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Description
The MOD17A3HGF Version 6.1 product provides information about annual Gross and Net Primary Production (GPP and NPP) at 500 meter (m) pixel resolution. Annual Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) GPP and NPP is derived from the sum of all 8-day GPP Net Photosynthesis (PSN) products (MOD17A2H) from the given year. The PSN value is the difference of the GPP and the Maintenance Respiration (MR).
The MOD17A3HGF will be generated at the end of each year when the entire yearly 8-day MOD15A2H is available. Hence, the gap-filled MOD17A3HGF is the improved MOD17, which has cleaned the poor-quality inputs from 8-day Leaf Area Index and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (LAI/FPAR) based on the Quality Control (QC) label for every pixel. If any LAI/FPAR pixel did not meet the quality screening criteria, its value is determined through linear interpolation. However, users cannot get MOD17A3HGF in near-real time because it will be generated only at the end of a given year.
Known Issues
Operational and uncertainty issues are provided under Section 2 in the User Guide.
The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to the MODIS Version 6.1 NPP data product: (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.
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC)
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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
C2565791034-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
7250
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Photosynthesis
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Primary Production
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Vegetation Productivity
Citation
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Running, S., & Zhao, M. (2021). MODIS/Terra Net Primary Production Gap-Filled Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 [Dataset]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A3HGF.061 Date Accessed: 2026-08-23
@misc{wang_2026,
title={Annual MODIS Net Primary Production (NPP) Data for the Study Area, 2001–2024},
url={https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Annual_MODIS_Net_Primary_Production_NPP_Data_for_the_Study_Area_2001_2024/33277341/1},
DOI={10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.33277341.V1},
abstractNote={This dataset contains annual Net Primary Production (NPP) data used in the associated study for the period 2001–2024. The NPP data were derived from the MODIS/Terra MOD17A3HGF Version 6.1 product using Google Earth Engine. The original MODIS MOD17A3HGF Version 6.1 product is available from NASA LP DAAC (DOI: 10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A3HGF.061).},
publisher={figshare},
author={Wang, Ze},
year={2026},
}
Running, S., & Zhao, M. (2021). MODIS/Terra Net Primary Production Gap-Filled Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 [Dataset]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A3HGF.061 Date Accessed: 2026-08-23
Running, Steve, and Maosheng Zhao. “MODIS/Terra Net Primary Production Gap-Filled Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061.” NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center, 2021, https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A3HGF.061. Date Accessed: 2026-08-23
File Naming Convention
MOD17A3HGF.A2024001.h17v10.061.2025011052834.hdf
The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD17A3HGF) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2024001), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h17v10), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025011052834), and the Data Format (hdf).
Biomass Dynamics, Primary Production, Biomass, Photosynthesis, Vegetation Productivity, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)