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FluxSatMGPP_L3_Daily_p5deg·v2.2·dataset

How much carbon plants capture growing (daily, 0.5 degree)

Daily FluxSat GPP of biomass over Land, Based on MODIS Terra and Aqua adjusted reflectance Collection 6.1, on a Global 0.5 by 0.625 Degree Grid, Level 3 Version 2.2
land NASA GES_DISC Level 3 active
In plain English

What it measures. Estimates how much carbon plants capture through photosynthesis each day, a quantity called gross primary production, along with its uncertainty, on a global grid.

How it's made. Derived from MODIS reflectance data from NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites, fed into neural-network models trained against ground-based flux measurement towers to scale up worldwide.

How & where you'd use it. Useful for studying how much carbon ecosystems take up, tracking plant growth, and understanding the land's role in the carbon cycle.

What's measured

LAND SURFACE › SOILS › SOIL PRODUCTIVITY › GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION (GPP)

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2000-03-01 → ongoing
  • Measured byTerra (MODIS)
  • Processing levelLevel 3
  • Spatial extent-175, -80, 174.9, 79.9
  • StatusACTIVE

What you can do with it

  • Track deforestation, fire scars and land-cover change
  • Monitor crop and vegetation health (NDVI/EVI)
  • Map how built-up vs. green an area is over time
Official description

This dataset provides global gridded daily estimates of gross primary production (GPP) and uncertainties at 0.5 deg latitude by 0.625 deg longitude resolution for the period March 2000 to present. The GPP is derived from MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on NASA Terra and Aqua satellites. GPP is derived using the MODIS Nadir Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF)-Adjusted Reflectances (NBAR) product, which is used as input to neural network models to globally upscale GPP estimated from selected collocated FLUXNET 2015 and OneFlux eddy covariance tower sites used for model training. Version 2.2 is the current version of the dataset. If you have any questions, please read the README document first and post your question to the NASA Earthdata Forum (forum.earthdata.nasa.gov) or email the GES DISC Help Desk (gsfc-dl-help-disc@mail.nasa.gov).

Get the data

fluxsatmgpp_l3_daily_p5deg_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="FluxSatMGPP_L3_Daily_p5deg",
    version="2.2",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from GES_DISC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.