MODIS V005 Product Announcement

Oct 24, 2006
By: LP DAAC

(Author's Note 5/18/2020: MODIS Version 5 data have been decommissioned. Users are encouraged to visit the Data Catalog to see the latest version of MODIS data products.)


The LP DAAC announces certain MODIS V005 land data products will begin public release on October 25, 2006. The current collection includes acquisitions from February 2000 forward and will grow as data are produced chronologically. Terra and Combined data are available now, and Aqua data are expected to follow in the summer of 2007.

Current MODIS V005 land products include the following data types:

  • MODIS/Terra Surface Reflectance
  • MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices
  • MODIS/Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire
  • MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo
  • MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity

Please visit the following link to review MODIS V005 changes and additional information:

http://modland.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/QA_WWW/newPage.cgi?fileName=MODLAND_C005_changes.

NOTE: Beginning January 1, 2007, no further V004 Terra, Aqua or combined data will be produced. However, V004 collections, including acquisitions from February 2000 through December 2006, will remain available.