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Gorelick, N., Hancher, M., Dixon, M., Ilyushchenko, S., Thau, D., Moore, R., 2017. Google Earth Engine: Planetary-scale geospatial analysis for everyone. Remote Sens. Environ. 202, 18–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.06.031
Review
Tamiminia, H., Salehi, B., Mahdianpari, M., Quackenbush, L., Adeli, S., Brisco, B., 2020. Google Earth Engine for geo-big data applications: A meta-analysis and systematic review. ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens. 164, 152–170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.04.001
Kumar, L., Mutanga, O., 2018. Google Earth Engine Applications Since Inception: Usage, Trends, and Potential. Remote Sensing 10, 1509. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10101509
Hydrology
Pekel, J.-F., Cottam, A., Gorelick, N., Belward, A.S., 2016. High-resolution mapping of global surface water and its long-term changes. Nature 540, 418–422. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20584
Donchyts, G., Baart, F., Winsemius, H., Gorelick, N., Kwadijk, J., van de Giesen, N., 2016. Earth’s surface water change over the past 30 years. Nat. Clim. Chang. 6, 810. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3111
Wu, Q., Lane, C.R., Li, X., Zhao, K., Zhou, Y., Clinton, N., DeVries, B., Golden, H.E., Lang, M.W., 2019. Integrating LiDAR data and multi-temporal aerial imagery to map wetland inundation dynamics using Google Earth Engine. Remote Sens. Environ. 228, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.04.015
Urban
Liu, X., Huang, Y., Xu, X., Li, X., Li, X., Ciais, P., Lin, P., Gong, K., Ziegler, A.D., Chen, A., Gong, P., Chen, J., Hu, G., Chen, Y., Wang, S., Wu, Q., Huang, K., Estes, L., Zeng, Z., 2020. High-spatiotemporal-resolution mapping of global urban change from 1985 to 2015. Nature Sustainability 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0521-x
Li, X., Zhou, Y., Zhu, Z., Cao, W., 2020. A national dataset of 30 m annual urban extent dynamics (1985–2015) in the conterminous United States. Earth System Science Data 12, 357. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-357-2020
Vegetation
Li, X., Zhou, Y., Meng, L., Asrar, G.R., Lu, C., Wu, Q., 2019. A dataset of 30 m annual vegetation phenology indicators (1985–2015) in urban areas of the conterminous United States. Earth System Science Data. 11(2), 881-894. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-881-2019
Agriculture
Xiong, J., Thenkabail, P.S., Tilton, J.C., Gumma, M.K., Teluguntla, P., Oliphant, A., Congalton, R.G., Yadav, K., Gorelick, N., 2017. Nominal 30-m Cropland Extent Map of Continental Africa by Integrating Pixel-Based and Object-Based Algorithms Using Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 Data on Google Earth Engine. Remote Sensing 9, 1065. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9101065
Xiong, J., Thenkabail, P.S., Gumma, M.K., Teluguntla, P., Poehnelt, J., Congalton, R.G., Yadav, K., Thau, D., 2017. Automated cropland mapping of continental Africa using Google Earth Engine cloud computing. ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens. 126, 225–244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.01.019
Land Cover
Liu, H., Gong, P., Wang, J., Clinton, N., Bai, Y., Liang, S., 2020. Annual Dynamics of Global Land Cover and its Long-term Changes from 1982 to 2015. Earth Syst. Sci. Data. 12, 1217–1243. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1217-2020
Carrasco, L., O’Neil, A.W., Morton, R.D., Rowland, C.S., 2019. Evaluating Combinations of Temporally Aggregated Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 for Land Cover Mapping with Google Earth Engine. Remote Sensing 11, 288. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11030288
Disaster Management
DeVries, B., Huang, C., Armston, J., Huang, W., Jones, J.W., Lang, M.W., 2020. Rapid and robust monitoring of flood events using Sentinel-1 and Landsat data on the Google Earth Engine. Remote Sens. Environ. 240, 111664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111664
Liu, C.-C., Shieh, M.-C., Ke, M.-S., Wang, K.-H., 2018. Flood Prevention and Emergency Response System Powered by Google Earth Engine. Remote Sensing 10, 1283. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10081283