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Programme

 

Lectures

  Stephen Briggs - ESA (Il) [Stephen.Briggs(at)esa.int]
SB1 (12133 KB)  ESA Satellite Missions for Climate Observations
  Wolfgang Wagner - TU Wien (AT) [ww(at)ipf.tuwien.ac.at]
WW1 (10210 KB)  A short introduction to microwave remote sensing of the land surface
WW2 (5150 KB)  Microwave remote sensing of soil moisture
WW3 (7623 KB)  Soil moisture applications in Earth Sciences
  Peter Rayner - UNIMELB (AU) [prayner (at) unimelb.edu.au
PR1 (438 KB)  Data assimilation in biogeochemistry: Adapting the paradigm of Numerical weather Prediction
PR2 (997 KB)  Has the data outstripped the models: Recent results from carbon cycle data assimilation
PR3 (667 KB)  Data assimilation and model validation, a lesson in Bayesian analysis
     David Lary - UTD (USA) [ David.Lary(at)utdallas.edu]
DL1 (15131 KB)  Chemical Data Assimilation
DL2 (37084 KB)  Bias Detection and Machine learning
DL3 (21778 KB)  Objectively Optimized and Autonomous Earth Observation
  Reiner Rummel - IAPG (DE) [rummel(at)bv.tum.de]
RR1 (2231 KB)  Gravity - An Introduction
RR2 (3341 KB)  Gravity and its Role in Earth Sciences
RR3 (8056 KB)  Satellite Gravimetry
  Pierre Gauthier - UQAM (CA) [pierre.gauthier(at)uqam.ca]
PG1 (2087 KB)  Introduction to quality control and bias correction of observations
PG2 (5814 KB)  Implementation of variational data assimilation: formulations and computational issues
PG3 (617 KB)  Data assimilation with coupled ocean-atmosphere models & Adaptive Strategies for the use of observations
  Iarla Kilbane-Dawe - AEAT (UK) [Iarla.Kilbane-Dawe(at)aeat.co.uk]
IK1 (2542 KB)  Two examples of making EO data saleable - airTEXT and GO Trial
IK2 (1522 KB)  Making a project work when things go wrong
IK3 (520 KB)  Innovation and design of technical projects - from market assessment to product introduction
  Jean-Marie Beckers - GHER (BE) [jm.beckers(at)ulg.ac.be ]
JB1 (6144 KB)  Oceanography & spatial analysis of irregularely distributed observations
JB2 (4936 KB)  Empirical orthogonal functions for ocean data with missing values
JB3 (2669 KB)  Generation of balanced model perturbations
  Colin Challen - UK Parliament (UK) [colinchallenmp(at)parliament.uk]
CC1 The Business of Politics
CC2 Politics and science - a marriage made in hell?
CC3 Politics and climate change
  Gabriela Seiz - MeteoSwiss (CH) [Gabriela.Seiz(at)meteoswiss.ch ]
GS1 (4517 KB)  Satellite climatology & GCOS
GS2 (10222 KB)  Multi-view photogrammetric analysis from satellite (focus on clouds)
GS3 (3676 KB)  Satellite Meteorology
  Niels Bormann - ECMWF (UK) [n.bormann(at)ecmwf.int ]
NB1 (2181 KB)  Satellite Data Assimilation for NWP (I)
NB2 (2030 KB)  Satellite Data Assimilation for NWP (II)
NB3 (3983 KB)  New Technologies and Applications of Satellite Data Assimilation, including reanalysis
  Bernard Pinty - JRC (Int'l) [bernard.pinty(at)jrc.ec.europa.eu ]
BP1 (3724 KB)  Representing interactions between solar radiation and Earths' surfaces in large-scale models
BP2 (2366 KB)  Mitigating the brain damages associated with the use of Vegetation Indices
BP3 Partitioning the solar radiant flux in land surface canopies
  Brian Kerridge - SSTD (UK) [brian.kerridge(at)stfc.ac.uk ]
BK1 (6050 KB)  Atmospheric composition sounding with solar backscattered shortwave radiation
BK2 (3218 KB)  Atmospheric composition sounding at IR wavelengths
BK3 (6752 KB)  Atmospheric composition sounding at mm wavelengths

Computing Practicals

  Data Assimilation Practicals
  Stefano Migliorini - DARC (UK) [ s.migliorini (at) reading.ac.uk ]
Amos Lawless - DARC (UK)[ A.S.Lawless(at)reading.ac.uk ]
Maeva Doron - MEOM (FR)[ Maeva.Doron(at)hmg.inpg.fr ]
Caroline Boess - DARC (UK)[ C.Boess(at)reading.ac.uk ]
DA1 Effect of statistical analysis parameters.
DA2 4D-Var and incremental 4D-Var
DA3 Ensemble and extended Kalman filters
DA4 Projects
   
  Remote Sensing Tutorial
  Val Byfield - NOC (UK) [V.Byfield(at)soc.soton.ac.uk]
David Poulter - NOC (UK) [ D.J.S.Poulter(at)soton.ac.uk ]
Linda Moser - ESA (IT) [ Linda.Moser(at)esa.int ]
Konstantina Rizopoulou - ESA (IT) [ Konstantina.Rizopoulou(at)esa.int ]
RS1 Synthetic Aperture Radar: Land applications tutorial
RS2 Synergistic use of data from SAR, optical and other satellite  sensors in oil spill monitoring
RS3 Eddies in the Western Indian Ocean: effects of the Somali Current and Indian Ocean Monsoon
RS4 Level 4 Sea surface temperature products using the Indian Ocean Dipole as an example
RS5 Level 2-4 Ocean Colour: issues with flagging, co-registration, and merging of data from several sensors
(using Benguela as an example)

Last update 31/08/2010

                            

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