Satellite remote sensing of air quality
May 25 - June 19
This online course provided within the context of ESA EO AFRICA focuses on detection of the composition of the lower atmosphere from space: methods, data, tools and applications.
Upon completion of this online training course, the participant will be able to:
- Explain the basic interactions of radiation with the atmosphere: absorption and scattering
- Explain how the concentration of trace gases and greenhouse gases can be inferred by using absorption spectroscopy
- Explain how visible radiances observed by satellite instruments are used to characterize aerosols and clouds
- Find and work with TROPOMI data using python scripts
- Analyze temporal and spatial patterns of air quality data using python and jupyter notebooks
- Review a case study involving atmospheric composition data
The course will be offered to a maximum of 75 participants. Selection will be based on relevant academic background and employment.
Only applicants working for an African-based organization are eligible.
The participants are expected to have a basic knowledge of the Earth System, Earth Observation principles and some affinity with programming. Before the start of the course participants will be given access to 2 online course of the EO AFRICA RDF series (OC 1: Principles of and advances in Earth Observation and OC 2:Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses), which we advise to go through for refreshing the knowledge on basic principles of EO and tools/algorithms.
Read more information and apply by May 10th HERE