Getting Started with MODIS Version 6 Vegetation Indices Data Part 3: Interpreting Quality Information

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Published: April 10, 2017

This video focuses on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6 Vegetation Indices data distributed by NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC). Information about MODIS Vegetation Indices quality information, including how to decode quality bits, tools for working with quality data, and where to find additional information, will be provided.

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MOD13A1.006 MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid
MOD13A2.006 MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid
MOD13A3.006 MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid
MOD13C1.006 MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG
MOD13C2.006 MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG
MOD13Q1.006 MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 250 m SIN Grid
MYD13A1.006 MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid
MYD13A2.006 MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid
MYD13A3.006 MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid
MYD13C1.006 MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG
MYD13C2.006 MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG
MYD13Q1.006 MODIS/Aqua Vegetation Indices 16-Day L3 Global 250 m SIN Grid

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AppEEARS Decode Quality, Order, Search, Subset

The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρE…
LDOPE Decode Quality

The Land Data Operational Products Evaluation (

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