Google Earth Engine (GEE) combines a multi-petabyte catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities. Scientists, researchers, and developers use Earth Engine to detect changes, map trends, and quantify differences on the Earth's surface.
This session, which will consist of a presentation and accompanying exercises, will provide an introduction to GEE. It includes a review of the platform's capabilities and the wide range of environmental datasets available for processing in GEE. The practical exercises, using GEE's JavaScript-based Code Editor (https://code.earthengine.google.com/), will focus on visualization and basic analysis of sample Earth observation datasets (https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/).
In terms of course outcomes, participants should come away with a basic understanding of how to apply GEE in their respective geographic domains, for monitoring applications related to agriculture, climate, risk, and marine and terrestrial ecosystems. As an introduction, the session will set the stage for the later and more advanced webinars in this Google Developer Group-organized speaker series.
University of Alabama
Research Scientist
Dr. Emil Cherrington is a research scientist with the University of Alabama in Huntsville's Earth System Science Center, and in that position, he supports the SERVIR program of NASA and USAID. He possesses almost 18 years of experience working in Earth science and geospatial science. He is a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Google Earth Engine for 2022-2023.
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