MODLAND Product Filename Convention
The MODLAND products are stored in an enhanced Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS) with the following filename convention:
MODLAND Level 2 products
ESDT.AYYYYDDD.HHMM.CCC.YYYYDDDHHMMSS.hdf
- ESDT = Earth Science Data Type name (e.g., MOD14)
- YYYYDDD = MODIS acquisition year and Julian day
- HHMM = MODIS acquisition UTC time
- CCC = Collection number
- YYYYDDDHHMMSS = Processing Year, Julian day and UTC Time
- hdf = Suffix denoting HDF file
MODLAND Level 2G, 3 and 4 products
ESDT.AYYYYDDD.hHHvVV.CCC.YYYYDDDHHMMSS.hdf
- ESDT = Earth Science Data Type name (e.g., MOD14A1)
- YYYYDDD = MODIS acquisition year and Julian day
- hHH = Horizontal tile number (0-35)
- vVV = Vertical tile number (0-17)
- CCC = Collection number
- YYYYDDDHHMMSS = Processing Year, Julian day and UTC Time
- hdf = Suffix denoting HDF file
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Updated 4 December 2001
