TechnicalGIS

#England

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Tutorial Python

Sentinel-1 soil moisture in Python: change detection checked against COSMOS-UK

Estimate surface soil moisture from free Sentinel-1 radar in Python with the TU Wien change-detection method. Build dry and wet references per orbit, map relative soil moisture at 100 m, and test it honestly against four COSMOS-UK stations and their rain gauges.

Intermediate 13 min read

Tutorial Python

Sentinel-1 crop monitoring in Python: SAR time series for wheat and oilseed rape

Monitor crops through cloud with free Sentinel-1 radar. Build VV, VH and VH/VV ratio time series for 247 fields in Cambridgeshire, beat speckle by field-averaging, read the growth signatures of winter wheat and oilseed rape, and compare with the gaps that cloud leaves in Sentinel-2 NDVI.

Intermediate 16 min read