Programme
23-Sep - 27-Sep 2013
Cork, Ireland
Day 1 - Monday 23 September 2013
| Time | Details |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Opening Course introduction and organisation |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Oceanography from Space Dr. Paolo Cipollini (National Oceanography Center, UK) |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Oceanography from Space (Continued) Dr. Paolo Cipollini |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | ESA EO missions and their exploitation for science and applications ESA |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | The SMOS mission Dr. Nicolas Reul (IFREMER, France) |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Ocean salinity with SMOS Dr. Nicolas Reul |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | BEAM practical exercises Dr. Carsten Brockmann (Brockmann Consult, Germany) |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Ice breaker |
Day 2 - Tuesday 24 September 2013
| Time | Details |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Principles of Radar Altimetry Dr. Paolo Cipollini |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Altimeter data processing Dr. Paolo Cipollini |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | BRAT basics: An example of SSH computation from along-track altimetric data Françoise Mertz (Collecte Localisation Satellites, France) |
| 13:00 - 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Altimetry and Oceanography Dr. Paolo Cipollini |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Application of Altimetry Dr. Paolo Cipollini |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15 - 18:00 | BRAT mapping and statistical functions (high-level gridded altimetric data) See BRAT Radar Altimetry Practical on Pg. 59 of the ORST Course manual Françoise Mertz |
Day 3 - Wednesday 25 September 2013
| Time | Details |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | SAR instrument principles and processing |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | SAR processing and analysis tools Dr. Fabrice Collard (Collecte Localisation Satellites, France) |
| 13:00 - 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | SAR image interpretation and detection capabilities Prof. Johnny Johannessen |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | SAR applications Prof. Johnny Johannessen |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15 - 18:00 | Practical exercises with BEAM (see SARTool practical, page 101 of the ORST2013 course manual.) Dr. Carsten Brockmann |
Day 4 - Thursday 26 September 2013
| Time | Details |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Basics of Ocean Colour remote sensing |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Primary production from ocean colour |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Practical exercises with MERIS data using BEAM Dr. Carsten Brockmann |
| 13:00 - 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Ocean Colour for climate change studies Part 1 - Part 2 Dr. Shubha Sathydendranath |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Ecological indicators from ocean colour Dr. Trevor Platt |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15 - 18:00 | Practical exercises with BEAM Dr. Carsten Brockmann |
Day 5 - Friday 27 September 2013
| Time | Details |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Measuring Sea Surface Temperature (SST) from space |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Operational systems for SST |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Synergy between SST, ocean colour and altimetry - Practical exercise with Bilko Dr. Val Byfield (National Oceanographic Centre, UK) |
| 13:00 - 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Observing and modelling SST variability on a range of scales Prof. Chris Merchant |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Synergy between SST, ocean colour and altimetry - Practical exercise with Bilko Dr. Val Byfield |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Closing Session |