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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 [Dataset]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD15A2H.006 Date Accessed: 2026-07-24

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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Improving evapotranspiration estimation by integrating process-based Xie, Mingming, Zhang, Jianyun, Bao, Zhenxin, Zhang, Linus, Duan, Zheng, Wang, Guoqing, Liu, Cuishan, Yuan, Feifei, Guan, Xiaoxiang Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy
Improving Forest Carbon Sink Accounting Using Integrated Satellite-Ground Observations, Machine Learning, and Ecological Process Modeling Hong, Xinhua, Wang, Jiajia, Huang, Junjie, Xiao, Yuexin, Wan, Shunli, Ma, Minghai, Gao, Yuanyun, Wang, Wei, Qian, Zhengwei, Liang, Bin, Tan, Wei, Chen, Hao, Ni, Yanyan, Zhu, Yizhi, Tang, Zhiyuan, Sun, Yumin, Wang, Yali, Zhang, Chengxin Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Natural forests show stronger carbon sink resistance to extreme drought Ding, Yifan, Huang, Xinran, Zhen, Zhen, Zhao, Wenxin, Wang, Xiaochun Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Optimizing restoration based on ecological targets yields both ecological and social gains Zhang, Wenting, Chen, Bin, Yang, Luhan, Chu, Wenyu, Long, Yongle, Wang, Zhen Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Physically consistent reconstruction and propagation analysis of droughts using a physics-informed neural network framework Wang, Tian, Dai, Yongjiu, Zhou, Zhaoqiang, Tu, Xinjun, Lin, Kairong Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Physically interpretable AlphaEarth foundation model embeddings enable LLM-based land surface intelligence Rahman, Mashrekur 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), Population Density
Sustainable grazing strategies for balancing soil conservation and Liu, Le, Chen, Yunming, Peng, Shouzhang, Han, Qinggong, Wu, Yang Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Space-time modeling of Net Primary Productivity before and after major Duan, Yuying, Dahal, Ashok, Morales, Adriano Barasal, Pei, Xiangjun, Lombardo, Luigi Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Productivity
Spatiotemporal variation and regulatory mechanisms in carbon budget and resource use efficiencies across global terrestrial biomes Hao, Shaorong, Zhao, Hongxian, Wang, Mengdie, Gao, Yao, Xu, Mingze, Zhang, Weirong, Hu, Zhongmin, Jin, Chuan Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Towards physically consistent soil roughness for CIMR L-band soil Mondal, Debolina, Karthikeyan, Lanka, Konkathi, Preethi, Link, Moritz, Fernandez-Moran, Roberto, Piles, Maria, Li, Xiaojun, Wigneron, Jean-Pierre Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Tracking Seasonal Transitions Using a Meteorological Seasonality Index Lalic, Branislava, Firanj Sremac, Ana Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Characteristics, Plant Phenology, Vegetation Cover
Tracking seasonal variability in plant traits from spaceborne PRISMA and Ji, Fujiang, Zheng, Ting, Shiklomanov, Alexey N., Yang, Ruqi, Townsend, Philip A., Li, Fa, Hao, Dalei, Dashti, Hamid, Kovach, Kyle R., You, Hangkai, Zhou, Junxiong, Chen, Min Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Maximum/Minimum Temperature, 24 Hour Precipitation Amount, Snow Water Equivalent, Vapor Pressure, Shortwave Radiation
The safety margin of small-scale tree cover loss in global fragmented forests Wang, Jingrui, Zhang, Chaoqun, Pan, Yixuan, Su, Yongxian, Ciais, Philippe, Smith, Taylor, Shang, Jiali, Liu, Jane, Chen, Jing M., Cescatti, Alessandro, Zhang, Yongguang, Laurance, William F., Senf, Cornelius, Zuo, Zhiyan, Liao, Jinbao, Lafortezza, Raffaele, Yan, Kai, Zhu, Peng, Guan, Xiaobin, Li, Xing, Xue, Meimei, Yuan, Wenping, Chen, Xiuzhi, Zhou, Weiqi Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
The phenology of European forests as seen by MODIS Leaf Area Index and GEDI Plant Area Index: toward an integrated approach Cotrina-Sanchez, Alexander, Coomes, David A., Ball, James, Holcomb, Amelia, Valentini, Riccardo, Vaglio Laurin, Gaia Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
The role of the onset of spring vegetation greening in moisture recycling process of the Eastern Tibetan Plateau Hou, Miao, Yurova, Alla Atmospheric Water Vapor, Precipitation, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Reflectance
The increasing impact of vegetation productivity on global wetland Wang, Longjun, Li, Peng, Zhu, Qiuan, Zhou, Xiaolu, Deng, Zhengmiao, Liu, Zelin, Zou, Ziying, Peng, Changhui Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Two decades of human- and climate-induced groundwater storage shifts in Getirana, Augusto, Camacho, Clyvihk Renna, Mourao, Maria Antonieta A., Filho, Otto Correa Rotunno Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Uncertainty Analysis of Gross Primary Production (GPP) Remote-Sensing Ge, Zhongxi, Qu, Yanda, Teng, Huiqin, Tang, Bo-Hui Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
What can hydrological modelling gain from spatially explicit Zheng, Xudong, Liu, Dengfeng, Wang, Hao, Ma, Chuanhui, Liu, Hui, Ming, Guanghui, Li, Qiang, Khan, Mohd Yawar Ali, Hussain, Fiaz Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
What controls fire size in the South American Gran Chaco? Exploring atmospheric and landscape drivers through Remote Sensing San Martin, Rodrigo, Ottle, Catherine, Sorensson, Anna, Vaittinada Ayar, Pradeebane, Mouillot, Florent, Malfante, Marielle Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Population Density
Analysis of Net Primary Productivity Trends in India by Incorporating the Direct Effect of CO2 Fertilization in MODIS Data Das, Ripan, Karmakar, Subhankar, Ghosh, Subimal Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Atmospheric Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Radiative Forcing, Surface Radiative Properties, Albedo, Emissivity, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Skin Temperature, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone
A comparison of machine learning algorithms for predicting gross primary Agarwal, Geetika, Deb Burman, Pramit Kumar, Kulkarni, Vrushali Y, Kosamkar, Pranali K Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
A lightweight SIF-based crop yield estimation model: A case study of Xue, Jinru, Huete, Alfredo, Liu, Zhunqiao, Gao, Sicong, Lu, Xiaoliang Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI)
A global daily seamless 9 km vegetation optical depth (VOD) product from 2010 to 2021 Hu, Die, Wang, Yuan, Jing, Han, Yue, Linwei, Zhang, Qiang, Fan, Lei, Yuan, Qiangqiang, Shen, Huanfeng, Zhang, Liangpei Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Biomass Prediction Using Machine Learning Techniques In Google Earth Engine: A Case Study Of The Azrou Forest In The Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco Laaribya, Said, Alaoui, Assmaa Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
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