README.md

Workshop2022

Online practicals:

Workshop information webpage

Installation

1. Install Miniconda: https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html

2. Download the repository:

git clone https://github.com/UCL-EO/Workshop2022.git

3. Install packages:

cd Workshop2022/
conda env create -n uclnceo --force -f environment.yml

4. Enable extensions

#!/bin/bash

# activate uclnceo envrionment
conda activate uclnceo

jupyter serverextension enable --py nbgitpuller --sys-prefix
jupyter contrib nbextension install --user
jupyter nbextension enable --py widgetsnbextension
jupyter nbextension enable python-markdown/main

# Install a JupyterLab extension for demonstration purposes
jupyter labextension install @jupyterlab/geojson-extension 
jupyter labextension install @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager
jupyter labextension install jupyter-leaflet
jupyter trust notebooks/*.ipynb *.ipynb

# kernel setup
python -m ipykernel install --name=conda-env-uclnceo  --display-name 'conda env:uclnceo' --user

5. Run jupyter-lab and load the notebooks.

Welcome to the Using Earth observation for Crop Monitoring (iEOCM) Workshop! You will find the following content:

Tamale Workshop

MORNING SESSION [09:00-11:00 2 hours]

• Welcome: GSSTI Director [5 mins]
• Welcome: Structure of the workshop: Kofi Asare GSSTI [5 mins]
• Perspectives and needs: MOFA regional director [20 mins]
• Cropping issues in North of Ghana: ADRA Kankam Boadu [20 mins]
• Overview and achievements: Prof Lewis [20 mins]
• Role of ground data and summary findings from 2021: Kofi Asare GSSTI [20 mins]
• Weather and yield in-season forecast: Nicola Pounder, Assimila [20 mins]
• Discussion and future priorities [GSSTI to chair] [15 mins]

Accra Workshop

MORNING SESSION [09:00-11:00 2 hours]

• Welcome: GSSTI Director [5 mins]
• Welcome: Structure of the workshop: Kofi Asare GSSTI [5 mins]
• Perspectives and needs: MOFA yield estimation director [20 mins]
• Overview and achievements: Prof Lewis [20 mins]
• Role of ground data and summary findings from 2021: Kofi Asare GSSTI [20 mins]
• Climate and yield: Dilys MacCarthy [20 mins]
• Weather and yield in-season forecast: Nicola Pounder, Assimila [20 mins]
• Discussion and future priorities [GSSTI to chair] [15 mins]

Practical Session [11:20:12:40] [1:40-2:00]

Groups of 5, run each session x 4

Practicals:

• You may want to register for a GEE account before starting the practicals.

• [DEA showcase]: DEA Edward Boamah
• Biophysical binder (Feng): EO & field data explorer
• ERA5 Weather data (Nicola) and Rain Watch (Kofi)
• Model data assimilation (Jose/Hongyuan): Crop model sliders, DA-Me, yield context plot
• Maize mapper GEE visualisation and MOFA yield (Qingling)
• [Field measurements demo] Kenneth

Workshop technical presentations 2:30-4:00

(15 mins)

• DEA classification in Ghana (Digital Earth Africa)
• Classification (China Agricultural University)
• Crop Modelling & Ensembles:(Hongyuan)
• Crop model video:(Hongyuan)
• EO interpretation (talk on issues and methods) (feng)
• Introduction to data assimilation (Jose/Hongyuan/CAU)
• Ensemble Crop DA (jose)
• Discussion and Reflections: GSSTI (Kofi to lead)

Layout

• data: folder for data. Keep small e.g. CSV files etc here. If you need larger data, download via postBuild script. carto subfolder has maps of Ghana.
• figures: Figures, logos, ....
• notebooks: Where notebooks go
• presentations: pdf version of presentations (needed?)
• wkshp_codes: python code to be used by notebooks