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Department of Geography and Geology and The Space Science Center
University of Copenhagen

October 22-27, 2012
 

The course will provide a broad introduction to already existing data sets and products available to the scientific community in climate and environmental change. It will focus on practical and theoretical foundation for the application of remote sensing techniques to identify and monitor climate change and climate change impacts as well as discussions of the underlying drivers of climate change. The course is intended for a broad group of PhD students specializing in climate, agriculture, environmental change and related impacts in particular in tropical climates, but students working outside tropical ecosystems are welcome.

Lecturers:
Dr. Pietro Ceccato and Dr. Alessandra Giannini, IRI, Columbia University, USA

Guest lecturers: 
Dr. Andreas Mogensen and Dr. Christer Fuglesang, Astronauts, European Space Agency

Topics:

• The IRI data library and INGRID data library data language with applications
• Drivers of climate change
• Monitoring land surfaces
• Space exploration

Discussion lectures:

• Climate change and the human dimension
• The IPCC
• Feedbacks in the climate system
• Global vegetation trends
• Droughts monitored from space

Form:

The course will consist of a mixture of seminars, hands on exercises and broad discussion lectures. The hands on exercises will be based on data from the comprehensive data library at IRI, Columbia University and state of the art software and algorithms. During the course, the students will prepare posters illustrating how they can apply the methods and concepts they have been presented for during the course to their own research. The posters will be discussed during a poster session at the end of the course and finally evaluated by the course lecturers.

Other contributors: 

Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen, DMI, 
Eigil Kaas, NBI, University of Copenhagen, 
Rasmus Fensholt, DGG
Inge Sandholt, DGG

Practical information:
The course is limited to 18 students and is offered free of charge to the participants. Students must arrange and pay for their own travel, lodging and food. Priority is given to students from the Faculty of Science; however, external students are encouraged to apply.

Application procedure:
Please apply via the FIVA homepage, here
Deadline for application is August 13th.

Credits:
Course equivalent is 5 ECTS

Duration:
5 Days (Monday to Friday) + preparation

When:
October 22-26, 2012

Venue:
DGG, Oestervoldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark

Links:

Application form: http://www.fiva.dk/courses.asp?show=99
Course Homepage: http://geo.ku.dk/earthobservation/teaching/phd_course2012/ 
Earth Observation Group at DGG: http://geo.ku.dk/earthobservation
Space Science center: http://space.ku.dk/ 
FIVA, PhD school for Water Resources: http://www.fiva.dk/

For questions, please contact the course organizer, Inge Sandholt, is@geo.ku.dk