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From: Subhajit Saha <ssaha88@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 10:43 PM
Subject: Fwd: Remote Sensing Training Course - funding available for Young
Researchers
To: YETI <meet.yeti@xxxxxxxxx>
Dear YETI,
The following may be of interest to some. Please note that travel
assistance is available through ESA. All communications should be directed
to the organizers.
Warmest,
Subhajit Saha
*ESA Cryosphere Remote Sensing Training Course*
The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising an advanced training course
on remote sensing of the Cryosphere, devoted to train the next generation
of scientists and specialists to exploit Earth Observation data for science
and applications. Course details are available online, please note the
application deadline of 15th December: http://eoscience4society.esa.i
nt/CTC18/
Postgraduate-level, PhD students, post-doctoral research scientists and
users from Europe and Canada interested in applications of remote sensing
of the Cryosphere are welcome to apply to the 6-day course, held at
University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, from 11 to
16 June 2018.
Participants from all other countries are also welcome to apply, subject to
availability of places.
The course will provide advanced scientific knowledge on theory and
applications for Cryosphere remote sensing.
It will be organised around five main topics:
- State of the art of EO of the Cryosphere and presentation of the
Sentinel ESA/National and Third Party Cryosphere missions and Svalbard
geographical importance within
- EO data system;
- Theoretical fundamentals of spaceborne optical, thermal and SAR remote
sensing;
- Lectures on EO Cryosphere applications;
- Praticals using toolboxes for data exploitation, processing and
product demonstrations;
- Fieldwork for in-situ data collection.
The formal lectures will be given by leading scientists and professors and
computing exercises will take place on a virtual machine. The half-day
fieldwork will be held during the week for posterior integration with
satellite data. Participants are expected to give a lightning talk on their
current relevant research.
OBJECTIVES
- To train the next generation of scientists on Remote Sensing of the
Cryosphere;
- To provide an advanced understanding of theoretical principles,
processing algorithms, data products and their use in applications;
- To give hands-on practice with tools and methods for satellite data
exploitation as well as fieldwork experience for in-situ cryosphere-related
data collection;
- To provide insights of EO challenges/opportunities within the polar
context for further studies.
Funding and places
Application is made via the training course website and number of
participants is subject to selection as there is a maximum of 60 places. No
participation fees will be charged for the course. Participants are
expected to finance their own travel and accommodation expenses. The
official language of the course is English.
There will be travel support funding available through the European Space
Agency and Future Earth agreement. If you are interested in this then
please apply to the course as normal, and you will be contacted by the
organisers about travel funds nearer the time.
Deadlines:
Complete Application Submission with uploaded reference letter (closing): *15
December 2017*
Notification of acceptance: *February 2018*
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Subhajit Saha
*Conservation Biologist*
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhajit-saha-0b901669
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Subhajit_Saha2
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