Programme

This advanced training course focused on land remote sensing theory and applications. It was organised around four main components:

• Theoretical fundamentals of SAR, Optical and Thermal remote sensing,
• ESA and Third Party missions and products
• EO land applications lectures (urban planning, land cover, damage assessment)
• Practicals using ESA toolboxes (BEAM, BEST, POLSARPRO) on land resources monitoring.

All four components addressed both SAR and Optical/Thermal remote sensing. The training course included formal lectures by leading scientists as well as hands-on computing exercises exposing students to remote sensing applications. Practicals used ESA software tools for the exploitation of EO data, with a focus on Envisat, ERS, Explorers (SMOS) and TPM (PROBA, ALOS) data products for land applications.
 

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