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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · 1d

@jakimowb.bsky.social presented the #EnMAP-Box and the EO Time Series Viewer at ESA #BiDS25 in Riga, Latvia.
Thanks to the QGIS API, these QGIS plugins allow for an integrated and interactive display of raster data, facilitating the creation of reference data for model training and validation.

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Cornelius Senf @corneliussenf.bsky.social · Sep 4

Want to do a PhD in remote sensing? Interested in mountain forest ecosystems? Then apply for a PhD position in our lab! You will be part of the newly founded Centre for Forest Management in the Alps, working on scaling tree productivity from tree to landscape scale. Deadline 21st September.

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jul 21

Shupel and @hostertp.bsky.social discuss key findings and challenges of her PhD research, full video in the StoryMap - section Key Messages: arcg.is/1bG48K

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jul 21

Using Remote Sensing and Agro-Ecosystem Modelling 🛰️🌽📈, Esther Shupel Ibrahim analyzes impacts of climate change and diseases on smallholder agriculture in Nigeria and develops strategies to support and empower smallholder farmers.
Find out more about her PhD research in this StoryMap:
arcg.is/1bG48K

Header Image of Maize field with a picture of Esther Shupel Ibrahim and text: Research for Smallholder Farmers' Food Security in Nigeria

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Philippe Rufin @philrufin.bsky.social · Jul 17

🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿‍🌾🛖💻⚙️
Preprint on national-scale satellite-based crop field delineation in smallholder landscapes is out:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿‍🌾🛖💻⚙️

National-scale map of mean field size across Mozambique. Selected zoom ins provide details on individual fields.

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 6

The #Landsat program is arguable THE most important satellite mission for ecology, land-system science and sustainability science (and many other fields). It must stay science-oriented. Open access is crucial.

Independent oversight crucial to Landsat Next | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Independent oversight crucial to Landsat Next

www.science.org

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · Apr 7

Considering land use complexity and overlap is critical for sustainability planning. New paper led by Marie Pratzer - out in OneEarth:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@tkuemmerle.bsky.social @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social @pedrofernandez91.bsky.social @oneearthofficial.bsky.social

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Philippe Rufin @philrufin.bsky.social · Jun 30

#LPS25 was a fantastic experience but let´s take a step back and reflect on the potential (and the role) of commercial EO data providers in contributing to pressing #sustainability challenges. Here´s a short recap of arguments from the scientific community: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

To enhance sustainable development goal research, open up commercial satellite image archives | PNAS

To enhance sustainable development goal research, open up commercial satellite image archives

doi.org

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 27

Has it really been a week already at @esa.int’s #LPS25?
Come and find our final two Earth Observation Lab contributions by Nangula Nghiyalwa and Kira Pfoch at today’s Poster Sessions!
📍 X5 Poster Area - Zone D-F / F-J
🗓️ 27.06.25, 13:00 h

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Nghiyalwa et.al: Spatio-temporal Unmixing of the South African Protected
Savanna Ecosystems Using a multi-data approach with spectral temporal metrics
Session: A.02.07 - Monitoring grasslands and rangelands from space
Where: X5 - Poster Area / Zone D-F
When: Friday 27.06.25 / 13:00 h

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Pfoch et al.: Building development is the main cause of rapid wildland-urban interface growth in wildfire-prone Mediterranean-type ecosystems
Session: A.02.04 - Advances in Monitoring and Management of
Forest Ecosystems
Where: X5 - Poster Area / Zone F-J
When: Friday 27.06.25 / 13:00 h

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 27

How well can we map NPV across temperate forest heterogeneity? Can we use NPV time series to reveal tree dieback? And how does dieback vary between species in Germany?
Visit @jalsleben.bsky.social to discuss these questions:

📍 X5 Poster Area
🗓️ Friday, 13:00h

#LPS25 #Sentinel2 #foresthealth

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Alsleben et al.: Monitoring Species-Specific Tree Dieback across Central European Temperate Forests using Sentinel-2 Time Series
Session: A.02.04 Advances in Monitoring and Management of
Forest Ecosystems
Where: X5 - Poster Area / Zone F-J
When: Friday 27.06.25 / 13:00 h

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 27

#LPS25 wildE presentation on High resolution reconstructions of Pan-European woody cover timeseries from 1990-2024 by Shawn Schneidereit upcoming in Hall F2 at 11:30h!

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Schneidereit et al.: High resolution reconstructions of Pan-European woody cover timeseries from 1990-2024
Session: A.02.04 Advances in Monitoring and Management of
Forest Ecosystems - PART 6
Where: Hall F2
When: Friday 27.06.25 / 11:30 h

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 27

Lasse Harkorts contribution has been postponed to the session at 2:30 pm!

Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 27

Don’t miss EOLab’s contributions to #LPS25 Session A.02.07 - Monitoring Grasslands and Rangelands from Space

Part 1 with Dr. Marcel Schwieder at 8:30
Part 2 with @lasseharkort.bsky.social at 11:30

See you at Room 1.34!

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Schwieder et al.:Evaluating Grassland Mowing Detection Algorithms Across Europe - Results of the Mowing Detection Intercomparison
Exercise (MODCiX)
Session: A.02.07 Monitoring grasslands and rangelands from space - PART 1
Where: Room 1.34
When: Friday 27.06.25 / 08:30 h

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Harkort et al.: Mapping Fractional Vegetation Cover in Sub-Saharan
Rangelands Using Phenological Feature Spaces
Session: A.02.07 Monitoring grasslands and rangelands from space - PART 2
Where: Room 1.34
When: Friday 27.06.25 / 11:30 h

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 26

Find two more Earth Observation Lab contributions by Dr. David Frantz and Anna Köber at today’s #LPS25 Poster Sessions!

📍 X5 Poster Area - Zone N & O
🗓️ 26.06.25, 17:45 h

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Frantz et al.: A space-borne weighing machine to measure humanity's resource hunger in support of sustainability sciences
Session: B.02.01 Earth System Governance & Sustainability
Frameworks
Where: X5 - Poster Area / Zone O
When: Thursday 26.06.25 / 17:45 h

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Köber et al.: Spatial vs. Temporal: Trade-Offs in High-Resolution Satellite Imagery for National-Scale Hedgerow Mapping
Session: F.03.01 - Commercial EO missions' data for land applications
Where: X5 - Poster Area / Zone N
When: Thursday 26.06.25 / 17:45

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 26

Coming up next at #LPS25:
Felix Kummer et al.: Standardizing Earth Observation Workflows with Nextflow and nf-core  
📍11:30 at Hall L3
@kelewinska.bsky.social @hostertp.bsky.social

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Kummer et al.: Standardizing Earth Observation Workflows with Nextflow and nf-core
Session: D.04.02 Best practices for execution of algorithms and workflows across federated cloud environments
Where: Hall L3
When: Thursday 26.06.25 / 11:30 h

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 26

@smstuenzi.bsky.social‬‬ presents her latest work on Quantifying Boreal Forests' Impact on Permafrost: Toward a Global Approach 🌲❄️📊🌍
Advances in Permafrost Session | Thursday | 8:30–10:00 | Room 1.85/1.86 #LPS25

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Stünzi et al.: Quantifying Boreal Forests' Impact on Permafrost
Session: A.09.06 Advances in Permafrost
Where: Room 1.85/1.86
When: Thursday 26.06.25 / 08:30 h

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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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Philippe Rufin @philrufin.bsky.social · Jun 25

Great in-person meeting of the entire SEN4MOZ @eoafrica-rd.org project team at #LPS25! @humboldteolab.bsky.social

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 25

@philrufin.bsky.social‬ presents his poster on Transfer Learning for National-Scale Crop Field Delineation in Sub-Saharan Africa
17:45h at X5 – Poster Area – Zone S-T
#LPS25

Alt: Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Rufin et al.: Transfer learning for national-scale crop field delineation in sub-Saharan Africa using pan-sharpened SPOT 6/7 data
Session: F.02.07 Essential Agricultural Variables: Building Blocks for Global Agriculture Monitoring and Policy Support
Where: X5 - Poster Area / Zone S-T
When: Wednesday 25.06.25 / 17:45 h

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 25

Find two more posters of the same session nearby:
B.02.05 Restoring Biosphere Resilience - by EOL's Felix Lobert and Lukas Blickensdörfer!
at X5 – Poster Area – Zone R

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Lobert et al.: Continuous Monitoring of Cropland Cover and Management to Support Carbon Sequestration Assessment
Session: B.02.05 Restoring Biosphere Resilience: Transforming Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) from Carbon Source to Sink
Where: X5 - Poster Area / Zone R
When: Wednesday 25.06.25 / 17:45 h

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Blickensdörfer et al.:Leveraging multi-decadal satellite image time series to characterize grassland history for climate reporting
Session: B.02.05 Restoring Biosphere Resilience: Transforming Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) from Carbon Source to Sink
Where: X5 - Poster Area / Zone R
When: Wednesday 25.06.25 / 17:45 h

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 25

SEN4MOZ - @eoafrica-rd.org collaboration between @humboldteolab.bsky.social and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane!
Poster presentation by @lennarteichfuss.bsky.social and João Chibue Domingos upcoming at X5 – Poster Area – Zone R.
More info: eolab.geographie.hu-berlin.de/research_pro...

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Eichfuss et al.: Sen4MozParks: Mapping Shifting Cultivation Dynamics in Conservation Areas of Mozambique using Copernicus Data
Session: B.02.05 Restoring Biosphere Resilience: Transforming Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) from Carbon Source to Sink
Where: X5 - Poster Area / Zone R
When: Wednesday 25.06.25 / 17:45 h

SEN4MOZ Poster and Author João Chibue Domingos

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 25

Interested in mapping non-photosynthetic vegetation? How to best leverage hyperspectral EnMAP data? Can NPV be quantified globally?
Visit Shawn Schneidereit to discuss these and more questions:
📍 X5 Poster Area - Zone P-Q
🗓️ Wednesday, 17:45h
#LPS25 #EnMAP

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Schneidereit et al.: Standardized Spectral Mixing Approaches for Global Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation Fraction Mapping
Session: A.02.06 Advances in land surface phenology monitoring and applications
Where: X5 - Poster Area / Zone P-Q
When: Wednesday 25.06.25 / 17:45 h

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 25

Today in the Poster Area on Wall P18: Our Poster on "Advancing Hyperspectral Data Analysis with the EnMAP-Box"
Meet the authors from 17:45 on and get your #EnMAP-Box Sticker 🌈🛰️

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:
Jakimow et al.: Advancing Hyperspectral Data Analysis with the EnMAP-Box
Session: C.05.05 The German EnMAP Mission: 3 Years of hyperspectral data - From Science to Environmental Applications
Where: X5 - Poster Area / Zone P
When: Wednesday 25.06.25 / 17:45 h

Poster on "Advancing Hyperspectral Dada Analysis with the EnMap-Box" by Jakimow et al.

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 25

Alternatively, check out session F.04.01 Earth Observation for European Agricultural Policies with Dr. Katja Berger at Hall E1!

Announcement for EOLab contribution at living planet symposium 2025:

Berger et al.:
Enhanced spectral information for monitoring land-related EU
policies
Session: F.04.01 Earth Observation for European Agricultural
Policies
Where: Hall E1
When: Wednesday 25.06.25 / 16:15 h

Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 25

Interested in #EnMap and hyperspectral data applications?
Don’t miss EOLab’s contributions to session C.05.05 at #LPS25, with Stefanie Steinhauser and Dr. Akpona Okujeni:
The German EnMAP Mission: 3 Years of hyperspectral data - From Science to Environmental Applications
-> 16:15 at Hall N1/N2

Announcement for upcoming Earth Observation Lab contributions at session C.05.05 of living planet symposium 2025:
Okujeni et al.: Leveraging satellite-based hyperspectral time series for ecosystem monitoring
Steinhauser et al.: How do hybrid retrieval schemes cope with hyperspectral time-series of managed landscapes? - Deriving seasonal dynamics of crop development by quantifying CNC and NPV via Spectroscopy in Central Valley, California
→ Hall N1/N2 - 16:15

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