Earth Observation Training Day Agenda

Date: 1st February 2016 Time: 09:00 – 17:00 Place: Malta Council for Science and Technology, Villa Bighi, Il-Kalkara

09:00: Welcome and Introduction (James Foden, MCST) Users’ interests in Malta (Stephen Grixti, MCST) 30mins

09:30: Earth Observation and the Copernicus programme (Evert Attema, former-ESA) 45 mins 10:15: ESA SNAP toolbox* - Hands-on Intro (Chris Stewart, ESA) 30 mins 1. Optical image basic processing [Sentinel-2, Malta] 2. Spectral analysis [Sentinel-2, Malta] 3. Band maths (NDVI) [Sentinel-2, Malta]

10:45: Coffee Break 15 mins 11:00: ESA SNAP toolbox* - Hands-on session 1 (Chris Stewart, ESA) 1.5 hrs 4. Change detection optical: burnt area mapping [MERIS, Spot, Greece] 5. SAR image basic processing [Sentinel-1, ASAR, Malta]: a. Calibration b. Speckle filtering c. Orthorectification

Lunch Break 12:30 – 13:15 hosted by MCST 45 mins

*Participants to use their own laptops

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13:15: ESA SNAP toolbox* - Hands-on session 2 (Chris Stewart, ESA) 2 hrs 6. Change detection SAR: flood monitoring [Sentinel-1, Myanmar] 7. Oil spill detection [ASAR, Gulf of Mexico] 8. Deformation mapping [Sentinel-1, Fogo]

15:15: Coffee Break 15 mins

15:30: Applications from daily EO business (George Vozikis, Airbus D&S) 60 mins

16:30: Open Q&A Session 30 mins

*Participants to use their own laptops

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