|
Satellite Remote Sensing for Biological
Oceanographers Dr. Bruce Monger Cornell University May
28 - June 14, 2003 Application Deadline: May 1, 2003 This
variable-credit course is a streamlined version of the highly successful
Cornell summer course that was offered from 1999 to 2001. The course
focuses exclusively on satellite data processing. It is geared toward
oceanographers and prospective oceanographers that have little or no
background in satellite remote sensing methods. The course goal is to
enable participants to work independently to acquire data from a variety of
satellite sensors (SeaWIFS/MODIS/AVHRR/SSM-I/SeaWinds and Topex-Poseidon)
and intelligently merge data sets from different sensors to examine
biological responses to changes in the physical environment. The course
is open to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and
post-graduate professionals. Participants have the option of earning
either 3 or 5 semester credits of EAS 475 Special Topics in Oceanography.
Participants who successfully complete 11 days (until June 7) of intensive
lectures and hands-on computer exercises will earn 3 credits. Participants
who spend an additional week (until June 14) working on a supervised
research project will earn 5 credits. Participants seeking the 5-credit
option are encouraged, but not required, to come with existing research
topics to work on during the supervised research period. The minimum
prerequisite for this course is one semester of oceanography and/or marine
biology or instructor's permission. Good analytical and computer skills
are desireable, but not essential. Applications will be accepted until
May 1, 2003.. To register for this course, or for further
information, please see the Cornell Summer Sessions Program webpage http://www/sce.cornell.edu/ss/,
or contact Dr. Bruce Monger at bcm3@cornell.edu
MODIS Ocean Products and Data Processing
Dr. Robert Evans, Dr. Viva Banzon, and Ms. Katherine Kilpatrick
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric
Sciences July 7-11, 2003 Application Deadline: March 31, 2003
This intensive course will cover the nuances of ocean color and sea surface
temperature collected by NASA's Moderate resolution scanning spectrometer
(MODIS) aboard the TERRA and AQUA platforms. Lecture topics will include
the history and development of ocean color and SST remote sensing
algorithms. Particular emphasis will be on the current state of the art as
applied to the MODIS sensor and its 36 ocean color and 4 SST products.
Heritage products such as chlorophyll and 11-12µm SST will be discussed
in relation to previous sensors (ie. CZCS/SeaWIFS/AVHRR), and new products
will be explained. These include fluorescence line height, chlorophyll
fluorescence efficiency, and calcite products. A daily, hands-on, lab will
provide students with the tools and skills to order and manupulate MODIS
HDF files with the goal to create the best images to fit students' research
needs. Students will be expected to complete a small research project using
MODIS data and are requested to state topics of interest at the time of
application to enable the course and lab work to be tailored to their
needs. Sutdents will be expected to have basic computer skills; some
knowledge of IDL would be useful but is not required. This course
carries 2 graduate credits from the University of New England. Applications
will be accepted until March 31, 2003. Participants will be chosen
based upon application materials and the date the deposit is received.
Tuition scholarships are available for this course. To register for this
course, or for further information, please see: http://www.bigelow.org/cours
e/index.html, or contact Ms. Jane Gardner at jgardner@bigelow.org
International Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System
Brasil Campus
March 5 - December 5, 2003 This training course is organized by:
- REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATINA AMERICA AND THE CARIBE- CRECTEALC BRASIL
CAMPUS
- MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY- MCT,
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPACE RESEARCH - INPE
- CEP/Traininig and Dissemiantion Activities in Space Science and
Tehcnology
- OBT/Remote Sensing Division
- OBT/Image
Processing Division
- CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO
CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO - CNPq
- UNIVERSIDADE
DAS NAÇÕES UNIDAS - UNU
For further information please consult http://www.inpe.br/unidades/cep/atividadescep/cursointernacional/homepage.htm
or contact Dra. Tania Maria Sausen, Coordenadora, CRECTEALC-Campus
Brasil, INPE-CEP Av. dos Astronuats 1758, Cx.P. 515 CEP 12245-970 Sao Jose
dos Campos, SP ,Brasil
Tel: 55-12-3945-6862 Fax: 55-12- 3945-6870
Email: tania@ltid.inpe.br
General purpose IDL tools
ACRIST (Sophia-Antipolis - France) is offering a three-day training
course on MERIS processing and general purpose IDL tools used to analyse
and visualise MERIS data. The next two courses will be held on the following
dates:
13-15 January, 2003
10-12 March, 2003
Agenda of courses:
Day 1: The MERIS Instrument; The MERIS Mission; Overview of Products (Definition
of L0, L1 (a,b), L2, L3, L4 data; L1b/L2 products); L1 architecture breakdown;
L2 architecture breakdown; The Jargon
Afternoon: Main Modules of the L2 processing chain:
- Pre-Processing
- Pressure Estimates
- Classification / Pixel Identification (Rayleigh/Gaz Corr.)
- Water Confidence Checks (Whitecaps/Glint/Pressure)
- Water Vapour Computation
- Case 2 waters identifications
- Atmospheric Corrections over Case 2 waters
Day 2: Atmospheric Corrections over Case 1 waters; Water Processing
- Case 1 waters, NN approach for Case 2 waters; Cloud Processing; Land
Processing (TOAVI, Atm. Corr., TOAVI)
Data Format :
- MERIS products and their structure: MPH, SPH, DSD, DS, Flags, PCD scaling
factors and offsets (measurement products only)
- Parameter key to address each parameter of MERIS
- L1 & L2 product files
- Look-Up-Table (LUT)
Overview of Documentation: IODD, MDA2009, TDD, HTML pages, WEB, others?
Overview of Configuration: IDL version?, computer platform?
Presentation/Tutorial of the IDL command line tools:
- rd_prod: reading MERIS data products (meas. & aux.)
- rd_lprod: retrieving MERIS L1/L2 geophysical products
Presentation/Tutorial of the IDL interactive tools:
- meris_browse: visualising a MERIS Browse product
- meris_child: creating a MERIS child product
- merisview: general L1b/L2 analysis/visualization tool
Day 3: Exercising all the tools using practical cases.
For more information please see see the ACRI website:
http://www.acri-ACRIt.fr/tools/,
or contact Vincent Fournier-Sicre vfs@acri-st.fr
POGO-IOC-SCOR Visiting Fellowships, 2003
The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and its partners,
the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the Scientific
Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), are now inviting applications for
their Visiting Fellowship program.
The details regarding the fellowship and how to apply are available on the
POGO website at: http://ocean-partners.org/
fellowship.html
Back to Training and
Education
|