“How can I use PlanetScope data to map water resources in arid regions?”

Hi ​@agdo.e.v 

Be sure to check out courses on Planet University!

Here is a course that may be of interest to you: 

Viewing a Flood Event with the Planet Explorer ArcGIS Pro Add-In  
or if you are a QGIS user: Viewing a Flood Event with the Planet Explorer QGIS Plugin

Thank you @elyhienrich and the Planet team for the valuable recommendations.

I will explore both the ArcGIS and QGIS plugin-based workflows more deeply, especially in relation to humanitarian monitoring and flood-related change detection on the ground.

Looking forward to enhancing our technical engagement with Planet for evidence-based support in crisis regions.

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Also interested in any ready-made PlanetScripts or plugins that worked well in dry or semi-arid regions.
Bonus if anyone has experience adapting these tools to North Africa or the Arabian Peninsula 🌍

كما أنني مهتم بأي أدوات جاهزة مثل PlanetScripts أو إضافات (Plugins) أثبتت فعاليتها في المناطق الجافة أو شبه الجافة.
وسيكون من المفيد جدًا إن كانت هناك تجارب لتكييف هذه الأدوات في شمال إفريقيا أو شبه الجزيرة العربية.

Thank you again to everyone sharing their insights! 🙏

Hi ​@agdo.e.v - You can also check out our Publications Database for how researchers are using Planet imagery and analytics. I did a quick search -- https://publications.planet.com/?query=seasonal+water+arid -- and found a few relevant papers:

• Tracking a blue wave of ephemeral water across arid southern Africa

• Ephemeral flows and vegetation productivity: Insights for desert conservation 

• The Role of Spring Ecosystems as Climate Refugia in a Semi-Arid Environment

• On the choice of the most suitable period to map hill lakes via spectral separability and object-based image analysis

• River intermittency: mapping and upscaling of water occurrence using unmanned aerial vehicle, Random Forest and remote sensing landscape attributes

Hope that helps!