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Exploration of Copernicus and Sentinel Data

Use public data repositories and cloud services for hydrological analysis, focusing on retrieval of Sentinel-2 images, elevation and soil information, and precipitation time series.

8 hours to complete
Online course
Progress at your own speed
Free
16 December 2024
Course access until: 26 May 2025
Beginner
Certificate of Attendance
80% completion required
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Application starts: 16 December 2024 00:00
Application ends: 21 April 2025 00:00

Multitudes of satellite data and derived products are currently available in various free and open cloud repositories. In this course you will be introduced to the various data sources and how these can be accessed, processed, and eventually retrieved using the OpenEO API to allow users to connect to these resource back-ends (like the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, Climate Data Store and Land Monitoring Service, WEkEO, and Google Earth Engine) in a simple and unified way. All required Python based tools will be installed in the WEkEO cloud computing platform, and by practicing with the included Jupyter Notebooks you will acquire the capabilities of selecting, handling and processing the geospatial data, in conjunction with IlwisPy, a Python based GIS and RS site-package developed.  

Course content

  • Unit 1: Getting Started

    • Introduction to Cloud Services 
    • Software Selection and Setup 

  • Unit 2: Jupyter Notebook Exercises

    • Use OpenEO to retrieve Sentinel 2 data and create a cloud free color composite 
    • Retrieve and Resample Elevation Information  
    • Retrieve Soil Info and Classify Soil Texture  
    • Utilize WaPOR Access for Multi-temporal CHIRPS Precipitation Processing 

  • Unit 3: Final Assignment

    Graded Assignment: Modify an existing (or create a new) notebook to extract data for your own area of interest.

Learning outcomes

After this course, you will be able to:

Is this course for you?

  • Target Audience

    • Anyone not familiar with working with cloud services or looking to improve their knowledge about the data available in these repositories  
    • Beginners in the use of Python and Jupyter notebooks  
    • Those who want to know more about the capabilities of OpenEO in conjunction with IlwisPy

  • Knowledge prerequisites

    • Basic familiarity with Python and Jupyter notebooks 

  • Any other prerequisites

    • An Internet connection that is strong enough to watch the demonstration videos and the ability to (freely) register at a number of cloud services used in the hands-on activities. 

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