Student Challenge Example Datasets

To facilitate student participation, we provide several remote sensing-related datasets that can be used directly, or participants may use their own data and study areas.

Example Datasets

• Sentinel-2 Land Cover Sample (China)
  A subset of Sentinel-2 imagery with land cover labels across several cities.

• MODIS NDVI Time-Series Data
  Monthly NDVI values from MODIS over East Asia, useful for modeling vegetation trends.

• Surface Temperature and Elevation Data (ASTER GDEM + MODIS LST)
  Combined raster datasets useful for spatial regression or GPBoost modeling.

Participants are encouraged to explore these examples or bring their own datasets. GPBoost is especially effective in settings where structured covariates (e.g., reflectance bands, indices) and spatial dependence exist.