File Naming Convention 
The file naming convention common to all MODIS Level 3 global products is MOD10CM.A2000061.005.2006272184905.hdf. Refer to Table 1 for an explanation of the variables used in the MODIS file naming convention. 

Table 1. Variable Explanation for MODIS File Naming Convention  Variable Explanation 
MOD MODIS/Terra 
10CM Type of product 
A Acquisition date 
2000 Year of data acquisition 
061 Day of year of data acquisition (day 61) 
005 Version number 
2006 Year of production (2006) 
272 Day of year of production (day 272) 
184905 Hour/minute/second of production in GMT (18:49:05) 
hdf HDF-EOS data format