Vesc 2017 fieldwork – Land cover classification with Sentinel-2 – successfully finished! – Homepage Julien Chimot: a journey in Earth observation satellite science

Land cover classification based on Sentinel-2 surface reflectance in France, Curnier area (Drome department – close to Sahune). Works performed by Krijn van Alphen, Rens van der Vleuten & Guus Hoogewerf, Bsc TUDelft students, Applied Earth Sciences, during the Vesc 2017 campaign.

Land cover classification based on Sentinel-2 surface reflectance in France, Saint Ferreol Trente Pas area (Drome department). Works performed by Pelle van Nieuwkerk, Nordin Tippersma & Bram Eijgenraam, Bsc TUDelft students, Applied Earth Sciences, during the Vesc 2017 campaign.

Land cover classification based on Sentinel-2 surface reflectance in France, Valouse area (Drome department – close to Saint Ferreol Trente Pas). Works performed by Casper Groot, Yusuf Dasli & Rafael von Bannisseht, Bsc TUDelft students, Applied Earth Sciences, during the Vesc 2017 campaign.

Vesc 2017 fieldwork has come to an end! A lot of works was achieved by the 2nd year Bsc TU Delft students with their supervisors.

Some numbers to summarize: 48 students working during 3 weeks in France (Vercors & Drome region) + some more back in Delft on analyzing the geological formations and Sentinel-2 satellite data, 16 land cover final classification maps produced, many more maps analysing vegetation seasonal cycles and the impacts of cloud contamination, more than 1600 GPS waypoints collected for identifying reference land cover classes, 16 GPS elevation maps compared with satellite remote sensing, 32 final reports delivered (Acquisition and Integration reports)!

One thing is sure: the TU Delft students achieved a huge amount of works with great quality. Congratulations and many thanks to them for their efforts! And thanks also to my professor colleagues for their supports (Dr. Roderik Linderbergh, Dr. Jan Kees Blom, Dr. Hemmo Abels & Dr. Joep Storms).

Let’s hope for the same for the next Vesc 2018 campaign!

More information?

Previous (2014-2015-2016) field-campaigns in Vesc, France, land covers classification with LandSat-8 here
Vesc field-campaign 2017 beginning here
Seasonal vegetation cycled analysed during Vesc 2017 here
Sentinel-2 COPERNICUS ESA mission here
TU Delft Bsc Applied Earth Sciences here
TU Delft Master Geoscience & Remote Sensing (GRS) here
French Vesc area here
Very happy of the good work presented by #TUDelft Bsc students, during Midterm meeting of #Vesc2017 fieldwork in France, to @GRS_TUDelft here
How to precisely locate river #Sentinel2 #ROI pixels? Brave #TUDelft Bsc students collect GPS waypoints on the field! #Vesc2017 @GRS_TUDelft here