World Meteorological Organization

 

WMO/EUMETSAT/JRC/FAO

Training Course on the Use of Satellite Products for
AgroMeteorology Applications

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
23-27 March 2015

Programme

Participants

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Presentations

Day 1: Monday 23 March 2015

• Registration and Training Course Remarks
• Remote Sensing by Satellite fundamentals by Jose Prieto, EUMETSAT:

  -Dust estimation via the triple IR window

  -Physical concepts, Remote sensing of fires and vegetation, Applications of SEVIRI channels

  -Meteosat solar channels

  -Application guide for 'nubes'

  -Nubes Help File for Version 3.x

  -Questions in E-learning

• Exercises - Jose Prieto
• Land SAF – Vegetation monitoring by Alirio Arboleda, Météo Belgique
• Measuring rainfall by José Camacho, WMO:

Day 2: Tuesday 24 March 2015

• Land SAF-Evapotranspiration and Land SAF Products by Alirio Arboleda,  Météo Belgique
• Vegetation and crop monitoring by Hervé Kerdiles, JRC
• SAF Nowcasting Rainfall estimation products by Delia Gutierrez, AEMET
• Sand and dust storm monitoring and forecast by Enric Terradellas, SDS-WAS
• Open discussions

 

Day 3: Wednesday 25 March 2015

• Operational products on crop monitoring - ASIS by Oscar Rojas (FAO), Hervé Kerdiles (JRC):

  -Watching Agricultural Drought Worldwide –from Space using the FAO-Agriculture Stress Index System (ASIS)

  -Understanding the drought impact of El Niño on the global agricultural areas (An assessment using FAO’s Agricultural Stress Index (ASI))

  -Remotely sensed information for crop monitoring and food security-Methods and Analysis 1: Rainfall and NDVI Anomaly Maps

  -Remotely sensed information for crop monitoring and food security-Methods and Analysis 2: Rainfall and NDVI Seasonal Graphs

Day 4: Thursday 26 March 2015

• Operational use of satellite products in Western Africa - Vegetation monitoring, Drought conditions,Food security
• Operational remote sensing products in support of agricultural meteorology in  Ethiopia

  -Use of EUMETCast/GEONETCast at Regional Branch Offices in Ethiopia presented by Kassa Fekadu

  -The National Meteorological Services Agency Satellite Data reception and processing  unit First phase presented by Yitaktu Tesfatsion

• Software for time series SPIRITS - Practices by Hervé Kerdiles, EU-JRC
• TAMSAT project and Rainfall estimation techniques presented by Emily Black, University of Reading
• On-line training by Delia Gutierrez, AEMET
• Use of remote sensing products in agro meteorology - Review per participating countries:

  -Burundi - Perspective use of satellite data products in
  Agricultural Meteorology in Burundi presented by Innocent Dudu

  -Malawi - The use of satellite data and products in Agrometeorology in Malawi presented by Hussein Milanzi

  -Malawi - 10-day Weather and Agrometeorological Bulletin

  -Rwanda - Current status of Agromet with Rwanda Met

  -South Sudan - Use of remote sensing products in agrometeorology in South Sudan presented by Emmanuel Qurino Nijak Gorbe

 

Day 5: Friday 27 March 2015

• Use of remote sensing products in agro meteorology - Review per participating countries:

  -Tanzania - Agrometeorological activities, The Tanzania Experience presented by Tunsume Gideon Mwamboneke (Ms)

  -Uganda - Ground truthing of ten day TAMSAT and NOAA –CPC Rainfall Estimates over western Uganda presented by Senkunda Samuel

  -Uganda - A brief review of Satellite data applications for Agro met in Uganda presented by Senkunda Samuel

  -Zambia - Use of satellite data and products in agricultural meteorology presented by Jackson Nkomoki

  -Zimbabwe - Applications of remote sensing in Zimbabwe presented by Natasha Chibaura

• Students test and Course evaluation

 

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