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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: 2026-06-18

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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Satellite time series data reveal interannual and seasonal spatiotemporal evapotranspiration patterns in China in response to effect factors Cheng, Minghan, Jiao, Xiyun, Jin, Xiuliang, Li, Binbin, Liu, Kaihua, Shi, Lei Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Satellite based fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation is congruent with plant diversity in india Mahanand, Swapna, Behera, Mukunda Dev, Roy, Partha Sarathi, Kumar, Priyankar, Barik, Saroj Kanta, Srivastava, Prashant Kumar Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Remote sensing to study mangrove fragmentation and its impacts on Leaf Area Index and gross primary productivity in the South of Peninsular Malaysia Kanniah, Kasturi Devi, Kang, Chuen Siang, Sharma, Sahadev, Amir, A. Aldrie Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Responses of vegetation greenness and carbon cycle to extreme droughts Deng, Ying, Wang, Xuhui, Wang, Kai, Ciais, Philippe, Tang, Shuchang, Jin, Lei, Li, Lili, Piao, Shilong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
The impact of deforestation on rainfall in Africa: a data-driven Duku, Confidence, Hein, Lars Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
The importance of antecedent vegetation and drought conditions as global drivers of burnt area Kuhn-Regnier, Alexander, Voulgarakis, Apostolos, Nowack, Peer, Forkel, Matthias, Prentice, I. Colin, Harrison, Sandy P. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
The Impacts of Climate and Wildfire on Ecosystem Gross Primary Productivity in Alaska Madani, Nima, Parazoo, Nicholas C., Kimball, John S., Reichle, Rolf H., Chatterjee, Abhishek, Watts, Jennifer D., Saatchi, Sassan, Liu, Zhihua, Endsley, Arthur, Tagesson, Torbern, Rogers, Brendan M., Xu, Liang, Wang, Jonathan A., Magney, Troy, Miller, Charles E. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
The 20-year spatiotemporal trends of remotely sensed soil moisture and vegetation and their response to climate change over the third pole Shi, Pengfei, Zeng, Jiangyuan, Chen, Kun-Shan, Ma, Hongliang, Bi, Haiyun, Cui, Chenyang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
The value of water isotope data on improving process understanding in a glacierized catchment on the Tibetan Plateau Nan, Yi, Tian, Lide, He, Zhihua, Tian, Fuqiang, Shao, Lili Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spatiotemporal variations of forest ecohydrological characteristics in the Lancang-Mekong region during 1992-2016 and 2020-2099 under different climate scenarios Kayiranga, Alphonse, Chen, Baozhang, Guo, Lifeng, Measho, Simon, Hirwa, Hubert, Liu, Shuan, Bofana, Jose, Sun, Shaobo, Wang, Fei, Karamage, Fidele, Tuankrua, Venus, Nthangeni, Winny, Dilawar, Adil, Zhang, Huifang, Ndayisaba, Felix Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Phenology, Plant Phenological Changes
Spatiotemporal land use change and environmental degradation surrounding CAFOs in Michigan and North Carolina Miralha, Lorrayne, Muenich, Rebecca L., Schaffer-Smith, Danica, Myint, Soe W. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Vegetation Cover
Spatiotemporal dynamics in assimilated-LAI phenology and its impact on subtropical bamboo forest productivity Li, Xuejian, Du, Huaqiang, Zhou, Guomo, Mao, Fangjie, Zheng, Junlong, Liu, Hua, Huang, Zihao, He, Shaobai Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance
Ung dung san pham anh chi so dien tich la (MODIS LAI) va he thong quan trac du lieu thoi tiet trong mo hinh uoc oan nang suat lua Quang, Truong Chi, Le, Vu Bang, Minh, Vo Quang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of a remote-sensing-based penman-monteith model to meteorological and land surface input variables Majozi, Nobuhle, Mannaerts, Chris, Ramoelo, Abel, Mathieu, Renaud, Verhoef, Wouter Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy
Towards crop yield estimation at a finer spatial resolution using machine learning methods over agricultural regions Liao, Dehai, Niu, Jun, Lu, Na, Shen, Qianxi 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)
A framework for harmonizing multiple satellite instruments to generate a long-term global high spatial-resolution solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) Wen, J., Kohler, P., Duveiller, G., Parazoo, N.C., Magney, T.S., Hooker, G., Yu, L., Chang, C.Y., Sun, Y. Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Heat Flux, Liquid Precipitation, Snow/Ice
A method for estimating the threshold wind speed for dust emissions as a function of soil moisture Matsushima, Dai, Kimura, Reiji, Kurosaki, Yasunori, Ganzorig, Ulgiichimeg, Shinoda, Masato Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy
A theory of plant function helps to explain leaf-trait and productivity Peng, Yunke, Bloomfield, Keith J., Prentice, Iain Colin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
An optimization approach for estimating multiple land surface and atmospheric variables from the geostationary advanced Himawari imager top-of-atmosphere ... Ma, Han, Liang, Shunlin, Shi, Hanyu, Zhang, Yi Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Albedo, Anisotropy
An inversion model for estimating the negative air ion concentration using MODIS images of the Daxing'anling region Yue, Cui, Yuxin, Zhao, Nan, Zhang, Dongyou, Zhang, Jiangning, Yang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
An Assessment of the Hydrological Trends Using Synergistic Approaches of Li, Wenzhao, El-Askary, Hesham, Thomas, Rejoice, Tiwari, Surya Prakash, Manikandan, Karuppasamy P., Piechota, Thomas, Struppa, Daniele Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
An ecological history of the relict genetic lineage of Arabidopsis thaliana Toledo, Bernardo, Marcer, Arnald, Mendez-Vigo, Belen, Alonso-Blanco, Carlos, Pico, F. Xavier 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
A simulation-based analysis of topographic effects on LAI inversion over sloped terrain Yu, Wentao, Li, Jing, Liu, Qinhuo, Yin, Gaofei, Zeng, Yelu, Lin, Shangrong, Zhao, Jing Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
A scaling-based method for the rapid retrieval of FPAR from fine-resolution satellite data in the remote-sensing trend-surface framework Wang, Yiting, Yan, Guangjian, Hu, Ronghai, Xie, Donghui, Chen, Wei Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Below-surface water mediates the response of African forests to reduced Madani, Nima, Kimball, John S, Parazoo, Nicholas C, Ballantyne, Ashley P, Tagesson, Torbern, Jones, Lucas A, Reichle, Rolf H, Palmer, Paul I, Velicogna, Isabella, Bloom, A Anthony, Saatchi, Sassan, Liu, Zhihua, Geruo, A Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
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