Target Audience: Remote sensing specialists in countries reporting to REDD+, officials working on uncertainty and data analysis for carbon accounting, and students of remote sensing in forestry applications
Summary and Objectives: Google Earth Engine (GEE) developed a robust visualization and analysis tool that help to perform a complex geospatial analysis in both local and global scale. Earth engine is a useful tool for scientists, researchers, and non-traditional users around the globe in monitoring and forecasting forest health. And it became a container or environment for developing and applying different applications and tools that help in monitoring and observing changes and trends in forest in different time series.
To meet REDD+ reporting criteria of unbiasedness and uncertainty quantification, google earth engine platforms are necessary and indispensable for reporting and monitoring forest carbon stock and providing information on land use, deforestation and forest degradation.
To introduce participants to the concept, platforms and applications of google earth engine (GEE).
You will learn about
- What the google earth engine and how it works
- Accessing google earth engine.
- Google earth engine platforms and applications
- Geospatial data available in google earth catalog
- The strength of google earth engine
Course Structure
- E-learning: Google earth engine
- Concepts
- Platforms
- Applications
- Course Self-assessment Questions
Course Contact: Monica Jeada mjeada@contractor.usgs.gov or Sylvia Wilson snwilson@usgs.gov