Applications

A new operational method for monitoring oak dieback in the Centre-Val de Loire region

=>  The results presented here are based on work published in the journal paper: F. Mouret, D. Morin, H. Martin, M. Planells and C. Vincent-Barbaroux, « Toward an Operational Monitoring of Oak Dieback With Multispectral Satellite Time Series: A Case Study in Centre-Val De Loire Region of France, » in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied […]

22.11.2023

Glacier changes in the Lingtren–Khumbutse catchment using Pléiades

The iconic Khumbu Glacier in Nepal is fed by several tributaries, such as this branch in the Lingtren–Khumbutse catchment. Recently a new Pléiades triplet covering the Khumbu region was added into the DINAMIS repository (acquisition date 22 Oct 2023). There is another triplet in the same area acquired on 11 Mar 2016 hence we can […]

13.11.2023

Global map of irrigated areas

It’s not easy to find a good cartographic representation of the global irrigated land, therefore I made my own map using data from Meier et al. (2018). The raw resolution of the above product is 30 arcsec, i.e. 1 pixel covers about 1 km by 1 km at equator. Here, I aim to represent the […]

01.08.2023

Découvrir les structures cachées du paysage grâce au lidar

Le lidar est magique ! Cette technologie permet de mesurer très précisément l’altitude du sol y compris sous la végétation. Voici un exemple qui montre des sentiers cachés dans une forêt du Jura :   L’image en teintes de gris est un « hillshade » c’est-à-dire un ombrage du relief. Ce relief est issu du RGE ALTI […]

28.05.2023

Artificial snow accumulation detected from space

People often ask if we can detect artificial snow in satellite images. It’s not so easy except when the surrounding slopes are totally snow-free… But recently, I noticed some anomalous snow accumulations patterns in one of my satellite-derived snow depth maps near Super Barèges ski resort (Pyrenees). I made this snow depth map from a […]

03.04.2023

Télédétection de l’orientation des cultures

(article publié aussi sur le site du labo-OT au CNES) Pourquoi s’intéresser à l’orientation des cultures agricoles ? Au moins pour deux raisons. L’orientation des cultures par rapport à la pente du terrain contribue de façon importante au risque de ruissellement intense et par voie de conséquence à l’érosion des sols. Par ailleurs, connaitre l’orientation des […]

22.03.2023

How to use on demand InSAR to analyse the Joshimath landslide

International news media reported that the Joshimath city in north India (Uttarakhand) was « sinking » due to a slow landslide. In January, many houses had developed major cracks on the walls and 145 families were temporarily moved. The Indian space agency published a map of the ground deformation obtained by SAR interferometry using Sentinel-1 data. Although […]

21.01.2023

Extent of the Alps snow cover in January 2023 (before the storm)

In early January 2023 the snow cover area in the Alps was lower than the 30 years minimum. The snow cover area in January 2023 was lower than the snow cover area last year at the same period. This caused the publication of a lot of depressing ski resorts photographs. But the ongoing snowfalls in […]

18.01.2023

A 10 m resolution land cover map of Sahel with iota2

iota2 is the large scale mapping software developed at CESBIO. iota2 takes high resolution satellite image time series (SITS), usually Sentinel (1 and 2) or Landsat, and produces maps over large areas. Maps of most usual variables of interest in remote sensing can be produced, since iota2 can compute user-defined functions at the pixel level, […]

09.01.2023

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