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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).

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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: 2026-05-01

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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Farm-scale ecosystem accounting in Brazils Amazonia de Souza Batista, Fabiana, Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes, Hein, Lars, Araza, Arnan, Ros, Gerard H., Duku, Confidence, Marimon Junior, Ben Hur, de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida, Pacheco, Wesley, Pacheco, Victor Hugo, Sheil, Douglas Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Functional homogenization of terrestrial mammals outside protected areas in the Hengduan Mountains, China Li, Xueyou, Hu, Wenqiang, Onditi, Kenneth Otieno, Li, Quan, Hu, Zhechang, Bai, Ru, Liu, Yang, Wang, Hongjiao, Jiang, Xuelong Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Climatic and environmental factors matter for internal European net migration: a panel regression analysis of 19 European countries from 2004 to 2019 Link, Ann-Christine, Brenner, Thomas Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Investigating the vulnerability and resilience capacity of different Bakar, Sophia, Kim, Hyunglok, Basara, Jeffrey, Lakshmi, Venkataraman Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Evaluation of annual trends in carbon cycle variables simulated by CMIP6 Li, Ziyang, Zou, Lidong, Zhao, Anzhou, Zhang, Haigang, Yue, Feng, Luo, Zhe, Bian, Rui, Xu, Ruihao Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Geochemical Versus Climatic Controls on Soil Organic Carbon Watmough, Shaun A., Osborne, Chetwynd, Eimers, M. Catherine, Whitfield, Colin J. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Patterns and controlling factors of rock weathering carbon sink in global major rivers Jiang, Yaru, Kang, Xinyu, Peng, Shengxin, Zhang, Tao, Peng, Guozhi, Su, Xinlu, Chen, Peng, Feng, Wenqing, Chen, Jinke, Li, Jianhong, Pu, Junbing Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Can Large-Scale Satellite Products Track the Effects of Atmospheric Wang, Xiaorong, Guo, Zhengfei, Zhang, Kun, Fu, Zheng, Lee, Calvin K. F., Yang, Dedi, Detto, Matteo, Zhang, Yongguang, Wu, Jin Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
pyVPRM: a next-generation vegetation photosynthesis and Glauch, Theo, Marshall, Julia, Gerbig, Christoph, Botia, Santiago, Gakowski, Micha, Vardag, Sanam N., Butz, Andre Reflectance, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Testing of Drivers for Plant Species Diversity Along Elevational Gradients on Seven Mountainous Islands in the Subtropics Vetaas, Ole R., Steinbauer, Manuel J., Beierkuhnlein, Carl, Robson, Benjamin, Field, Richard, Irl, Severin D. H., Di Musciano, Michele, Chiarucci, Alessandro Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Soil organic and inorganic carbon pools in the Loess Plateau: New estimation, change and trade-offs Wu, Jianzhao, Deng, Lei, Kuzyakov, Yakov, Huang, Yuanyuan, Song, Xiaodong, Nie, Ming, Deng, Jianming, Zhao, Peng, Liao, Yang, Dong, Lingbo, Wang, Xiaozhen, Li, Jiwei, Yang, Feng, Wang, Bing, Shangguan, Zhouping Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Biomass, Forests, Grasslands, Alpine/Tundra
Staunch Defender of COP27: A 20-Year Journey of Land Revegetation Peng, Xiangbin, Xu, Dong, Bai, Tingting, Li, Junjie, Zhu, Kai Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Low But Persistent Organic Carbon Content of Hyperarid River Deposits and Implications for Ancient Mars Kalucha, H., Douglas, M. M., Lamb, M. P., Ke, Y., Fischer, W. W. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Dynamic urban land extensification is projected to lead to imbalances in the global land-carbon equilibrium McManamay, Ryan A., Vernon, Chris R., Chen, Min, Thompson, Isaac, Khan, Zarrar, Narayan, Kanishka B. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Human risk to tick encounters in the southeastern United States estimated with spatial distribution modeling Butler, Rebecca A., Papes, Mona, Vogt, James T., Paulsen, Dave J., Crowe, Christopher, Trout Fryxell, Rebecca T. Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Biomass, Litter Characteristics, Carbon, Forests, Runoff, Soil Texture, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Burned Area
Global Carbon Fluxes Using Multioutput Gaussian Processes Regression and MODIS Products Campos-Taberner, Manuel, Gilabert, Maria Amparo, Sanchez-Ruiz, Sergio, Martinez, Beatriz, Jimenez-Guisado, Adrian, Garcia-Haro, Francisco Javier, Guanter, Luis Reflectance, Anisotropy, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Nile Monitor Distribution Models to Aid Regional Mitigation Efforts Bevan, Hannah R., Jenkins, David G., Suarez, Eric, Campbell, Todd S. Population Size, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Projecting Large Fires in the Western US With an Interpretable and Li, Fa, Zhu, Qing, Yuan, Kunxiaojia, Ji, Fujiang, Paul, Arindam, Lee, Peng, Radeloff, Volker C., Chen, Min Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Spatiotemporal Changes in Chinese Reserve Vegetation Ecological Quality Xiao, Xinge, Peng, Xiangbin Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Spatial and Temporal Variation Characteristics of Ecological Environment Quality in China from 2002 to 2019 and Influencing Factors Li, Junjie, Peng, Xiangbin, Tang, Ruomei, Geng, Jing, Zhang, Zipeng, Xu, Dong, Bai, Tingting Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Spatial distributions and the main driving factors of soil total nitrogen in Zhejiang Province, China Tian, Mi, Sun, Binbin, Wu, Chao, Cheng, Xiaomeng, Zhou, Guohua, Huang, Chunlei, Zhou, Yining, Hu, Qinghai, Li, Longxue Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
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Effects of afforestation on soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation depend on initial soil nitrogen status Hong, Songbai, Cong, Nan, Ding, Jinzhi, Piao, Shilong, Liu, Lingli, Penuelas, Josep, Chen, Anping, Quine, Timothy A., Zeng, Hui, Houlton, Benjamin Z. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Compounds, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Agricultural Lands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification
Factors that shape large-scale gradients in clonality Zhang, Hongxiang, Chen, SiChong, Bonser, Stephen P., Hitchcock, Timothy, Moles, Angela T. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
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A Multi-Perspective Assessment Method with a Dynamic Benchmark for Human Zhang, Fuguang, Zeng, Biao, Yang, Taibao, Zheng, Yuxuan, Cao, Ying Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
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Key predictors of soil organic matter vulnerability to mineralization differ with depth at a continental scale Weiglein, Tyler L., Strahm, Brian D., Bowman, Maggie M., Gallo, Adrian C., Hatten, Jeff A., Heckman, Katherine A., Matosziuk, Lauren M., Nave, Lucas E., Possinger, Angela R., SanClements, Michael D., Swanston, Christopher W. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
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China's carbon budget inventory from 1997 to 2017 and its challenges to achieving carbon neutral strategies Zhang, Sirui, Bai, Xiaoyong, Zhao, Cuiwei, Tan, Qiu, Luo, Guangjie, Wu, Luhua, Xi, Huipeng, Li, Chaojun, Chen, Fei, Ran, Chen, Liu, Min, Gong, Suhua, Song, Fengjiao Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Collaborative agent-based modeling for managing shrub encroachment in an Afroalpine grassland Steger, Cara, Boone, Randall B., Dullo, Bikila Warkineh, Evangelista, Paul, Alemu, Shambel, Gebrehiwot, Kflay, Klein, Julia A. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Assessing the effectiveness of landscape-scale forest adaptation actions to improve resilience under projected climate change Maxwell, Charles J., Scheller, Robert M., Wilson, Kristen N., Manley, Patricia N. Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Assessment of spatio-temporal changes for ecosystem healthA case study of Hexi Corridor, Northwest China Wei, Wei, Nan, Shengxiang, Liu, Chunfang, Xie, Binbin, Zhou, Junju, Liu, Congying Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

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Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor Offset
Npp_500m Net Primary Productivity kg C/m² int16 32767 -30000 to 32700 0.0001 N/A
Npp_QC_500m Quality Control Bits Bit Field uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
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