15th Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing: The Water Cycle

This post contains educational material from the 15th Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing: The Water Cycle that was held at the University of Perugia, Italy, from the 7th to the 11th of September 2026.

Access specific videos (click on ), presentation slides (click on ), and exercise data (click on ) from the sessions here below, or download all the theory slides, practical slides and datasets from the link on the left side window.

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Day 1

Course introduction and ESA & the Water Cycle

• Course introduction and ESA & the Water Cycle, Espen Volden (12.6 MB)

DLSTM Mission Overview

• DLSTM Mission Overview, Ferran Gascon (2.83 MB)

Sentinel-2 Mission Status

• Sentinel-2 Mission Status, Ferran Gascon (3.71 MB)

Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM) scientific outlook

• Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM) scientific outlook, Ilias Daras (3.49 MB)

Copernicus ROSE-L Radar Observing System for Europe in L-Band

• Copernicus ROSE-L Radar Observing System for Europe in L-Band, Lorenzo Iannini (1.59 MB)

Satellite altimetry

• Satellite altimetry, MJ Tourian (8.69 MB)

S2 SNAP

• S2 SNAP, Fabrizio Ramoino

S1 SNAP

• Introduction to SAR: How to process radar data to map floods, Magdalena Fitrzyk

Day 2

Remote sensing of soil moisture

• Remote sensing of soil moisture, Luca Brocca (166 MB)

Remote sensing of precipitation

• Remote sensing of precipitation, Luca Brocca (171 MB)

Soil Moisture

• Soil Moisture, Luca Ciabatta

From multi-temporal and multi-source data to SWE reconstruction

• From multi-temporal and multi-source data to SWE reconstruction, Carlo Marin (19.6 MB)

Snow

• Snow, V. Premier

Day 4

Runoff estimation using satellite observation​

• Runoff estimation using satellite observation​, Stefania Camici​ (171 MB)

River discharge​

• River discharge​, Angelica Tarpanelli​ (171 MB)

Evapotranspiration modelling with satellite data

• Evapotranspiration modelling with satellite data, R. Guzinski (33.0 MB)

River Discharge

• River Discharge, P. Filippucci

Evaporation

• Evaporation, R. Guzinski

Day 5

Quantification of water storage variation from space using satellite gravimetry​​

• Quantification of water storage variation from space using satellite gravimetry​, MJ Tourian​​ (422 MB)

Water Budget

• Water Budget, MJ Tourian

Anthropogenic Water Use​​

• Anthropogenic Water Use​, Jacopo Dari​​ (266 MB)

ESA 15th ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE ON ​LAND REMOTE SENSING: Water Cycle​

• ESA 15th ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE ON ​LAND REMOTE SENSING: Water Cycle​, Espen Volden​ and Magdalena Fitrzyk​ (11.3 MB)