1st ESA Advanced Training Course on Cryosphere Remote Sensing 2016

Educational materials from the 1st ESA Advanced Training Course on Cryosphere Remote Sensing 2016 held at the University of Leeds, UK, from 12-16 September 2016. Download specific blocks here below.

• Welcome, BGreenaway (4 MB)

Optical and mountain glaciers:

• EO of the Cryosphere overview (theory), AShepherd (21 MB)
• EO validation and the measurements you can’t make from space (theory), PNienow (5 MB)
• Optical theory & application to Cryosphere (theory)  & Sentinel-2 and Landsat Glacier area (practical), FPaul (7 MB)
• Afternoon Keynote: Cryosphere EO & modelling – projections of future sea level rise, TEdwards (5 MB)

SAR & ice dynamics:

• SAR theory, AHooper (5 MB)
• InSAR theory, AHooper  (9 MB)
• Measuring grounding lines using DInSAR (theory), AHogg (12 MB)
• Tracking theory & application to Cryosphere, AHogg (4 MB)
• Sentinel-1 ice speed tracking (practical), AMichella & AHogg (10 MB)
• Afternoon Keynote: Ice dynamics from EO, YMoon (5 MB)

Altimetry & sea ice:

• Altimetry theory,  LSorensen (14 MB)
• Swath altimetry theory & application,  NGourmelen (3 MB)
• Overview of sea ice EO – altimetry, extent, concentration, drift (theory), SFarrell (12 MB)
• CryoSat-2 sea ice thickness (practical),  RTilling & ERinne (2 MB)
• Afternoon Keynote: Ice sheet & ice shelf altimetry, AShepherd (8 MB)

GRACE and mass balance:

• Altimetry mass balance (theory), M.McMillan (3 MB)
• IOM mass balance (theory), JMouginot (9 MB)
• GRACE theory, RForsberg (4 MB)
• GRACE mass balance (practical),  AGroh ( 480 KB)
• Afternoon Keynote: Ice sheet mass balance,  IVelicogna (15 MB)

Radiometry & SMB:

• Snow on land from EO (theory),  DSmall (17 MB)
• Ice sheet snow & melting from EO (theory),  MTedesco (4 MB)
• Sea ice snow from EO (theory), RRicker (15 MB)
• Afternoon Keynote: Challenges of modelling surface mass balance, M. Van Den Broeke (10 MB)