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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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| Remote Sensing and GIS Assessment of Drought Dynamics in the Ukrina River Basin, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sabljic, Luka, Bajic, Davorin, Markovic, Slobodan B., Adzic, Dragutin, Spalevic, Velibor, Sestras, Paul, Pavic, Dragoslav, Lukic, Tin | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity | ||
| Remote Sensing Based Analysis of Crop and Drought Stress Using Multi-Satellite Data | Vatkar, Shilpa | Reflectance | ||
| Reconstructing savannah wildfire events using a deep learning framework | Ramsey, Simon, Reinke, Karin, Edwards, Andrew, Jones, Simon | Reflectance | ||
| Reconstruction of 500-m resolution CYGNSS Water Map using Physics-Constrained Interpolation and Three-Parameter Exponential Threshold Algorithm | Yin, Chongxi, Liu, Baojian | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Representing dynamic grassland density in the land surface model ORCHIDEE r9010 | Xu, Siqing, Luyssaert, Sebastiaan, Balkanski, Yves, Ciais, Philippe, Viovy, Nicolas, Wan, Liang, Sciare, Jean | Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar) | ||
| Remote sensing of urban heat dynamics and the cooling effect of urban green spaces in Ethiopian cities | Moges, Desalew Meseret, Mattisson, Kristoffer, Malmqvist, Ebba, Olsson, Per-Ola | Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance |
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| Revisiting the Urban Heat and Pollution Islands over the Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India | Pandey, Pragya, Tyagi, Bhishma, Kumar, Pradeep, Sahu, Saroj Kumar, Sharma, Kuldeep | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) |
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| Responses of grassland ecosystem temporal stability to biotic and abiotic drivers in arid and semi-arid regions of China | Han, Yunxiang, Zhang, Huayong, Zhao, Bingjian, Luo, Xi, Zhang, Xiao | Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar) |
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| Response of Vegetation Phenology to Hydrothermal Variables on the QTP Using EVI and MSAVI | Zhao, Zhijian, Lin, Hui, Wang, Li, Huang, Min, Wu, Lei, Tang, Linling, Yang, Tao, Xiao, Xin | Albedo, Anisotropy, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance |
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| Salt fingers contribute substantially to diapycnal oxygen transport into the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern South Pacific | Pinto-Juica, Mauro, Pizarro, Oscar, Rodriguez-Santana, Angel, Valencia, Luis P., Ulloa, Osvaldo, Figueroa, Pedro A., Ramos, Marcel, Queste, Bastien Y. | Sea Surface Temperature | ||
| Theoretical and Actual Carbon Sequestration Potential in China's Terrestrial Ecosystems | Wang, Xiaozhen, Deng, Lei, Ciais, Philippe, Wu, Jin, Peng, Changhui, Penuelas, Josep, Zhao, Xining, Peng, Shouzhang, Yue, Chao, Niu, Shuli, Zhang, Yao, Wu, Jianzhao, Bai, Ruihua, Yang, Feng, Shangguan, Zhouping, Kuzyakov, Yakov, Liu, Shirong | Land Use/Land Cover Classification | ||
| Tidal signatures on surface chlorophyll concentration in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin | de Macedo, Carina Regina, Koch-Larrouy, Ariane, da Silva, Jose Carlos Bastos, Magalhaes, Jorge Manuel, Assene, Fernand, Tran, Manh Duy, Dadou, Isabelle, M'Hamdi, Amine, Tran, Trung Kien, Vantrepotte, Vincent | Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance | ||
| The sensitivity of smoke aerosol dispersion to smoke injection height and source-strength: a multi-model AeroCom study | Pan, Xiaohua, Chin, Mian, Kahn, Ralph A., Matsui, Hitoshi, Takemura, Toshihiko, Lin, Meiyun, Xie, Yuanyu, Kim, Dongchul, Val Martin, Maria | 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 | ||
| Spatiotemporal statistical evaluation of recent active and passive | Mousa, B.G., Samat, Alim, Du, Peijun, Abuduwaili, Jilili, Liu, Xiangzhuo, Al-Masnay, Yousef A., Nasri, Adel, Abdelhamid, Marzouk Mohamed Aly | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Spatiotemporal variations of PM2. 5 concentrations in the FenWei Plain of China between 2015 and 2020 based on MAIAC | Wang, Jingyi, Xu, Jiahui | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness | ||
| The Impact of OCO-2 Seasonally Dependent Sampling on Carbon Flux | Liu, Junjie, Basu, Sourish, Byrne, Brendan, Yun, Jeongmin, ODell, Chris | 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, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide | ||
| The dynamic response of vegetation water use efficiency to wildfire | Xi, Huipeng, Wang, Qunming, Atkinson, Peter M. | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area |
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| Spatiotemporal distribution and driving factors of atmospheric pollutants in the U-Chang-Shi urban agglomeration, Northwestern China | Chen, Sheng, Li, Jinglong, He, Qing, Chen, Si, Ding, Gaixia, Dang, Zihao | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Spatiotemporal dynamic of global fires and their effects on land cover | Tian, Peng, Wu, Shenghao, Yan, Yanyun, Xiao, Derong, Li, Jialin, Liu, Yongchao, Zhang, Haitao, Ying, Chao | Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Spatiotemporal dynamics and climatic-anthropogenic drivers of kernel NDVI across Chinas subtropical forests | Yu, Rong, Hou, Rubei, Zhou, Jingjing, Liu, Linmin, Chen, Jingxia, Qu, He, Ding, Su, Ye, Zhi, Chen, Zihang, Pang, Jun, Chen, Jiacheng, Qiu, Shusu | Land Use/Land Cover Classification | ||
| Spatiotemporal dynamics and drivers of ecological quality in Shaanxi (Yellow River Basin, China) based on optimized RSEI and SHAP | Ma, Chan, Zhang, Chi, Chen, Hongqiang, Ma, Ming, Wang, Siyu | Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity | ||
| Spatiotemporal dynamics and drivers of water and carbon use efficiency in the Yellow River basin with harmonized MODIS and GLASS data | Zhou, Shilun, Lyu, Ruiting, Wang, Feiyang, Guan, Xiaodan, Nie, Ning | Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Temperature, Soil Temperature, Soil Infiltration, Soil Infiltration, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Surface Soil Moisture, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Evaporation, Surface Water, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation, Snow/Ice, Snow Depth, Snow Melt, Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI) |
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| Spatiotemporal evolution and coupling mechanisms of urbanization and | Xu, Juntao, Ma, Qiwei, Kong, Junqia | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity Analysis of Net Primary Productivity in Nanjings Urban Green Spaces Based on the DLCCNPP Model: A Long-Term and Multi-Scenario Approach | Fang, Yuhao, Liu, Yuyang, Wang, Yuan, Cao, Yilun, Cheng, Yuning | Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY | ||
| The migrations of Trichiurus japonicus in response to Kuroshio Current in northern Taiwan during winter based on satellite measured data | Lin, Yu-Chun, Lee, Ming-An | Reflectance | ||
| The influence of geological factors on fire vulnerability in Northwestern Russia's boreal region | Krutskikh, N., Kosinova, I. | Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature | ||
| The influence of plant soil moisture stress on solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence efficiency across Africa | Onkaew, Khomkrit, Quaife, Tristan, Black, Emily, Maidment, Ross I. | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Anisotropy, Albedo |
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| The interaction between vegetation greenness and hydro-climatic factors in China | Xu, Yuyue, Liao, Jiangling, Liu, Qing, Li, Yuchen, Pi, Junzheng, Ke, Chang-Qing, Chen, Jianli, Pan, Hang, Wang, Lixin, He, Liyin, Yao, Ling, Zhou, Chenghu | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff |
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| The newly developed Multi-ensemble Biomass-burning Emissions Inventory (MBEI): characterizing and unraveling spatiotemporal uncertainty in global ... | Liu, Xinlu, Sun, Zhongyi, Shi, Chong, Wang, Peng, Nie, Tangzhe, Chu, Qingnan, Shang, Huazhe, Sun, Lu, Ji, Dabin, Guo, Meng, Yi, Kunpeng, Tan, Zhenghong, Wu, Lan, Lu, Xinchun, Yin, Shuai | Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature |
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| The observed near-surface thermal stability from 2002 to 2024 over | Yu, Kexing, Wang, Kaicun | Albedo, Anisotropy, Snow Cover | ||
| The importance of zeros in digital soil mapping II: A case study of depth-to-bedrock mapping in New Brunswick, Canada | Pennell, Travis, Comeau, Louis-Pierre, Zhang, Jin, Feng, Cindy, Heung, Brandon | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| The inconsistency between vegetation greening and ecosystem resilience in the typical subtropical region of China | Liu, Shuang, Liu, Miaomiao, Chen, Xiaohui, Wu, Min, Ye, Limin, Hu, Xisheng | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| The long-term decline of a succulent tree, Aloidendron pillansii, in the hyper-arid Richtersveld region of southern Africa | Hoffman, M. Timm, Carrick, Peter J., Cramer, Michael D., Swart, Elsabe, van Blerk, Justin J., van der Merwe, Helga | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| The response and coupling coordination of soil moisture to vegetation in the Yellow Rivers primary tributaries: a multi-source data analysis of the Wanchuan River Basin | Liu, Xingyu, Li, Xiaodan, Zhang, Xiaoning, Yang, Jiali, Li, Zizhen, Zhang, Haichao, Liu, Xuelu | Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity | ||
| Statistical Modeling of Wildfire Occurrence Based on Geomorphometry in La Amistad International Park's Buffer Zone | Chou-Chen, Shu Wei, Quesada-Roman, Adolfo, Vargas-Sanabria, Daniela | Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area | ||
| Status of Biomass Burning in China (2012 2024): A Satellite-Based Spatiotemporal Assessment | Yang, Guangyi, Liu, Fei, Zhu, Guangqin, Yang, Ling, Zhao, Hongmei, Chen, Guolei | Land Use/Land Cover Classification | ||
| The 2025 Extreme Dust Events in China: Evidence, Attribution, and Implications for Regional Air Quality Assessment | Wang, Shengkai, Yang, Xiao-Yi, Luo, Chenghan | 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, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance | ||
| The Accuracy, Spatial Consistency, and Impact Factors of Global Cropland Products in Karst Landscapes: A Case Study of the YunnanGuizhou Plateau | Xia, Yi, Bao, Li, Xia, Yunsheng, Liu, Guangjie | Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps, Reflectance | ||
| The Arctic Boreal Burned Area (ABBA) Product | Chen, Dong, Hall, Joanne V., HoffmanHall, Amanda, Shevade, Varada, Argueta, Fernanda, Liang, Xiaoyu, Loboda, Tatiana | Forests, Fire Occurrence, Reforestation, Burned Area, Reflectance, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Total Surface Water |
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| Temperature and Moisture Variability Drive Resilience Shifts in Canada's | Yang, Chenlin, Cui, Tianxiang, Fan, Lei, Wang, Jian, Wigneron, Jean-Pierre | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area |
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| Temperature and precipitation seasonality drive morphological divergence in the neotropical bat genus Vampyrodes (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) | Velazco, Paul M., Scholl, Connor, Johnson, Riley, Hoos, Faith, Esquivel, Diego A. | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Phenology | ||
| The biogeography of soil and airborne fungi in the Southwestern USA in relation to climate and vegetation | Cat, Linh Anh, Gorris, Morgan E, Randerson, James T, Kivlin, Stephanie N, Treseder, Kathleen K | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Temporally extending long-term forest productivity dynamics using | Cen, Yi, Hou, Lu, Gao, Xiaojie, Liu, Kai, Li, Yao, Shen, Yu, Yang, Yingpin, Wang, Zongbin, Wang, Jinnian | Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Solar Induced Fluorescence, Chlorophyll, Primary Production, Leaf Characteristics | ||
| Temperature shapes spatial-temporal patterns of global soil carbon accumulation | Yang, Shanshan, Li, Juan, Kuzyakov, Yakov, Smith, Pete, Wang, Lixin, Wang, Yafeng, Ren, Shuai, Huo, Huangyu, Gu, Xiling, Wang, Miaoyue, Li, Jiayi, Cheng, Hao, Ding, Jinzhi | Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Soybean yield estimation in the Brazilian Midwest using Sentinel-2 imagery | de Carvalho Pereira, Ester, Pereira dos Santos, Geovani, Chaves, Michel E. D., Salgado, Gabriela Cristina, Poppiel, Raul Roberto, Kaster, Daniel S., Yuan, Wenping, Junqueira, Cynthia, Chinatto, Adilson, dos Santos Luciano, Ana Claudia | Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity |
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| Seeing green, staying longer? A causal analysis of visual green exposure and urban park engagement using mobility and panoramas data | Zhou, Yichun, Ren, Xiyuan, Yabe, Takahiro, Guan, ChengHe | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Stability Amidst Change: A 12-Year Assessment of Sundarbans Mangrove Dynamics (20132024) | Oney, Md Rokib Udddin, Hoque, Md. Enamul | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Speciesspecific trends in migratory passage time in Nigeria based on longterm ringing data | Jarrett, Crinan, Helm, Barbara, Barshep, Yahkat, Bitrus, Kwanye Zira, Ishong, Joy Akpanta, Schaub, Michael, Nwaogu, Chima J. | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Stratospheric biomass burning aerosols compensate record-breaking ozone depletion over the Arctic in spring 2020 | Zhong, Qirui, Veraverbeke, Sander, Yu, Pengfei, Ma, Jianmin, Tao, Shu | 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 | ||
| Spatiotemporal Impacts of Forest Fires on Mountain Vegetation: A Case | Pokhrel, Shiva, Thakuri, Sudeep, Subedi, Chandra Kanta, Kunwar, Ripu Mardan, Sharma, Krishna Prasad, Chaudhary, Ram Prasad, Ghimire, Suresh Kumar | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) |
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