- Dataset Availability
- 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z–2015-06-10T00:00:00Z
- Dataset Provider
- Global Forest Watch, World Resources Institute
- Earth Engine Snippet
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ee.Image("FORMA/FORMA_500m")
- Tags
Description
FORMA is a MODIS-based deforestation alerting system for the humid tropical forests. FORMA is designed for quick identification of new areas of tree cover loss. The system analyzes data gathered daily by the MODIS sensor, which operates on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites. The FORMA alerts system then detects pronounced changes in vegetation cover over time, as measured by the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a measure of vegetation greenness. These pronounced changes in vegetation cover are likely to indicate forest being cleared, burned, or defoliated. An alert is added to the dataset by setting the pixel value to the date at which a change was detected. FORMA alerts only appear in areas where the probability of tree cover loss is greater than or equal to 50%. FORMA data has 500-meter spatial resolution and twice-monthly update interval. FORMA alerts start in January 2006.
Bands
Resolution
500 meters
Bands
| Name | Units | Min | Max | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
constant |
seconds | 1.13498e+09* | 1.43392e+09* |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
The FORMA datasets are available without restriction on use or distribution. WRI does request that the user give proper attribution and identify WRI and GFW, where applicable, as the source of the data.
Citations
Hammer, Dan, Robin Kraft, and David Wheeler. 2013. FORMA Alerts. World Resources Institute and Center for Global Development. www.globalforestwatch.org.
Explore with Earth Engine
Code Editor (JavaScript)
var dataset = ee.Image('FORMA/FORMA_500m'); var visualization = { bands: ['constant'], min: 1134979200.0, max: 1433919600.0, palette: ['ff0000'] }; Map.setCenter(-51.482, -0.835, 6); Map.addLayer(dataset, visualization, 'Alert Areas');