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Tutorial Python

Deforestation detection in Python with Global Forest Change data (Rondônia, 2001–2025)

Map forest loss and deforestation in Python with the Hansen/UMD Global Forest Change v1.13 data: read the open tiles with no login, compute loss by year in hectares with correct pixel areas, compare Landsat and Sentinel-2 images before and after, and check the GFC loss year against Sentinel-2 NBR and MODIS burned area for central Rondônia, Brazil.

Intermediate 15 min read

Tutorial Python

Burn severity mapping with Sentinel-2 and dNBR in Python (Saddleworth Moor 2018)

Map wildfire burn severity in Python with free Sentinel-2 imagery: NBR calculation, cloud and water masking with SCL, dNBR with an offset, USGS severity classes and burned hectares, a burn perimeter, fire progression, RdNBR and an eight-year recovery record for the 2018 Saddleworth Moor fire.

Intermediate 15 min read