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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: 2026-06-17

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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A practical topographic correction method for improving Moderate Xie, Xinyao, Li, Ainong, Guan, Xiaobin, Tan, Jianbo, Jin, Huaan, Bian, Jinhu Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Assessing MODIS carbon and water fluxes in grasslands and shrublands in semiarid regions using eddy covariance tower data Li, Yuzhen, Li, Longhui, Dong, Jiaqi, Bai, Jie Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Assessment of organic matter temporal dynamics in the klyazma basin using remote sensing and qgis trends. earth Trifonova, Tatiana A., Mishchenko, Natalia V., Shutov, Pavel S. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Carbon use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems in desert/grassland biome transition zoneA case in Ningxia province, northwest China Du, Lingtong, Gong, Fei, Zeng, Yijian, Ma, Longlong, Qiao, Chenglong, Wu, Hongyue Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Atmospheric methane condition over the South Sumatera peatland during the COVID-19 pandemic Rendana, Muhammad, Idris, Wan Mohd Razi, Rahim, Sahibin Abdul Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
Assessing the response of vegetation change to drought during 2009-2018 in Yunnan Province, China Yu, Yuanhe, Shen, Yuzhen, Wang, Jinliang, Wei, Yuchun, Nong, Lanping, Deng, Huan Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Assessing vulnerability of agriculture system to climate change in the SAARC region Singh, Ram Kumar, Kumar, Manoj Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Assessment of spatio-temporal variation and driving mechanism of ecological environment quality in the Arid regions of central asia, Xinjiang Bi, Xu, Chang, Bianrong, Hou, Fen, Yang, Zihan, Fu, Qi, Li, Bo Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Linking soil bacterial diversity to satellite-derived vegetation productivity: a case study in arid and semi-arid desert areas Liu, Jie, Wang, Changkun, Guo, Zhiying, Liu, Ya, Pan, Kai, Xu, Aiai, Zhang, Fangfang, Pan, Xianzhang Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Legacy effects following fire on surface energy, water and carbon fluxes in mature Amazonian forests de Oliveira, Gabriel, Brunsell, Nathaniel A., Chen, Jing M., Shimabukuro, Yosio E., Mataveli, Guilherme A. V., dos Santos, Carlos A. C., Stark, Scott C., de Lima, Andre, Aragao, Luiz E. O. C. Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Long-term leaf C:N ratio change under elevated CO2 and nitrogen deposition in China: Evidence from observations and process-based modeling Sheng, Mingyang, Tang, Jinyun, Yang, Dawen, Fisher, Joshua B., Wang, Han, Kattge, Jens Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Machine learning-based modeling of vegetation leaf area index and gross primary productivity across North America and comparison with a process-based model Zhang, Zhicheng, Xin, Qinchuan, Li, Wanjing Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Machine learning estimates of eddy covariance carbon flux in a scrub in the Mexican highland Guevara-Escobar, Aurelio, Gonzalez-Sosa, Enrique, Cervantes-Jimenez, Monica, Suzan-Azpiri, Humberto, Queijeiro-Bolanos, Monica Elisa, Carrillo-Angeles, Israel, Cambron-Sandoval, Victor Hugo Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Reflectance, Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Impact of temperature and water availability on microwave-derived gross primary production Teubner, Irene E., Forkel, Matthias, Wild, Benjamin, Mosinger, Leander, Dorigo, Wouter Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Identifying the spatial drivers of net primary productivity: A case study in the Bailong River Basin, China Zhou, Yanyan, Yue, Dongxia, Li, Chen, Mu, Xinliang, Guo, Jianjun Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Integration of remote-sensing based metrics and econometric models to assess the socio-economic contributions of carbon sequestration in unmanaged tropical dry forests Castro-Magnani, Marissa, Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Metternicht, Graciela, Laakso, Kati Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Integration of sentinel-3 olci land products and merra2 meteorology data into light use efficiency and vegetation index-driven models for modeling gross primary production Zhang, Fengji, Zhang, Zhijiang, Long, Yi, Zhang, Ling Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Integration of vulnerability and hazard factors for landslide risk assessment Arrogante-Funes, Patricia, Bruzon, Adrian G., Arrogante-Funes, Fatima, Ramos-Bernal, Rocio N., Vazquez-Jimenez, Rene Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Importance of the legacy effect for assessing spatiotemporal correspondence between interannual tree-ring width and remote sensing products in the Sierra ... Wong, Christopher Y.S., Young, Derek J.N., Latimer, Andrew M., Buckley, Thomas N., Magney, Troy S. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Reflectance, Snow Grain Size, Snow Cover
Incorporating water availability into autumn phenological model improved China's terrestrial gross primary productivity (GPP) simulation Peng, Jie, Wu, Chaoyang, Zhang, Xiaoyang, Ju, Weimin, Wang, Xiaoyue, Lu, Linlin, Liu, Yibo Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Improved dryland carbon flux predictions with explicit consideration of water-carbon coupling Barnes, Mallory L., Farella, Martha M., Scott, Russell L., Moore, David J. P., Ponce-Campos, Guillermo E., Biederman, Joel A., MacBean, Natasha, Litvak, Marcy E., Breshears, David D. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Improved estimation of gross primary production of paddy rice cropland with changing model parameters over phenological transitions Huang, Duan, Chi, Hong, Xin, Fengfei, Miyata, Akira, Kang, Minseok, Liu, Kaiwen, Li, Rendong, Dang, Haishan, Qin, Yuanwei, Xiao, Xiangming Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Improved global maps of the optimum growth temperature, maximum light use efficiency, and gross primary production for vegetation Chen, Yongzhe, Feng, Xiaoming, Fu, Bojie, Wu, Xutong, Gao, Zhen Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Landscape Patterns
Improving modeling of ecosystem gross primary productivity through Yang, Dong, Xu, Xianli, Xiao, Fengjin, Xu, Chaohao, Luo, Wei, Tao, Lizhi Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Impacts of climate extremes on ecosystem metrics in southwest China Shao, Hui, Zhang, Yuandong, Gu, Fengxue, Shi, Chunming, Miao, Ning, Liu, Shirong 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
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