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MODIS Data Access and Tools

Data collected by NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) are integral for research of Earth's physical properties. Explore MODIS datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.

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Dataset Temporal Extent Version Sort ascending Data State Processing Level Data Format Related Topics
ISLSCP II Continuous Fields of Vegetation Cover, 1992-1993 1992-04-01 to 1993-05-31 1 COMPLETE 3 Shapefile Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics
Carbon Monitoring System Lake Huron Primary Production Monthly V1 (CMSLakeHuronPPM) at GES DISC 2010-01-01 to 2013-12-31 1 COMPLETE 4 Primary Production
SAFARI 2000 MODIS 500-m Burned Area Products, Southern Africa, Dry Season 2000 2000-06-27 to 2000-10-04 1 COMPLETE 3 multiple Reflectance, Biomass Burning, Fire Occurrence
LBA-ECO LC-02 Hot Pixel Fire Indicator Data for Tri-national MAP Region: 2003-2006 2003-01-01 to 2006-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 CSV Fire Occurrence, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Monthly Frequency of Dust Storm over Land for Varying Intensities, Based on MODIS Terra Deep Blue Level 2 Aerosol Products MOD04_L2 Collection 6.1, on a Global 0.1 by 0.1 Degree Grid, Level 3 Version 1 (MODFDS_MON_GLB_L3) at GES DISC 2000-01-01 to 2022-12-31 1 ACTIVE 3 Dust/Ash/Smoke, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Tree Canopy Cover for the Circumpolar Taiga-Tundra Ecotone: 2000-2005 2000-01-01 to 2005-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 Shapefile Vegetation Cover, Canopy Characteristics
Carbon Monitoring System Lake Superior Primary Production Monthly V1 (CMSLakeSuperiorPPM) at GES DISC 2010-01-01 to 2013-12-31 1 COMPLETE 4 Primary Production
ABoVE: Last Day of Spring Snow, Alaska, USA, and Yukon Territory, Canada, 2000-2016 2000-04-01 to 2016-07-02 1 COMPLETE 3 GeoTIFF Snow Cover, Snow Cover, Snow Cover
MODIS-derived Aggregate, Woody and Herbaceous Leaf Area Index for Africa, 2002-2022 2002-07-05 to 2022-07-29 1 COMPLETE 3 netCDF-4 LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI)
SAFARI 2000 MODIS L3 Albedo and Land Cover Data, Southern Africa, Dry Season 2000 2000-07-11 to 2000-10-15 1 COMPLETE 3 Shapefile Reflectance, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
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MODIS Data Tools

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Tool Sort descending Description Services
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
FIRMS The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. Access, Visualization
HiTIDE Use HiTIDE to subset and download popular Level 2 (swath) datasets. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Downloading
LDOPE Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. Analysis, Visualization
Similarity Search Similarity Search uses machine learning to make it easier for scientists to comb through millions of images and locate sets of similar examples. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
SOTO State of the Ocean (SOTO) is an interactive web-based tool that generates informative maps, animations, and plots that communicate and prove the discovery and analysis of the state of the oceans. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
TESViS The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. Visualization, Subsetting
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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