WMO/EUMETSAT Training on the use of satellite products for Agrometeorology

Courses on the use of satellite products
for agro-meteorological applications

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
5-9 May 2014

Participants

photos

Day 1: Monday 5 May 2014

Registration and Opening Ceremony(DG Meteo Burkina/EUMETSAT/OMM/SG of the Ministry of IDT)
Introduction of Remote Sensing by José Prieto, EUMETSAT
Satellite EUMETSAT with exercise by José Prieto, EUMETSAT
Land SAF Consortium and products proposed by Alirio Arboleda, Land SAF
Commonly used Sensors and remote sensing data for crop monitoring by Hervé Kerdiles, JRC

Day 2: Tuesday 6 May 2014

Precipitation measurement, Rain gauges, Radar, Satellite by José Camacho, WMO
Nowcasting SAF - Precipitation estimating products by remote sensing by Delia Gutierrez, AEMET
Project TAMSAT, Experience in African countries by Elena Tarnavsky, TAMSAT
Evapotranspiration: Concepts by Alirio Arboleda, Météo Belgique
Evaluation of ETR (actual evapotranspiration) by Land SAF products by Alirio Arboleda, Météo Belgique
Other estimates of precipitation in tropical regions by José Camacho, WMO
Revision of corresponding knowledge and discussion on ETP and precipitation by A. Arboleda/D. Gutierrez/J. Camacho

Day 3: Wednesday 7 May 2014

Products used for monitoring crops (anomaly maps, graphs of temporal evolution, spatial aggregation, diagnostic) by Oscar Rojas, FAO/Hervé Kerdiles, JRC

- Methods and Analysis: Rainfall and NDVI Anomaly Maps

- Methods and Analysis 2: Rainfall and NDVI Seasonal Graphs

Day 4: Thursday 8 May 2014

Operational use of remote sensing products in Burkina Faso by SIA Cyrique, Burkina Weather
Operational use of remote sensing products in agricultural meteorology in West Africa by Hamidou Coullibaly
Use of remote sensing products in the identification of land uses by Tamara Avellan, WMO
Monitoring of forest and bush fires among MSG and polar orbit satellites(1) by Carlos da Camara, Univ. Lisboa
Monitoring of forest and bush fires among MSG and polar orbit satellites(2) by Carlos da Camara, Univ. Lisboa
Experiences in the use of remote sensing products in Burkina and other countries in the region by participants

Day 5: Friday 9 May 2014