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Description

The MOD17A2H Version 6.1 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 6.1 GPP data products: (1) Version 6.1 Level-1B (L1B) products have been improved by undergoing various calibration changes that include: changes to the response-versus-scan angle (RVS) approach that affects reflectance bands for Aqua and Terra MODIS, corrections to adjust for the optical crosstalk in Terra MODIS infrared (IR) bands, and corrections to the Terra MODIS forward look-up table (LUT) update for the period 2012 – 2017, (2) A polarization correction has been applied to the L1B Reflective Solar Bands (RSB), and (3) The product uses Climatology Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) as back up to the operational LAI/FPAR.

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra
Instruments
MODIS
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
2021-01-01 to Present
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
C2565791027-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
87993
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. (2021). MODIS/Terra Gross Primary Productivity 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A2H.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-17

File Naming Convention

MOD17A2H.A2025209.h05v11.061.2025218043205.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD17A2H) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025209), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h05v11), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025218043205), and the Data Format (hdf).

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Title Year Author Topic
Elevation and Vegetation Cover Dominate Inter-Basin Water Use Efficiency Patterns in China Hu, Jun, Su, Hongjun, Chen, Yiping, Qin, Yuanwei, Xue, Zhaohui, Du, Qian Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Analyzing canopy structure effects based on LiDAR for GPP-SIF relationship and GPP estimation Shi, Shuo, Shi, Zixi, Qu, Fangfang, Gong, Wei, Xu, Lu, Liu, Chenxi Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), VIEWING GEOMETRY, Terrain Elevation, Lidar, Topography, Vegetation Height
Climate Impacts on Forest and Grassland Resilience in China: The Role of Wang, Lifeng, Nian, Da, Yuan, Naiming 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), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Climatic drivers of leaf area index dynamics in the Amazon basin: insights from remote sensing Saimun, Md Shamim Reza, Karim, Md Rezaul Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
CEDAR-GPP: spatiotemporally upscaled estimates of gross primary productivity incorporating CO2 fertilization Kang, Yanghui, Bassiouni, Maoya, Gaber, Max, Lu, Xinchen, Keenan, Trevor F. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo
Carbon sink of terrestrial ecosystems in China during 20102020: Spatiotemporal variability and climate impact Xie, Nanhong, Wang, Tijian, Xie, Min, Ma, Danyang, Zhang, Qian, Li, Mengmeng, Li, Shu, Zhuang, Bingliang, Kalsoom, Ume, Kilifarska, Natalya Andreeva, Gadzhev, Georgi, Dimitrova, Reneta, Melas, Dimitrios, Karatzas, Kostas Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Increasing Ecosystem Fluxes Observed from Eddy Covariance and Zheng, Jiao, Zhou, Hao, Yue, Xu, Liu, Xichuan, Xia, Zhuge, Wang, Jun, Xiao, Jingfeng, Li, Xing, Zhang, Fangmin Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Productivity, Solar Induced Fluorescence, Chlorophyll, Leaf Characteristics
Agricultural flash droughts and their impact on crop yields in Lovino, Miguel A, Pierrestegui, M Josefina, Masaro, Lumila, Muller, Omar V, Muller, Gabriela V, Berbery, Ernesto H Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Afforestation boosted gross primary productivity of China: evidence from remote sensing Yan, Wei, Wang, Hesong, Jiang, Chao, Sun, Osbert Jianxin, Chu, Jianmin, Zhang, Anzhi Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Exploring the effects of climatic and environmental heterogeneity on the spatial activity of Patagonian bats Gimenez, Analia Laura, Grech, Marta Gladys, De Paz, Oscar Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Infrared Radiance, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Carbon Monoxide, Tropospheric Ozone, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Water Vapor Concentration Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Habitat Loss and Other Threats to the Survival of Parnassius Stojanovic, Dejan V., Visacki, Vladimir, Ranelovic, Dragana, Ivetic, Jelena, Orlovic, Sasa Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Biomass burning emission analysis based on MODIS aerosol optical depth and AeroCom multi-model simulations: implications for model constraints and emission ... Petrenko, Mariya, Kahn, Ralph, Chin, Mian, Bauer, Susanne E., Bergman, Tommi, Bian, Huisheng, Curci, Gabriele, Johnson, Ben, Kaiser, Johannes W., Kipling, Zak, Kokkola, Harri, Liu, Xiaohong, Mezuman, Keren, Mielonen, Tero, Myhre, Gunnar, Pan, Xiaohua, Protonotariou, Anna, Remy, Samuel, Skeie, Ragnhild Bieltvedt, Stier, Philip, Takemura, Toshihiko, Tsigaridis, Kostas, Wang, Hailong, Watson-Parris, Duncan, Zhang, Kai Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance, Cloud Condensation Nuclei
Asymmetric sensitivity of boreal forest resilience to forest gain and loss Liu, Xiaoye, Wang, Dashan, Chen, Anping, Zeng, Zhenzhong Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Asynchronous Patterns Between Vegetation Structural Expansion and Li, Peilin, Guo, Jing, Deng, Ying, Dang, Xinyu, Zhao, Ting, Wang, Pengtao, Li, Kaiyu Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Assessing the impact of extreme climate events on European gross primary Zhang, Huihui, Loaiciga, Hugo A, Okujeni, Akpona, Liu, Ji, Tan, Min, Sauter, Tobias Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Compounding preconditions of wildfires vary in time and space within Miller, Julia, Touma, Danielle, Brunner, Manuela I. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Linking groundwater variability to ecosystem carbon and water use Chakraborty, Abhishek, Sekhar, M., Bhanja, Soumendra N., Rao, Lakshminarayana Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, 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
Light use efficiency model based on chlorophyll content better captures seasonal gross primary production dynamics of deciduous broadleaf forests Yang, Rongjuan, Liu, Ronggao, Liu, Yang, Chen, Jingming, Xu, Mingzhu, He, Jiaying Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Jaguar (Panthera onca) density and population size across Alvarenga, Guilherme Costa, Tobler, Mathias W., Boron, Valeria, de Carvalho Jr, Elildo Alves Ribeiro, Morato, Ronaldo Goncalves, Endo, Whaldener, Mendonca, Eloisa Neves, Sampaio, Ricardo, Durigan, Carlos Cesar, Goncalves, Andre Luis Sousa, Ramalho, Emiliano Esterci, Pezzuti, Juarez Carlos Brito, de Paula, Milton Jose, Antunes, Andre Pinassi, Mena, Jose Luis, Dupont, Gates, Spironello, Wilson, Pacheco, Jessica, La Rosa-Camino, Fabiola, Cabrera, Jaime, Montanarin, Anelise, da Costa, Marcelo Oliveira Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Monitoring forest attributes, C-fluxes, and C-stocks using the process-based model 3D-CMCC-FEM at the National level Vangi, Elia, Dalmonech, Daniela, d'Amico, Giovanni, Grieco, Elisa, Morichetti, Mauro, Puchi, Paulina F., Francini, Saverio, Fares, Silvano, Giannetti, Francesca, Corona, Piermaria, Barbetti, Roberto, Chirici, Gherardo, Collalti, Alessio Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Modeling orbital data of soil carbon dioxide efflux from different land Della Silva, Joao Lucas, Lima, Mendelson, Teodoro, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro, Crusiol, Luis Guilherme Teixeira, La Scala, Newton, Rossi, Fernando Saragosa, Arvor, Damien, Teodoro, Paulo Eduardo, Silva Junior, Carlos Antonio da Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Parameter Estimation in Land Surface Models: Challenges and Opportunities With Data Assimilation and Machine Learning Raoult, Nina, Douglas, Natalie, MacBean, Natasha, Kolassa, Jana, Quaife, Tristan, Roberts, Andrew G., Fisher, Rosie, Fer, Istem, Bacour, Cedric, Dagon, Katherine, Hawkins, Linnia, Carvalhais, Nuno, Cooper, Elizabeth, Dietze, Michael C., Gentine, Pierre, Kaminski, Thomas, Kennedy, Daniel, Liddy, Hannah M., Moore, David J. P., Peylin, Philippe, Pinnington, Ewan, Sanderson, Benjamin, Scholze, Marko, Seiler, Christian, Smallman, T. Luke, Vergopolan, Noemi, Viskari, Toni, Williams, Mathew, Zobitz, John Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Observed decoupling of vegetation greenness and productivity despite regional coupling patterns across the Tibetan Plateau Lv, Jinxia, Zhao, Wenwu Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Primary productivity forecasting in the food-insecure eastern Sahel region using antecedent vegetation, climatic data and Random Forest Tesfamichael, Solomon G., Hermann, Tamas, Shiferaw, Yegnanew A., Toth, Gergely Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Urbanization increases gross primary production and biomass of Atlantic da Silva, Wanda Karolina, de Carvalho Alves, Marcelo, Zenni, Rafael Dudeque Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
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