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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 Data State Processing Level Data Format Science Keywords
Terra MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) Data, version 2022.0 2000-02-24 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Terra MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Remote-Sensing Reflectance (RRS) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 2000-02-24 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Reflectance
Terra MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Remote-Sensing Reflectance (RRS) Data, version 2022.0 2000-02-24 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Reflectance
Terra MODIS Level-4 Global Binned Apparent Visible Wavelength (AVW) Data, version 2022.0 2000-02-24 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 4 netCDF-4 Visible Wavelengths, Ocean Color, Water Color, Light Transmission, Surface Water
Terra MODIS Level-4 Global Binned Garver-Siegel-Maritorena Model (GSM) Data, version 2022.0 2000-02-24 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 4 netCDF-4 Absorption, Scattering, Phytoplankton, Surface Water, Chlorophyll Concentration
Terra MODIS Level-4 Global Binned Phytoplankton Carbon Data, version 2022.0 2000-02-24 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 4 netCDF-4 Organic Carbon, Phytoplankton
Terra MODIS Level-4 Global Mapped Apparent Visible Wavelength (AVW) Data, version 2022.0 2000-02-24 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 4 netCDF-4 Visible Wavelengths, Ocean Color, Water Color, Light Transmission, Surface Water
Terra MODIS Level-4 Global Mapped Garver-Siegel-Maritorena Model (GSM) Data, version 2022.0 2000-02-24 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 4 netCDF-4 Absorption, Scattering, Phytoplankton, Surface Water, Chlorophyll Concentration
Terra MODIS Level-4 Global Mapped Phytoplankton Carbon Data, version 2022.0 2000-02-24 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 4 netCDF-4 Organic Carbon, Phytoplankton
THANGS Combined GEOLEO Aerosol 30-Min average L3 Global 0.25x0.25 degree grid 2019-01-01 to 2023-01-01 1 ACTIVE 3 NetCDF-4 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties
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
Tree Cover Estimates at 30 m Resolution for Mexico, 2016-2018 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 COG Forests, Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover
Urban Biogenic CO2 fluxes: GPP, Reco and NEE Estimates from SMUrF, 2010-2019 2010-01-01 to 2019-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 netCDF-4 classic Solar Induced Fluorescence, Urban Areas, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Gross Primary Production (gpp), NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Respiration, Agricultural Lands, Forests
Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Phenology EVI-2 Yearly Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 004 COMPLETE 3 HDF-EOS2 Plant Phenology, Vegetation Index, Plant Phenological Changes, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Phenology NDVI Yearly Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 004 COMPLETE 3 HDF-EOS2 Plant Phenology, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenological Changes
Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Vegetation Indices 15Days Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 004 COMPLETE 3 HDF-EOS2 Vegetation Index, Plant Phenology, Plant Phenological Changes, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Vegetation Indices 7Days Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 004 COMPLETE 3 HDF-EOS2 Vegetation Index, Plant Phenology, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenological Changes, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Vegetation Indices Daily Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 004 COMPLETE 3 HDF-EOS2 Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenological Changes, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Vegetation Indices Monthly Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 004 COMPLETE 3 HDF-EOS2 Vegetation Index, Plant Phenology, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenological Changes, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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MODIS 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
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
FLOOD The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, 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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