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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: 2026-06-15

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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Title Year Author Topic
Development of a physics-informed data-driven model for gaining insights into hydrological processes in irrigated watersheds Li, Kailong, Huang, Guohe, Wang, Shuo, Razavi, Saman Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Surface Soil Moisture
Downscaling Global Gridded Crop Yield Data Products and Crop Water Productivity Mapping Using Remote Sensing Derived Variables in the South Asia Mohanasundaram, S., Kasiviswanathan, K. S., Purnanjali, C., Santikayasa, I. Putu, Singh, Shilpa Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Cover, Cropland
Decadal change of spring dust activity in western Iran and its mechanism Kamal, Alireza, Lin, Zhaohui, Wu, Chenglai Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Estimating Vegetation Greening Influences on Runoff Signatures Using a Logbased Weighted Ensemble Method Huang, Qi, Zhang, Yongqiang, Ma, Ning, Post, David Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy
Development of an open-source regional data assimilation system in PEcAn v. 1.7. 2: application to carbon cycle reanalysis across the contiguous US using ... Dokoohaki, Hamze, Morrison, Bailey D., Raiho, Ann, Serbin, Shawn P., Zarada, Katie, Dramko, Luke, Dietze, Michael Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
How Well Do We Understand the Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Cycle? Crisp, David, Dolman, Han, Tanhua, Toste, McKinley, Galen A., Hauck, Judith, Bastos, Ana, Sitch, Stephen, Eggleston, Simon, Aich, Valentin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
How much water is stolen by sewers? Estimating watershed-level inflow and infiltration throughout a metropolitan area Diem, Jeremy E., Pangle, Luke A., Milligan, Richard A., Adams, Ellis A. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Global land surface 250 m 8 d fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FAPAR) product from 2000 to 2021 Ma, Han, Liang, Shunlin, Xiong, Changhao, Wang, Qian, Jia, Aolin, Li, Bing Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Functional evaluation of digital soil hydraulic property maps through comparison of simulated and remotely sensed maize canopy cover Kalumba, Mulenga, Dondeyne, Stefaan, Vanuytrecht, Eline, Nyirenda, Edwin, Van Orshoven, Jos Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Functional traits and metacommunity theory reveal that habitat filtering Eyster, Harold N., Srivastava, Diane S., Kreitzman, Maayan, Chan, Kai M. A. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Global water availability boosted by vegetation-driven changes in atmospheric moisture transport Cui, Jiangpeng, Lian, Xu, Huntingford, Chris, Gimeno, Luis, Wang, Tao, Ding, Jinzhi, He, Mingzhu, Xu, Hao, Chen, Anping, Gentine, Pierre, Piao, Shilong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Grazing influences biomass production and protein content of alpine meadows Jarque-Bascunana, Laia, Calleja, Juan Antonio, Ibanez, Miguel, Bartolome, Jordi, Albanell, Elena, Espunyes, Johan, Galvez-Ceron, Arturo, Lopez-Martin, Josep Maria, Villamuelas, Miriam, Gasso, Diana, Fernandez-Aguilar, Xavier, Colom-Cadena, Andreu, Krumins, Jennifer Adams, Serrano, Emmanuel Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Fine scale variability in Green Vegetation Fraction Over the Southern Great Plains using Sentinel-2 satellite: A case study Chand, Duli, Berg, Larry K., Tagestad, Jerry D., Putzenlechner, Birgitta, Yang, Zhao, Tai, Sheng-Lun, Fast, Jerome D. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Phenological and physiological responses of the terrestrial ecosystem to the 2019 drought event in Southwest China: Insights from satellite measurements ... Li, Lingfeng, Qiu, Bo, Guo, Weidong, Zhang, Yiping, Song, Qinghai, Chen, Jiuyi Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Solar Induced Fluorescence, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Surface Soil Moisture
Modeling bulk surface resistance and evaluation of evapotranspiration using remote sensing and MATLAB Shekar, N. C. Sanjay, Raju, B. C. Kumar Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Monitoring the Wildfire Activity and Ecosystem Response on Mt. Kilimanjaro Using Earth Observation Data and GIS Das, Priyanko, Zhang, Zhenke, Ren, Hang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Protected areas provide thermal buffer against climate change Xu, Xiyan, Huang, Anqi, Belle, Elise, De Frenne, Pieter, Jia, Gensuo Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence trends and mechanisms in different ecosystems in northeastern China Guo, Meng, Li, Jing, Li, Jianuo, Zhong, Chao, Zhou, Fenfen Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Solar Induced Fluorescence, Chlorophyll, Primary Production, Leaf Characteristics
SPATIAL DOWNSCALING OF SMAP SOIL MOISTURE USING THE MODIS AND SRTM Mohite, J. D., Sawant, S. A., Pandit, A., Pappula, S. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Albedo, Anisotropy
Secondary organic aerosol formation and source contributions over east China in summertime Li, Jie, Han, Zhiwei, Wu, Jian, Tao, Jun, Li, Jiawei, Sun, Yele, Liang, Lin, Liang, Mingjie, Wang, Qin'geng Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Rapid assessment of plant diversity using MODIS biophysical proxies Mahanand, Swapna, Behera, Mukunda Dev, Roy, Partha Sarathi Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Revising precipitationwater storagesvegetation signatures with GRACE-based data assimilation Gerdener, Helena, Kusche, Jurgen, Schulze, Kerstin, Ghazaryan, Gohar, Dubovyk, Olena Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Seasonal and long-term variations in leaf area of Congolese rainforest Sun, Yuanheng, Knyazikhin, Yuri, She, Xiaojun, Ni, Xiangnan, Chen, Chi, Ren, Huazhong, Myneni, Ranga B. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation
Quantifying the variability in water use efficiency from the canopy to ecosystem scale across main croplands Chen, Yanan, Ding, Zhi, Yu, Pujia, Yang, Hong, Song, Lisheng, Fan, Lei, Han, Xujun, Ma, Mingguo, Tang, Xuguang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance
Recent Seasonal Variations in Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency in China's Liu, Linxin, Zhang, Ke, Chao, Lijun, Ezaz, Gazi Tawfiq, Li, Xi, Forzieri, Giovanni 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)
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