AI-generated Key Takeaways
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WRI has stopped updating FORMA alerts to simplify the Global Forest Watch user experience and reduce redundancy.
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Terra-i and GLAD alerts were found to be more commonly used and Terra-i outperformed FORMA in deforestation detection comparisons.
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This page provides access to the historical FORMA datasets including alerts, raw outputs, thresholds, and vegetation statistics.
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These datasets are related to forest change detection and are based on MODIS data, offering daily updates.
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FORMA Alert Thresholds
NOTE from WRI: WRI decided to stop updating FORMA alerts. The goal was to simplify the Global Forest Watch user experience and reduce redundancy. We found that Terra-i and GLAD were more frequently used. Moreover, using GLAD as a standard, found that Terra-i outperformed FORMA … daily deforestation fire forest forma gfw -
FORMA Alerts
NOTE from WRI: WRI decided to stop updating FORMA alerts. The goal was to simplify the Global Forest Watch user experience and reduce redundancy. We found that Terra-i and GLAD were more frequently used. Moreover, using GLAD as a standard, found that Terra-i outperformed FORMA … daily deforestation fire forest forma gfw -
FORMA Raw Output FIRMS
NOTE from WRI: WRI decided to stop updating FORMA alerts. The goal was to simplify the Global Forest Watch user experience and reduce redundancy. We found that Terra-i and GLAD were more frequently used. Moreover, using GLAD as a standard, found that Terra-i outperformed FORMA … daily deforestation fire forest forma gfw -
FORMA Raw Output NDVI
NOTE from WRI: WRI decided to stop updating FORMA alerts. The goal was to simplify the Global Forest Watch user experience and reduce redundancy. We found that Terra-i and GLAD were more frequently used. Moreover, using GLAD as a standard, found that Terra-i outperformed FORMA … daily deforestation forest forest-biomass forma gfw -
FORMA Vegetation T-Statistics
NOTE from WRI: WRI decided to stop updating FORMA alerts. The goal was to simplify the Global Forest Watch user experience and reduce redundancy. We found that Terra-i and GLAD were more frequently used. Moreover, using GLAD as a standard, found that Terra-i outperformed FORMA … daily deforestation forest forest-biomass forma gfw