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• This tutorial uses Google Earth Engine to explore Hansen et al.(2013) global forest cover/change and FORMA data from Global Forest Watch.

• The tutorial demonstrates visualizing this data, calculating forest change and statistics for a region, and downloading data and results.

• The data are available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

• Prerequisites include signing up for Earth Engine and becoming familiar with the Code Editor, JavaScript, and the Earth Engine API.

Welcome to the Google Earth Engine tutorial for usingHansen et al. (2013) global forest cover and change data and Forest Monitoring for Action (FORMA,Hammer et al. 2009) data fromGlobal Forest Watch. This tutorial provides examples of how to use Earth Engine to visualize these data, how to compute forest change over time and other statistics within a region of interest and how to download both the data and results of analyses.

License and Attribution

The data described in this tutorial are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Please use the recommended citation on the relevantdataset description page.

Prerequisites

The tutorial assumes no programming background, although it does assume a willingness to learn some programming. Before proceeding, please make sure to:

• Signup for Earth Engine. Once you have been accepted, you will receive an email with additional information.
• Get familiar with theEarth Engine Code Editor, the IDE for writing Earth Engine JavaScript code in a web browser. Learn more about the Code Editorhere.
• If you are unfamiliar with JavaScript, check out theJavaScript for Earth Engine tutorial.
• If you are unfamiliar with the Earth Engine API, check out theIntroduction to the Earth Engine API tutorial.

Once you're familiar with JavaScript, the Earth Engine API and Code Editor,get started on the tutorial!