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Description

The MOD13C1 Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD13C1 Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD13C1 Version 6 product provides a Vegetation Index (VI) value at a per pixel basis. There are two primary vegetation layers. The first is the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) which is referred to as the continuity index to the existing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (NOAA-AVHRR) derived NDVI. The second vegetation layer is the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), which has improved sensitivity over high biomass regions.

The Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) consists 3,600 rows and 7,200 columns of 5,600 meter (m) pixels. Global MOD13C1 data are cloud-free spatial composites of the gridded 16-day 1 kilometer MOD13A2 data, and are provided as a Level 3 product projected on a 0.05 degree (5,600 m) geographic CMG. The MOD13C1 has data fields for NDVI, EVI, VI QA, reflectance data, angular information, and spatial statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and number of used input pixels at the 0.05 degree CMG resolution.

Known Issues

  • The incorrect representation of the aerosol quantities (low, average, high) in the Collection 6 MOD09 surface reflectance products may have impacted MOD13 Vegetation Index data products particularly over arid bright surfaces.
  • Corrections were implemented in Collection 6.1 reprocessing.
  • For complete information about known issues please refer to the MODIS/VIIRS Land Quality Assessment website.

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6 vegetation index data products: (1) The 16-day composite VI is generated using the two 8-day composite surface reflectance granules (MOD09A1) in the 16-day period, (2) This surface reflectance input is based on the minimum blue compositing approach used to generate the 8-day surface reflectance product, (3) The product format is consistent with the Version 5 product generated using the Level 2 gridded daily surface reflectance product, and (4) A frequently updated long-term global Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) Average Vegetation Index product database is used to fill the gaps in the CMG product suite.

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra
Instruments
MODIS
Projects
TERRA
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
5600 Meters x 5600 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
MODIS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG)
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2000-02-18 to 2023-02-17
Temporal Resolution
16 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
C2763297277-LPCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Vegetation Index ,
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) ,
Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)

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

Didan, K. (2015). MOD13C1 MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006 [Dataset]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD13C1.006 Date Accessed: 2026-07-04

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Global land surface evapotranspiration monitoring by ETMonitor model driven by multi-source satellite earth observations Zheng, Chaolei, Jia, Li, Hu, Guangcheng Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Greater temperature sensitivity of vegetation greenup onset date in areas with weaker temperature seasonality across the Northern Hemisphere Shen, Miaogen, Zhu, Xiaolin, Peng, Dailiang, Jiang, Nan, Huang, Yan, Chen, Jin, Wang, Cong, Zhao, Wenwu Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Tropical surface temperature response to vegetation cover changes and the role of drylands Feldman, Andrew F., Short Gianotti, Daniel J., Dong, Jianzhi, Trigo, Isabel F., Salvucci, Guido D., Entekhabi, Dara Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Learning main drivers of crop progress and failure in Europe with interpretable machine learning Mateo-Sanchis, Anna, Piles, Maria, Amoros-Lopez, Julia, Munoz-Mari, Jordi, Adsuara, Jose E., Moreno-Martinez, Alvaro, Camps-Valls, Gustau Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Integrating Causal and Evolutionary Analysis of Life-History Evolution: Arrival Date in a Long-Distant Migrant Tomotani, Barbara M., Gienapp, Phillip, de la Hera, Ivan, Terpstra, Martijn, Pulido, Francisco, Visser, Marcel E. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Improved dryland carbon flux predictions with explicit consideration of water-carbon coupling Barnes, Mallory L., Farella, Martha M., Scott, Russell L., Moore, David J. P., Ponce-Campos, Guillermo E., Biederman, Joel A., MacBean, Natasha, Litvak, Marcy E., Breshears, David D. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Incorporating water availability into autumn phenological model improved China's terrestrial gross primary productivity (GPP) simulation Peng, Jie, Wu, Chaoyang, Zhang, Xiaoyang, Ju, Weimin, Wang, Xiaoyue, Lu, Linlin, Liu, Yibo Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Revisiting daily MODIS evapotranspiration algorithm using flux tower measurements in China Huang, Lei, Steenhuis, Tammo S., Luo, Yong, Tang, Qiuhong, Tang, Ronglin, Zheng, Junqing, Shi, Wen, Qiao, Chen Reflectance, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Revisiting global vegetation controls using multi-layer soil moisture Li, Wantong, Migliavacca, Mirco, Forkel, Matthias, Walther, Sophia, Reichstein, Markus, Orth, Rene Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Landscape Patterns, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance
Regional evaluation of satellite-based methods for identifying leaf unfolding date Shen, Ruoque, Chen, Xiuzhi, Chen, Lei, He, Bin, Yuan, Wenping Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Phenology
Remote sensing of global daily evapotranspiration based on a surface energy balance method and reanalysis data Chen, Xuelong, Su, Zhongbo, Ma, Yaoming, Trigo, Isabel, Gentine, Pierre Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Recent greening of grasslands in northern China driven by increasing precipitation Di, Kai, Hu, Zhongmin, Wang, Mei, Cao, Ruochen, Liang, Minqi, Wu, Genan, Chen, Ruru, Hao, Guangcun, Zhao, Yaolong Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Monitoring responses of vegetation phenology and productivity to extreme climatic conditions using remote sensing across different sub-regions of China Javed, Tehseen, Li, Yi, Feng, Kai, Ayantobo, Olusola O., Ahmad, Shakeel, Chen, Xinguo, Rashid, Sadaf, Suon, Sovannaka Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
On the hydroclimate-vegetation relationship in the southwestern Amazon during the 20002019 period Gutierrez-Cori, Omar, Espinoza, Jhan Carlo, Li, Laurent Z. X., Wongchuig, Sly, Arias, Paola A., Ronchail, Josyane, Segura, Hans Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Spring and autumn phenology across the Tibetan Plateau inferred from normalized difference vegetation index and solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence Meng, Fandong, Huang, Ling, Chen, Anping, Zhang, Yao, Piao, Shilong Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Strong controls of daily minimum temperature on the autumn photosynthetic phenology of subtropical vegetation in China Ren, Peixin, Liu, Zelin, Zhou, Xiaolu, Peng, Changhui, Xiao, Jingfeng, Wang, Songhan, Li, Xing, Li, Peng Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Validation and inter-comparison of MODIS and VIIRS aerosol optical depth products against data from multiple observation networks over East China Su, Yi, Xie, Yong, Tao, Zui, Hu, Qiaoli, Yu, Tao, Gu, Xingfa Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Vulnerability of European ecosystems to two compound dry and hot summers in 2018 and 2019 Bastos, Ana, Orth, Rene, Reichstein, Markus, Ciais, Philippe, Viovy, Nicolas, Zaehle, Sonke, Anthoni, Peter, Arneth, Almut, Gentine, Pierre, Joetzjer, Emilie, Lienert, Sebastian, Loughran, Tammas, McGuire, Patrick C., O, Sungmin, Pongratz, Julia, Sitch, Stephen Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
8-day and daily maximum and minimum air temperature estimation via machine learning method on a climate zone to global scale Zeng, Linglin, Hu, Yuchao, Wang, Rui, Zhang, Xiang, Peng, Guozhang, Huang, Zhenyu, Zhou, Guoqing, Xiang, Daxiang, Meng, Ran, Wu, Weixiong, Hu, Shun Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Development of a Random Forest model for forecasting allergenic pollen in North America Lo, Fiona, Bitz, Cecilia M., Hess, Jeremy J. Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone, Precipitation Rate, 24 Hour Maximum Temperature, 24 Hour Minimum Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Diurnal and seasonal variability of CO2 and CH4 concentration in a semi-urban environment of western India Metya, Abirlal, Datye, Amey, Chakraborty, Supriyo, Tiwari, Yogesh K., Sarma, Dipankar, Bora, Abhijit, Gogoi, Nirmali Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Effect of environmental covariable selection in the hydrological modeling using machine learning models to predict daily streamflow Reis, Guilherme Barbosa, da Silva, Demetrius David, Fernandes Filho, Elpidio Inacio, Moreira, Michel Castro, Veloso, Gustavo Vieira, Fraga, Micael de Souza, Pinheiro, Savio Augusto Rocha Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Combined control of multiple extreme climate stressors on autumn vegetation phenology on the Tibetan Plateau under past and future climate change Li, Peng, Liu, Zelin, Zhou, Xiaolu, Xie, Binggeng, Li, Zhongwu, Luo, Yunpeng, Zhu, Qiuan, Peng, Changhui Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Desertification of Iran in the early twenty-first century: assessment using climate and vegetation indices Eskandari Dameneh, Hadi, Gholami, Hamid, Telfer, Matt W., Comino, Jesus Rodrigo, Collins, Adrian L., Jansen, John D. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
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