIS/Terra and MODIS/Aqua gross primary production in an alpine meadow of the Northern Tibetan Plateau Fu, Gang, Zhang, Jing, Shen, Zhen-Xi, Shi, Pei-Li, He, Yong-Tao, Zhang, Xian-Zhou Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Estimating vegetation primary production in the heihe river basin of China with multi-source and multi-scale data Cui, Tianxiang, Wang, Yujie, Sun, Rui, Qiao, Chen, Fan, Wenjie, Jiang, Guoqing, Hao, Lvyuan, Zhang, Lei Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Daily GPP estimates in Mediterranean ecosystems by combining remote sensing and meteorological data Gilabert, M.A., Moreno, A., Maselli, F., Martinez, B., Chiesi, M., Sanchez-Ruiz, S., Garcia-Haro, F.J., Perez-Hoyos, A., Campos-Taberner, M., Perez-Priego, O., Serrano-Ortiz, P., Carrara, A. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Estimation and analysis of gross primary production of soybean under various management practices and drought conditions Wagle, Pradeep, Xiao, Xiangming, Suyker, Andrew E. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Study of primary productivity of the mata atlantica biome via remote sensing PAIVA, C. M., FERNANDES, F. R. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Scale-dependent performance of CMIP5 earth system models in simulating terrestrial vegetation carbon Jiang, Lifen, Yan, Yaner, Hararuk, Oleksandra, Mikle, Nathaniel, Xia, Jianyang, Shi, Zheng, Tjiputra, Jerry, Wu, Tongwen, Luo, Yiqi Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Soil drought anomalies in MODIS GPP of a Mediterranean broadleaved evergreen forest Liu, Jia, Rambal, Serge, Mouillot, Florent Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Variation of dissolved organic carbon transported by two Chinese riversThe Changjiang River and Yellow River Liu, Dong, Pan, Delu, Bai, Yan, He, Xianqiang, Wang, Difeng, Zhang, Lin Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Towards the development of a regional version of MOD17 for the determination of gross and net primary productivity of oil palm trees Cracknell, Arthur Philip, Kanniah, Kasturi Devi, Tan, Kian Pang, Wang, Lei Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
The performances of MODIS-GPP and -ET products in China and their sensitivity to input data (FPAR/LAI) Liu, Zhengjia, Shao, Quanqin, Liu, Jiyuan Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Data fusion for high spatial resolution LAI estimation Hernandez, Carmen, Nunes, Leonia, Lopes, Domingos, Grana, Manuel Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Estimation of crop gross primary production (GPP)fAPAR(chl) versus MOD15A2 FPAR Zhang, Qingyuan, Cheng, Yen-Ben, Lyapustin, Alexei I., Wang, Yujie, Gao, Feng, Suyker, Andrew, Verma, Shashi, Middleton, Elizabeth M. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Comparison of gross primary productivity derived from GIMMS NDVI3g, GIMMS, and MODIS in Southeast Asia Wang, Junbang, Dong, Jingwei, Liu, Jiyuan, Huang, Mei, Li, Guicai, Running, Steven, Smith, W., Harris, Warwick, Saigusa, Nobuko, Kondo, Hiroaki, Liu, Yunfen, Hirano, Takashi, Xiao, Xiangming Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Phenology and gross primary production of two dominant savanna woodland ecosystems in Southern Africa Jin, Cui, Xiao, Xiangming, Merbold, Lutz, Arneth, Almut, Veenendaal, Elmar, Kutsch, Werner L. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
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