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Vegetation Index Data Access and Tools

From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Worldview, Giovanni, and Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) guide users in making the most of vegetation index data.

Vegetation Index Datasets

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MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V006	006	Aqua	MODIS	2002-07-04 to 2023-02-25	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	500 Meters x 500 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061	061	Aqua	MODIS	2002-07-04 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	500 Meters x 500 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006	006	Aqua	MODIS	2002-07-01 to 2023-01-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	5600 Meters x 5600 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061	061	Aqua	MODIS	2002-07-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	5600 Meters x 5600 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V006	006	Aqua	MODIS	2002-07-01 to 2023-01-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1000 Meters x 1000 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V061	061	Aqua	MODIS	2002-07-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1000 Meters x 1000 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS-derived Aggregate, Woody and Herbaceous Leaf Area Index for Africa, 2002-2022	1	Terra, Aqua	MODIS	2002-07-05 to 2022-07-29	N: 20.02 S: -40.02 E: 63.8625 W: -21.2839		netCDF-4
MODIS-derived Annual Vegetation Resilience, 2000-2019	1	MODELS, Terra	Computer, MODIS	2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31	N: 76.2257 S: 50.259 E: -98.9735 W: -170.006		COG
MODIS/Terra Gap-Filled, Smoothed LAI-FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 1km SIN Grid	6	Terra	MODIS	2001-01-01 to 2017-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	500 Meters x 500 Meters	HDF-EOS
MODIS/Terra Monthly Vegetation Indices Global 1x1 degree V005 (MODVI) at GES DISC	005	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-01 to 2015-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006	006	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-18 to 2023-02-17	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	5600 Meters x 5600 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061	061	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-18 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	5600 Meters x 5600 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V006	006	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-18 to 2023-02-17	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1000 Meters x 1000 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V061	061	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-18 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1000 Meters x 1000 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 250m SIN Grid V006	006	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-18 to 2023-02-17	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	250 Meters x 250 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 250m SIN Grid V061	061	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-18 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	250 Meters x 250 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V006	006	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-18 to 2023-02-17	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	500 Meters x 500 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061	061	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-18 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	500 Meters x 500 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices Daily Rolling-8-Day L3 Global 250m SIN Grid NRT	6.1NRT	Terra	MODIS	2021-02-07	N: 81 S: -81 E: 180 W: -180	250 Meters x 250 Meters	HDF-EOS
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices Daily Rolling-8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid NRT	6.1NRT	Terra	MODIS	2021-02-07	N: 81 S: -81 E: 180 W: -180	500 Meters x 500 Meters	HDF-EOS
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006	006	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-01 to 2023-01-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	5600 Meters x 5600 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061	061	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	5600 Meters x 5600 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V006	006	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-01 to 2023-01-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1000 Meters x 1000 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V061	061	Terra	MODIS	2000-02-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1000 Meters x 1000 Meters	HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V061	061	Terra, Aqua	MODIS	2000-02-24 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1000 Meters x 1000 Meters	HDF-EOS2

This 2024 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) image from the HLS project shows the degree of land use change in a region of Western Brazil. Green areas with high NDVI values indicate healthy vegetation while tan and brown areas with low NDVI values indicate soil or barren areas.

The Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 Project Releases Vegetation Indices

These new vegetation indices offer the same near-global coverage, and 30-meter spatial resolution as the initial HLS products.

image of HLS Sentinel-2 data over Kansas

Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) Code Now Openly Available

The release of the HLS codebase gives product users greater visibility into the project’s image processing pipeline.

HLS data near Columbus, Nebraska from 2022

HLS: Two Together Better than Two Apart

The purpose of the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) project led by IMPACT, is to combine two or more data streams into a single data set and increase their value.

IMPACT project lead Rahul Ramachandran presents at the 2023 IBM Think Conference

IBM Geospatial Foundation Model Trained with HLS Data

In partnership with IBM, NASA constructed the first geospatial foundation model specifically trained with Earth observation satellite imagery.

Vegetation Index Data Tools

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AppEEARS	The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes.	Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
Giovanni	Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data.	Search and Discovery, Analysis, Access, Visualization, Downloading, Subsetting

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