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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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Title Year Author Topic
Vegetation functional properties determine uncertainty of simulated ecosystem productivityA traceability analysis in the East Asian Monsoon region Cui, Erqian, Huang, Kun, Arain, Muhammad Altaf, Fisher, Joshua B., Huntzinger, Deborah N., Ito, Akihiko, Luo, Yiqi, Jain, Atul K., Mao, Jiafu, Michalak, Anna M., Niu, Shuli, Parazoo, Nicholas C., Peng, Changhui, Peng, Shushi, Poulter, Benjamin, Ricciuto, Daniel M., Schaefer, Kevin M., Schwalm, Christopher R., Shi, Xiaoying, Tian, Hanqin, Wang, Weile, Wang, Jinsong, Wei, Yaxing, Yan, Enrong, Yan, Liming, Zeng, Ning, Zhu, Qiuan, Xia, Jianyang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Discharge, Soil Depth, Biomass, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Albedo, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Carbon, Respiration Rate, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Runoff, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Compounds, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Agricultural Lands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification
Watershed-scale-based forecast method for leaf area index data based on the integration of time series MODIS products and meteorological data Jiang, Hui, Gong, Jianya, Chen, Xiaoling, Liu, Yao Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Woody plant cover estimation in Texas savanna from MODIS products Yang, Xuebin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
A hierarchical Bayesian approach for multi-site optimization of a Su, Yonghong, Feng, Qi, Zhu, Gaofeng, Gu, Chunjie, Wang, Yunquan, Shang, Shasha, Zhang, Kun, Han, Tuo, Chen, Huiling, Ma, Jinzhu Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
A global meta-analysis on the monetary valuation of dryland ecosystem services: The role of socio-economic, environmental and methodological indicators Schild, Johanna E.M., Vermaat, Jan E., de Groot, Rudolf S., Quatrini, Simone, van Bodegom, Peter M. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
A method to upscale the Leaf Area Index (LAI) using GF-1 data with the assistance of MODIS products in the Poyang Lake watershed Hui, Jiang, Yao, Liu Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Analysis of global LAI/FPAR products from VIIRS and MODIS sensors for spatio-temporal consistency and uncertainty from 20122016 Xu, Baodong, Park, Taejin, Yan, Kai, Chen, Chi, Zeng, Yelu, Song, Wanjuan, Yin, Gaofei, Li, Jing, Liu, Qinhuo, Knyazikhin, Yuri, Myneni, Ranga Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Characteristics, Reflectance
Accuracy Assessment on MODIS (V006), GLASS and MuSyQ Land-Surface Albedo Wu, Xiaodan, Wen, Jianguang, Xiao, Qing, You, Dongqin, Dou, Baocheng, Lin, Xinwen, Hueni, Andreas Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Albedo, Anisotropy
Impact of the 2015/2016 El Nino on the terrestrial carbon cycle constrained by bottom-up and top-down approaches Bastos, Ana, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Sitch, Stephen, Chen, Chi, Mialon, Arnaud, Wigneron, Jean-Pierre, Arora, Vivek K., Briggs, Peter R., Canadell, Josep G., Ciais, Philippe, Chevallier, Frederic, Cheng, Lei, Delire, Christine, Haverd, Vanessa, Jain, Atul K., Joos, Fortunat, Kato, Etsushi, Lienert, Sebastian, Lombardozzi, Danica, Melton, Joe R., Myneni, Ranga, Nabel, Julia E. M. S., Pongratz, Julia, Poulter, Benjamin, Rodenbeck, Christian, Seferian, Roland, Tian, Hanqin, van Eck, Christel, Viovy, Nicolas, Vuichard, Nicolas, Walker, Anthony P., Wiltshire, Andy, Yang, Jia, Zaehle, Sonke, Zeng, Ning, Zhu, Dan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Intraspecific ecological niche divergence and reproductive shifts foster cytotype displacement and provide ecological opportunity to polyploids Karunarathne, Piyal, Schedler, Mara, Martinez, Eric J, Honfi, Ana I, Novichkova, Anastasiia, Hojsgaard, Diego Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Development of a physically based soil albedo parameterization for the Tibetan Plateau Zheng, Guanheng, Yang, Hanbo, Lei, Huimin, Yang, Dawen, Wang, Taihua, Qin, Yue Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Comparison of the spatial characteristics of four remotely sensed leaf area index products over ChinaDirect validation and relative uncertainties Li, Xinlu, Lu, Hui, Yu, Le, Yang, Kun Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Ozone pollution will compromise efforts to increase global wheat Mills, Gina, Sharps, Katrina, Simpson, David, Pleijel, Hakan, Broberg, Malin, Uddling, Johan, Jaramillo, Fernando, Davies, William J, Dentener, Frank, Van den Berg, Maurits, Agrawal, Madhoolika, Agrawal, Shahibhushan B., Ainsworth, Elizabeth A., Buker, Patrick, Emberson, Lisa, Feng, Zhaozhong, Harmens, Harry, Hayes, Felicity, Kobayashi, Kazuhiko, Paoletti, Elena, Van Dingenen, Rita Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Multi-objective validation of SWAT for sparsely-gauged West African river basinsA remote sensing approach Pomeon, Thomas, Diekkruger, Bernd, Springer, Anne, Kusche, Jurgen, Eicker, Annette Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Novel Measurements of Fine-Scale Albedo: Using a Commercial Quadcopter Levy, Charlotte R., Burakowski, Elizabeth, Richardson, Andrew D. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Albedo, Anisotropy
Quantifying grazing patterns using a new growth function based on MODIS Leaf Area Index Yu, Rui, Evans, A.J., Malleson, N. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Modelling aboveground biomass using MODIS FPAR/LAI data in alpine grasslands of the Northern Tibetan Plateau Wu, Jian Shuang, Fu, Gang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Spatial and temporal dependency of NDVI satellite imagery in predicting bird diversity over France Bonthoux, Sebastien, Lefevre, Solenne, Herrault, Pierre-Alexis, Sheeren, David Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Response of the water use efficiency of natural vegetation to drought in Northeast China Liu, Dan, Yu, Chenglong, Zhao, Fang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Spatio-Temporal Convergence of Maximum Daily Light-Use Efficiency Based Zhang, Yao, Xiao, Xiangming, Wolf, Sebastian, Wu, Jin, Wu, Xiaocui, Gioli, Beniamino, Wohlfahrt, Georg, Cescatti, Alessandro, van der Tol, Christiaan, Zhou, Sha, Gough, Christopher M., Gentine, Pierre, Zhang, Yongguang, Steinbrecher, Rainer, Ardo, Jonas Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance
Spatiotemporal variability of Canadian High Arctic glacier surface albedo from MODIS data, 20012016 Mortimer, Colleen A., Sharp, Martin Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy
Identification of years with extreme vegetation state in Central Europe based on remote sensing and meteorological data Kern, Aniko, Marjanovic, Hrvoje, Dobor, Laura, Anic, MIslav, Hlasny, Tomas, Barcza, Zoltan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Impact of MODIS sensor calibration updates on Greenland Ice Sheet surface reflectance and albedo trends Casey, Kimberly A., Polashenski, Chris M., Chen, Justin, Tedesco, Marco Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy
Derivation of temporally continuous LAI reference maps through combining the LAINet observation system with CACAO Yin, Gaofei, Li, Ainong, Jin, Huaan, Zhao, Wei, Bian, Jinhu, Qu, Yonghua, Zeng, Yelu, Xu, Baodong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Evaluating MODIS vegetation products using digital images for quantifying local peatland CO<inf>2</inf> gas fluxes Gatis, Naomi, Anderson, Karen, GrandClement, Emilie, Luscombe, David J., Hartley, Iain P., Smith, David, Brazier, Richard E. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
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