1st ESA Advanced Training Course on Atmospheric Remote Sensing 2008

The European Space Agency organises a series of regular advanced thematic training courses in Europe. These training courses – initially covering ocean, land and atmosphere applications – are hosted in European Universities, with the host country rotating among the ESA Member States.

The 2008 course was dedicated to training on the exploitation of Earth Observation data from ESA and Third Party Mission instruments for atmospheric applications, and took place in Oxford, UK from 15 to 20 September 2008.

The specific objectives of the advanced atmospheric training course were to:

1. Stimulate and support the exploitation of ESA EO and Third Party Mission (TPM) remote sensing data for atmospheric applications;
2. Introduce available tools and methods for the exploitation of ERS, Envisat, and TPM satellite data;
3. Train the next generation of European and Canadian Principal Investigators (PIs).

Course materials can be found at the original website.

Programme

Day 1 – Monday
13:00 – 14:00 – Registration
14:00 – 14:30 – Official Welcome: Univ. of Oxford / M. Doherty
14:30 – 15:30 – Earth’s Atmosphere – B. Kerridge
15:30 – 16:30 – Atmospheric Observations and Models – H. Kelder
16:30 – 17:30 – Current and Planned ESA Atmospheric Instruments – C. Zehner
18:00 – 20:00 – Icebreaker

Day 2 – Tuesday – Instruments and Data Handling
09:00 – 10:00 – UV/VIS Nadir Viewing Atmospheric Instruments/Data (GOME, SCIAMACHY, OMI) – H. Kelder
10:00 – 11:00 – UV/VIS Limb Viewing Instruments/Data (GOMOS, Odin) – E. Kyrola
11:00 – 11:15 -Coffee Break
11.15 – 12:15 – IR Limb Viewing Instruments/Data (MIPAS, ACE) – B. Carli
12:15 – 14:00 – Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 – IR Nadir Viewing Instruments/Data (IASI, TES) – B. Kerridge
15:00 – 16:00 – ESA Atmospheric Data/Access/Tools – C. Zehner
16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Practical on ESA Atmospheric Data Handling – S. Niemeijer

Day 3 – Wednesday -Retrieval and Radiative Transfer
09:00 – 10:00 – Principles of Retrieval Theory – C. Rodgers
10:00 – 11:00 – UV/VIS Nadir Retrieval (DOAS) – H. Kelder
11:00 – 11:15 – Coffee Break
11.15 – 12:15 – UV/VIS Limb Retrieval – E. Kyrola
12:15 – 14:00 – Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 – IR Limb Retrieval – B. Carli
15:00 – 16:00 – MW/IR Nadir Retrieval – B. Kerridge
16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Practical on Retrieval/Radiative Transfer Theory – C. Rodgers

Day 4 – Thursday – Validation/Modelling
09:00 – 10:00 – Error Analysis for Retrieval Methods – C. Rodgers
10:00 – 11:00 – In-situ Data needed for Satellite Data Validations – H. Kelder
11:00 – 11:15 – Coffee Break
11.15 – 12:15 – Data Intercomparison/Validation Methods – B. Kerridge
12:15 – 14:00 – Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 – Data Intercomparison/Validation/Examples (GOMOS, Odin) – E. Kyrola
15:00 – 16:00 – Data Intercomparison/Validation/Examples (MIPAS) – B. Carli
16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Practical on Retrievals/Validation – E. Kyrola

Day 5 – Friday – Modelling/Data Assimilation
09:00 – 10:00 – Basics on Modelling – H. Kelder
10:00 – 11:00 – Basics on Data Assimilation – H. Elbern
11:00 – 11:15 – Coffee Break
11.15 – 12:15 – Modelling 2 – H. Kelder
12:15 – 14:00 – Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 – Data Assimilation in the Stratosphere – H. Elbern
15:00 – 16:00 – Data Assimilation in the Troposphere – H. Elbern
16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Practical on Data Assimilation – H. Elbern
20:00 Social Event

Day 6 – Saturday
09:00 – 10:00 – Challenges for Upper Atmospheric Research – E. Kyrola
10:00 – 11:00 – Challenges for Stratospheric Research – B. Carli
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee Break – Questionnaire
11.30 – 12:30 – Challenges for Tropospheric Research – B. Kerridge
12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch Break
13:30 – 13:40 – Ozone Hole – Presenation by Student Group 1
13:40 – 13:50 – Ozone Hole – Presenation by Student Group 2
13:50 – 14:00 – Summary of the Training Course – ESA/Univ. of Oxford
14:00 – 15:00 – Closing Words – Certificates