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Description

The MOD16A3 Version 6 data product was decommissioned due to unexpected errors in the input data. Users are encouraged to use the MOD16A3GF Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD16A3 Version 6 Evapotranspiration/Latent Heat Flux product is a yearly composite dataset produced at 500 meter (m) pixel resolution. The algorithm is based on the logic of the Penman-Monteith equation, which includes inputs of daily meteorological reanalysis data along with Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) remotely sensed data products such as vegetation property dynamics, albedo, and land cover.

Provided in the MOD16A3 product are layers for yearly Evapotranspiration (ET), Latent Heat Flux (LE), Potential ET (PET) and Potential LE (PLE) along with a quality control layer. Two low resolution browse images, ET and LE, are also available for each MOD16A3 granule.

The pixel values for the two Evapotranspiration layers (ET and PET) are the sum for all days within the defined year, and the pixel values for the two Latent Heat layers (LE and PLE) are the average of all days within the defined year.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6 evapotranspiration and latent heat flux data products: (1) Spatial resolution of Version 6 products has increased to nominal 500 m from nominal 1,000 m in Version 5, and (2) Version 5 data products were previously distributed by the Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group at the University of Montana. The Version 6 products are a continuation of this project.

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
2001-01-01 to 2003-12-31
Temporal Resolution
1 Year
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
C2763298097-LPCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Evapotranspiration ,
Photosynthesis ,
Primary Production

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

Running, S., Mu, Q., & Zhao, M. (2017). MOD16A3 MODIS/Terra Net Evapotranspiration Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 [Dataset]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD16A3.006 Date Accessed: 2026-07-03

File Naming Convention

MOD16A3.A2003001.h27v10.006.2017104061811.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD16A3) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2003001), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h27v10), the Version of the data collection (006), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2017104061811), 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
Spatiotemporal analysis of forest cover change and associated Tran, Duy X., Tran, Thuong V., Pearson, Diane, Myint, Soe W., Lowry, John, Nguyen, Tuan T. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Toward operational validation systems for global satellite-based terrestrial essential climate variables Bayat, Bagher, Camacho, Fernando, Nickeson, Jaime, Cosh, Michael, Bolten, John, Vereecken, Harry, Montzka, Carsten Brightness Temperature, Microwave Imagery, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Vegetation Water Content, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Sea Surface Temperature
Assessing the interaction of land cover/land use dynamics, climate extremes and food systems in Uganda Lunyolo, Lilian Daphine, Khalifa, Muhammad, Ribbe, Lars Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Assessment of vegetation dynamics and ecosystem resilience in the context of climate change and drought in the horn of Africa Measho, Simon, Chen, Baozhang, Pellikka, Petri, Guo, Lifeng, Zhang, Huifang, Cai, Diwen, Sun, Shaobo, Kayiranga, Alphonse, Sun, Xiaohong, Ge, Mengyu Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration
Article testing evapotranspiration estimates based on MODIS satellite data in the assessment of the groundwater recharge of karst aquifers in southern Italy Ruggieri, Giovanni, Allocca, Vincenzo, Borfecchia, Flavio, Cusano, Delia, Marsiglia, Palmira, De Vita, Pantaleone Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Characteristics of surface evapotranspiration and its response to climate and land use and land cover in the Huai River Basin of eastern China Li, Meng, Chu, Ronghao, Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul, Shen, Shuanghe Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Integrating computational methods to investigate the macroecology of microbiomes Mascarenhas, Rilquer, Ruziska, Flavia M., Moreira, Eduardo Freitas, Campos, Amanda B., Loiola, Miguel, Reis, Kaike, Trindade-Silva, Amaro E., Barbosa, Felipe A. S., Salles, Lucas, Menezes, Rafael, Veiga, Rafael, Coutinho, Felipe H., Dutilh, Bas E., Guimaraes, Paulo R., Assis, Ana Paula A., Ara, Anderson, Miranda, Jose G. V., Andrade, Roberto F. S., Vilela, Bruno, Meirelles, Pedro Milet Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Absorption, Radiative Forcing
Non-climatic component provoked substantial spatiotemporal changes of carbon and water use efficiency on the Mongolian Plateau Dong, Gang, Zhao, Fangyuan, Chen, Jiquan, Zhang, Yaoqi, Qu, Luping, Jiang, Shicheng, Ochirbat, Batkhishig, Chen, Jingyan, Xin, Xiaoping, Shao, Changliang Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration
Does habitat fragmentation affect landscape-level temperatures? A global analysis Mendes, Clarice B., Prevedello, Jayme A. Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Determining the dry boundary of the LST/FVC space for soil moisture monitoringa semi-empirical method Sun, Hao, Ma, Liru, Wang, Yanmei, Zhou, Baichi, Liu, Weihan, Cai, Chuangchuang, Zhou, Wei, Chen, Wei Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Anisotropy, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Assessing the response of ecosystem water use efficiency to drought during and after drought events across Central Asia Zou, Jie, Ding, Jianli, Welp, Martin, Huang, Shuai, Liu, Bohua Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
An Assessment of the Hydrological Trends Using Synergistic Approaches of Li, Wenzhao, El-Askary, Hesham, Thomas, Rejoice, Tiwari, Surya Prakash, Manikandan, Karuppasamy P., Piechota, Thomas, Struppa, Daniele 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, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Impacts of forestation and deforestation on local temperature across the globe Prevedello, Jayme A., Winck, Gisele R., Weber, Marcelo M., Nichols, Elizabeth, Sinervo, Barry Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Improved spatiotemporal representativeness and bias reduction of satellite-based evapotranspiration retrievals via use of in situ meteorology and constrained canopy surface resistance Sullivan, Ryan C., Cook, David R., Ghate, Virendra P., Kotamarthi, V. Rao, Feng, Yan Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Revegetation has increased ecosystem water-use efficiency during 20002014 in the Chinese Loess PlateauEvidence from satellite data Zheng, Han, Lin, Henry, Zhou, Weijian, Bao, Han, Zhu, Xianjin, Jin, Zhao, Song, Yi, Wang, Yunqiang, Liu, Wenzhao, Tang, Yakun Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Spatiotemporal patterns of terrestrial evapotranspiration in response to climate and vegetation coverage changes across the Chinese Loess Plateau Zheng, Han, Lin, Henry, Zhu, Xianjin Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
The variations of satellite-based ecosystem water use and carbon use efficiency and their linkages with climate and human drivers in the Songnen Plain, China Li, Bo, Huang, Fang, Chang, Shuai, Sun, Ning Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Water Resources Forecasting within the Indus River Basin: a call for comprehensive modeling Adams, Thomas E. Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Water budgets for the delta watershed: Putting together the many disparate pieces University of California, Berkeley, Taddeo, Sophie, Dronova, Iryna Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Water budgets for the delta watershed: Putting together the many disparate pieces U.S. Food and Agriculture Organization, Ariyama, Jiro, Boisrame, Gabrielle, Brand, Marina Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
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
Effects of climate factors and human activities on the ecosystem water use efficiency throughout Northern China Du, Xiaozheng, Zhao, Xiang, Zhou, Tao, Jiang, Bo, Xu, Peipei, Wu, Donghai, Tang, Bijian Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Biomass-burning smoke heights over the Amazon observed from space Gonzalez-Alonso, Laura, Val Martin, Maria, Kahn, Ralph A. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
Response of vegetation productivity to climate change and human activities in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Region, China Liu, Haixin, Zhang, Anbing, Jiang, Tao, Zhao, Anzhou, Zhao, Yuling, Wang, Dongli Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
A Null-Parameter Formula of Storage-Evapotranspiration Relationship at Catchment Scale and its Application for a New Hydrological Model Han, PengFei, Wang, XuSheng, Istanbulluoglu, Erkan 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, Photosynthesis, Primary Production
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