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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Our study was awarded the 2025 Outstanding Paper Award by the @bigearthdata1.bsky.social at @tandfresearch.bsky.social ! I am grateful for this recognition to the editorial board, reviewers and my co-athors! Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1080/2096... @sciencecharles.bsky.social

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

• GEM-Forest offers a high potential for straightforward reproducibility for other years of AEF embeddings (2017-2025) Explore the GEM-Forest in our GEE app: danielp-cuni.projects.earthengine.app/view/gem-forest

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Some takeaways: • Traditional ML models (linear SVM, ridge and logistic regression and kNN) performed as well as, or better than, more complex models (Random Forest, XGBoost, neural networks - MLPs). • It suggests that the AEF embedding space already provides a well-structured representation.

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Introducing GEM-Forest, a 10m Global EMbedding-based #forest and tree crop map for 2020 that combines linear SVM and Google DeepMind's AEF satellite #embeddings. Read the preprint: doi.org/10.5194/egus... @valeriomarsocci.bsky.social @adamhastie.bsky.social #philab #GISChat #GeoSky #EOChat

We created a new global map of forests and tree crops for 2020 at 10 meter resolution using satellite embeddings. After testing several machine learning methods, we found that simple linear models performed as well as or better than more complex ones. The map identifies forests with 91 % accuracy and separates tree crops with low confusion with forests. This shows that satellite embeddings can support reliable and efficient global forest monitoring and inform international and national policies.

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Big Earth Data @bigearthdata1.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

📢Evaluation of ten #satellite-based and #reanalysis #precipitation datasets on a daily basis for #Czechia (2001–2021) by Daniel Paluba et al. @palubad.bsky.social 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/20964471.2025.2592444 💌 #ERA5 #timeseries #meteorology #remotesensing #earthobservation #GIS #opendata

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Our new #OpenAccess paper in @bigearthdata1.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social on evaluation of 10 satellite-based and reanalysis #precipitation datasets on a daily basis for #Czechia doi.org/10.1080/20964471.2025.2592444 Most accurate: GSMaP & ERA5-Land Worst results: CHIRPS, GLDAS & PERSIANN

The front page of our article in Big Earth Data journal titled "Evaluation of ten satellite-based and reanalysis precipitationdatasets on a daily basis for Czechia (2001–2021)" by Daniel Paluba, Vojtěch Bližňák, Miloslav Müller and Přemysl Štych. Access the study using the DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1080/20964471.2025.2592444

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Now you can watch the recording of my presentation on estimating #NDVI, EVI, LAI and FAPAR using #SAR and ancillary data through #machinelearning approaches during the @pangeos-ca22136.bsky.social webinar, summarizing two studies: doi.org/10.14712/233... & doi.org/10.1080/2096... #geosky #GEE #EO

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Can we estimate optical vegetation indices and biophysical parameters usingSentinel-1 SAR data?

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

‼️ Fully-funded #PhD #position on “Integration of Advanced Spectral and Thermal #RemoteSensing Methods and #ArtificialIntelligence for Assessing the State and Functioning of Ecosystems across Scales” at @sciencecharles.bsky.social 🇨🇿 🔗 Detailed info: shorturl.at/GKICI 🗓️ Deadline: December 15, 2025

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Last Monday, during the @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social C3S User engagement workshop within the #CzechSpaceWeek, I got a chance to present our work on the evaluation of precipitation datasets in Czechia. The paper is currently under review, but the preprint is available here: doi.org/10.13140/RG....

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The event was a joint effort of four #COSTActions: #3DForEcoTech (groud-based LiDAR), #PANGEOS (remote sensing), #CLEANFOREST (tree ecophysiology and ecology) and #ARiF - Augmented Reality In Forestry. Huge thanks to #PANGEOS for supporting my participation! #ConnectedByTrees

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

💡@markuseichhorn.bsky.social's keynote on interdisciplinarity reinforced my postdoc goal to step beyond Earth Observation and collaborate across disciplines: to learn more by knowing less. I also briefly showed my peers how SAR time series can support forest monitoring during the PANGEOS section.

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

🌳 Last week I participated at the Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems in Oxford with 40+ participants from 25 countries. 5 intensive days with a field trip, lectures, hands-ons & even keynotes in pubs. Thanks @mokros.bsky.social and his team for the organization! #ConnectedByTrees

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

In my poster, I also shared new improvements where I incorporated temporal features, applied snow masking and extended the training dataset timeline to five years, which significantly boosted the accuracy of our #MachineLearning models! 👉 My poster is available here: github.com/palubad/SAR-...

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

During the ESA #LPS2025 in Vienna last week, I had the chance to present our work on estimating time series of vegetation indices for Central European #forests using Sentinel-1 #SAR, ancillary data and #ML approaches. 🔗 More details in our paper published earlier this year: doi.org/10.1080/2096...

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

⏳ Reminder: The application deadline for the 14th #ESA Advanced Land #Training course with the focus on #agriculture has been extended to 1st July 2025! 🗓️ 29 Sept. - 3 Oct. 2025 📍 Thessaloniki, Greece 👇 Find out more directly on the course website: landtraining2025.esa.int #EOchat #GISchat

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ESA Advanced Land Training Course 2025

The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising an Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing with the focus on Agriculture in collaboration with the University of Thessaloniki. This course is dedi...

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

📢 Last 3 days to apply for #ESA 14th Advanced #Training Course on Land #RemoteSensing with a focus on #Agriculture! 📅 When: 29 September - 3 October 2025 📍 Where: Thessaloniki, Greece 👉 Deadline: 12 June 2025 🔗 More info and registration: landtraining2025.esa.int #GISchat #EOchat #geosky #eo

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I have developed a user-friendly interface for using the MMTS-GEE. It is available here: code.earthengine.google.com/64a4db31218a... (you need a GEE account). You can find it also on GitHub: github.com/palubad/MMTS... The full-quality poster is available here: storage.mlcdn.com/account_imag...

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Last week, I participated the #CLMSGA2025 in Kraków, Poland, where I presented the MMTS-GEE tool to generate spatially and temporally aligned SAR, optical, topographic and meteo. data. I also showed two case studies using MMTS-GEE: 1️⃣ doi.org/10.14712/233... 2️⃣ doi.org/10.1080/2096... #GisChat #GeoSky

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

🌍 Join us for a presentation by Dr. Francesco Sarti from ESA/ESRIN on "Our planet from space: ESA’s satellite missions & education" 📅 Wednesday, 28 May 2025 14:00–15:30 📍 Kampus Hybernská, A.3 Velká zasedací místnost, Hybernská 998/4, Prague, Register: evening-closet-d98.notion.site/1ff8779ec7b7...

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

🌧️ Which #precipitation dataset is the most accurate on a daily basis in Central European conditions? We tried to answer this question evaluating 10 satellite-based and #reanalysis precipitation datasets on a daily basis for #Czechia (2001-2021). 🔗More in our #preprint: dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

✅ Achieved temp. resolution of up to 240 measurements/year using SAR-based VIs with 2 S1 satellites in 2021 [soon to be restored with Sentinel-1C] ✅ Early disturbance detection: within 4 days vs 35 days with optical indices ✅ Fine-tuned #XGBoost and #RandomForest regressors outperformed #AutoML

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

👉 Temporally and spatially aligned SAR, DEM-based & meteo. features trained to estimate time series of #NDVI, #EVI, #LAI & #FAPAR 👉 Trained and tested in Czechia for healthy deciduous and coniferous forests, as well as disturbed areas ⏩ transferability tested for the whole Central Europe

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Can we estimate optical vegetation indices and biohpysical parameters for forests using #Sentinel1 #SAR & ancillary data? We tried to answer this in our latest paper in @bigearthdata1.bsky.social With the help of #machinelearning we generated SAR-based NDVI, EVI, LAI & FAPAR doi.org/10.1080/2096...

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Great to see it in action. Looks cool! It reminded me that for larger countries, I should add a selection for smaller administrative units. I will try to implement it soon.

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

🌍 I have created an interactive #GEE app to generate #Sentinel2 cloud-free mosaics for any country and timeframe, defined by the user. Generate your mosaics: danielp.users.earthengine.app/view/sentinel2-cloudfree-mosaic-generator GitHub: github.com/palubad/S2-Mosaic-Generator #gischat #dataviz

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

👉 Sign up for our newsletter here: eo4landscape.natur.cuni.cz/newsletter-2/ The Copernicus Academy CZ newsletter is prepared by the EO4Landscape research team at @sciencecharles.bsky.social Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Cartography, with support from the FPCUP project.

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

🌍 @copernicusland.bsky.social LMS General Assembly 2025 – registration & abstracts open for Krakow (May 20–22) 🚨 Copernicus Emergency Monitoring Service Conference – insights into flood monitoring (April 2–3) 🥦 Zero Hunger Online Course series by @EO College – explore EO’s role in food security

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

💨 WEkEO Workshop on Atmospheric Monitoring – live demos and user experiences (March 24 & 26) 📡 @esa.int ESA Earth Observation Workshop 2025 – hands-on training at ESA Academy in Belgium (July 14–18) 🛰️ DLR/ESA Open PolInSAR Course – deep dive into Polarimetric InSAR techniques (March 28 deadline)

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

What’s inside? 🚀 Advanced Use of Copernicus Browser – an interactive webinar on exploring Copernicus data by the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (April 8) 🌲 Remote Sensing of Forests Summer School – UAV, SAR and LiDAR applications at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (June 2–6)

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

The March issue of the #CopernicusAcademy CZ #newsletter is here! It brings a plenty of #EarthObservation opportunities: online and face-to-face trainings, workshops and conferences. Read it here: shorturl.at/NTIUD While it is in Czech, most events are in English, so don’t miss out any! #gischat

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

🌍🛰️ Přihlašte se do našeho magisterského studijního programu #Geoinformatika, #kartografie a dálkový průzkum Země! ⏳ Máte posledních 10 dní - do 31. 3. 2025 - na podání přihlášky! Více o programu: natur.cuni.cz/uchazeci/stu... #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #GIS #Cartography

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Some thoughts on NotebookLM: 👉 5 free tokens per day to generate such podcasts. 👉 No way to edit or fine-tune the podcast. Need to regenerate it with additional hints or notes. 👉 Sometimes misinterprets information - the effect of precipitation caused false negatives, not false positives.

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

AI to generate #podcast from research papers? I just tested Google's #NotebookLM tool by uploading our 2 research papers on #unsupervised #wildfire progression monitoring with #SAR data. It resulted in a surprisingly engaging podcast. Full podcast and papers attached in the comment 👇 #gischat

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Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏 @satellitesci.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

There's now so many awesome #geospatial people here it's hard to keep track! 🤩 Here's a thread of some of my favourite starter packs so far - let me know what I've missed! 🛰️ Earth Observation & remote sensing: go.bsky.app/4PMRhNL 🌏 GIS: go.bsky.app/TJ7qQF6 @milos-makes-maps.bsky.social (1/n)

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

While the newsletter is in Czech 🇨🇿 , most of the workshops and events are in English, so don’t miss them out! 👉 Sign up for our newsletter here: eo4landscape.natur.cuni.cz/newsletter-2/

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

📰 The February issue of the Copernicus Academy CZ newsletter is out! It’s packed with new EO training and webinar invitations, exciting ESA opportunities, upcoming conferences and more. Read it here: eo4landscape.natur.cuni.cz/wp-admin/adm...

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

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Charles University @charlesuni.cuni.cz · 22/02/2025

🇨🇿 Study in one of the world’s safest countries! 📚 Thinking about studying abroad? The Czech Republic ranks 12th in the Global Peace Index 2025, making it one of the safest destinations for international students! 📌 Learn more at studycharles.cz

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I think that the AUC Geograhica journal by @sciencecharles.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz could fit: karolinum.cz/en/journal/a... No fees at all, with a broad geographical scope: from human geography to geoinformatics and remote sensing. With a Scopus and WoS indexing. With an IF as well.

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Could you add me to the starter pack, please? :)

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

5️⃣ Identification of Optimal Sentinel-1 SAR Polarimetric Parameters for Forest Monitoring in Czechia doi.org/10.14712/23361980.2024.18 6️⃣ Estimating Vegetation Indices and Biophysical Parameters for Central European Temperate Forests with Sentinel-1 SAR Data and ML - Accepted, not online yet

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Časopis AUC GEOGRAPHICA - Karolinum

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

3️⃣ Unsupervised Burned Area Mapping in Greece: Investigating the Impact of Precipitation, Pre- and Post-Processing of S-1 Data in GEE doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10283130 4️⃣ Tracking Burned Area Progression in an Unsupervised Manner Using Sentinel-1 SAR in GEE doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3427382

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Tracking Burned Area Progression in an Unsupervised Manner Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data in Google Earth Engine

The frequency of wildfires is increasing worldwide, contributing to a third of forest loss over the last two decades. Tracking burned area progression using traditional optical remote sensing is hinde...

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Daniel Plauba @palubad.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The core of my thesis is built on six research papers published over the course of my doctoral studies: 1️⃣ Land Cover-Specific Local Incidence Angle Correction: A Method for Time-Series Analysis of Forest Ecosystems. doi.org/10.3390/rs13091743

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Land Cover-Specific Local Incidence Angle Correction: A Method for Time-Series Analysis of Forest Ecosystems

This study deals with a local incidence angle correction method, i.e., the land cover-specific local incidence angle correction (LC-SLIAC), based on the linear relationship between the backscatter val...

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