The MODIS Products Database is an initiative of Embrapa Agriculture Informatics to facilitate the access and use of MODIS products generated by the Land Processes Distributed Active Center (LP-DAAC). The images available in this database are organized following the Brazilian state basis, composed by 26 spatial subsets.
The complete time series of the vegetation indexes NDVI and EVI, as well the Pixel Reliability product, are available for
download. These images are part of the MOD13Q1 and MYD13Q1.
SEARCH IMAGES IN THE DATABASE
Set the start and final dates.
Select one state.
Select the satellite and the product.
SEARCH RESULTS
The search results are composed by a list of images that meet the input parameters. For each result there is a short description
about the image and a quicklook in PNG format. In “Metadata” there is additional information about the image.
FILENAMES
Filenames follow the standard:
XXXXXXX.AAAAMMDD.250m_16_dias_BAND_UF.tif
Where: XXXXXXX is the MODIS product (MOD13Q1 or MYD13Q1) AAAAMMDD is the start date of the 16 days composite AAAA = year, MM = month e DD = day PRODUCT = product name (NDVI, EVI or Pixel_Reliability) UF = Acronyms of the Brazilian states, according to the spatial subsets
PRODUCTS FEATURES
NDVI and EVI
Bit type: 16-bit signed integer Index values in integer multiplied by 10,000 Valid data range: -2.000 a 10.000 Fill value = -3000
Pixel reliability
Bit type: 8-bit signed integer Valid data range: 0 to 3 Legend: -1 = Fill/No data 0 = Good data, use with no limitation 1 = Marginal data, use with limitation 2 = Snow/Ice 3 = Cloudy
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