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Discover Land cover change Globally.
Check out our projects across the globe.

Welcome to Global Land Analysis & Discovery group

The Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) laboratory in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland investigates methods, causes and impacts of global land surface change. Earth observation imagery are the primary data source and land cover extent and change the primary topic of interest. The lab is led by Drs. Matthew Hansen and Peter Potapov. Their team consists of 17 full-time researchers and 9 doctoral students, and a constantly changing number of international, national and local interns.

GLAD Interactive Earth Engine Apps

Dynamic, publicly accessible user interfaces for Earth Engine analyses.

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China crop map

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Europe Tree Canopy Dynamics

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DIST-ALERT

Global Forest Canopy Height 2019

Global Forest Canopy Height 2019

Landsat Analysis Ready Data (GLAD ARD) and GLAD Tools

Landsat Analysis Ready Data (GLAD ARD) and GLAD Tools

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Our Latest Projects

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Global Land Cover and Land Use Monitoring in Support of Environmental Sustainability

Preliminary project results:

Global Land Cover Change map prototype: https://www.landcarbonlab.org/data#global-land-cover-change

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CARPE III: Monitoring the Forest Resources of the Congo Basin

NASA, along with its consortium partners the University of Maryland (UMD) and the Observatoire Satellital des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale (OSFAC), provides unique remote sensing data products, mapping and other services to support CARPE III.

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All Eyes on the Amazon

The University of Maryland is supporting the HIVOS and Greenpeace Netherlands‐led ‘All Eyes on the Amazon’ project supported by the Dutch National Postcode Lottery. Our work will consist of the following tasks:

Our Partners

Wriwhrcforest and wildlifeusgsusdausaidsilva carbonservirsouth dakota state univmooremichiganjane goodall instgooglecarpebill & melinda gatesadpcland & carbon labglobal forest watch