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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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An inversion model for estimating the negative air ion concentration using MODIS images of the Daxing'anling region Yue, Cui, Yuxin, Zhao, Nan, Zhang, Dongyou, Zhang, Jiangning, Yang 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), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
A standardised monitoring protocol for the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) Naveda-Rodriguez, Adrian, Utreras B., Victor, Zapata-Rios, Galo Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Machine Learning Regression Model for Predicting Honey Harvests Campbell, Tristan, Dixon, Kingsley W., Dods, Kenneth, Fearns, Peter, Handcock, Rebecca Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Maize yield estimation in kenya using MODIS Kenduiywo, B. K., Ghosh, A., Hijmans, R., Ndungu, L. Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Isolating the Impacts of Land Use/Cover Change and Climate Change on the You, Nanshan, Meng, Jijun, Zhu, Lijun, Jiang, Song, Zhu, Likai, Li, Feng, Kuo, LiJen Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Importance of shaded leaf contribution to the total GPP of Canadian terrestrial ecosystemsEvaluation of MODIS GPP Chen, Bin, Arain, M. Altaf, Chen, Jing M., Wang, Shaoqiang, Fang, Hongliang, Liu, Zhenhai, Mo, Gang, Liu, Jane Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Influence of the dry event induced hydraulic redistribution on water and carbon cycles at five AsiaFlux forest sites: A site study combining measurements and modeling Wu, Haohao, Fu, Congsheng, Wu, Huawu, Zhang, Lingling Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Enhanced regional terrestrial carbon uptake over Korea revealed by Yun, Jeongmin, Jeong, Sujong, Ho, ChangHoi, Park, Hoonyoung, Liu, Junjie, Lee, Haeyoung, Sitch, Stephen, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Lienert, Sebastian, Lombardozzi, Danica, Haverd, Vanessa, Jain, Atual, Zaehle, Sonke, Kato, Etsushi, Tian, Hanqin, Vuichard, Nicolas, Wiltshire, Andy, Zeng, Ning Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Effects of spatial-temporal land cover distribution on gross primary production and net primary production in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany Ma, Liwei Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Effects of irrigation on water, carbon, and nitrogen budgets in a semiarid watershed in the Pacific NorthwestA modeling study Zhu, Bowen, Huang, Maoyi, Cheng, Yanyan, Xie, Xianhong, Liu, Ying, Zhang, Xuesong, Bisht, Gautam, Chen, Xingyuan, Missik, Justine, Liu, Heping Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Crop yield estimation in the Canadian Prairies using Terra/MODIS-derived crop metrics Liu, Jiangui, Huffman, Ted, Qian, Budong, Shang, Jiali, Li, Qingmou, Dong, Taifeng, Davidson, Andrew, Jing, Qi Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Combined MODIS land surface temperature and greenness data for modeling vegetation phenology, physiology, and gross primary production in terrestrial ... Xu, Xiaojun, Zhou, Guomo, Du, Huaqiang, Mao, Fangjie, Xu, Lin, Li, Xuejian, Liu, Lijuan Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Estimating the Abundance of Andean Ibis (Theristicus branickii) in the High Andes of Northern Ecuador Naveda-Rodriguez, Adrian, Santander, Tatiana, Utreras B., Victor, Zapata-Rios, Galo Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Development of a topographic-corrected temperature and greenness model (TG) for improving GPP estimation over mountainous areas Xie, Xinyao, Li, Ainong Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Evidence of Carbon Uptake Associated with Vegetation Greening Trends in He, Zhonghua, Lei, Liping, Zeng, Zhao-Cheng, Sheng, Mengya, Welp, Lisa R. Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Feasibility of using MODIS products to simulate sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) in Boreal Forests Guo, Meng, Li, Jing, Huang, Shubo, Wen, Lixiang 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
Extending the range of applicability of the semi-empirical ecosystem Tian, Xianglin, Minunno, Francesco, Cao, Tianjian, Peltoniemi, Mikko, Kalliokoski, Tuomo, Makela, Annikki Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Stratigraphic Sequence, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Soil Depth, Sediments, Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Horizons/Profile, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance
Evaluation of the LSA-SAF gross primary production product derived from SEVIRI/MSG data (MGPP) Martinez, B., Gilabert, M.A., Sanchez-Ruiz, S., Campos-Taberner, M., Garcia-Haro, F.J., Brummer, C., Carrara, A., Feig, G., Grunwald, T., Mammarella, I., Tagesson, T. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Heterotrophic Respiration (rh), NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC)
Climate change scenarios and projected impacts for forest productivity in Guanacaste Province (Costa Rica)Lessons for tropical forest regions Stan, Kayla, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Calvo-Rodriguez, Sofia, Castro-Magnani, Marissa, Chen, Jing, Ludwig, Ralf, Zou, Lidong Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
P-model v1.0: an optimality -based light use efficiency model for Stocker, Benjamin D., Wang, Han, Smith, Nicholas G., Harrison, Sandy P., Keenan, Trevor F., Sandoval, David, Davis, Tyler, Prentice, I. Colin Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Ecosystem Functions, Precipitation Amount, Radiative Flux, Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Soil Gas/Air
Plant hydraulic stress strategy improves model predictions of the response of gross primary productivity to drought across China Wu, Haohao, Fu, Congsheng, Wu, Huawu, Zhang, Lingling Land Use/Land Cover Classification, 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, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
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
Performance of the remotely-derived products in monitoring gross primary production across arid and semi-arid ecosystems in northwest China Gu, Qing, Zheng, Hui, Yao, Li, Wang, Min, Ma, Mingguo, Wang, Xufeng, Tang, Xuguang Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Performance of four state-of-the-art GPP products (VPM, MOD17, BESS and PML) for grasslands in drought years Pei, Yanyan, Dong, Jinwei, Zhang, Yao, Yang, Jilin, Zhang, Yongqiang, Jiang, Chongya, Xiao, Xiangming Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across the United States Maurer, Gregory E., Hallmark, Alesia J., Brown, Renee F., Sala, Osvaldo E., Collins, Scott L. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Plant Phenology
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