MOD13A1.061 Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day Global 500m

MODIS/061/MOD13A1
Dataset Availability
2000-02-18T00:00:00Z–2024-09-29T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
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ee.ImageCollection("MODIS/061/MOD13A1")
Tags
16-day evi global modis nasa ndvi terra usgs vegetation
mod13a1

Description

The MOD13A1 V6.1 product provides a Vegetation Index (VI) value at a per pixel basis. There are two primary vegetation layers. The first is the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) which is referred to as the continuity index to the existing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (NOAA-AVHRR) derived NDVI. The second vegetation layer is the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) that minimizes canopy background variations and maintains sensitivity over dense vegetation conditions. The EVI also uses the blue band to remove residual atmosphere contamination caused by smoke and sub-pixel thin cloud clouds. The MODIS NDVI and EVI products are computed from atmospherically corrected bi-directional surface reflectances that have been masked for water, clouds, heavy aerosols, and cloud shadows.

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Bands

Resolution
500 meters

Bands

Name Units Min Max Scale Wavelength Description
NDVI -2000 10000 0.0001

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

EVI -2000 10000 0.0001

Enhanced Vegetation Index

DetailedQA

VI quality indicators

sur_refl_b01 0 10000 0.0001 645nm

Red surface reflectance

sur_refl_b02 0 10000 0.0001 858nm

NIR surface reflectance

sur_refl_b03 0 10000 0.0001 469nm

Blue surface reflectance

sur_refl_b07 0 10000 0.0001 2130nm/2105 - 2155nm

MIR surface reflectance

ViewZenith deg 0 18000 0.01

View zenith angle

SolarZenith deg 0 18000 0.01

Solar zenith angle

RelativeAzimuth deg -18000 18000 0.01

Relative azimuth angle

DayOfYear 1 366

Julian day of year

SummaryQA

Quality reliability of VI pixel

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

MODIS data and products acquired through the LP DAAC have no restrictions on subsequent use, sale, or redistribution.

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var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/061/MOD13A1')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2018-01-01', '2018-05-01'));
var ndvi = dataset.select('NDVI');
var ndviVis = {
  min: 0,
  max: 9000,
  palette: [
    'ffffff', 'ce7e45', 'df923d', 'f1b555', 'fcd163', '99b718', '74a901',
    '66a000', '529400', '3e8601', '207401', '056201', '004c00', '023b01',
    '012e01', '011d01', '011301'
  ],
};
Map.setCenter(6.746, 46.529, 2);
Map.addLayer(ndvi, ndviVis, 'NDVI');
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