We are in the process of migrating all NASA Earth science data sites into Earthdata from now until end of 2026. Not all NASA Earth science data and resources will appear here until then. Thank you for your patience as we make this transition.
Read about the Web Unification Project
Publications Citing MODIS Data
Browse a list of academic papers that cite data provided by NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).
Filters
| Title | Year Sort ascending | Author | Topic | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shocks and rural food insecurity: Insights from high frequency data during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi | Upton, Joanna, Lentz, Erin, Tennant, Elizabeth, Michelson, Hope | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Snow and soil moisture impacts on the Great Plains low-level jet and US | Ferguson, Craig R., Song, Hyo-Jong, Winters, Andrew C., Beauharnois, Mark C. | Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar) | ||
| Snow Leopard habitat vulnerability assessment under climate change and connectivity corridor in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China | Cong, Wei, Li, Jia, Zhang, Yi, Huang, Taifu, Gao, Shuaishuai, Yu, Jianhua, Zhang, Yuguang, Li, Diqiang | Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Sustainability, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) |
|
|
| Snowmelt and laying date impact the parental care strategy of a high-Arctic shorebird | Etchart, Lea, Lecomte, Nicolas, Dechaume-Moncharmont, Francois-Xavier, Lang, Johannes, Moreau, Jerome, Pagnon, Thomas, Schmidt, Niels Martin, Sittler, Benoit, Bollache, Loic, Gilg, Olivier | Albedo, Snow Cover | ||
| Social-Ecological Factors and Ecosystem Service Trade-Offs/Synergies in | Yang, Xiaoyuan, Zhang, Zhonghua, Zhou, Huakun, Liu, Fanglin, Yu, Hongyan, Zhao, Baowei, Wang, Xianying, Li, Honglin, Shi, Zhengchen | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Social-ecological impacts on forest conservation and restoration in Pan-tropical Asia Karst | Hu, Tao, Xia, Pei, Dong, Jianquan, Yang, Zhiwei, Shu, Jiayao, Yu, Xiaoyu, Peng, Jian | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Small intra-tropical long-distance migratory birds track rainy seasons | Rime, Yann, Osinubi, Samuel Temidayo, Liechti, Felix, Helm, Barbara, Nussbaumer, Raphael | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Snow and Glacier Contributions to the Mendoza River in the Semiarid Central Andes of Argentina | Toum, Ezequiel, Villalba, Ricardo, Masiokas, Mariano H. | Snow Cover | ||
| Siberian wildfire smoke observations from space-based multi-angle | Junghenn Noyes, Katherine T., Kahn, Ralph A. | Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), Geopotential Height, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Upper Air Temperature, Vertical Profiles, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES |
|
|
| Significant Enhancement of the Carbon Sink in the Vegetation Ecosystem in Southern China: Re-Evaluation Based on an Improved Three-Dimensional Online Coupled Weather-Biosphere Model (WRF-VPRM) | Wang, Yike, Deng, Xuejiao, Deng, Tao, Mai, Boru, Diao, Yiwei, Liu, Xia, Fan, Liya, Yin, Shuxian, Zhu, Yixiao, Yang, Honglong | Reflectance | ||
| Significant roles of snow and vegetation cover in modulating altitudinal | Zhang, Hongbo, Zhang, Fan, Luo, Lun, Yan, Wei, Zhang, Longhui, Li, Ziying | Land Use/Land Cover Classification | ||
| Simplification of woody plant trait networks among communities along a | Medeiros, Camila D., Trueba, Santiago, Henry, Christian, Fletcher, Leila R., Lutz, James A., Mendez Alonzo, Rodrigo, Kraft, Nathan J. B., Sack, Lawren | Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity | ||
| Simulating climatic responses of vegetation production with ecological optimality theories | Hu, Zhongmin, Jin, Chuan, Peng, Siyuan, Yang, Yue, Yang, Guojiao, Smith, Nicholas G. | Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity | ||
| Simulating Complex CO2 Background Conditions for Indianapolis, IN, With a Simple Ecosystem CO2 Flux Model | Murphy, S. L., Davis, K. J., Miles, N. L., Barkley, Z. R., Deng, A., Horne, J. P., Richardson, S. J., Gourdji, S. M. | Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) |
|
|
| Soil erosion susceptibility maps and raster dataset for the hydrological basins of North Africa | Salhi, Adil, Benabdelouahab, Sara, Heggy, Essam | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) |
|
|
| Soil FreezeThaw Disturbance Index and Its Indicative Significance on the QinghaiTibet Plateau | Jin, Zongyi, Chai, Linna, Li, Xiaoyan, Zhao, Shaojie, Xiao, Cunde, Liu, Shaomin | Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Soil Fugitive Dust Pollution in Bole City Near Sayram Lake | Bai, Yanyu, Wang, Baoqing, Guo, Ao, Ji, Yuan, Qingele, Hasi, Wang, Yong, Wang, Jieyu, Wang, Jian, Jiang, Yan | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Soil functions are shaped by aridity through soil properties and the | Domenech-Pascual, Anna, Rodriguez, Luciana Chavez, Han, Xingguo, Casas-Ruiz, Joan Pere, Ferriol-Ciurana, Joan, Donhauser, Jonathan, Jordaan, Karen, Allison, Steven D., Frossard, Aline, Prieme, Anders, Ramond, Jean-Baptiste, Romani, Anna M. | Land Use/Land Cover Classification | ||
| Soil moisture and microbiome explain greenhouse gas exchange in global peatlands | Parn, Jaan, Thayamkottu, Sandeep, Opik, Maarja, Bahram, Mohammad, Tedersoo, Leho, Espenberg, Mikk, Davison, John Alexander, Kasak, Kuno, Maddison, Martin, Niinemets, Ulo, Ostonen, Ivika, Soosaar, Kaido, Sohar, Kristina, Zobel, Martin, Mander, Ulo | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity | ||
| Soil moisture dominates the severe decline in gross primary productivity during a 20232024 compound heatwave-drought event over the Amazon | Yang, Te, Chen, Bin, Wang, Shaoqiang, Xu, Xiyan, Artaxo, Paulo, Li, Tingyu, Peng, Haoyu, Yu, Xin | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Projection of Future Fire Weather in Eurasia by Mid21st Century | Tian, Chenguang, Peng, Daofu, Yue, Xu | 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 | ||
| Projections of Hydrological Droughts in Northern Thailand Under RCP Scenarios Using the Composite Hydrological Drought Index (CHDI) | Lapyai, Duangnapha, Chotamonsak, Chakrit, Chantara, Somporn, Limsakul, Atsamon | Land Use/Land Cover Classification | ||
| Prolonged wind droughts in a warming climate threaten global wind power security | Qu, Meng, Shen, Lu, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Yang, Bolei, Zhong, Huiru, Yang, Xinrong, Lu, Xi | Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone, Land Use/Land Cover Classification | ||
| Protected agriculture mapping at continental scale for highlighting hotspots of altered hydrological processes | la Cecilia, Daniele, Despini, Francesca | Reflectance, Total Surface Water | ||
| Protected areas show substantial and increasing risk of wildfire globally | Resco de Dios, Victor, Cunill Camprubi, Angel, Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa, Clarke, Hamish, He, Yingpeng, Zveushe, Obey K, Domenech, Rut, Ying, Han, Yao, Yinan | Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area |
Frequently Asked Questions
Earthdata Forum
Our online forum provides a space for users to browse thousands of FAQs about research needs, data, and data applications. You can also submit new questions for our experts to answer.
Submit Questions to Earthdata Forumand View Expert Responses