General
This online school is jointly organized by EUMETSAT, the WMO SDS-WAS Regional Center (which is managed by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, BSC, and the Spanish Meteorological State Agency, AEMET) and ACTRIS with the support of the Copernicus programme.
Learning objectives
The training aims to enable participants to be aware of satellite-based, ground-based and model-based products. Participants will also learn more about the applicability and fitness-for-purpose of the respective products.
Target audience
The training school aims to build capacity and improve skills in aerosol detection and monitoring for users from research and academia, and meteorological and transnational agencies, with a regional focus on Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Sahelian Africa. However, attendance is open to all countries.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge in atmospheric sciences.
- Basic knowledge in programming would be advantageous.
- Basic understanding in structure and formats of geospatial data / Earth Observation data.
During the school, we will have lectures from scientific experts and hands-on problem-based practicals.
All activities will be in English.
Lecturers and speakers
- Melanie Ades and Angela Benedetti, ECMWF CAMS
- Sara Basart, WMO/WMO SDS-WAS
- Federico Fierli, EUMETSAT
- Lucia Mona, CNR-IMAA
- Xavier Querol and Andrés Alastuey, CSIC-IDAEA
- Anu-Maija Sundström, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Sabrina Szeto, EUMETSAT
- Sophie Vandenbussche, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
- Julia Wagemann, EUMETSAT
- Ernest Werner, AEMET
Communications tools
We will be using Slido in support of Q&As during lectures and slack to discuss and exchange with all selected participants during the School. Access codes will be share with participants via email.