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Description

The MOD17A2H Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD17A2H Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD17A2H Version 6 Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) product is a cumulative 8-day composite of values with 500 meter (m) pixel size based on the radiation use efficiency concept that can be potentially used as inputs to data models to calculate terrestrial energy, carbon, water cycle processes, and biogeochemistry of vegetation. The data product includes information about GPP and Net Photosynthesis (PSN). The PSN band values are the GPP less the Maintenance Respiration (MR). The data product also contains a PSN Quality Control (QC) layer. The quality layer contains quality information for both the GPP and the PSN.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6 gross primary productivity data products: (1) The product uses updated Biome Property look-up tables (BPLUT) and an updated version of the daily Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) meteorological data, and (2) The products are now generated at the native resolution of 500 m using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Leaf Area Index(LAI)/Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) (MOD15A2H) 8-day composite at 500 m resolution.

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
C2763298100-LPCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Photosynthesis ,
Primary Production ,
Vegetation Productivity

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. (2015). MOD17A2H MODIS/Terra Gross Primary Productivity 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A2H.006 Date Accessed: 2026-06-18

File Naming Convention

MOD17A2H.A2002273.h12v01.006.2015151211045.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD17A2H) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2002273), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h12v01), the Version of the data collection (006), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2015151211045), 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
Fifteen-year variations of water use efficiency over a wheat-maize rotation cropland in the north China Plain Hu, Xingyu, Lei, Huimin Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Evaluation of forest carbon uptake in South Korea using the national flux tower network, remote sensing, and data-driven technology Cho, Sungsik, Kang, Minseok, Ichii, Kazuhito, Kim, Joon, Lim, Jong-Hwan, Chun, Jung-Hwa, Park, Chan-Woo, Kim, Hyun Seok, Choi, Sung-Won, Lee, Seung-Hoon, Indrawati, Yohana Maria, Kim, Jongho Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Reflectance, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Comparing Three Remotely Sensed Approaches for Simulating Gross Primary Xie, Xinyao, Li, Ainong, Jin, Huaan, Bian, Jinhu, Zhang, Zhengjian, Nan, Xi Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
NMDI application for monitoring different vegetation covers in the Atlantic Forest biome, Brazil Oliveira Santos, Raquel de, Delgado, Rafael Coll, Vilanova, Regiane Souza, Santana, Romario Oliveira de, Andrade, Caio Frossard de, Teodoro, Paulo Eduardo, Silva Junior, Carlos Antonio, Capristo-Silva, Guilherme Fernando, Lima, Mendelson Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Peak growing season patterns and climate extremes-driven responses of gross primary production estimated by satellite and process based models over North America He, Wei, Ju, Weimin, Jiang, Fei, Parazoo, Nicholas, Gentine, Pierre, Wu, Xiaocui, Zhang, Chunhua, Zhu, Jiawen, Viovy, Nicolas, Jain, Atul K., Sitch, Stephen, Friedlingstein, Pierre Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
New global MuSyQ GPP/NPP remote sensing products from 1981 to 2018 Wang, Juanmin, Sun, Rui, Zhang, Helin, Xiao, Zhiqiang, Zhu, Anran, Wang, Mengjia, Yu, Tao, Xiang, Kunlun Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Optimization of environmental variable functions of GPP quantitative model based on SCE-UA and minimum loss screening method Zhang, Lin, Ren, Tianwei, Yu, Yaoqi, Yao, Yuan, Li, Cheng, Zhao, Yuanyuan, Zhuang, Qianlai, Liu, Zhe, Zhang, Xiaodong, Li, Shaoming Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Organic carbon storage potential of cropland topsoils in East China: Indispensable roles of cropping systems and soil managements Ma, Wanzhu, Zhan, Yu, Chen, Songchao, Ren, Zhouqiao, Chen, Xiaojia, Qin, Fangjin, Lu, Ruohui, Lv, Xiaonan, Deng, Xunfei Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Organic matter temporal dynamics in the river ecosystem basin using remote sensing Trifonova, Tatiana, Mishchenko, Natalia, Shutov, Pavel Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Multi-sensor remote sensing for drought characterization: current status, opportunities and a roadmap for the future Jiao, Wenzhe, Wang, Lixin, McCabe, Matthew F. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Sea Surface Temperature, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Multi-layer high-resolution soil moisture estimation using machine Karthikeyan, L., Mishra, Ashok K. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Quantifying the contributions of human activities and climate change to Ge, Wenyan, Deng, Liqiang, Wang, Fei, Han, Jianqiao Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Soil respiration strongly offsets carbon uptake in Alaska and Northwest Canada Watts, Jennifer D, Natali, Susan M, Minions, Christina, Risk, Dave, Arndt, Kyle, Zona, Donatella, Euskirchen, Eugenie S, Rocha, Adrian V, Sonnentag, Oliver, Helbig, Manuel, Kalhori, Aram, Oechel, Walt, Ikawa, Hiroki, Ueyama, Masahito, Suzuki, Rikie, Kobayashi, Hideki, Celis, Gerardo, Schuur, Edward A G, Humphreys, Elyn, Kim, Yongwon, Lee, Bang-Yong, Goetz, Scott, Madani, Nima, Schiferl, Luke D, Commane, Roisin, Kimball, John S, Liu, Zhihua, Torn, Margaret S, Potter, Stefano, Wang, Jonathan A, Jorgenson, M Torre, Xiao, Jingfeng, Li, Xing, Edgar, Colin Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Aquatic Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Vegetation, Soils, Fire Occurrence, Fire Dynamics, Burned Area, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Forests, Vegetation Cover, Alpine/Tundra, Reflectance, Dominant Species, Soil Temperature, Carbon Flux, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Soil Respiration, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Air Temperature, Solar Induced Fluorescence, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE)
Spatial Assessment of Para Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) above Ground Biomass Potentials in Songkhla Province, Southern Thailand Simon, John Nyandansobi, Nuthammachot, Narissara, Titseesang, Teerawet, Okpara, Kingsley Ezechukwu, Techato, Kuaanan Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Productivity
Role of remotely sensed leaf area index assimilation in eco-hydrologic processes in different ecosystems over East Asia with Community Land Model version 4.5 Biogeochemistry Seo, Hocheol, Kim, Yeonjoo Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Remote sensing to study mangrove fragmentation and its impacts on Leaf Area Index and gross primary productivity in the South of Peninsular Malaysia Kanniah, Kasturi Devi, Kang, Chuen Siang, Sharma, Sahadev, Amir, A. Aldrie Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Resistance and resilience of grasslands to drought detected by SIF in inner Mongolia, China Liu, Yaojie, You, Cuihai, Zhang, Yongguang, Chen, Shiping, Zhang, Zhaoying, Li, Ji, Wu, Yunfei Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, 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)
Responses of vegetation greenness and carbon cycle to extreme droughts Deng, Ying, Wang, Xuhui, Wang, Kai, Ciais, Philippe, Tang, Shuchang, Jin, Lei, Li, Lili, Piao, Shilong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Sub-Daily Natural CO2 Flux Simulation Based on Satellite Data: Diurnal Wang, Qiao, Imasu, Ryoichi, Arai, Yutaka, Ito, Satoshi, Mizoguchi, Yasuko, Kondo, Hiroaki, Xiao, Jingfeng Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Surface Soil Moisture, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy
Sustainable and cost-effective vegetation restoration framework under climate change Han, Qinggong, Ding, Yongxia, Peng, Shouzhang Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Strong impacts of autumn phenology on grassland ecosystem water use Cheng, Min, Jin, Jiaxin, Jiang, Hong Reflectance, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Productivity
Spatial, Phenological, and Inter-Annual Variations of Gross Primary Ma, Dujuan, Wu, Xiaodan, Ma, Xuanlong, Wang, Jingping, Lin, Xingwen, Mu, Cuicui Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Vegetation productivity losses linked to mediterranean hot and dry events Ermitao, Tiago, Gouveia, Celia M., Bastos, Ana, Russo, Ana C. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Tropical cyclones shape mangrove productivity gradients in the Indian subcontinent Rasquinha, Dina Nethisa, Mishra, Deepak R. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
A comparison of three models used to determine water fluxes over the Albany Thicket, Eastern Cape, South Africa Palmer, A.R., Ezenne, G.I., Choruma, D.J., Gwate, O., Mantel, S.K., Tanner, J.L. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Biogeochemical Cycles, Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Heat Budget
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