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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
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
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 [Dataset]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A2H.006 Date Accessed: 2026-07-03

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).

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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Habitat Loss and Other Threats to the Survival of Parnassius Stojanovic, Dejan V., Visacki, Vladimir, Ranelovic, Dragana, Ivetic, Jelena, Orlovic, Sasa Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Widespread and Divergent Post-Drought Loss of Gross Primary Production Zhao, Zhuoyi, Zhou, Yanlian, Ju, Weimin, Xiao, Jingfeng, Li, Xing Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), 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, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Gross Primary Production (gpp), Reflectance
Dynamics-constrained rainfall projection reveals substantial increase in Yang, Long, Zhang, Jinghan, Zhao, Fang, Wright, Daniel, Li, Chao, Yamazaki, Dai, Tan, Xuezhi, Yu, Miao, Wang, Quan J., Tian, Fuqiang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Land surface modeling informed by earth observation data: toward understanding bluegreenwhite water fluxes in High Mountain Asia Buri, Pascal, Fatichi, Simone, Shaw, Thomas E., Fyffe, Catriona L., Miles, Evan S., McCarthy, Michael J., Kneib, Marin, Ren, Shaoting, Jouberton, Achille, Fugger, Stefan, Jia, Li, Zhang, Jing, Shen, Cong, Zheng, Chaolei, Menenti, Massimo, Pellicciotti, Francesca Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Snow Cover, Ice Velocity
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)
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 model performance in mapping cropland soil organic matter using time-series remote sensing data Zhang, Xianglin, Xue, Jie, Chen, Songchao, Zhuo, Zhiqing, Wang, Zheng, Chen, Xueyao, Xiao, Yi, Shi, Zhou Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Improved forest canopy evaporation leads to better predictions of Haas, Henrique, Kalin, Latif, Yen, Haw Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Improved water use efficiency of vegetation due to carbon fertilization Verma, Akash, Ghosh, Subimal Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Inferring global terrestrial carbon fluxes from the synergy of Sentinel Reyes-Munoz, Pablo, D.Kovacs, David, Berger, Katja, Pipia, Luca, Belda, Santiago, Rivera-Caicedo, Juan Pablo, Verrelst, Jochem Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Biomass Dynamics, Biomass, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure
Hysteresis in seasonal land-atmospheric interactions over India and its characteristics across croplands and forests Khandare, Ajinkya, Murtugudde, Raghu, Karthikeyan, L, Ghosh, Subimal Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Satellite Gravimetry in Studies of Permafrost Thawing and Vegetation Productivity in the Cryolithozone Kharuk, V. I., Golyukov, A. S., Dvinskaya, M. L., Im, S. T., Petrov, I. A., Shvetsov, E. G. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Productivity of Coniferous Forests Evaluated by Remote Sensing and Field-Based Models Kusbach jun, A, Krejza, J, Homolova, L, Fischer, M, Janoutova, R, Horacek, P Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps
Resilience of an Urban Coastal Ecosystem in the Caribbean: A Remote Sensing Approach in Western Puerto Rico Bonilla-Roman, Yadiel Noel, Acuna-Guzman, Salvador Francisco Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Perspectives on modifiable spatiotemporal unit problems in remote sensing of agriculture: evaluating rice production in Vietnam and tools for analysis Peter, Brad G., Messina, Joseph P., Breeze, Victoria, Fung, Cadi Y., Kapoor, Abhinav, Fan, Peilei Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
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
Negative Asymmetric Response of Pantropical Gross Primary Productivity Fan, Lei, Dong, Guanyu, Ciais, Philippe, Xiao, Xiangming, Xiao, Jingfeng, Chen, Xiuzhi, Luo, Yiqi, Niu, Shuli, Jiang, Fei, Frappart, Frederic, Wigneron, JeanPierre, Li, Xing, Cui, Tianxiang, Pan, Li, Fensholt, Rasmus Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Seeing the Big- to Fine-Grained Picture: Exploring the Baseline Status Kyaw, Pyae Phyoe, Cushman, Samuel A., Kaszta, Zaneta, Burnham, Dawn, Zaw, Than, Naing, Hla, Htun, Saw, Moe, Kyaw, Tun, Aung Ye, Myo, Okka, Aung, Zarni, Myo, Khin Myo, Aung, Htet Arkar, Po, Saw Htoo Tha, Po, Saw Ehkhu, Tun, Saw William L., Nay, Saw Hay, Macdonald, David W. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Spatial Patterns of Vegetation Activity Related to ENSO in Northern EstupinanSuarez, Lina M., Mahecha, Miguel D., Brenning, Alexander, Kraemer, Guido, Poveda, German, Reichstein, Markus, Sierra, Carlos A. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Seasonal gross primary production in response to environmental drivers from arid mangroves in the Gulf of California Munoz-Albiter, Monica Elizabeth, Velazquez-Rodriguez, Alma Socorro, Sanchez-Mejia, Zulia Mayari Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Slower but deeper community change: Intrinsic dynamics regulate Terry, J. Christopher D., Rossberg, Axel G. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
TCSIF: a temporally consistent global Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2A (GOME-2A) solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence dataset with the correction ... Zou, Chu, Du, Shanshan, Liu, Xinjie, Liu, Liangyun Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Solar Induced Fluorescence, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Heat Flux, Liquid Precipitation, Snow/Ice, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spatio-temporal heterogeneity and driving mechanism of ecosystem water Wang, Feiyu, Xia, Jun, Zou, Lei, Zhang, Liping, Li, Xiaoyang, Yu, Jiarui Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), 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, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Use of light response curve parameters to estimate gross primary production capacity from chlorophyll indices of global observation satellite and flux data Muramatsu, Kanako, Yoneda, Emi, Soyama, Noriko, Lopez-Ballesteros, Ana, Thanyapraneedkul, Juthasinee Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Two sub-annual timescales and coupling modes for terrestrial water and Short Gianotti, Daniel J., McColl, Kaighin A., Feldman, Andrew F., Xu, Xiangtao, Entekhabi, Dara Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
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