MCD15A3H.061 MODIS Leaf Area Index/FPAR 4-Day Global 500m

Dataset Availability: 2002-07-04T00:00:00Z–2024-12-10T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider: NASA LP DAAC at the USGS EROS Center
Earth Engine Snippet: ee.ImageCollection("MODIS/061/MCD15A3H")

Cadence: 4 Days
Tags: fpar global lai modis nasa usgs vegetation
4-day

mcd15a3h

Description

The MCD15A3H Version 6.1 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Level 4, Combined Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR), and Leaf Area Index (LAI) product is a 4-day composite data set with 500 meter pixel size. The algorithm chooses the best pixel available from all the acquisitions of both MODIS sensors located on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites from within the 4-day period.

Documentation:

Bands

Resolution
500 meters

Bands

Name	Min	Max	Scale	Wavelength	Description
`Fpar`	0	100	0.01	400-700nm	FPAR absorbed by the green elements of a vegetation canopy
`Lai`	0	100	0.1		One-sided green leaf area per unit ground area in broadleaf canopies; one-half the total needle surface area per unit ground area in coniferous canopies
`FparLai_QC`					Quality for Lai and Fpar
Bitmask for FparLai_QC Bit 0: MODLAND_QC bits 0: Good quality (main algorithm with or without saturation) 1: Other quality (back-up algorithm or fill values) Bit 1: Sensor 0: Terra 1: Aqua Bit 2: Dead detector 0: Detectors apparently fine for up to 50% of channels 1, 2 1: Dead detectors caused >50% adjacent detector retrieval Bits 3-4: Cloud state 0: Significant clouds NOT present (clear) 1: Significant clouds WERE present 2: Mixed cloud present in pixel 3: Cloud state not defined, assumed clear Bits 5-7: SCF_QC 0: Main (RT) method used with no saturation, best result possible 1: Main (RT) method used with saturation, good and very usable 2: Main (RT) method failed due to bad geometry, empirical algorithm used 3: Main (RT) method failed due to problems other than geometry, empirical algorithm used 4: Pixel not produced at all, value couldn''t be retrieved (possible reasons: bad L1B data, unusable MOD09GA data)
`FparExtra_QC`					Extra detail quality for LAI and FPAR
Bitmask for FparExtra_QC Bits 0-1: Land-sea pass-thru 0: LAND 1: SHORE 2: FRESHWATER 3: OCEAN Bit 2: Snow ice 0: No snow/ice detected 1: Snow/ice detected Bit 3: Aerosol 0: No or low atmospheric aerosol levels detected 1: Average or high aerosol levels detected Bit 4: Cirrus 0: No cirrus detected 1: Cirrus detected Bit 5: Internal cloud mask 0: No clouds 1: Clouds were detected Bit 6: Cloud shadow 0: No cloud shadow detected 1: Cloud shadow detected Bit 7: SCF biome mask 0: Biome outside interval <1,4> 1: Biome in interval <1,4>
`FparStdDev`	0	100	0.01		Standard deviation of Fpar
`LaiStdDev`	0	100	0.1		Standard deviation for Lai

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DOIs

https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD15A3H.061

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/061/MCD15A3H');
var defaultVisualization = dataset.first().select('Fpar');
var defaultVisualizationVis = {
  min: 0.0,
  max: 100.0,
  palette: ['e1e4b4', '999d60', '2ec409', '0a4b06'],
};
Map.setCenter(6.746, 46.529, 6);
Map.addLayer(
    defaultVisualization, defaultVisualizationVis, 'Default visualization');

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MCD15A3H.061 MODIS Leaf Area Index/FPAR 4-Day Global 500m

MODIS/061/MCD15A3H, fpar,global,lai,modis,nasa,usgs,vegetation

2002-07-04T00:00:00Z/2024-12-10T00:00:00Z

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https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD15A3H.061