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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sascha Willmes from @unitrier.bsky.social just presented his work on sea ice lead detection using #sentinel3 SLSTR at #LPS25

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Jun 26

Come see me at poster O43 to chat about out approach of developing a space-borne weighing machine to measure human-made materials. #LPS

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Jun 25

#FORCE_EO meets #LPS. Join us this afternoon for a gathering of developers, contributors and users. 17:45 - 19:00, 1st Floor, Foyer L3, Area 2. More info here: github.com/davidfrantz/...

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Jun 22

On my way to #LPS25 and looking forward to one week of condensed #earthobservation! Our team will present a broad portfolio of tree species unmixing, sea ice, land surface phenology, and human-made material mapping. Also come and chat with me during the open science in the making session - #FORCE_EO

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · May 12

The application window for our English-taught MSc in Geoinformatics is now open! Join us in Trier to become an expert in 🌞 #remotesensing, 🛰️ #earthobservation and 🗺️ #GIS! www.uni-trier.de/en/studium/s...

MSc Geoinformatics at Trier University. Apply until May 30

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Katarzyna Ewa Lewińska @kelewinska.bsky.social · Apr 4

📣In our new paper we analyzed the impact of #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 🛰️ #satellite data density and SMA endmembers on trends in #grasslands ground cover:
- for monthly composites data density is irrelevant
- correct endmember definitions are critical‼️
Check out the full paper tinyurl.com/wha6pzax

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Apr 7

🚨 Fresh off the press in #RSE: D. Klehr's first #PhD chapter 🎉 presents a new approach to surpass classification of tree species for large areas 🛰️🌳🌲. We pair #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation with #ANN #AI models to predict sub-pixel tree species! #OpenAccess: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thanks

David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Apr 1

Sounds great! Do you know any package that works in a similar way, but post-processes along the temporary dimension?

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He YIN | 殷贺 @he-yin.bsky.social · Feb 20

👉 👉 👉 We're hiring! Seeking a NASA-funded postdoc/PhD candidate to use #RemoteSensing and #machinelearning, particularly #deeplearning to study disaster impacts on #AgriculturalLand. Please share! www.senslandlab.com/opportunitie...

Opportunities

Kent State Campus. Credit: KSU

www.senslandlab.com

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Feb 13

📣PNAS piece led by @philrufin.bsky.social: commercial very-high-resolution EO data is needed for monitoring SDG 2 indicators in smallholder landscapes but costs are prohibitive. A call for open access for sustainability-centered research: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @humboldtuni.bsky.social

$A drone capture of a smallholder farming landscape. Overlaid are squares of the size of typical optical satellite missions. Openly accessible data (e.g. Landsat or Sentinel-2) is often not sufficient to capture the landscape complexity in full detail, for example when trying to delineate individual fields. Here, one Landsat pixel contains fractions of multiple fields. Commercial data come at higher spatial resolution, offering potential to discriminate indivudual landscape components.$

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Feb 13

📣 New in Remote Sensing of Environment!

PhD candidate @lasseharkort.bsky.social and team introduce a novel Phenological Feature Space (PFS) approach for mapping fractional vegetation cover in Sub-Saharan rangelands using Sentinel-2 time series. 🛰️

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Feb 12

Excellent to have you here! I joined 2mo ago, and so far it has been great :)

Philippe Rufin @philrufin.bsky.social · Feb 12

Return of the good times: the Earth Observation Lab of @humboldtuni.bsky.social has joined Bluesky: Follow @humboldteolab.bsky.social for all things terrestrial remote sensing and geospatial at large!

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Jan 31

One week left to apply!

David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Jan 15

💼Job Alert: I am hiring a PostDoc/PhD (100%, 3yrs) to develop and orchestrate cloud-based workflows within a project that will create a forest information system 🌳 for Germany based on #sentinel2 🛰️ and #als ✈️. tinyurl.com/4hw426vw #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation @unitrier.bsky.social @thuenen.de

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HagollEO @hagolleo.bsky.social · Jan 27

I'm so happy and proud of this decision 🙂. It is very important now to use the data, and compare the performances obtained with 2 and 3 satellites in your future communications. It will be the good way to thank @esa.int and #Copernicus.

Simon Proud @simonsat.bsky.social · Jan 27

Some more good news for the Sentinel-2 mission!

Sentinel-2A, which recently retired, has been given a temporary extension, where it will support S2B and S2C to provide additional data.

Lots of hard work behind the scenes to make this happen. Glad to see it!

sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/sentinel...

Sentinel-2A: Exceptional temporary extension campaign starting in March 2025 - Sentinel Online

sentinels.copernicus.eu

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Jan 15

💼Job Alert: I am hiring a PostDoc/PhD (100%, 3yrs) to develop and orchestrate cloud-based workflows within a project that will create a forest information system 🌳 for Germany based on #sentinel2 🛰️ and #als ✈️. tinyurl.com/4hw426vw #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation @unitrier.bsky.social @thuenen.de

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Jonas Alsleben @jalsleben.bsky.social · Jan 13

Happy to share our new paper on soil-specific unmixing of croplands in Germany led by Felix Lobert.

We adapted @katjakowalski.bsky.social’s approach using #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 🛰️ to account for soil variability using a soil reflectance composite developed at @thuenen.de EO:

tinyurl.com/5n92ae5z

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Earth Observation for Ecosystem Management at TUM @eoem-tum.bsky.social · Jan 8

🎥 How do we study forests using satellite and laser data? Here's a overview by our Prof. Cornelius Senf (@corneliussenf.bsky.social) in a short video produced by @daadworldwide.bsky.social (with English subs):
www.youtube.com/watch?si=KPm...

Satelliten und Laser in der Waldforschung – Prof. Dr. Cornelius Senf zu seiner Forschung

YouTube video by DAAD Worldwide

www.youtube.com

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Dec 20

The first #sentinel2c #s2c image being processed by #FORCE_EO 🛰️ Data quality looks awesome!

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Dec 20

Thanks!

David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Dec 20

Thanks!

David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Dec 19

We just got word for being funded 🎅🎉 The next 3 years, we will work with @thuenen.de and other partners to develop a web-based forest information system 🌲🌳 for Germany 🇩🇪based on 🛰️ #sentinel2 and 🛩️ #als. We will put out a job offering soon! Keep your eyes open here on bluesky for updates (⬆️ follow)

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Dec 11

📢Our research on mapping societal material stocks 🏡🚗 is now featured on the #CDSE page as a use case! #sentinel1 #sentinel2 dataspace.copernicus.eu/cases/nation...

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Helmut Haberl a.k.a. Doc Dooley @hehaberl.bsky.social · Dec 10

Fresh from the press: We map material stocks (concrete, steel, glass, bricks, etc.) in buildings world-wide. Maps are at 90m spatial resolution. Huge progress over previous results thanks to an excellent collaboration with German Aerospace.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Weighing the global built environment: High‐resolution mapping and quantification of material stocks in buildings

Buildings provide indispensable services for human well-being, but their construction and use are responsible for a substantial fraction of societies’ resource requirements and greenhouse gas emissio...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Dec 11

Hello World

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