tsgettoolbox_modis - Quick Guide
The ‘tsgettoolbox_modis’ is a plugin-in for ‘tsgettoolbox’ that supplies a command line interface and Python library to get time-series data from the MODIS. The tsgettoolbox_modis will work with Python 3.10+.
Documentation
Reference documentation is at tsgettoolbox MODIS API.
Installation
At the command line:
$ pip install tsgettoolbox_modis OR $ conda install -c conda-forge tsgettoolbox_modis
Usage Summary - Command Line
Just run ‘tsgettoolbox –help’ to get a list of subcommands. To get detailed help for a particular sub-command, for instance ‘modis’, type ‘tsgettoolbox modis –help’.
Sub-command |
Spatial Extent |
Time Extent |
Type |
Time Interval |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
modis |
global |
2000- |
grid 250m, 500m, 1000m |
4D,8D, 16D,A |
MODIS derived data |
Time Interval Code |
Description |
|---|---|
D |
Daily |
A |
Annual |
Usage Summary - Python Library
To use the tsgettoolbox in a project:
from tsgettoolbox import tsgettoolbox
df = tsgettoolbox.modis(
product="MOD15A2H",
band="Lai_500m",
lat=29.75,
lon=-82.32,
start_date="3 years ago",
end_date="2 years ago",
)
print(df.head())
Refer to the API Documentation at tsgettoolbox MODIS API.
Usage Summary - Command Line
- tsgettoolbox modis
–product=”MOD15A2H” –band=”Lai_500m” –lat=29.75 –lon=-82.32 –start_date=”3 years ago” –end_date=”2 years ago” > output.csv
Refer to the command line documentation at tsgettoolbox MODIS CLI.
Development
Development is managed on bitbucket or github. https://bitbucket.org/timcera/tsgettoolbox_modis/overview. https://github.com/timcera/tsgettoolbox_modis
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