4th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series This webinar is devoted to evapotranspiration (ET) monitoring with Earth Observation (EO) satellites. The webinar is going to have four parts: During the first 20 minutes, the concept of ET and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Penman (1948) – Monteith (1965) approach to its modelling will…
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1st EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Course Deadline for applications: March 3, 2022 Introduction to the course: This course introduces participants to Cloud Computing and its usage for Earth Observation (EO) data analysis. It starts with big geospatial data concepts and extends to Cloud Computing as one of the solutions for solving the problems of big…
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3rd on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series This webinar provides an overview of existing open-source tools for processing data coming from different satellite missions with a main focus on Copernicus missions’ products. During the webinar participants get familiar with ESA SNAP software and its toolboxes. Then a short demonstration of QGIS plugins used in…
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ESA, the Water Observatory of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the National University of Itapúa, the Space Agency of Paraguay and the Joint Commission from Argentina and Paraguay for the Paraná River are organising a training session dedicated to the access of Copernicus Sentinels data. The session is intended for professionals, students, researchers…
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This webinar will show how to use Sentinel-2 optical data to monitor changes in surface water extent due to long-lasting drought in South Africa’s Western Cape Province. It will show how different Sentinel-2 derived water radiometric indices can be used to detect water bodies and monitor changes in their extent. The webinar will also show how…
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The European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) with the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) are organising a third joint training course on Atmospheric Composition from 6 to 17 December 2021. The training will present the state-of-the-art in atmospheric monitoring and modelling.…
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Course re-scheduled: Updated 23/07/2021: In view of the recent developments related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the direction from the respective health authorities, SELPER and the European Space Agency have schedule this course. It will take place in a fully online format from 8-12 November 2021. ESA and the Latin American Society of Remote Sensing…
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This webinar will demonstrate how to process Sentinel-1 data in order to monitor coastal changes due to erosion in West Africa. The webinar will also show how to access the RUS environment to download, process, analyze and visualize the free data acquired by the Copernicus satellites. It will end with a Q&A session. Apply from Monday…
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This webinar will use Sentinel-2 data to estimate the value of forest above-ground biomass in a forest area in Ethiopia. As a reference dataset it will use the publicly available database produced by the ESA Biomass Climate Change Initiative (BCCI), for the year 2017. Processing of the image will be done using a combination of…
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