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Description

The MOD17A3H Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD17A3HGF Version 6.1 data product.

The MOD17A3H Version 6 product provides information about annual Net Primary Production (NPP) at 500 meter (m) pixel resolution. Annual NPP is derived from the sum of all 8-day Net Photosynthesis (PSN) products (MOD17A2H) from the given year. The PSN value is the difference of the Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and the Maintenance Respiration (MR).

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
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
2001-12-27 to 2004-01-03
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
C2763298104-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). MOD17A3H MODIS/Terra Net Primary Production Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A3H.006 Date Accessed: 2026-05-27

File Naming Convention

MOD17A3H.A2002001.h05v11.006.2015153180523.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD17A3H) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2002001), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h05v11), the Version of the data collection (006), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2015153180523), and the Data Format (hdf).

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Publications Citing This Dataset

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Identification of years with extreme vegetation state in Central Europe based on remote sensing and meteorological data Kern, Aniko, Marjanovic, Hrvoje, Dobor, Laura, Anic, MIslav, Hlasny, Tomas, Barcza, Zoltan 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)
Impacts of climate change on net primary production: A modelling study at pan-european scale SAKALLI, A. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Biomass Dynamics, Biomass
Annual gross primary production from vegetation indicesA theoretically sound approach Gilabert, Maria, Sanchez-Ruiz, Sergio, Moreno, Alvaro Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
NASA EOSDIS data identifiers: Approach and system Wanchoo, Lalit, James, Nathan, Ramapriyan, Hampapuram K. Sea Level Pressure, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Surface Temperature, Evaporation, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Surface Winds, Turbulence, Wind Stress, Atmospheric Heating, Heat Flux, Radiative Flux, Conduction, Evaporation, Heat Flux, Sea Level Pressure, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Turbulence, Wind Stress, Aerosol Extinction, Geopotential Height, Chlorine Nitrate, Chlorofluorocarbons, Chlorofluorocarbons, Dinitrogen Pentoxide, Atmospheric Nitric Acid, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nitrous Oxide, Atmospheric Ozone, Upper Air Temperature, Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Profiles, Cloud Top Pressure, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Facilitation contributes to Mediterranean woody plant diversity but does Rey, Pedro J., Alcantara, Julio M., Manzaneda, Antonio J., SanchezLafuente, Alfonso M. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
The influences of drought and land-cover conversion on inter-annual variation of NPP in the Three-North Shelterbelt Program zone of China based on MODIS ... Peng, Dailiang, Wu, Chaoyang, Zhang, Bing, Huete, Alfredo, Zhang, Xiaoyang, Sun, Rui, Lei, Liping, Huang, Wenjing, Liu, Liangyun, Liu, Xinjie, Li, Jun, Luo, Shezhou, Fang, Bin Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
A cluster of CO2 change characteristics with GOSAT observations for viewing the spatial pattern of CO2 emission and absorption Liu, Da, Lei, Liping, Guo, Lijie, Zeng, Zhao-Cheng Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
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