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Description

The MOD17A2H Version 6.1 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 6.1 GPP data products: (1) Version 6.1 Level-1B (L1B) products have been improved by undergoing various calibration changes that include: changes to the response-versus-scan angle (RVS) approach that affects reflectance bands for Aqua and Terra MODIS, corrections to adjust for the optical crosstalk in Terra MODIS infrared (IR) bands, and corrections to the Terra MODIS forward look-up table (LUT) update for the period 2012 – 2017, (2) A polarization correction has been applied to the L1B Reflective Solar Bands (RSB), and (3) The product uses Climatology Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) as back up to the operational LAI/FPAR.

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
2021-01-01 to Present
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
C2565791027-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
88283
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. (2021). MODIS/Terra Gross Primary Productivity 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A2H.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-20

File Naming Convention

MOD17A2H.A2025209.h05v11.061.2025218043205.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD17A2H) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025209), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h05v11), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025218043205), and the Data Format (hdf).

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Nutrient limitations lead to a reduced magnitude of disequilibrium in the global terrestrial carbon cycle Wei, Ning, Xia, Jianyang, Wang, YingPing, Zhang, Xuanze, Zhou, Jian, Bian, Chenyu, Luo, Yiqi Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
An exploration of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) factors simulated by SCOPE for capturing GPP across vegetation types Yang, Songxi, Yang, Jian, Shi, Shuo, Song, Shalei, Zhang, Yangyang, Luo, Yi, Du, Lin Reflectance, Anisotropy, Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Geopotential Height, Atmospheric Ozone, Pressure Thickness, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Upper Air Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Fraction, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Atmospheric Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Radiative Forcing, Surface Radiative Properties, Albedo, Emissivity, Cloud Properties, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
A global 0.05 dataset for gross primary production of sunlit and shaded vegetation canopies from 1992 to 2020 Bi, Wenjun, He, Wei, Zhou, Yanlian, Ju, Weimin, Liu, Yibo, Liu, Yang, Zhang, Xiaoyu, Wei, Xiaonan, Cheng, Nuo Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
A transiting temperate-subtropical mixed forest: carbon cycle projection Kim, JiHyun, Kim, Yeonjoo, Kim, Jeongbin, Cho, Kyeungwoo, Hong, Jinkyu, Hong, Je-Woo, Jo, Sungsoo, Park, Chanwoo, Chun, Jung Hwa Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
A new two-decade (20012019) high-resolution agricultural primary productivity dataset for India Gangopadhyay, Prasun K., Shirsath, Paresh B., Dadhwal, Vinay K., Aggarwal, Pramod K. Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Crop/Plant Yields, Land Use Classes, Landscape Patterns, Cropland
A continuous change tracker model for remote sensing time series reconstruction Zhang, Yangjian, Wang, Li, He, Yuanhuizi, Huang, Ni, Li, Wang, Xu, Shiguang, Zhou, Quan, Song, Wanjuan, Duan, Wensheng, Wang, Xiaoyue, Muhammad, Shakir, Nath, Biswajit, Zhu, Luying, Tang, Feng, Du, Huilin, Wang, Lei, Niu, Zheng Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Reflectance
A daily and 500 m coupled evapotranspiration and gross primary production product across China during 20002020 He, Shaoyang, Zhang, Yongqiang, Ma, Ning, Tian, Jing, Kong, Dongdong, Liu, Changming Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Terrestrial Water Storage, 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, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Emissivity, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
A Multi-Perspective Assessment Method with a Dynamic Benchmark for Human Zhang, Fuguang, Zeng, Biao, Yang, Taibao, Zheng, Yuxuan, Cao, Ying Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Exploring ecosystem functioning in spain with gross and net primary production time series Martinez, Beatriz, Sanchez-Ruiz, Sergio, Campos-Taberner, Manuel, Garcia-Haro, F. Javier, Gilabert, M. Amparo Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Assessment of JSBACHv4.30 as a land component of ICON-ESM-V1 in Schneck, Rainer, Gayler, Veronika, Nabel, Julia E. M. S., Raddatz, Thomas, Reick, Christian H., Schnur, Reiner Albedo, Anisotropy, 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), Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Productivity
Assessing Variations in Water Use Efficiency and Linkages with Land-Use Sun, Huaiwei, Chen, Lin, Yang, Yong, Lu, Mengge, Qin, Hui, Zhao, Bingqian, Lu, Mengtian, Xue, Jie, Yan, Dong Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Modeling complex seasonal avian migration: predictions from the thermal environment and resource availability Snell, Katherine R. S., Thorup, Kasper Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Attitude Characteristics, ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS, Viewing Geometry
Satellite evidence for China's leading role in restoring vegetation productivity over global karst ecosystems Tang, Xuguang, Xiao, Jingfeng, Ma, Mingguo, Yang, Hong, Li, Xing, Ding, Zhi, Yu, Pujia, Zhang, Yongguang, Wu, Chaoyang, Huang, Jing, Thompson, Julian R. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
The global carbon sink potential of terrestrial vegetation can be increased substantially by optimal land management Sha, Zongyao, Bai, Yongfei, Li, Ruren, Lan, Hai, Zhang, Xueliang, Li, Jonathon, Liu, Xuefeng, Chang, Shujuan, Xie, Yichun Population Size, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
The driving factors of grassland water use efficiency along degradation gradients on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China Ji, Zhenxia, Pei, Tingting, Chen, Ying, Wu, Huawu, Hou, Qingqing, Shi, Fangzhong, Xie, Baopeng, Zhang, Jiaxin Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Terrestrial ecosystem response to flash droughts over India Poonia, Vikas, Kumar Goyal, Manish, Jha, Srinidhi, Dubey, Saket Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Spatiotemporal variation in gross primary productivity and their responses to climate in the great lakes region of Sub-Saharan Africa during 20012020 Kayiranga, Alphonse, Chen, Baozhang, Wang, Fei, Nthangeni, Winny, Dilawar, Adil, Hategekimana, Yves, Zhang, Huifang, Guo, Lifeng Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Spatio-temporal patterns of oasis dynamics in Chinas drylands between 1987 and 2017 Chen, Peng, Wang, Shuai, Liu, Yanxu, Wang, Yaping, Li, Zidong, Wang, Yijia, Zhang, Haoyu, Zhang, Yaosheng Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Spatiotemporal impact on vegetation by tunnel discharging in the Jinping II Hydropower StationEvidence from the NDVI and GPP monitoring dataset of 20012019 Song, Ci, Huang, Runqiu, Tang, Xiaolu Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Spatio-temporal variability of water use efficiency and its drivers in major forest formations in India Nandy, Subrata, Saranya, M., Srinet, Ritika Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spatial Distribution of the Annual Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in the Contiguous USA and Their Controlling Factors Uddin, Muhammad Salaha, Smirnov, Oleg Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Response of vegetation ecosystems to flash drought with solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence over the Hai River Basin, China during 2001-2019 Yao, Tingting, Liu, Suxia, Hu, Shi, Mo, Xingguo 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
Retention of deposited ammonium and nitrate and its impact on the global forest carbon sink Gurmesa, Geshere Abdisa, Wang, Ang, Li, Shanlong, Peng, Shushi, de Vries, Wim, Gundersen, Per, Ciais, Philippe, Phillips, Oliver L., Hobbie, Erik A., Zhu, Weixing, Nadelhoffer, Knute, Xi, Yi, Bai, Edith, Sun, Tao, Chen, Dexiang, Zhou, Wenjun, Zhang, Yiping, Guo, Yingrong, Zhu, Jiaojun, Duan, Lei, Li, Dejun, Koba, Keisuke, Du, Enzai, Zhou, Guoyi, Han, Xingguo, Han, Shijie, Fang, Yunting Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Remote sensing of water use efficiency in Southwest Chinas karst area Shi, Xinyu, Bai, Shuang, Chen, Wei Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Remote sensing-based assessment of land degradation and drought impacts over terrestrial ecosystems in Northeastern Brazil de Oliveira, Michele L., dos Santos, Carlos A.C., de Oliveira, Gabriel, Silva, Madson T., da Silva, Bernardo B., Cunha, John E. de B.L., Ruhoff, Anderson, Santos, Celso A.G. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
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