MODIS Surface Reflectance for CONUS. NPP is the amount of
carbon captured by plants in an ecosystem, after accounting for losses due to
respiration. NPP is calculated using the MOD17 algorithm (see MOD17 User
Guide) with
MODIS Surface Reflectance, gridMET, and the National Land Cover Database.
Version 0.2.0
The MODIS Net Primary Production (NPP) CONUS dataset estimates NPP using
MODIS Surface Reflectance for CONUS. NPP is the amount of
carbon captured by plants in an ecosystem, after accounting for losses due to
respiration. NPP is calculated using the MOD17 algorithm (see MOD17 User
Guide) with
MODIS Surface Reflectance, gridMET, and the National Land Cover Database.
Name | Description | Gee Unit | Gee Scale |
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annualNPP | Annual net primary productivity | kg*C/m^2 | 0.0001 |
QC | Percentage of gap-filled NDVI values. | % |
Providers | |
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University of Montana Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG) (producer, licensor) | |
Google Earth Engine (host) | |
STAC Version | 0.6.0 |
Keywords | conus, gridmet_derived, mod09q1, mod17, modis, nlcd_derived, npp, photosynthesis, production, productivity, yearly |
License | proprietary |
Temporal Extent | 12/31/2000, 4:00:00 PM - now |
Citation | Robinson, N.P., B.W. Allred, W.K. Smith, M.O. Jones, A. Moreno, T.A. Erickson, D.E. Naugle, and S.W. Running. 2018. Terrestrial primary production for the conterminous United States derived from Landsat 30 m and MODIS 250 m. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.74](https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.74) |
Type | image_collection |
GSD | metersm |
Platform | Terra |
Instrument | MODIS |
Cadence | year |