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Description

The MOD15A2H Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD15A2H Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD15A2H Version 6 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) combined Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) product is an 8-day composite dataset with 500 meter (m) pixel size. The algorithm chooses the “best” pixel available from all the acquisitions of the Terra sensor from within the 8-day period.

LAI is defined as the one-sided green leaf area per unit ground area in broadleaf canopies and as one-half the total needle surface area per unit ground area in coniferous canopies. FPAR is defined as the fraction of incident photosynthetically active radiation, 400-700 nanometers (nm), absorbed by the green elements of a vegetation canopy.

Science Datasets (SDSs) in the Level 4 (L4) MOD15A2H product include LAI, FPAR, two quality layers, and standard deviation for LAI and FPAR. Two low resolution browse images, LAI and FPAR, are also available for each MOD15A2H granule.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6 LAI and FPAR data products: (1) The Version 6 product uses the daily L2G-lite surface reflectance as input as opposed to MODAGAGG used in Version 5, (2) Products are generated at native resolution of 500 m rather than the 1000 m of the Version 5, and (3) Version 6 uses an improved multi-year land cover product.

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
C2763298089-LPCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar) ,
Leaf Area Index (LAI)

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

Myneni, R., Knyazikhin, Y., & Park, T. (2015). MOD15A2H MODIS/Terra Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD15A2H.006 Date Accessed: 2026-06-14

File Naming Convention

MOD15A2H.A2002273.h20v06.006.2015151112325.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD15A2H) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2002273), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h20v06), the Version of the data collection (006), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2015151112325), 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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Simulated methane emissions from Arctic ponds are highly sensitive to Rehder, Zoe, Kleinen, Thomas, Kutzbach, Lars, Stepanenko, Victor, Langer, Moritz, Brovkin, Victor Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Sensor-independent LAI/FPAR CDR: reconstructing a global sensor-independent climate data record of MODIS and VIIRS LAI/FPAR from 2000 to 2022 Pu, Jiabin, Yan, Kai, Roy, Samapriya, Zhu, Zaichun, Rautiainen, Miina, Knyazikhin, Yuri, Myneni, Ranga B. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Rapid Vegetation Growth due to Shifts in Climate from Slow to Sustained Zhang, Yuxin, Wang, Junbang, Watson, Alan E. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Res-CN (Reservoir dataset in China): hydrometeorological time series and landscape attributes across 3254 Chinese reservoirs Shen, Youjiang, Nielsen, Karina, Revel, Menaka, Liu, Dedi, Yamazaki, Dai Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Responses of ecosystem water use efficiency to drought in the Luo, Xuan, Wang, Yinfei, Li, Yungang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
The weekly cycle of photosynthesis in Europe reveals the negative impact of particulate pollution on ecosystem productivity He, Liyin, Rosa, Lorenzo, Lobell, David B., Wang, Yuan, Yin, Yi, Doughty, Russell, Yao, Yitong, Berry, Joseph A., Frankenberg, Christian Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Optical Depth/Thickness, Clouds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Precipitable Water, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution
Sustainable poverty reduction models for the coordinated development of the social economy and environment in China Ge, Yong, Hu, Shan, Song, Yongze, Zheng, Hua, Liu, Yansui, Ye, Xinyue, Ma, Ting, Liu, Mengxiao, Zhou, Chenghu Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0)
Spatiotemporally consistent global dataset of the GIMMS leaf area index Cao, Sen, Li, Muyi, Zhu, Zaichun, Wang, Zhe, Zha, Junjun, Zhao, Weiqing, Duanmu, Zeyu, Chen, Jiana, Zheng, Yaoyao, Chen, Yue, Myneni, Ranga B., Piao, Shilong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Canopy Characteristics
Upscaling Wetland Methane Emissions From the FLUXNETCH4 Eddy Covariance Network (UpCH4 v1. 0): Model Development, Network Assessment, and Budget ... McNicol, Gavin, FluetChouinard, Etienne, Ouyang, Zutao, Knox, Sara, Zhang, Zhen, Aalto, Tuula, Bansal, Sheel, Chang, KuangYu, Chen, Min, Delwiche, Kyle, Feron, Sarah, Goeckede, Mathias, Liu, Jinxun, Malhotra, Avni, Melton, Joe R., Riley, William, Vargas, Rodrigo, Yuan, Kunxiaojia, Ying, Qing, Zhu, Qing, Alekseychik, Pavel, Aurela, Mika, Billesbach, David P., Campbell, David I., Chen, Jiquan, Chu, Housen, Desai, Ankur R., Euskirchen, Eugenie, Goodrich, Jordan, Griffis, Timothy, Helbig, Manuel, Hirano, Takashi, Iwata, Hiroki, Jurasinski, Gerald, King, John, Koebsch, Franziska, Kolka, Randall, Krauss, Ken, Lohila, Annalea, Mammarella, Ivan, Nilson, Mats, Noormets, Asko, Oechel, Walter, Peichl, Matthias, Sachs, Torsten, Sakabe, Ayaka, Schulze, Christopher, Sonnentag, Oliver, Sullivan, Ryan C., Tuittila, EevaStiina, Ueyama, Masahito, Vesala, Timo, Ward, Eric, Wille, Christian, Wong, Guan Xhuan, Zona, Donatella, WindhamMyers, Lisamarie, Poulter, Benjamin, Jackson, Robert B. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Methane, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Wetlands
Traceraided ecohydrological modelling across climate, land cover, and topographical gradients in the Tropics ArciniegaEsparza, Saul, Birkel, Christian, DuranQuesada, Ana Maria, SanchezMurillo, Ricardo, Moore, Georgianne W., Maneta, Marco P., Boll, Jan, Negri, Laura Benegas, Tetzlaff, Dorthe, Yoshimura, Kei, Soulsby, Chris Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Validation of Simplified Level 2 Prototype Processor Sentinel-2 fraction of canopy cover, fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation and leaf area index ... Fernandes, Richard, Brown, Luke, Canisius, Francis, Dash, Jadu, He, Liming, Hong, Gang, Huang, Lucy, Le, Nhu Quynh, MacDougall, Camryn, Meier, Courtney, Darko, Patrick Osei, Shah, Hemit, Spafford, Lynsay, Sun, Lixin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Water Stress Dominates 21stCentury Tropical Land Carbon Uptake Levine, Paul A., Bloom, A. Anthony, Bowman, Kevin W., Reager, John T., Worden, John R., Liu, Junjie, Parazoo, Nicholas C., Meyer, Victoria, Konings, Alexandra G., Longo, Marcos Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Vegetation structural shift tells environmental changes on the Tibetan Plateau over 40 years Wang, Yanfen, Xue, Kai, Hu, Ronghai, Ding, Boyang, Zeng, Hong, Li, Ruijin, Xu, Bin, Pang, Zhe, Song, Xiaoning, Li, Congjia, Du, Jianqing, Yang, Xiuchun, Zhang, Zelin, Hao, Yanbin, Cui, Xiaoyong, Guo, Ke, Gao, Qingzhu, Zhang, Yangjian, Zhu, Juntao, Sun, Jian, Li, Yaoming, Jiang, Lili, Zhou, Huakun, Luo, Caiyun, Zhang, Zhenhua, Gao, Qingbo, Chen, Shilong, Ji, Baoming, Xu, Xingliang, Chen, Huai, Li, Qi, Zhao, Liang, Xu, Shixiao, Liu, Yali, Hu, Linyong, Wu, Jianshuang, Yang, Qien, Dong, Shikui, He, Jinsheng, Zhao, Xinquan, Wang, Shiping, Piao, Shilong, Yu, Guirui, Fu, Bojie Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Unraveling phenological responses to extreme drought and implications for water and carbon budgets Corak, Nicholas K., Otkin, Jason A., Ford, Trent W., Lowman, Lauren E. L. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Evaporation, Evapotranspiration, Rain, Snow, Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Albedo, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
TranspirationSoil evaporation partitioning determines inter-model differences in soil moisture and evapotranspiration coupling Feng, Huihui, Wu, Zhiyong, Dong, Jianzhi, Zhou, Jianhong, Brocca, Luca, He, Hai 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 Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Those Nematode-Trapping Fungi That are not Everywhere: Hints Towards Soil Microbial Biogeography Deng, Wei, Zhang, Fa, Fornacca, Davide, Yang, Xiao-Yan, Xiao, Wen Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
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 comparison of land surface phenology in the Northern Hemisphere derived from satellite remote sensing and the Community Land Model Li, Xiaolu, Melaas, Eli, Carrillo, Carlos M., Ault, Toby, Richardson, Andrew D., Lawrence, Peter, Friedl, Mark A., Seyednasrollah, Bijan, Lawrence, David M., Young, Adam M. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
A new global land productivity dynamic product based on the consistency of various vegetation biophysical indicators Cui, Yuran, Li, Xiaosong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Applications of a thermal-based two-source energy balance model coupled to surface soil moisture Song, Lisheng, Ding, Zhonghao, Kustas, William P., Xu, Yanhao, Zhao, Gengle, Liu, Shaomin, Ma, Mingguo, Xue, Kejia, Bai, Yan, Xu, Ziwei Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Analysis of the relationship between yield in cereals and remotely sensed fAPAR in the framework of monitoring drought impacts in Europe Cammalleri, Carmelo, McCormick, Niall, Toreti, Andrea Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Achieving Brazil's Deforestation Target Will Reduce Fire and Deliver Air Butt, Edward W., Conibear, Luke, Smith, Callum, Baker, Jessica C. A., Rigby, Richard, Knote, Christoph, Spracklen, Dominick V. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
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 union of dynamic hydrological modeling and satellite remotely-sensed data for spatiotemporal assessment of sediment yields Preetha, Pooja, Al-Hamdan, Ashraf Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Reflectance
Biophysical impact of sunflower crop rotation on agricultural fields Kussul, Nataliia, Deininger, Klaus, Shumilo, Leonid, Lavreniuk, Mykola, Ali, Daniel Ayalew, Nivievskyi, Oleg Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Reflectance
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