7th ESA Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing 2017

Educational materials from the  7th ESA Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing 2017, held at the Szent István University (SZIU), Hungary, from 4 to 9 September 2017. Download specific blocks here below or access the full theory and practicals from the window left side link.

Day 1 – Monday 4 September 2017 

• Welcome, EMichéli (2 MB)
• Course Introduction and Overview, Z.Bartalis (2 MB)
• Space-Related Activities in Hungary, Z.Zboray (3 MB)
• Land Remote Sensing in Hungary, D.Kristóf (10 MB)
• ESA Science for Society Programme, Z.Bartalis (4 MB)
• Sentinels for Science and Applications, Z.Bartalis (16 MB)
• Earth Explorers for Science and Applications (CryoSat-2, SMOS, Biomass), Z.Bartalis (5 MB)
• Earth Explorers for Science and Applications (FLEX), J.Moreno (2 MB)
• Third-Party Missions Data, A.Zmuda (2 MB)
• Sentinel Data Access and Processing Tools, M.Foumelis (5 MB)
• Introduction to Optical Remote Sensing and Atmospheric Correction (theory), J.Moreno (5 MB)
• ESA SNAP Sensinel-2 Tools (practical), F.Ramoino (3 MB)

Day 2 – Tuesday 5 September 2017 

• Introduction to SAR and InSAR (theory), K.Papathanassiou, (28 MB)
• ESA SNAP Sentinel-1 Tools (practical), M.Foumelis (14 MB)
• SAR Polarimetry (theory), E.Pottier (13 MB)
• Introduction to PolSARpro Toolbox (practical), E.Pottier & L.Ferro-Famil (10 MB)
• Advanced Optical and Thermal Applications (theory), C.Cartalis (5 MB)
• ESA SNAP Sentinel-3 Tools, OLCI and SLSTR Data (practical), A.Ruescas (6 MB)

Day 3 – Wednesday 6 September 2017 

• Multitemporal Analysis (theory), L.Bruzzone, (8 MB)
• Multitemporal Analysis using ILU Products (practical), M.Foumelis (80 MB)
• Cloud Computing and the ESA Exploitation Platforms (practical), A.Marin (1 MB)
• Forest Retrievals using SAR (theory), K.Papathanassiou, (9 MB)
• Forest Retrievals using SAR (practical), L.Ferro-Famil  & E.Pottier (3 MB)
• Urban Mapping and Change Detection (theory and practical), S.Van Der Linden (6 MB and 2 MB)

Day 4 – Thursday 7 September 2017 

• Terrain Motion using InSAR and PSInSAR (theory), A.Hooper, (4 MB)
• Terrain Motion using PSInSAR – case study using SNAP and STAMPS (practical), A.Hooper, (80 KB)
• Measuring Ground Deformation (practical), M.Foumelis (9 MB)
• Urban Heat Islands (theory and practical), C.Cartalis (9 MB and 5 MB)
• Water Ponding in Hungary – case study (theory), Z.Vekerdy & J.Tamás (4 MB)

Day 5 – Friday 8 September 2017 

• SAR Tomography (theory), L.Ferro-Famil, (9 MB)
• SAR Tomography using PolSARpro Toolbox (practical), L.Ferro-Famil & E.Pottier (2 MB)
• Monitoring Vegetation in a Changing Climate (theory and practical), G.Duveiller (5 MB  and 3 MB)
• Surface Energy Balance and Evapotranspiration (theory and practical), B.Su (5 MB and 2 MB)
• River Discharge and Lake Volume using Radar Altimetry and Imaging Sensors (theory), A.Tarpanelli (11 MB)
• Observing the Hydrological Cycle over Land using SMOS (theory and practical), A.Al Bitar (13 MB and 3 MB)
• Long-Term Hydrological Land Monitoring with Active and Passive Microwave Missions (theory and practical), W.Dorigo (16 MB and 229 KB)