FORMA is a MODIS-based deforestation alerting system for the humid tropical
forests. FORMA is designed for quick identification of new areas of tree
cover loss. The system analyzes data gathered daily by the MODIS sensor,
which operates on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites. The FORMA alerts system
then detects pronounced changes in vegetation cover over time, as measured
by the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a measure of
vegetation greenness. These pronounced changes in vegetation cover are
likely to indicate forest being cleared, burned, or defoliated. An alert is
added to the dataset by setting the pixel value to the date at which a
change was detected. FORMA alerts only appear in areas where the probability
of tree cover loss is greater than or equal to 50%. FORMA data has 500-meter
spatial resolution and twice-monthly update interval. FORMA alerts start in
January 2006.
The FORMA datasets are available without restriction on use or distribution.
WRI does request that the user give proper attribution and identify WRI and
GFW, where applicable, as the source of the data.
Citations
Citations:
Hammer, Dan, Robin Kraft, and David Wheeler. 2013. FORMA Alerts. World
Resources Institute and Center for Global Development.
www.globalforestwatch.org.
FORMA is a MODIS-based deforestation alerting system for the humid tropical forests. FORMA is designed for quick identification of new areas of tree cover loss. The system analyzes data gathered daily by the MODIS sensor, which operates on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites. The FORMA alerts system then detects pronounced …
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