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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: 2026-06-17

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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Hotter and drier climate made the Mediterranean Europe and Northern Africa region a shrubbier landscape Fang, Wei, Yi, Chuixiang, Chen, Deliang, Xu, Peipei, Hendrey, George, Krakauer, Nir, Jensen, Katherine, Gao, Shan, Lin, Zihan, Lam, Gabriella, Zhang, Qin, Zhou, Tao Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Estimating Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) over Rice-Wheat-Rotation Duan, Zexia, Yang, Yuanjian, Zhou, Shaohui, Gao, Zhiqiu, Zong, Lian, Fan, Sihui, Yin, Jian 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), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Estimating ecosystem maximum light use efficiency based on the water use efficiency principle Gan, Rong, Zhang, Lu, Yang, Yuting, Wang, Enli, Woodgate, William, Zhang, Yongqiang, Haverd, Vanessa, Kong, Dongdong, Fischer, Tony, Chiew, Francis, Yu, Qiang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Functionalities of surface depressions in runoff routing and hydrologic connectivity modeling Wang, Ning, Chu, Xuefeng, Zhang, Xiaodong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Generation of spatio-temporally continuous evapotranspiration and its components by coupling a two-source energy balance model and a deep neural network over the Heihe River Basin Cui, Yaokui, Song, Lisheng, Fan, Wenjie Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, 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), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Greening drylands despite warming consistent with carbon dioxide fertilization effect Gonsamo, Alemu, Ciais, Philippe, Miralles, Diego G., Sitch, Stephen, Dorigo, Wouter, Lombardozzi, Danica, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Nabel, Julia E. M. S., Goll, Daniel S., O'Sullivan, Michael, Arneth, Almut, Anthoni, Peter, Jain, Atul K., Wiltshire, Andy, Peylin, Philippe, Cescatti, Alessandro Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Grass modelling in data-limited areas by incorporating MODIS data products Huang, Xiao, Zhao, Gang, Zorn, Conrad, Tao, Fulu, Ni, Shaoqiang, Zhang, Wenyuan, Tu, Tongbi, Hoglind, Mats Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Feedback From Vegetation to Interannual Variations of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Budakoti, Sachin, Chauhan, Tejasvi, Murtugudde, Raghu, Karmakar, Subhankar, Ghosh, Subimal Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Evapotranspiration Changes over the European Alps: Consistency of Trends Castelli, Mariapina Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Evapotranspiration in the Amazon: spatial patterns, seasonality, and recent trends in observations, reanalysis, and climate models Baker, Jessica C. A., Garcia-Carreras, Luis, Gloor, Manuel, Marsham, John H., Buermann, Wolfgang, da Rocha, Humberto R., Nobre, Antonio D., de Araujo, Alessandro Carioca, Spracklen, Dominick V. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Porosity
Phenology estimation of subtropical bamboo forests based on assimilated MODIS LAI time series data Li, Xuejian, Du, Huaqiang, Zhou, Guomo, Mao, Fangjie, Zhang, Meng, Han, Ning, Fan, Weiliang, Liu, Hua, Huang, ZiHao, He, Shaobai, Mei, Tingting Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Reflectance
Postwildfire soil-hydraulic recovery and the persistence of debris flow hazards Thomas, Matthew A., Rengers, Francis K., Kean, Jason W., McGuire, Luke A., Staley, Dennis M., Barnhart, Katherine R., Ebel, Brian A. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Plant phenology evaluation of CRESCENDO land surface models - Part 1: Peano, Daniele, Hemming, Deborah, Materia, Stefano, Delire, Christine, Fan, Yuanchao, Joetzjer, Emilie, Lee, Hanna, Nabel, Julia E. M. S., Park, Taejin, Peylin, Philippe, Warlind, David, Wiltshire, Andy, Zaehle, Sonke Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Performance stability of the MODIS and VIIRS LAI algorithms inferred from analysis of long time series of products Yan, Kai, Pu, Jiabin, Park, Taejin, Xu, Baodong, Zeng, Yelu, Yan, Guangjian, Weiss, Marie, 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
Modeling and monitoring wheat crop yield using geospatial techniques: A case study of Potohar region, Pakistan Hassan, Sher Shah, Goheer, Muhammad Arif Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Multiscale leaf area index assimilation for Moso bamboo forest based on Sentinel-2 and MODIS data Ji, Jiayi, Li, Xuejian, Du, Huaqiang, Mao, Fangjie, Fan, Weiliang, Xu, Yanxin, Huang, Zihao, Wang, Jingyi, Kang, Fangfang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
On optimizing a MODIS-based framework for in-season corn yield forecast Medina, Hanoi, Tian, Di, Abebe, Ash Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Multi-sensor remote sensing for drought characterization: current status, opportunities and a roadmap for the future Jiao, Wenzhe, Wang, Lixin, McCabe, Matthew F. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Sea Surface Temperature, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Prototyping of LAI and FPAR Retrievals From GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Chen, Yepei, Sun, Kaimin, Li, Wenzhuo, Chen, Chi, Li, Pengfei, Bai, Ting, Park, Taejin, Wang, Weile, Nemani, Ramakrishna R., Myneni, Ranga B. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Reflectance, Snow Grain Size, Snow Cover
Quantifying the contributions of human activities and climate change to Ge, Wenyan, Deng, Liqiang, Wang, Fei, Han, Jianqiao Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Soil carbon persistence governed by plant input and mineral protection Chen, Leiyi, Fang, Kai, Wei, Bin, Qin, Shuqi, Feng, Xuehui, Hu, Tianyu, Ji, Chengjun, Yang, Yuanhe Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Slowdown of the greening trend in natural vegetation with further rise Winkler, Alexander J., Myneni, Ranga B., Hannart, Alexis, Sitch, Stephen, Haverd, Vanessa, Lombardozzi, Danica, Arora, Vivek K., Pongratz, Julia, Nabel, Julia E. M. S., Goll, Daniel S., Kato, Etsushi, Tian, Hanqin, Arneth, Almut, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Jain, Atul K., Zaehle, Sonke, Brovkin, Victor Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Schatzung der Verdunstung mithilfe von Machine- und Deep Learning-Methoden Brenner, Claire, Frame, Jonathan, Nearing, Grey, Schulz, Karsten Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Simplified version of the METRIC model for estimation of actual evapotranspiration Rezaei, Maryam, Ghasemieh, Hoda, Abdollahi, Khodayar Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Rapid eco-physical impact assessment of tropical cyclones using geospatial technology: a case from severe cyclonic storms Amphan Mishra, Manoranjan, Kar, Dipika, Debnath, Manasi, Sahu, Netrananda, Goswami, Shreerup Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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