CEF 2026 GEE Workshop

This repository contains a MyST-powered web book for the workshop:

Introductory workshop to Google Earth Engine: fundamentals and applications in ecology and forest management

Website:

https://forestcguy.github.io/cef2026-gee-workshop/

Workshop content

The workshop covers:

1. Introduction and motivation for GEE
2. GEE fundamentals and potential
3. Reading the landscape with SRTM terrain data
4. Following forest greenness through the year with Sentinel-2 NDVI
5. Detecting possible forest disturbance through time with Landsat NBR
6. Mapping land cover with Random Forest classification
7. Building and publishing a simple GEE app

The example study area is the Forêt Duparquet region in Québec, Canada.

Suggested citation

If you use or adapt these materials, please cite:

Kabuanga, J. M., Verabhadraswamy, N., Vega Escobar, A., and Valeria, O. 2026. Introductory workshop to Google Earth Engine: fundamentals and applications in ecology and forest management. Workshop materials, CEF 2026 Workshop, Université Laval, Québec City, May 27, 2026. https://forestcguy.github.io/cef2026-gee-workshop/