WELCOME toMETIER: Course 6
Remote Sensing of the Hydrosphere,37 November, 2008, Helsinki
Marie Curie Series of Events METIER = METhodsof Interdisciplinar Environmental Research
• Course 1: Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere• Course 2: Information Management• Course 3: Remote Sensing of the Land Surface• Course 4: GeoVisualization• Course 5: Ecological Modelling• Course 6: Remote Sensing of the Hydrosphere• Course 7: Scenario Development and forcasting• Final Conference: Science meets Society
• Host of this course: SYKE = Finnish EnvironmentInstitute
Training Course 6: Remote sensing & hydrosphereScientist in charge: prof. Juha Kämäri, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)Location: SYKE Helsinki, FinlandContent: Remote sensing essentials, databases:GIS databases and handling tools for modelling purposesRemote sensing of soil moisture & snow & flood area & water qualityDatabase structures for storing operational remote sensing data Tools for hydrological, water quality and biooptical modellingHydrological modellingWater quality & biooptical modellingIntegration of modelling, intensive measurements andremote sensing data in studying the water quality of a lake The value of GIS & remote sensed data for society Assimilation of remote sensing and environmental models:Theory of assimilation
METIER Training Course 6
Who is here?
• 24 attendees: PhD students, early stageresearchers &experienced researchers(out of 50 applicants) from all over Europe.Nationalities world wide.
InternationalAttendees
Gender13 male, 11 female
International lecturers• Wolfgang Wagner, Inst. of Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing, Vienna University ofTechnology Austria
• Steef Peters, Institute for EnvironmentalStudies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, TheNetherlands
• Andrew Wade, Reading University, AquaticEnvironmental Research Centre UK
• Dagmar Haase, Helmholtz Centre forEnvironmental Research UFZ
Finnish lecturers• Finnish Environment
Institute, Helsinki andJyväskylä
• Finnish MeteorologicalInstitute
• Helsinki University ofTechnology (+ lab visit)
• TKartor (privatecompany)
METIER course 6: Remote Sensing of the Hydrosphere, Helsinki, Finnish Environment Institute 3rd 7th November, 2008Monday, 3rd Nov Tuesday, 4rd Nov Wednesday, 5rd Nov Thursday, 6rd Nov Friday, 7rd Nov
Theme of dayRemote sensing, general & datahandling Water quality
Hydrological & nutrient leachingmodelling The value of GIS data for society
Assimilation of remote sensing andenvironmental models
9:0010:00Welcome, practical information,
aims of the course, JuhaKämäri, Sirkka Tattari
Lecture: An operational largescale hydrological model,
Bertel Vehviläinen
10:00 10:30 Student poster session/oralpresentation
Lecture: Assimilation ofsatellite based snow, soilmoisture and flood area
information into largescalehydrological models, Sari
Metsämäki & MarkusHuttunen
10:30 10:50 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
10:50 11:45 Student poster session/oralpresentation
Lecture, case study:Remote sensing of waterquality: The developmentand use of waterprocessors available inBEAM, Sampsa Koponen
Student feedback, how they canutilize GIS data and modelling
in their own work?
Lecture, case study: The Use ofRemote Sensing, Drifting Forecastsand GIS Data in Oil Response and
Pollution Monitoring, Kati Tahvonen
Summary; Practical info, FeedbackForm
11:45 13:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch & coffee Lunch
13:00 15:00, one break inbetween
General lecture I: Remotesensing of soil moisture and
related use of remote sensingdata as input to hydrological
and meteorological,models/assimilation, Wolfgang
Wagner
Lecture, case study: Newmeasurement technology,
modelling and remotesensing in the lake Säkylä
Pyhäjärvi area, TimoHuttula
General lecture III: How GISand remote sensed data is used
in nutrient leaching models –state of art and visions for
future, Andrew Wade
Laboratory visit, Helsinki University ofTechnology, Laboratory of SpaceTechnology, Host: Jaan Praks,
Otakaari 5 A C220
Transportation to the airport
15:0015:30 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
15:30 17:00...17:30
Lectures: GIS databases andspatial data infrastructure inSYKE, Minna Kallio, EOoperational data provision formodeling purposes, TimoPyhälahti, Discussion
Discussion & Handsontraining ImageProcessing using Erdastools, Timo Ikola, TKartanProduct AB
Discussion & Handsontraining: Operational largescale hydrological and waterquality model, MarkusHuttunen
General lecture II: Remotesensing, GIS and water
quality, Steef Peters
General lecture IV: The use ofmodel, GIS and remote sensed datain the society examples from urban
planning, land use and floodmanagement, Dagmar Haase
General lecture V: Theory of dataassimilation and inversion, Jouni
Pulliainen
Logistics• All lectures are in ”Muuttohaukka”• ”Handson training”in ”Kirjekyyhky”, 2nd floor• Sauna & Dinner get together (MonTue) in
”Tervapääsky”, 8th floor• Dinner in hotel HELKA (WedThurs)• Laboratory visit November, 6th, Helsinki
University of Technology, ESPOO
Reimbursement
•Return ASAP the reimbursement formcompletely filled out, add all originalreceipts!
•Remember also boardingpass slips
Evaluation of the course
• Feedback Form,must be filled onpaper beforeleaving Helsinki!
• … and I will take itin exchange withthe coursecertificates.
• Welcome all!