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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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A leaf area index data set acquired in Sahelian rangelands of Gourma in Mali over the 20052017 period Mougin, Eric, Diawara, Mamadou Oumar, Soumaguel, Nogmana, Maiga, Ali Amadou, Demarez, Valerie, Hiernaux, Pierre, Grippa, Manuela, Chaffard, Veronique, Ba, Abdramane Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Annual and seasonal variations in gross primary productivity across the agro-climatic regions in India Varghese, Roma, Behera, M. D. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Are phenological variations in natural teak (Tectona grandis) forests of India governed by rainfall? A remote sensing based investigation Ghosh, Surajit, Nandy, Subrata, Mohanty, Srutisudha, Subba, Rupesh, Kushwaha, S.P.S. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Applying the remotely sensed data to identify homogeneous regions of watersheds using a pixel-based classification approach Rafiei Sardooi, Elham, Azareh, Ali, Choubin, Bahram, Barkhori, Saeed, Singh, Vijay P., Shamshirband, Shahaboddin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Analisis de las series de tiempo de variables biofisicas para cuatro ecorregiones de Guanacaste, Costa Rica Vega-Araya, Mauricio, Alvarado-Barrantes, Ricardo Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
An improved conceptual model quantifying the effect of climate change and anthropogenic activities on vegetation change in arid regions Yu, Xin, Yang, Hanbo, Li, Sien, Yang, Dawen Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Assimilating multiresolution leaf area index of Moso Bamboo Forest from MODIS time series data based on a hierarchical bayesian network algorithm Xing, Luqi, Li, Xuejian, Du, Huaqiang, Zhou, Guomo, Mao, Fangjie, Liu, Tengyan, Zheng, Junlong, Dong, Luofan, Zhang, Meng, Han, Ning, Xu, Xiaojun, Fan, Weiliang, Zhu, Dien Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance
Assimilating spatiotemporal MODIS LAI data with a particle filter algorithm for improving carbon cycle simulations for bamboo forest ecosystemsyy Li, Xuejian, Du, Huaqiang, Mao, Fangjie, Zhou, Guomo, Han, Ning, Xu, Xiaojun, Liu, Yuli, Zhu, Di'en, Zheng, Junlong, Dong, Luofan, Zhang, Meng Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Reflectance
China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management Chen, Chi, Park, Taejin, Wang, Xuhui, Piao, Shilong, Xu, Baodong, Chaturvedi, Rajiv K., Fuchs, Richard, Brovkin, Victor, Ciais, Philippe, Fensholt, Rasmus, Tmmervik, Hans, Bala, Govindasamy, Zhu, Zaichun, Nemani, Ramakrishna R., Myneni, Ranga B. 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, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Evaluation of topographic effects on multiscale leaf area index estimation using remotely sensed observations from multiple sensors Jin, Huaan, Li, Ainong, Xu, Weixing, Xiao, Zhiqiang, Jiang, Jingyi, Xue, Huazhu Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Evaluation of various precipitation products using ground-based discharge observation at the Nujiang River basin, China Mao, Renjie, Wang, Lei, Zhou, Jing, Li, Xiuping, Qi, Jia, Zhang, Xiaotao Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Identifying and forecasting potential biophysical risk areas within a tropical mangrove ecosystem using multi-sensor data Shrestha, Shanti, Miranda, Isabel, Kumar, Abhishek, Pardo, Maria Luisa Escobar, Dahal, Subash, Rashid, Taufiq, Remillard, Caren, Mishra, Deepak R. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Linking Remote Sensing and Dendrochronology to Quantify Climate-Induced CorreaDiaz, A., Silva, L. C. R., Horwath, W. R., GomezGuerrero, A., VargasHernandez, J., VillanuevaDiaz, J., VelazquezMartinez, A., SuarezEspinoza, J. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Improving estimation of gross primary production in dryland ecosystems by a model-data fusion approach Wang, Haibo, Li, Xin, Ma, Mingguo, Geng, Liying Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Improving land surface temperature simulation in CoLM Over the Tibetan Plateau through fractional vegetation cover derived from a remotely sensed clumping index and model-simulated leaf area index Li, Chengwei, Lu, Hui, Leung, L. Ruby, Yang, Kun, Li, Hongyi, Wang, Wei, Han, Menglei, Chen, Yingying Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Emergent relationships with respect to burned area in global satellite Forkel, Matthias, Andela, Niels, Harrison, Sandy P., Lasslop, Gitta, van Marle, Margreet, Chuvieco, Emilio, Dorigo, Wouter, Forrest, Matthew, Hantson, Stijn, Heil, Angelika, Li, Fang, Melton, Joe, Sitch, Stephen, Yue, Chao, Arneth, Almut Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Dynamics of evapotranspiration over a non-irrigated alfalfa field in the Southern Great Plains of the United States Wagle, Pradeep, Gowda, Prasanna H., Northup, Brian K. 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, Plant Phenology
Development and evaluation of a simple hydrologically based model for terrestrial evapotranspiration simulations Zhu, Gaofeng, Zhang, Kun, Chen, Huiling, Wang, Yunquan, Su, Yonghong, Zhang, Yang, Ma, Jinzhu Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Dry deposition of air pollutants on trees at regional scale: A case study in the Basque Country Garcia de Jalon, S, Burgess, P.J, Curiel Yuste, J, Moreno, G, Graves, A, Palma, J.H.N, Crous-Duran, J, Kay, S, Chiabai, A Population Density, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Evaluating the Met Office Unified Model land surface temperature in Global Atmosphere/Land 3.1 (GA/L3. 1), Global Atmosphere/Land 6.1 (GA/L6. 1) and ... Brooke, Jennifer K., Harlow, R. Chawn, Scott, Russell L., Best, Martin J., Edwards, John M., Thelen, Jean-Claude, Weeks, Mark Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Evaluation and validation of the MODIS LAI algorithm with digital hemispherical photography at Bhitar Kanika Mangrove Forest, India Paramanik, S, Behera, MD, Bhattacharya, BK, Tripathi, S Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Evaluating a new algorithm for satellite-based evapotranspiration for North American ecosystems: Model development and validation El Masri, Bassil, Rahman, Abdullah F., Dragoni, Danilo Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Estimation of latent heat flux using satellite land surface temperature and a variational data assimilation scheme over a eucalypt forest savanna in Northern Australia Barraza, Veronica, Grings, Francisco, Franco, Mariano, Douna, Vanesa, Entekhabi, Dara, Restrepo-Coupe, Natalia, Huete, Alfredo, Gassmann, Maria, Roitberg, Esteban Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Coupled estimation of 500 m and 8-day resolution global evapotranspiration and gross primary production in 20022017 Zhang, Yongqiang, Kong, Dongdong, Gan, Rong, Chiew, Francis H.S., McVicar, Tim R., Zhang, Qiang, Yang, Yuting Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, 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, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Vegetation Productivity
Determinants of the ratio of actual to potential evapotranspiration Peng, Liqing, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Wei, Zhongwang, Chen, Anping, Wood, Eric F., Sheffield, Justin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Shrubland/Scrub, Wetlands, Ecosystem Functions, Agricultural Lands, Alpine/Tundra, Forests, Grasslands, Savannas, Carbon, Leaf Characteristics
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