MODIS GPP/NPP Project (MOD17)

MODIS GPP/NPP Project (MOD17)

The goal of the MOD17 MODIS project is to provide continuous estimates of Gross/Net Primary Production (GPP/NPP) across Earth’s entire vegetated land surface. MOD17 GPP/NPP outputs are useful for natural resource and land management, global carbon cycle analysis, ecosystem status assessment, and environmental change monitoring. MOD17 is part of the NASA Earth Observation System (EOS) program and is the first satellite-driven dataset to monitor vegetation productivity on a global scale. (source: http://www.ntsg.umt.edu/project/mod17)

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Suggested Data Citation
Dataset DOIs
None
Hosted Climate Index Files
None
Data Access
  1. MODIS NTSG_Products
Usage Restrictions
None

Key Figures

Climatological (2000-2005) net primary production. Source: http://www.ntsg.umt.edu/project/mod17

nterannual variability of NPP over the North American Carbon Program (NACP). http://www.ntsg.umt.edu/project/mod17 domain.

Other Information

Earth system components and main variables
Biosphere, NPP: Net Primary Production
Type of data product
Satellite Data Products, Platforms, Aqua, MODIS, Terra
Dataset collections
None

Years of record
to
Metadata ID
None
Data time period extended
Yes, data set is extended
Timestep
Monthly, Weekly, Annual
Domain
Global
Formats:
HDF-EOS
Input Data

satellite

Vertical Levels:
Surface Data Set
Missing Data Flag
Missing data present
Ocean or Land
Land Only
Spatial Resolution

1km

Model Resolution (reanalysis)
None
Data Assimilation Method
None
Model Vintage (reanalysis)
None

Key Publications
Not available...