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Publications Citing MODIS Data

Browse a list of academic papers that cite data provided by NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).

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Phytoplankton size structure in a subtropical area from ocean colour and Sea Surface Temperature
PINNSM: A PhysicsInformed Neural Networks Model for Vadose Zone Soil Moisture Profile Prediction Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Plant Phenology Index leveraging over conventional vegetation indices to Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Plant species richness, green spaces, and preterm birth risk in urban areas Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Planted Forests in China Have Higher Drought Risk Than Natural Forests Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Plausible global emissions scenario for 2 C aligned with China's net-zero pathway Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
PM 2.5 reduces the daytime/nighttime urban heat island intensity over Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
PM2.5 Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area
Permafrost Degradation and Vegetation Growth Beyond the Polar Circle in Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Permafrost distribution modeling using remote sensing and machine learning technique in the Garhwal Himalaya, India Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Permafrost, Peatland, and Cropland Regions Are Key to Reconciling North Precipitation Amount, Alpine/Tundra, Biomass, Forests, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Cover, Permafrost, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Respiration, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Snow Depth, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Surface Temperature, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use Classes, Albedo
Persecuted mammals as indicators of moderate human disturbance in the Peruvian Amazon Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Persistent greenhouse conditions in Eocene North America point to lower climate sensitivity Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Persistent Lagrangian transport patterns in the Black Sea identified from climatological Lagrangian Coherent Structures Sea Surface Temperature
Pervasive but biome-dependent relationship between fragmentation and resilience in forests Albedo, Anisotropy, Forest Management, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Policies that improved land conditions Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Pollen-based reconstruction of spatially-explicit vegetation cover over Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Patterns and controlling factors of rock weathering carbon sink in global major rivers Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY
Patterns and drivers of plant C:N:P stoichiometry across a 3000 km aridity gradient Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Patterns and Driving Factors of Litter Decomposition Rates in Global Dryland Ecosystems Ultraviolet Radiation, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux
Patterns and trends of heat and wildfire smoke indicators across ruralurban and social vulnerability gradients in Idaho Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Patterns in tern trophic diversity in a region experiencing rapid Sea Surface Temperature
Phenology-Optimized Drought Index Reveals the Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Vegetation Health and Its Attribution on the Loess Plateau Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps
Physically Based Canopy Interception Model for a Beech Forest Using Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Rainfall-Driven Extreme Snowmelt Will Increase in the Tianshan and Pamir Snow Cover
Range-wide assessment of habitat suitability for jaguars using multiscale species distribution modelling Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Real-Time Wildfire Monitoring via Geostationary Satellite and Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the March 2025 South Korea Wildfires Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Recent weakening of carbon-water coupling in northern ecosystems Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Recent Widespread Deceleration of Global Surface Urban Heat Islands Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Reconstructing Eocene Antarctic river drainage from provenance analysis of Amundsen Sea embayment sediments Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Radiative effects of black carbon in the Arctic due to recent extreme summer fires Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone
Radiative forcing due to shifting southern African fire regimes Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Radiative forcing reduced by early twenty-first century increase in land albedo Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Albedo, Snow Cover
Radiative response to large decline in anthropogenic emissions from China between 2008 and 2016 is modified by simultaneous biomass burning emission changes Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone
Refined semi-empirical models for soil moisture retrieval in spaceborne Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Refined Urban Functional Zones Identification via Empirical Bayesian Kriging: A POI-Weighted Scoring Innovation Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Refining landsat-based annual NDVImax estimation using shape Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps
Reflecting on surface albedo and climate Radiative Forcing, Forests, Alpine/Tundra, Albedo, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Record-setting cyanobacterial bloom in the largest freshwater lake in northern China caused by joint effects of hydrological variations and nutrient enrichment Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Recurrent hot droughts cause persistent legacy effects in a temperate Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Reduced ERA-I Forecasting Skill During Forbush Decreases Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone
Reducing hydrological uncertainty in large mountainous basins: the role Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Recent decline of sea ice area in the Bohai Sea over the period 2001 to 2023 Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
Recent forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon causes substantial reductions in dry season precipitation Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Recent global snow cover trends using the MODIS dataset from 2000 to 2021 Albedo, Snow Cover
Recent streamflow variability linked to climate, dam operations and land Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux
Rapid increases in satellite-observed ice sheet surface meltwater production Snow Grain Size, Surface Morphology
Rapid monitoring of global land change Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use/Land Cover, MECHANICAL DISTURBANCE, DISTURBANCE
Rapid Ocean Warming Drives Sexually Divergent Habitat Use in a Threatened Predatory Marine Ectotherm Sea Surface Temperature
Re-examining urban rainfall enhancement over North America Land Use/Land Cover Classification

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