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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: 2026-06-19

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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Decoupling the effects of vegetation dynamics and climate variability on watershed hydrological characteristics on a monthly scale from subtropical China Huang, X., Fang, N.F., Shi, Z.H., Zhu, T.X., Wang, L. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Harmonization of GEOV2 fAPAR time series through MODIS data for global drought monitoring Cammalleri, C., Verger, A., Lacaze, R., Vogt, J.V. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
High-Resolution Vegetation Mapping Using eXtreme Gradient Boosting Based Zhang, Heng, Eziz, Anwar, Xiao, Jian, Tao, Shengli, Wang, Shaopeng, Tang, Zhiyao, Zhu, Jiangling, Fang, Jingyun Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), 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, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Estimating evapotranspiration in semi-arid rangelandsConnecting reference to actual evapotranspiration and the role of soil evaporation Gwate, Onalenna, Mantel, Sukhmani K, Finca, Andiswa, Gibson, Lesley A, Munch, Zahn, Palmer, Anthony R Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Forest biomass estimation using remote sensing and field inventoryA case study of Tripura, India Pandey, Prem Chandra, Srivastava, Prashant K., Chetri, Tilok, Choudhary, Bal Krishan, Kumar, Pavan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Forest degradation assessment based on trend analysis of MODIS-leaf area indexA case study in Mexico Reygadas, Yunuen, Jensen, Jennifer L. R., Moisen, Gretchen G. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Exploration of machine learning techniques in emulating a coupled soil canopy atmosphere radiative transfer model for multi-parameter estimation from satellite observations Shi, Hanyu, Xiao, Zhiqiang, Tian, Xiaodan Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Shortwave Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Evaluation of MOD16 algorithm over irrigated rice paddy using flux tower measurements in southern Brazil Souza, Vanessa de Arruda, Roberti, Debora Regina, Ruhoff, Anderson Luis, Zimmer, Tamires, Adamatti, Daniela Santini, Goncalves, Luis Gustavo G. de, Diaz, Marcelo Bortoluzzi, Alves, Rita de Cassia Marques, Moraes, Osvaldo L. L. de Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Evaluation of ten machine learning methods for estimating terrestrial evapotranspiration from remote sensing Carter, Corinne, Liang, Shunlin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Anisotropy, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo
New Gap-Filling Strategies for Long-Period Flux Data Gaps Using a Data-Driven Approach Kang, Minseok, Ichii, Kazuhito, Kim, Joon, Indrawati, Yohana M., Park, Juhan, Moon, Minkyu, Lim, Jong-Hwan, Chun, Jung-Hwa Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Multi-scale validation of MODIS LAI products based on crop growth period Wang, Ting, Qu, Yonghua, Xia, Ziqing, Peng, Yiping, Liu, Zhenhua Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Non-stationarity in MODIS fAPAR time-series and its impact on operational drought detection Cammalleri, Carmelo, Vogt, Jurgen V. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Quantifying Dissolved Organic Carbon Dynamics Using a Three-Dimensional Liao, Chang, Zhuang, Qianlai, Leung, L. Ruby, Guo, Laodong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Modeling of mixed-pixel clumping index from remote sensing data and its evaluation Ma, Qingmiao, Li, Yingjie, Li, Jing, Liu, Qinhuo Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
MOD-LSP, MODIS-based parameters for hydrologic modeling of North American land cover change Bohn, Theodore J., Vivoni, Enrique R. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Albedo, Anisotropy, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Satellite-based simulation of soil freezing/thawing processes in the northeast Tibetan Plateau Zheng, Guanheng, Yang, Yuting, Yang, Dawen, Dafflon, Baptiste, Lei, Huimin, Yang, Hanbo Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Relative Azimuthal-Angle Matching (RAM): A Screening Method for GEO-LEO Adachi, Yusuke, Kikuchi, Ryota, Obata, Kenta, Yoshioka, Hiroki Atmospheric Ozone, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Representing grasslands using dynamic prognostic phenology based on biological growth stagesPart 2. carbon cycling Haynes, Katherine D., Baker, Ian T., Denning, A. Scott, Wolf, Sebastian, Wohlfahrt, Georg, Kiely, Gerard, Minaya, Renee C., Haynes, John M. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Soil Classification, Soil Chemistry, Soil Bulk Density, Nitrogen, Carbon, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Incoming Solar Radiation, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Soil Respiration, Methane, Plant Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Solar Irradiance, Humidity, Soil Texture, Precipitation Rate, Soil Gas/Air, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Biomass, Dominant Species, Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Biogeochemical Cycles, Forests, Soil Temperature, Biomass Dynamics, Primary Production
Spatially and temporally continuous leaf area index mapping for crops through assimilation of multi-resolution satellite data Jin, Huaan, Xu, Weixing, Li, Ainong, Xie, Xinyao, Zhang, Zhengjian, Xia, Haoming Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance
The Dynamic Habitat Indices (DHIs) from MODIS and global biodiversity Radeloff, V.C., Dubinin, M., Coops, N.C., Allen, A.M., Brooks, T.M., Clayton, M.K., Costa, G.C., Graham, C.H., Helmers, D.P., Ives, A.R., Kolesov, D., Pidgeon, A.M., Rapacciuolo, G., Razenkova, E., Suttidate, N., Young, B.E., Zhu, L., Hobi, M.L. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Temporal variation in resource selection of African elephants follows long-term variability in resource availability Tsalyuk, Miriam, Kilian, Werner, Reineking, Bjorn, Getz, Wayne Marcus Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
The sensitivity of land-atmosphere coupling to modern agriculture in the northern midlatitudes McDermid, Sonali Shukla, Montes, Carlo, Cook, Benjamin I., Puma, Michael J., Kiang, Nancy Y., Aleinov, Igor Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Spatiotemporal change of sparse vegetation coverage in northern China Feng, Lili, Jia, Zhiqing, Li, Qingxue, Zhao, Anzhou, Zhao, Yuling, Zhang, Zhaojiang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance
Upscaling gross primary production in corn-soybean rotation systems in the midwest Dold, Christian, Hatfield, Jerry L., Prueger, John H., Moorman, Tom B., Sauer, Tom J., Cosh, Michael H., Drewry, Darren T., Wacha, Ken M. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Validation of global moderate resolution leaf area index (LAI) products over croplands in northeastern China Fang, Hongliang, Zhang, Yinghui, Wei, Shanshan, Li, Wenjuan, Ye, Yongchang, Sun, Tao, Liu, Weiwei Reflectance, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
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