GLAD

The Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) laboratory in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland investigates methods, causes and impacts of global land surface change. Earth observation imagery are the primary data source and land cover extent and change the primary topic of interest. The lab is led by Drs. Matthew Hansen and Peter Potapov. The research team is diverse with representation from the following countries: USA, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, India, New Zealand, Ghana, DRCongo, Russia, Colombia, Bolivia. Full-time researchers work on a variety of land cover investigations, ranging from global forest change to national-scale crop type area mapping and estimation. Current high-profile projects are a collaboration with the World Resources Institute, creating global land cover and change maps as a part of the Land and Carbon Lab https://www.landcarbonlab.org/, and operational global data on forest extent and change as a part of the Global Forest..

Also known as: Global Land Analysis & Discovery

Primary location: Riverdale United States