Part of ESA's series of advanced thematic training courses, this advanced training course focused on land remote sensing theory and applications. It was organised around four main components:

• Theoretical fundamentals of SAR, Optical and Thermal remote sensing,
• ESA and Third Party missions and products
• EO land applications lectures (urban planning, land cover, damage assessment)
• Practicals using ESA toolboxes (BEAM, BEST, POLSARPRO) on land resources monitoring.

All four components addressed both SAR and Optical/Thermal remote sensing. The training course included formal lectures by leading scientists as well as hands-on computing exercises exposing students to remote sensing applications. Practicals used ESA software tools for the exploitation of EO data, with a focus on Envisat, ERS, Explorers (SMOS) and TPM (PROBA, ALOS) data products for land applications.

Objectives

The objectives of the Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing 2009 were:

• Training the next generation of European and Canadian Principal Investigators (PIs);
• Introducing available tools and methods for the exploitation of ERS, Envisat, TPM and Explorers satellite data;
• Stimulating and supporting the exploitation of ESA EO and Third Party Mission (TPM) remote sensing data for land applications

Files:

Introduction to the training course: objectives, programme, logistics (A. Minchella) (1,09 MB)

Day 1, Monday 29 June, Charles University (85,0 MB)

Day 2, Tuesday 30 June, Charles University (69,7 MB)

Day 3, Wednesday 1 July, Czech Technical University (19,8 MB)

Day 4, Thursday 2 July, Czech Technical University (26,8 MB)

Day 5, Friday 3 July, Czech Technical University (12,1 MB)