David Frantz
@dfrantz.bsky.social
Assistant Professor for Geoinformatics - Spatial Data Science at Trier University, Germany. Earth Observation. Remote Sensing. Geoinformatics. Data Science. Open Science.
Sascha Willmes from @unitrier.bsky.social just presented his work on sea ice lead detection using #sentinel3 SLSTR at #LPS25
June 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Sascha Willmes from @unitrier.bsky.social just presented his work on sea ice lead detection using #sentinel3 SLSTR at #LPS25
#FORCE_EO meets #LPS. Join us this afternoon for a gathering of developers, contributors and users. 17:45 - 19:00, 1st Floor, Foyer L3, Area 2. More info here: github.com/davidfrantz/...
June 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#FORCE_EO meets #LPS. Join us this afternoon for a gathering of developers, contributors and users. 17:45 - 19:00, 1st Floor, Foyer L3, Area 2. More info here: github.com/davidfrantz/...
The application window for our English-taught MSc in Geoinformatics is now open! Join us in Trier to become an expert in 🌞 #remotesensing, 🛰️ #earthobservation and 🗺️ #GIS! www.uni-trier.de/en/studium/s...
May 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The application window for our English-taught MSc in Geoinformatics is now open! Join us in Trier to become an expert in 🌞 #remotesensing, 🛰️ #earthobservation and 🗺️ #GIS! www.uni-trier.de/en/studium/s...
🚨 Fresh off the press in #RSE: D. Klehr's first #PhD chapter 🎉 presents a new approach to surpass classification of tree species for large areas 🛰️🌳🌲. We pair #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation with #ANN #AI models to predict sub-pixel tree species! #OpenAccess: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚨 Fresh off the press in #RSE: D. Klehr's first #PhD chapter 🎉 presents a new approach to surpass classification of tree species for large areas 🛰️🌳🌲. We pair #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation with #ANN #AI models to predict sub-pixel tree species! #OpenAccess: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
💼Job Alert: I am hiring a PostDoc/PhD (100%, 3yrs) to develop and orchestrate cloud-based workflows within a project that will create a forest information system 🌳 for Germany based on #sentinel2 🛰️ and #als ✈️. tinyurl.com/4hw426vw #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation @unitrier.bsky.social @thuenen.de
January 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
💼Job Alert: I am hiring a PostDoc/PhD (100%, 3yrs) to develop and orchestrate cloud-based workflows within a project that will create a forest information system 🌳 for Germany based on #sentinel2 🛰️ and #als ✈️. tinyurl.com/4hw426vw #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation @unitrier.bsky.social @thuenen.de
December 20, 2024 at 11:01 AM
📢Our research on mapping societal material stocks 🏡🚗 is now featured on the #CDSE page as a use case! #sentinel1 #sentinel2 dataspace.copernicus.eu/cases/nation...
December 11, 2024 at 1:42 PM
📢Our research on mapping societal material stocks 🏡🚗 is now featured on the #CDSE page as a use case! #sentinel1 #sentinel2 dataspace.copernicus.eu/cases/nation...
📢Our research on mapping societal material stocks 🏡🚗 is now featured on the #CDSE page as a use case! #sentinel1 #sentinel2 https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/cases/national-scale-mapping-societal-material-stocks-using-copernicus-data @BOKU_SEC
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
📢Our research on mapping societal material stocks 🏡🚗 is now featured on the #CDSE page as a use case! #sentinel1 #sentinel2 https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/cases/national-scale-mapping-societal-material-stocks-using-copernicus-data @BOKU_SEC
🛰️🍷🌱🇩🇪 Are you interested in a fully-funded PhD position in #uav #remotesensing for health assessment of #vineyards for #precision #agriculture and #harvest #optimization? Apply here @TrierUni:
https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/organisation/ABT3/Stellen_WissMitarbeiter/a55_24_WissMA_FB_VI_Umwelt...
https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/organisation/ABT3/Stellen_WissMitarbeiter/a55_24_WissMA_FB_VI_Umwelt...
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
🛰️🍷🌱🇩🇪 Are you interested in a fully-funded PhD position in #uav #remotesensing for health assessment of #vineyards for #precision #agriculture and #harvest #optimization? Apply here @TrierUni:
https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/organisation/ABT3/Stellen_WissMitarbeiter/a55_24_WissMA_FB_VI_Umwelt...
https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/organisation/ABT3/Stellen_WissMitarbeiter/a55_24_WissMA_FB_VI_Umwelt...
How can #Sentinel2 satellite data enhance large-scale forest fire risk maps for locally adaptive management? The #BrandSat project by @TrierUni and @HumboldtUni's @HumboldtEOLab explores this crucial issue. #ForestFireRisk #RemoteSensing #ClimateAction
https://tinyurl.com/2s48st85
https://tinyurl.com/2s48st85
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
How can #Sentinel2 satellite data enhance large-scale forest fire risk maps for locally adaptive management? The #BrandSat project by @TrierUni and @HumboldtUni's @HumboldtEOLab explores this crucial issue. #ForestFireRisk #RemoteSensing #ClimateAction
https://tinyurl.com/2s48st85
https://tinyurl.com/2s48st85
📢New paper: temporally transferring crop type 🌽 maps based on #Sentinel2 & #Landsat🛰️using new data augmentation methods and CNNs. Also, Dong Pham's 1st #phd chapter 🥳: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843224002218?via%3Dihub
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
📢New paper: temporally transferring crop type 🌽 maps based on #Sentinel2 & #Landsat🛰️using new data augmentation methods and CNNs. Also, Dong Pham's 1st #phd chapter 🥳: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843224002218?via%3Dihub
📢 New paper: We mapped the whole "technomass" in the UK 🇬🇧 & Ireland 🇮🇪 at fine spatial (10m) and detailed thematic resolution based on #sentinel2 #sentinel1🛰️ + other GIS data --> 🇮🇪 has much more roads per�Ÿ§‘🤝🧑than 🇬🇧. #openaccess: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S09213...
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
📢 New paper: We mapped the whole "technomass" in the UK 🇬🇧 & Ireland 🇮🇪 at fine spatial (10m) and detailed thematic resolution based on #sentinel2 #sentinel1🛰️ + other GIS data --> 🇮🇪 has much more roads per�Ÿ§‘🤝🧑than 🇬🇧. #openaccess: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S09213...
We compiled a huge, multi-faceted, high-resolution, #OpenAccess dataset across the whole CONUS, incl. building area, height, volume, type, mass. Plus infrastructure area and mass (roads, parking, and many other). Download: Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43755-5
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
We compiled a huge, multi-faceted, high-resolution, #OpenAccess dataset across the whole CONUS, incl. building area, height, volume, type, mass. Plus infrastructure area and mass (roads, parking, and many other). Download: Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43755-5
Cities are comparably resource-efficient (~90 t/ cap in the Bronx), while high material intensity is found in rural areas (up to ~40,000 t / cap). Migration reinforces this phenomenon as people leave while built structures remain.
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Cities are comparably resource-efficient (~90 t/ cap in the Bronx), while high material intensity is found in rural areas (up to ~40,000 t / cap). Migration reinforces this phenomenon as people leave while built structures remain.
📢Paper alert! How heavy is the USA 🇺🇸🏋️? In a nutshell: the mass of all US buildings, roads/rails, and parking spaces is ca. 130 Gt - or ~400 tonnes per person! Built structures 🏘️are 2.6 times heavier than all plant biomass 🌳! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43755-5 @NatureComms #ope...
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
📢Paper alert! How heavy is the USA 🇺🇸🏋️? In a nutshell: the mass of all US buildings, roads/rails, and parking spaces is ca. 130 Gt - or ~400 tonnes per person! Built structures 🏘️are 2.6 times heavier than all plant biomass 🌳! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43755-5 @NatureComms #ope...
German #EO users: DYK that we have a harmonized #FORCE_EO #Landsat #Sentinel2 analysis-ready datacube on CODE-DE/EOLab covering the whole of Germany from 1984 to today? Updated nightly. Free data. More information: https://github.com/CODE-DE-EO-Lab/community_FORCE
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
German #EO users: DYK that we have a harmonized #FORCE_EO #Landsat #Sentinel2 analysis-ready datacube on CODE-DE/EOLab covering the whole of Germany from 1984 to today? Updated nightly. Free data. More information: https://github.com/CODE-DE-EO-Lab/community_FORCE
🌊🧊🛰️Are you excited about sea ice dynamics with remote sensing and machine learning? Work with us in the Earth Observation and Climate Processes dept @TrierUni https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/organisation/ABT3/Stellen_WissMitarbeiter/a62_22_WissMA_FB_VI_Umweltmeterologie_englisch.pdf
#phdpos...
#phdpos...
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
🌊🧊🛰️Are you excited about sea ice dynamics with remote sensing and machine learning? Work with us in the Earth Observation and Climate Processes dept @TrierUni https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/organisation/ABT3/Stellen_WissMitarbeiter/a62_22_WissMA_FB_VI_Umweltmeterologie_englisch.pdf
#phdpos...
#phdpos...
#FORCE_EO v.3.7.8 was just released. FORCE is an all-in-one solution to enable large-scale EO applications using #Landsat and #Sentinel2. Preprocessing, ARD, temporal aggregation, machine learning, ........ best use with docker davidfrantz/force
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
#FORCE_EO v.3.7.8 was just released. FORCE is an all-in-one solution to enable large-scale EO applications using #Landsat and #Sentinel2. Preprocessing, ARD, temporal aggregation, machine learning, ........ best use with docker davidfrantz/force
Interested in Arctic ice formation? New paper published with my colleague Sascha Willmes in @NatureComms that reports on the annual cycle of ice nucleating particles in the Arctic🚢🔍 #openaccess
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Interested in Arctic ice formation? New paper published with my colleague Sascha Willmes in @NatureComms that reports on the annual cycle of ice nucleating particles in the Arctic🚢🔍 #openaccess
Interested in #fire #dynamics obtained from #remotesensing #MODIS? Six years after publishing a paper about obtaining fire spread information, we have eventually managed to release the Code! (better late than never, I reckon) https://github.com/davidfrantz/fire-spread @maerieninberlin
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Interested in #fire #dynamics obtained from #remotesensing #MODIS? Six years after publishing a paper about obtaining fire spread information, we have eventually managed to release the Code! (better late than never, I reckon) https://github.com/davidfrantz/fire-spread @maerieninberlin
#LPS22 is nearly over - if you are still here and interested in building height retrieval from #Sentinel2 #Sentinel1 data, come and have a chat at poster board 230 during lunch. For all, who could not attend: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360642100_National-scale_mapping_of_building_he...
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
#LPS22 is nearly over - if you are still here and interested in building height retrieval from #Sentinel2 #Sentinel1 data, come and have a chat at poster board 230 during lunch. For all, who could not attend: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360642100_National-scale_mapping_of_building_he...
Nice overview of the CMIX paper by Sergii Slaking at #LPS22 on cloud detection comparisons. Read the full paper here https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.112990
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Nice overview of the CMIX paper by Sergii Slaking at #LPS22 on cloud detection comparisons. Read the full paper here https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.112990
The #FORCE_EO is strong with Hungary! Nice talk by @azlinszky about fuzzy crop monitoring
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
The #FORCE_EO is strong with Hungary! Nice talk by @azlinszky about fuzzy crop monitoring
International application for our #geoinformatics program is still possible until end of May. Study with us at @TrierUni ( and learn about #earthobservation #remotesensing #gis #dataviz #spatial #datascience #maps! More info at https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3f6e9e736fde4ee29c2e6462e8477f26...
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
International application for our #geoinformatics program is still possible until end of May. Study with us at @TrierUni ( and learn about #earthobservation #remotesensing #gis #dataviz #spatial #datascience #maps! More info at https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3f6e9e736fde4ee29c2e6462e8477f26...