STEREO toolbox

MESMA in QGIS

Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis (MESMA), visualisation of results and other MESMA-related post-processing.

MESMA is both a QGIS plugin and stand-alone python package that implements the MESMA (Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis) unmixing algorithm in the field of Remote Sensing.

It is based on VIPER Tools: a software package written for ENVI/IDL and released in 2007. Several updates have been released since and now it has been ported to PyQGIS in the period 2017 - 2020. The original VIPER Tools is now split over two python/QGIS tools: Spectral Library Tool and MESMA.

Spectral Library Tool

Build, visualize and optimize spectral libraries.

The Spectral Library Tool software package is both a QGIS plugin and stand-alone python package that provides a suite of processing tools for multi- and hyperspectral spectral libraries.

The software is based on VIPER Tools: code written for ENVI/IDL and released in 2007. Several updates have been released since and now it has been ported to PyQGIS in the period 2017 - 2020. The original VIPER Tools is now split over two python/QGIS tools: Spectral Library Tools and MESMA.

Tree Density Calculator

Calculate the tree density of a given region, by moving a sliding window over a brightness image and detecting local maxima.

The Tree Density Calculator is a QGIS plugin and command line interface package designed to calculate tree densities based on brightness images, using the local maximum of a sliding window.

The original Tree Density Calculator was written in C++ and ported to PyQGIS in 2018/2019. It has been developed in an open source environment to encourage further development of the tool.

Neural Network MLP Classifier

Supervised classification method for multi-band passive optical remote sensing data, based on the MLP (multi-layer perception) neural network classifier by scikit-learn.

The Neural Network MLPClassifier software package is both a QGIS plugin and stand-alone python package that provides a supervised classification method for multi-band passive optical remote sensing data. It uses an MLP (Multi-Layer Perception) Neural Network Classifier and is based on the Neural Network MLPClassifier by scikit-learn.

The program was originally developed by Lieven P.C. Verbeke (Ghent University, Laboratory of Forest Management and Spatial Information Techniques). It was written in C++ and ported to PyQGIS in 2019 - 2020. It has been developed in an open source environment to encourage further development of the tool.

EOF-based Time Series Reconstructor

Image reconstructing algorithm based on EOFs (empirical orthogonal functions), designed specifically for oceanography.

The EOF-based Time Series Reconstructor software package is a QGIS plugin that provides a EOF-based reconstruction tool for filling gaps, caused by e.g. clouds, in geophysical time series, like ocean temperature. It is developed specifically for oceanography.

The software is based on DINEOF: a FORTRAN tool in continuous development since 2008.

The software has now been developed in the open source environment to encourage further development of the tool.

FORCE4Q

Visualize FORCE Level-2 outputs or Landsat/Sentinel2 Level-2A products in QGIS.

FORCE4Q is a QGIS plugin for generating higher level EO data products,  It is a QGIS port for the higher level functionality of the Framework for Operational Radiometric Correction for Environmental Monitoring (FORCE). It specifically makes use of FORCE’s Higher Level Processing System for generating image composites and time series from multitemporal Level 2 bottom of atmosphere surface reflectance imagery. FORCE4Q is compatible with Landsat 5-8 and Sentinel-2 reflectance imagery as downloaded from common online repositories.

Bit Flag Renderer

Visualisation of individual bit flags in the Quality Assurance (QA) band of common EO data like Landsat, MODIS or FORCE L2).

The Bit Flag Renderer is a QGIS Plugin to visualize bit flags in raster quality images.

The Bit Flag Renderer is developed at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Earth Observation Lab.

EO Time Series Viewer

Interactive visualization and labelling of time series data that is composed of different spatial, spectral and temporal domains.

Get help in transforming your code to a QGIS plugin, but also:

• Write test classes for your code;
• Create online documentation (like what you are reading now);
• What are the requirements to upload your plugin to the official QGIS repository;
• Build and upload a python package to PyPi.
   

ACOLITE

#atmosphere
#water

ACOLITE combines the atmospheric correction algorithms for aquatic applications of Landsat and Sentinel-2 developed at RBINS. This repository hosts the (more) generic version of ACOLITE with the aim of bringing together the processing of all different sensors. ACOLITE allows simple and fast processing of imagery from various satellites, including Landsat (5/7/8) and Sentinel-2/MSI (A/B), PlanetScope and RapidEye, Venµs, SPOT and Pléiades, WorldView-2 and -3, and Sentinel-3/OLCI (A/B) for coastal and inland water applications.
ACOLITE development was funded under various projects including the JELLYFOR and PONDER STEREO projects.
A new version of ACOLITE was released on 2021-11-24.

ALBERI Dataset & Software

#atmosphere

The overall objective of the ALBERI project was to narrow down the uncertainties in isoprene emission estimates, especially regarding the response of biogenic isoprene emissions to droughts. The project led, among other results, to

• a global publicly available dataset of isoprene emissions over 2001-2018 (Opacka & Müller, 2021
• a deep Learning-Based Hybrid Model of Global Terrestrial Evaporation. A. Koppa, D. Rains, P. Hulsman,D.G. Miralles (published: August 19, 2021).

Complete InSAR suite developed by the signal Lab of CSL

#SAR

The Centre Spatial de Liege (CSL) has a long standing experience in the frame of SAR processing and SAR interferometry (InSAR). In the frame of numerous projects mainly funded by BELSPO and ESA, the signal Lab of CSL has developed a complete InSAR suite now known has CIS. CIS, as all tools of its kind, allows performing all processing steps for InSAR, DInSAR, PolSAR, PolInSAR, … including geoprojection of results in raw or ENVI format.

Dasymetric mapping in GRASS GIS

#biodiversity
#landcover
#population

“r.area.createweight” is aGRASS-GIS add-on that has been developed in the frame of the DASYWHEIGHT project. This simple and convenient ready-to-use tool facilitates the implementation of a machine-learning based approach to produce weighted layers for dasymetric mapping. Dasymetric mapping redistributes a response variable (e.g. population count) available at a coarse spatial unit level (e.g. administrative units), into a raster grid with a finer spatial resolution. The tool can be used for a wide variety of spatial phenomena, from the mapping of human or animal populations, to the mapping of other socio-economic or environmental variables. In addition, the tool is accessible to non-programmer users, in order to encourage a more widespread uptake of these approaches.

DIARS toolbox

#hyperspectral
#lidar
#landcover
#biodiversity

This website is part of the DIARS project that brings together European experts from remote sensing and ecology to demonstrate and characterize the impact of invasive species on ecosystems through the combined use of field data and data obtained through remote-sensing technologies and support the monitoring and prediction of spread and risk assessment of invasive plant species. It consists of a series of tutorials that walk you through a remote sensing-based framework for mapping, modelling and assessing the impact of biological invasions.

EarthTrack Mangroves
 

#forest

The monitoring system created in the MAMAFOREST project is accessible via the mobile application Earthtrack mangroves. This monitoring system includes:

• annual/sub-annual maps of forest age class, canopy cover and amounts of dead material from 1987 to 2016
• annual height and above-ground biomass maps of the Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve.

ICOR

#atmosphere
#water
#landcover

iCOR is part of the Atmospheric Correction Inter-comparison eXercise (ACIX) organized by ESA and NASA. iCOR  is an atmospheric correction software which can be used to process a variety of airborne and satellite images. It can be used to process data for coastal waters, inland waters and land surfaces. Since November 2018 iCOR can also be used to process drone images collected above water. 

iCOR is available for MERIS, Proba-V, Deimos, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3 and Landsat-8. iCOR can be downloaded after registration.

The iCOR software is developed through funding from the Belgian Science Policy, The European Space Agency and the European Commission.

INPLANT

#landcover
#biodiversity

The general objective of the INPLANT project was to develop a novel ‘optical types’-based approach to evaluate and to predict the impact of invasive plant species on ecosystem functioning.

The functional trait and spectral data acquired are stored in the Ecosis library: Individual forb and grass species spectra measured on field patches and on a black table.

The functional plant traits measured are stored in the TRY database: Forbs and grasses in North East Belgium, datasetID: 617

MAUPP Software

#population
#urban

The MAUPP project addressed two specific objectives:

• Produce an urban expansion model at moderate spatial resolution for African cities.
• Understand and predict intra-urban variations in human population density in Africa.

During the project, all the methods were developed with a particular focus on automation and transferability. The mapping frameworks and other computer code developed as well as the final maps are made available through different public repositories, at no cost, for anybody and for any purpose.

Micasense Rededge correction

In the frame of the STEREO DISSUP MS-SOC project, linked to the UAVSOIL project,a workflow with R-based scripts for the Anisotropy Factor (ANIF) correction of Micasense Rededge multispectral images was developed. The workflow consists of:

• A general guide to workflow application (in attachment);
• An R script for image radiometric calibration, vignetting correction, black level compensation and reflectance conversion;
• An R script for the application of ANIF correction;
• An R-based calibrated model for ANIF correction, needed as input in the correction script.

The general guide, the scripts and the model parameters were made publicly accessible in a repository available at Github.com. More info

MIMO

#SAR
#cryosphere

The main objective of MIMO was to quantify basal melt of ice shelves surrounding the Antarctic ice sheet at high spatial and temporal resolution to derive improved parametrizations for use in ice sheet modelling studies.
Available datasets:

• CTD profiles from beneath Ekstroem Ice Shelf and Atka Bay, PANGAEA,
• Results of the AbuMIP experiments: The Antarctic BUttressing Model Intercomparison Project [Data set]
• Time series of basal melt rates of the Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, Antarctica. PANGAEA

MULTI-SYNC

#water

Within MULTI-SYNC advanced ocean colour products were developed (i.e. remote sensing reflectance, turbidity, and chlorophyll a concentration) through synergetic use of multi-scale EO data. As a new production unit within CMEMS, the high-resolution coastal service (HR-OC) offers ocean colour products based on Sentinel-2/MSI data:

• Remote Sensing Reflectance (RRS).
• Particulate Backscatter Coefficient spectrum (BBP),
• Turbidity (TUR),
• Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM)
• Chlorophyll-a Concentration (CHL).

The products are available to the community through the CMEMS distribution platform.

REACT Products, Software & Codes

#population
#urban

The REACT (Remote Sensing for Epidemiology in African CiTies) project involved the use of a wide suite of remotely sensed variables at different spatial and temporal resolutions, and different modelling approaches, with two main goals:

• Improve our knowledge of intra-urban malaria risk.
• Improve our knowledge of inter-urban malaria risk.

Several products developed during the project have been deposited in open access scientific repositorie such as Zenodo.

RESIST Codes

#hazard

The RESIST project has contributed to the understanding of the source mechanisms driving volcanic eruptions and landslides in the area extending from North Tanganyika to North Virunga by:

• filling the gap of knowledge on ground-based level and;
• combining this information with innovative Earth observation (EO) approaches.

The codes for the satellite-based threshold calibration for landslides is shared as supplementary material in the papers Monsieurs et al. 2019a, 2019b. Also available through https://github.com/emonsieurs/ARSthreshold.

See also Complete InSAR suite developed by the signal Lab of CSL.

SAT-EX Codes & Data

#climate
#landcover

The SAT-EX project focused on the impact of climate and climate extremes on global vegetation. Different source codes are freely available via the Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management (LHWM) github channel:

• ConditionalSpectralGrangerCausality
• E2CI---Detecting-relations-between-modes-of-climate-variability-and-land-evaporation
• Hydro-climatic-biomes
• ClimateVegetationDynamics_GrangerCausality

TACT

#atmosphere

TACT is the Thermal Atmospheric Correction Tool for Landsat developed at RBINS. It retrieves ERA5 atmospheric profiles and uses libRadtran to compute the atmospheric transmittance, and down- and upwelling radiances. Currently TACT outputs the Water Surface Temperature (WST) in each thermal band present on the Landsat sensor, assuming a constant (water) emissivity over the scene.

TREX

#landcover

TREX (Tool for Raster data EXploration) is an automatic processing tool allowing extraction of Time series of Leaf Area Index (LAI) from Proba-V satellite images.

TREX was developped for the STEREO III HIWET (High-resolution modelling and monitoring of water and energy transfers in wetland ecosystems) project and is  available on GitHub.

VIPER Tools

#landcover
#hyperspectral
#atmosphere

The VIPER Tools software package is an ENVI add-on that provides a suite of processing tools for multiband passive optical remote sensing data including hyperspectral and multispectral imagery. The major components of the software are tools for creating and managing spectral libraries, for selection of optimal endmembers for Spectral Mixture Analysis (SMA) and for calculating and interpreting SMA and Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis (MESMA).

3D-FOREST & 3D-TERRAIN

#forest

The 3D-FOREST project aimed at providing novel lidar in-situ 3D forest structure and biomass estimates to validate large-scale air/spaceborne biomass products.
Treeseg is an open-source software that has been developed to near-automatically segment individual tree point clouds from high-density larger-area lidar point clouds acquired in forests.

The 3D-Terrain project, has extended the use of LiDAR Unmanned Aircraft Systems to characterise termite mounds in tropical savannas. The algorithm 3DTerrain-TermiteMounds is also freely availbale on Github.