{"id":2491,"date":"2026-02-05T16:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/your-toolbox-for-vegetation-indices-a-hands-on-hr-vpp-webinar\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:01:38","slug":"your-toolbox-for-vegetation-indices-a-hands-on-hr-vpp-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/your-toolbox-for-vegetation-indices-a-hands-on-hr-vpp-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Your toolbox for Vegetation Indices: A hands-on HR-VPP webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your toolbox for Vegetation Indices: A hands-on HR-VPP webinar<br \/>\n<span><span>leo.concepcion<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2026-02-05T17:01:38+01:00\" title=\"Thursday, February 5, 2026 - 17:01\">Thu, 05\/02\/2026 &#8211; 17:01<\/time><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Webinar designed to provide the knowledge and tools needed to calculate Vegetation Indices and Biophysical Variables.<\/p>\n<p>CLMS is pleased to invite you to a hands-on webinar on 19 February 2026, demonstrating how to calculate Vegetation Indices and Biophysical Variables using dedicated Jupyter Notebooks.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you may have noticed that datasets from the Vegetation Phenology and Productivity (HR-VPP) product suite were removed from CLMS platforms. In response, this webinar aims to provide the knowledge and tools needed to calculate these variables independently using Sentinel-2 data.<\/p>\n<p>The webinar will provide guidance on how to calculate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leaf Area Index (LAI)<\/li>\n<li>Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fAPAR)<\/li>\n<li>Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)<\/li>\n<li>Plant Phenology Index (PPI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To facilitate this process, the Jupyter Notebooks are already available and can be easily customised to suit specific needs and areas of interest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agenda:<\/strong>\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome, Goals of the\u00a0webinar\u00a0<em>(Tim Ng &#8211; VITO)\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Importance of vegetation indicators for monitoring\/reporting and user needs <em>(Luca Battistella &#8211; EEA)\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>What CDSE is, data access context, typical input data, practical considerations (cloud masking, compositing),\u00a0openEO\u00a0overview, key concepts (data cubes, processes), notebooks as reproducible workflows,\u00a0scaling\u00a0and exports\u00a0<em>(Victor Verhaert\u00a0&#8211; VITO)\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>VIs calculation: NDVI, LAI,\u00a0fAPAR\u00a0and PPI notebooks presentation <em>(Victor Verhaert\u00a0\u2013\u00a0VITO)\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A\u202f-\u00a0<em>All\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clmswebinarseries.eu\/HR-VPP\"><strong>REGISTER HERE &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <time datetime=\"2026-02-19T12:00:00Z\">Thu, 19\/02\/2026 &#8211; 12:00<\/time><\/p>\n<p>            <time datetime=\"2026-02-19T12:00:00Z\">Thu, 19\/02\/2026 &#8211; 12:00<\/time><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.copernicus.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/image_img_fluid\/public\/2026-02\/HRVPPwebinar.png?itok=bs26r7E0\" alt=\"HRVPP webinar banner image\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            No<\/p>\n<p>            No<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/land.copernicus.eu\/en\/events\/your-toolbox-for-vegetation-indices-a-hands-on-hr-vpp-webinar\/privacy_policy_webinar_hr-vpp.pdf\/@@download\/file\">Specific privacy statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            No<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copernicus.eu\/en\/events\/category\/webinar\">Webinar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copernicus.eu\/en\/service\/land\">Land<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            Online event<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-muted mb-0\">\n      <strong>Time:<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p>          14:00 &#8211; 15:00 Time zone: Copenhagen, Denmark<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your toolbox for Vegetation Indices: A hands-on HR-VPP webinar leo.concepcion Thu, 05\/02\/2026 &#8211; 17:01 Webinar designed to provide the knowledge and tools needed to calculate Vegetation Indices and Biophysical Variables. 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