Research within the Division of Geography and Tourism focuses on spatial patterns of physical and human-induced phenomena at the earth’s surface and on the interactions between society and the environment. Soil erosion is a major issue in some parts of Flanders, driven by a mixture of natural factors (e.g. topography, soil type, rainfall characteristics) and agricultural practices (e.g. crop cultivation choices, tillage practices and the uptake of cover crops) which determine the risk of erosion. This work will undertake a project commissioned by the Flemish Government (Department Omgeving) to deliver a new map of the crop cover management factor using remote sensing (principally Sentinel-2) data. The project will work with already developed methods which combine data on crop cultivations in Flemish field parcels, with remote sensing and rainfall data in order to estimate the soil erosion risk associated with the cropping practices undertaken in Flanders. The project will focus on producing a number of deliverables which work towards developing a new map for Flanders. The project will be collaborative, however the candidate should be able to take charge of the finalisation of project deliverables by running remote sensing workflows, undertaking data analyses and writing reports.
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The main responsibility is to complete the necessary work components of the deliverables to analyse the C-factor across Flanders using already developed methods. This will include:
For more information please contact Prof. dr. Gert Verstraeten, tel.: +32 16 32 64 11, mail: gert.verstraeten@kuleuven.be or Mr. Francis Matthews, tel.: +32 16 32 53 08, mail: francis.matthews@kuleuven.be.
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