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The Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a cloud computing platform designed to store and processhuge data sets (at petabyte-scale) for analysis and ultimate decision making [1]. Following the freeavailability of Landsat series in 2008, Google archived all the data sets and linked them to the cloudcomputing engine for open source use. The current archive of data includes those from other satellites,as well as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) based vector data sets, social, demographic, weather,digital elevation models, and climate data layers.Forest ecosystems are vital for the overall well-being of our planet, as they provide habitat thatmaintains biodiversity, they sequester carbon, and they contribute to clean air and water in localcommunities, and worldwide.

Forest ecosystems are vital for the overall well-being of our planet, as they provide habitat thatmaintains biodiversity, they sequester carbon, and they contribute to clean air and water in localcommunities, and worldwide. Monitoring changes in vegetation and forest cover is a necessary task forconscientious land managers in the wake of extensive deforestation, urban growth and other land usechange. Monitoring changes in vegetative cover is also important in the context of various internationalinitiatives, such as REDD+, which allow developing countries to finance other areas of economic growthin exchange for land preservation and the concomitant carbon sequestration and reduction in GHGemissions. Using an interface like EcoDash, previously difficult-to-access earth observations can nowbe leveraged by non-technical end users using cloud-based computing platforms such as the GoogleEarth Engine, which provides free access and ease-of-use across a vast diversity of users.

 

 

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Google Earth Engine Applications