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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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Validation of the SNOWPACK model and reconstruction of multidecade snow climatology at Ram Mountain (Alberta, Canada) forced with NARR data Albedo, Snow Cover
VegET evapotranspiration for Africa: Continental-scale simulation, multi-product evaluation, and drought assessment Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Vegetation greening reduces land surface temperature differences between Albedo, Snow Cover, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Vegetation greenness in 2025: Climate chronicles Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Phenology
Vegetation responses to air dryness amplify future land surface warming Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Land Surface Temperature
Vegetation Water Content Estimation Using Optical and Microwave Remote Sensing Atmospheric Water Vapor, Precipitation, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Vegetation Water Stress Response-Driven Approach for Verifying Vegetation Drought Monitoring Results: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Basin, China Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance
Vertical stratification of soil moisture memory and its response to climatic driver factors in inner Mongolia (2001-2024) Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Water quality prediction based on multi-model ensemble learning in a large-scale basin: A case study of the Poyang Lake Basin, China Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Wetlands set the pace of annual runoff in the northern Great Plains Snow Cover
What can hydrological modelling gain from spatially explicit Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
What controls fire size in the South American Gran Chaco? Exploring atmospheric and landscape drivers through Remote Sensing Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Population Density
Winners and losers in a transforming landscape: assessing the impact of dry forest conversion on high-risk species in Michoacan, Mexico (19862025) Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps
The role of reduced aerosol masking from air pollutant emission reductions in recent global warming acceleration (20132023) 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
The safety margin of small-scale tree cover loss in global fragmented forests Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
The Silent Expansion of Fire Activity in Continental Tropical Asia shaped by natural and anthropogenic forces Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
The utility of all-weather land surface temperature for energy balancebased evapotranspiration estimation Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
The visible and hidden climatic effects on Earth's denudation Leaf Area Index (LAI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Top-down estimate of regional carbon sinks over East Asia for 2010-2019 Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Topographic and climatic drivers of elevation-dependent land surface phenology shifts across Nepal's ecoregions Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Phenology
Topographic modulation of drought propagation establishes low-elevation hotspots and mid-elevation climatic refugia in Southern Africa Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Toward an emissivity-adaptive method for arctic ice/snow/water surface temperature retrieval from FengYun-3D MERSI-II data Ice Extent, Ice Temperature
Toward Closing the Hydroxyl Radical (OH) Budget: Assessing the Nitrogen Dioxide, Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, 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, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms
Towards Right Answer for the Right Reasons in Global Land Carbon Sink Estimates 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
Tracing changes in subsurface water storage through a novel Reflectance, Anisotropy, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature

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