Overview of GEE platform and available data
One of the most appealing advantages of using the Google Earth Engine is the vast amount of different data available for processing and analysis. On the official Website, the full data catalog can be easily browsed and checked on details on how to implement the desired datasets into your GEE code.
Satellite Data
Landsat Data | Landsat 1-5 MSS | Landsat 4 | Landsat 5 | Landsat 7 | Landsat 8 |
Data availability | 1972-1999 | 1982-1993 | 1984-2012 | 1999-present |
2013-present |
Sentinel-1 | Sentinel-2 MSI | Sentinel-3: Ocean and Land Color Instrument | Sentinel-5P: TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument | |
Data availability | 2014-present | 2015-present | 2016-Present | 2018-present |
Modis Data |
Several daily products as well as derived datasets |
Some examples of important and frequently used datasets available are:
SRTM Digital Elevation Data Version 4
Gridded Population of the World (GPW) Version 4.11, various datasets available
MODIS Fire_cci Burned Area pixel product
Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) 2015: Country Boundaries / First Level AU / Second Level AU
GLCF: Landsat Global Inland Water
Global Human Settlement Layers: Built-up Grid / Population Grid / Settlement Grid