Global MODIS vegetation indices are designed to
provide consistent spatial and temporal comparisons of vegetation conditions.
Blue, red, and near-infrared reflectances, centered at 469-nanometers,
645-nanometers, and 858-nanometers, respectively, are used to determine the
MODIS daily vegetation indices.
The MODIS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) complements
NOAA's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) NDVI products
provide continuity for time series historical applications. MODIS also
includes a new 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.
Global MOD13A1 data are provided every 16 days at 500-meter spatial
resolution as a gridded level-3 product in the Sinusoidal projection.
Vegetation indices are used for global monitoring of vegetation conditions
and are used in products displaying land cover and land cover changes. These
data may be used as input for modeling global biogeochemical and hydrologic
processes and global and regional climate. These data also may be used for
characterizing land surface biophysical properties and processes, including
primary production and land cover conversion.
Version-5 MODIS Vegetation Indices products have attained Validation Stage
3.
Global MODIS vegetation indices are designed to provide consistent spatial and temporal comparisons of vegetation conditions. Blue, red, and near-infrared reflectances, centered at 469-nanometers, 645-nanometers, and 858-nanometers, respectively, are used to determine the MODIS daily vegetation indices. The MODIS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) complements NOAA's Advanced Very High Resolution …
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MODIS also\nincludes a new Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) that minimizes canopy\nbackground variations and maintains sensitivity over dense vegetation\nconditions. The EVI also uses the blue band to remove residual atmosphere\ncontamination caused by smoke and sub-pixel thin cloud clouds. The MODIS\nNDVI and EVI products are computed from atmospherically corrected\nbi-directional surface reflectances that have been masked for water, clouds,\nheavy aerosols, and cloud shadows.\n\nGlobal MOD13A1 data are provided every 16 days at 500-meter spatial\nresolution as a gridded level-3 product in the Sinusoidal projection.\nVegetation indices are used for global monitoring of vegetation conditions\nand are used in products displaying land cover and land cover changes. These\ndata may be used as input for modeling global biogeochemical and hydrologic\nprocesses and global and regional climate. These data also may be used for\ncharacterizing land surface biophysical properties and processes, including\nprimary production and land cover conversion.\n\nVersion-5 MODIS Vegetation Indices products have attained Validation Stage\n3.\n\nPlease visit [LP DAAC 'Citing Our Data' page](https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/citing_our_data) for information on citing LP DAAC datasets.\n\n### Bands\n\n**Bands**\n\n| Name | Pixel Size | Description |\n|------|------------|-------------|\n\n### Terms of Use\n\n**Terms of Use**\n\nMODIS data and products acquired through the LP DAAC have no restrictions on subsequent use, sale, or redistribution.\n\n### Explore with Earth Engine\n\n| **Important:** Earth Engine is a platform for petabyte-scale scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets, both for public benefit and for business and government users. Earth Engine is free to use for research, education, and nonprofit use. To get started, please [register for Earth Engine access.](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth-engine)\n\n### Code Editor (JavaScript)\n\n```javascript\nvar dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/MOD13A1')\n .filter(ee.Filter.date('2014-04-01', '2014-06-01'));\nvar ndvi = dataset.select('NDVI');\nvar ndviVis = {\n palette: [\n 'ffffff', 'ce7e45', 'df923d', 'f1b555', 'fcd163', '99b718', '74a901',\n '66a000', '529400', '3e8601', '207401', '056201', '004c00', '023b01',\n '012e01', '011d01', '011301'\n ],\n};\nMap.setCenter(-7.03, 31.05, 2);\nMap.addLayer(ndvi, ndviVis, 'NDVI');\n```\n[Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/MODIS/MODIS_MOD13A1) \n[MOD13A1.005 Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 500m \\[deprecated\\]](/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/MODIS_MOD13A1) \nGlobal MODIS vegetation indices are designed to provide consistent spatial and temporal comparisons of vegetation conditions. Blue, red, and near-infrared reflectances, centered at 469-nanometers, 645-nanometers, and 858-nanometers, respectively, are used to determine the MODIS daily vegetation indices. The MODIS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) complements NOAA's Advanced Very High Resolution ... \nMODIS/MOD13A1, 16-day,evi,global,modis,ndvi,terra,vegetation,vegetation-indices \n2000-02-18T00:00:00Z/2017-03-06T00:00:00Z \n-90 -180 90 180 \nGoogle Earth Engine \nhttps://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets\n\n- [](https://doi.org/https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/dataset_discovery/modis/modis_products_table/mod13a1)\n- [](https://doi.org/https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/MODIS_MOD13A1)"]]
