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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: 2026-06-10

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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Does dynamically modeled leaf area improve predictions of land surface water and carbon fluxes? Insights into dynamic vegetation modules Westermann, Sven Armin, Hildebrandt, Anke, Bousetta, Souhail, Thober, Stephan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Divergent Changes in Vegetation Greenness, Productivity, and Rainfall Yu, Yang, Hua, Ting, Chen, Liding, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Pereira, Paulo Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Decadal variation and trend of boundary layer height and possible Li, Congcong, Zhang, Xuanze, Guo, Jianping, Yu, Qiang, Zhang, Yongqiang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Damage Assessment of the Kupiansk Forest Farm as a Result of Military Actions by Remotely Sensed Data Popov, M., Andreiev, A., Alpert, S., Golubov, S., Lysenko, A. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
High resolution (1-km) surface soil moisture generation from SMAP SSM by Fu, Xiaolei, Zhang, Yuchen, Guo, Luofujie, Lu, Haishen, Ding, Yongjian, Meng, Xianhong, Qin, Yu, Wang, Yueyang, Xi, Bin, Xu, Shiqin, Xu, Pengcheng, Zhang, Gengxi, Jiang, Xiaolei Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
High Resolution (30 m) Burned Area Product Improves the Ability for Qi, Baoye, Zhang, Zhaoming, Long, Tengfei, He, Guojin, Wang, Guizhou, Peng, Yan, Xu, Zekun Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Enhancing Winter Wheat Representation in Noah-MP-Crop for Improved Dynamic Crop Growth Simulation in the North China Plain Wang, Fei, Li, Yanping, Li, Zhenhua, Cai, Xitian, Lin, Xiaofeng, Guo, Lifeng, Han, Dongrui, Fang, Jingchun Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Enhancing rice yield prediction: a deep fusion model integrating ResNet50-LSTM with multi source data Aslam, Aqsa, Farhan, Saima Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Forecasting dead fuel moisture content below forest canopies - A Lyell, Christopher Sean, Nattala, Usha, Keeble, Thomas, Vella, Elena M., Joshi, Rakesh Chandra, Joukhadar, Zaher, Garber, Jonathan, Mutch, Simon J, Gazzard, Tim, Duff, Tom, Sheridan, Gary Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Glaciers determine the sensitivity of hydrological processes to perturbed climate in a large mountainous basin on the Tibetan Plateau Nan, Yi, Tian, Fuqiang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Greening-Induced Biophysical Impacts Lead to Earlier Spring and Autumn Guo, Jing, Wang, Jinmei, Qiao, Yuxin, Huang, Xu, Smith, Nicholas G., Liu, Zhiyong, Zhang, Rui, Chen, Xiuzhi, Wu, Chaoyang, Penuelas, Josep, Chen, Lei Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
GPP Estimation of a Grassland Ecosystem Based on Photosynthesis-Hydrology Coordination Optimization Fu, Lijiang, Tan, Jinglu, Jiang, Yongnian, Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I., Xu, Zhenyu, Guo, Ya Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Evaluation of optical and microwave-derived vegetation indices for Chang, Zhongbing, Fan, Lei, Wigneron, Jean-Pierre, Wang, Ying-Ping, Li, Xiaojun, Wang, Mengjia, Liu, Xiangzhuo, Wang, Huan, Cui, Tianxiang, Yu, Ling, Wu, Jianping, Xiong, Xin, Zhang, Shuo, Tang, Xuli, Yan, Junhua 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), Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Evaluation of the coupling of EMACv2.55 to the land surface and Martin, Anna, Gayler, Veronika, Steil, Benedikt, Klingmuller, Klaus, Jockel, Patrick, Tost, Holger, Lelieveld, Jos, Pozzer, Andrea Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Albedo, Anisotropy, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Evaluation of Leaf Phenology of Different Vegetation Types From Local to Li, Xiaolu, Carrillo, Carlos M., Ault, Toby, Richardson, Andrew D., Friedl, Mark A., Frolking, Steve Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
PhySoilNet: A deep learning downscaling model for microwave satellite Xu, Zhenheng, Sun, Hao, Gao, JinHua, Wang, Yunjia, Wu, Dan, Zhang, Tian, Xu, Huanyu Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Albedo, Anisotropy
Potential reduction in carbon fixation capacity under climate change in a Pinus koraiensis forest Woo, Dong Kook Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Perspectives on modifiable spatiotemporal unit problems in remote sensing of agriculture: evaluating rice production in Vietnam and tools for analysis Peter, Brad G., Messina, Joseph P., Breeze, Victoria, Fung, Cadi Y., Kapoor, Abhinav, Fan, Peilei Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Prescribed fire placement matters more than increasing frequency and extent in a simulated Pacific Northwest landscape Deak, Alison L., Lucash, Melissa S., Coughlan, Michael R., Weiss, Shelby, Silva, Lucas C. R. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Carbon, Carbon, Terrain Elevation
Predicting China's Maize Yield Using Multi-Source Datasets and Machine Learning Algorithms Miao, Lijuan, Zou, Yangfeng, Cui, Xuefeng, Kattel, Giri Raj, Shang, Yi, Zhu, Jingwen Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Predicting monthly near-surface soil temperature from air temperature and the leaf area index Amato, Matthew T., Gimenez, Daniel Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
MODIS fPAR products do not reflect in-situ conditions in a tropical dry forest based on wavelet and cross-wavelet transforms Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Sharp, Iain, Stan, Kayla Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Multiscale assessment of North American terrestrial carbon balance Foster, Kelsey T., Sun, Wu, Shiga, Yoichi P., Mao, Jiafu, Michalak, Anna M. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Compounds, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Agricultural Lands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification
On the importance of plant phenology in the evaporative process of a semi-arid woodland: could it be why satellite-based evaporation estimates in the ... Zimba, Henry M., Coenders-Gerrits, Miriam, Banda, Kawawa E., Hulsman, Petra, van de Giesen, Nick, Nyambe, Imasiku A., Savenije, Hubert H. G. Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps
Modelling Soil <SUP>13</SUP>C across the Tibetan Plateau Using Zhou, T., College of Earth Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China, Lai, Y. S., Yang, Z. H., Shi, Y. H., Luo, X. R., Liu, L., Yu, P., Chen, G., Cao, L. X., Fan, S. H., Cai, C. J., Sun, J., Chen, S. H., Lu, H. Y., Ma, X. L., Li, S. D., Tang, X. L. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
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