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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: 2026-05-17

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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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
A Data-Driven Approach to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on a Tropical Mangrove in India Deb Burman, Pramit Kumar, Das, Pulakesh Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Emergent constraints on future Amazon climate change-induced carbon loss using past global warming trends Melnikova, Irina, Yokohata, Tokuta, Ito, Akihiko, Nishina, Kazuya, Tachiiri, Kaoru, Shiogama, Hideo Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Forest Yields, Biomass, Carbon, Forests
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
Elevated atmospheric CO concentration and vegetation structural changes contributed to gross primary productivity increase more than climate and forest ... Chen, Tao, Meunier, Felicien, Peaucelle, Marc, Tang, Guoping, Yuan, Ye, Verbeeck, Hans Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Assessing and improving the high uncertainty of global gross primary productivity products based on deep learning under extreme climatic conditions Qian, Long, Yu, Xingjiao, Zhang, Zhitao, Wu, Lifeng, Fan, Junliang, Xiang, Youzhen, Chen, Junying, Liu, Xiaogang Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
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)
Changes and drivers of vegetation productivity in China's drylands under Zhou, Wenxin, Li, Changjia, Fu, Bojie, Wang, Shuai, Ren, Zhuobing, Stringer, Lindsay C 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
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
Advanced precipitation enhances vegetation primary productivity in Jiang, Ping, Yuan, Ye, Li, Qian Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
A new global time-series GPP production: DFRF-GPP Xiufang, Zhu, Shizhe, Zhang, Kun, Xu, Rui, Guo, Tingting, Liu Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
A New Approach for Prediction of Foliar Dust in a Coal Mining Region and Ranjan, Avinash Kumar, Dash, Jadunandan, Gorai, Amit Kumar Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature
Analysis of environmental variables and deforestation in the amazon using logistical regression models da Silva, Helder J. F., Goncalves, Weber A., Bezerra, Bergson G., Santos e Silva, Claudio M., de Oliveira, Cristiano P., Junior, Jorio B. Cabral, Rodrigues, Daniele T., Silva, Fabricio D. S. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Productivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Analysis of error sources in the multi-scale remote sensing estimation of mountain vegetation gross primary productivity Xie, Xinyao, , 610041 Research Center for Digital Mountain and Remote Sensing Application, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China, Li, Ainong, Tian, Jie, Wu, Changlin Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Geographic gradients in a functional trait: Drivers of body size and Kaspari, Michael, Marshall, Katie E., Weiser, Michael D., Siler, Cameron D., Theriot, Miranda K., de Beurs, Kirsten Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Exceptions to the Heterotrophic Rule: Prevalence and Drivers of Carter, Alice M., Lowman, Heili E., Blaszczak, Joanna R., Barbosa, Carolina C., DeSiervo, Melissa, Torrens, Christa L., Dunkle, Matthew R., Collins, Sarah M., Oleksy, Isabella, Katona, Leon R., Hall, Robert O. Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Beyond the visible: Accounting for ultraviolet and far-red radiation in vegetation productivity and surface energy budgets Wang, Yujie, Braghiere, Renato K., Yin, Yi, Yao, Yitong, Hao, Dalei, Frankenberg, Christian 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
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
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
Vegetation net primary productivity in urban areas of China responded Li, Yujie, Huang, Shaodong, Fang, Panfei, Liang, Yuying, Wang, Jia, Xiong, Nina Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Why models underestimate West African tropical forest primary productivity Zhang-Zheng, Huanyuan, Deng, Xiongjie, Aguirre-Gutierrez, Jesus, Stocker, Benjamin D., Thomson, Eleanor, Ding, Ruijie, Adu-Bredu, Stephen, Duah-Gyamfi, Akwasi, Gvozdevaite, Agne, Moore, Sam, Oliveras Menor, Imma, Prentice, I. Colin, Malhi, Yadvinder Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
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