Joint Training School and Workshop on Dust Aerosol Detection and Monitoring
Topic outline
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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.
On this course page you can find preparatory material on Python and how to access data. We will have an optional clinic session to go over your questions on 16th February 2023 at 13:00 CET.
During the school, we will have lectures from scientific experts and hands-on problem-based practicals.
All activities will be in English.
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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. -
Questionnaire
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Under this section, we will be posting the recordings of lectures (plenary sessions) and the presentations given during the School.
21 February - Day 1 - Fundamentals
- Introduction to Sand and Dust Storms - S. Basart, WMO
- Dust and air quality from ground physical and chemical properties - A. Alastuey, CSIC-IDAEA
- Observing aerosols - F. Fierli, EUMETSAT
22 February - Day 2 - Satellite I
- Satellite Monitoring of Dust - A.M. Sundström, Finnish Meteorological Institute
23 February - Day 3 - Satellite II
- Satellite observations in the thermal infrared - S. Vandenbussche, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
28 February - Day 4 - Ground
- Dust ground based observations - L. Mona, CNR-IMAA
1 March - Day 5 - Modelling and data assimilation
- Modelling and and dust storms - S. Basart, WMO
- Dust aerosol data assimilation and forecasting: operational and research aspects - M. Ades & A. Benedetti, ECMWF
2 March - Day 6 - Operational modelling
- WMO Barcelona Dust Regional Center: SDS Forecast Products - E. Werner, AEMET
- Introduction to Sand and Dust Storms - S. Basart, WMO