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. 2014 Nov 26;2:238. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00238

Table 1.

Summary of the MODIS products used.

Name Data Short name HDF layer Resolution Time granularity
EVI Enhanced vegetation index MOD13Q1 2 250 m2 16 days
DLST Daytime land surface temperature MOD11A1 1 1 km2 1 day
NLST Nighttime land surface temperature MOD11A1 5 1 km2 1 day
MIR Middle infra red MCD43A4 7 250 m2 16 days

See also the online resource https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/modis_products_table. Briefly, EVI is a measure of vegetation density, DLST and NLST measure temperature, and MIR is a measure of vegetation regrowth rate.