Getting Started with MODIS Version 6 Vegetation Indices Data Part 2: Using the Data

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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 the MODIS Version 6 Vegetation Indices data products, the scale factor of the data and other data values, and using a color map to visualize the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Vegetation Indices will be provided in this video. The video will also cover how to find Vegetation Indices resources on the LP DAAC website.

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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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