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Welcome!

Earth Observation Training, Education,

and Capacity Development Network

ASIA OCEANIA REGION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

TASK TEAM MEETING

Rion Salman (BKMG),Meeting Leader

21 March 2024

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For those who are new…�EOTEC DevNet partners, aim and themes

AIMS

  • Improve collaboration among EO-capacity building providers
  • Foster exchange of capacity building resources
  • Reduce duplication of effort

THEMATIC FOCUS

  • Disaster risk reduction
  • Climate adaptation and mitigation

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Today’s agenda

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Time (UTC)

Agenda item

Presenter/moderator

04:00

Welcome and introductions

Rion Salman

04:10

CoP spotlight - 2024 training roundtable

Representatives of three EO capacity building providers briefly share their training plans for 2024 and then discuss approaches to identifying training needs, engaging participants, and other best practices

  • Chen Jinyang, China Meteorological Administration Training Center
  • C.M. Bhatt, CSSTEAP-IIRS, ISRO
  • Martyna Stelmaszczuk-Górska, EO College

Moderator: Rion Salman

04:50

Global partner/Secretariat updates

  • Share your imagery: Photo of the week
  • Floods tools tracker updates
  • Drought collaboration: Joint webinar 18
  • New UN SPIDER report: webinars planned
  • Upcoming activities and opportunities

EOTEC DevNet Secretariat

05:10

Summary of next steps and thank you

Rion Salman

05:15

CONCLUSION

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CoP spotlight:

2024 Training Priorities

Chen Jinyang

China Meteorological Administration Training Center

C.M. Bhatt

CSSTEAP-IIRS, ISRO

Martyna Górska

EO College

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EO CAPACITY BUILDING@2024

EOTEC DevNet Community of Practice 

Asia Oceania Region, Quarterly Task Team Meeting

C M Bhatt

flood working group lead Asia Oceania Region

Disaster Management Studies Department

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing/ISRO

21 March 2024

iirs

CoP spotlight - 2024 training roundtable

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CSSTEAP Hqrs., Dehradun

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun

UN GA Resolution 45/72

1966

1995

https://www.cssteapun.org/

https://iirs.gov.in/

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CSSTEAP Hqrs., Dehradun

Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad

Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad

U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun

Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia & the Pacific (CSSTEAP), India (Affiliated to UN)

PG Diploma Courses Offline🡪 MTech Merit Basis

Short Course- Online & Offline

National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad

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3515 Participants Benefited

*61 Participants from 24 countries other than AP (38) region

195 participants from 17 countries have been awarded M. Tech. Degree in the 5 disciplines

CSSTEAP Journey of 28 years

68 PG courses

27 RS & GIS

13 SATCOM

12 SATMET

12 SAS

4 GNSS

79 short courses

46 RS & GIS

8 SATCOM

7 SATMET

5 SAS

1 GNSS

11 SSM

15 Online short courses

954

282

216

185

180

178

180

131

107

88

88

82

61

10

83

94

53

41

55

34

32

25

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15

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Educational Tours & Visits

Living Expenses

International travel support

Single Occupancy Hostel,

Sports & Gym

24x7 digital Library

Medical facility

Course fee waived off

English Classes

Women

Participation

Facilities

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Upcoming Planned Courses for Capacity Building

On EO Applications for Natural Resources & DRR

Post Graduate Diploma Courses (In Campus)

Course Name

Commencement Date

Concluding Date

Duration

Last Date

28th  PG Course in RS & GIS

July. 01, 2024

March 31, 2025

9 months

31 March, 2024

14th PG Course in SATCOM

July. 01, 2024

March 31, 2025

9 months

25 April, 2024

05th PG Course in GNSS

July. 01, 2024

March 31, 2025

9 months

25 April, 2024

Short Courses (In Campus)

Land Deformation Studies-July 01, 2024 to March 31, 2025

Weather Forecasting using Numerical Weather Prediction Models- July 22-02 August 2024

Remote Sensing Data Acquisition and Data Processing-October, 2024

Satellite Remote Sensing for Vegetation Dynamics

Short Courses (Online)

Forest Carbon Dynamics Assessment using Earth Observation Data during April- May, 2024

Fuzzy Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Data Classification

Earth's Atmosphere and Climate Change

Planetary Science

Solar Physics

Use of Space Technology for Weather and Climate Studies- Nov. 2024

For admissions: https://admissions.cssteapun.org/login

Thank you for your attention!

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EO College

Spotlight Presentation

EOTEC DevNet COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

TASK TEAM MEETINGs

Martyna Stelmaszczuk-Górska, Robert Eckardt

20-21 March 2024

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  • Undergraduate studies
  • Postgraduate studies
  • Block seminars conducted by external lecturers
  • Research and EO education initiatives and projects (new learning methods, EO College, EO Education Working Group, member of EU Space Networks, CEOS WGCapD, SPACE4GEO, EOTEC DevNet)

Chair for Earth Observation

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September 2017

>32.000 registered users

> 2.8 Mio. pageviews

eo-college.org

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Current Portfolio

Massive Open Online Courses

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Remote Sensing Basics

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Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

Electromagnetic Waves and their Spectrum

Atmospheric Interaction

Reflection and Absorption

Passive Imaging Techniques

Active Imaging Techniques

Spatial Resolution

Temporal Resolution

Spectral Resolution

Radiometric Resolution

Preprocessing – Optical Data

Preprocessing – Radar Data

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Visual Image Interpretation

LAND IN FOCUS

IMAGE ANALYSIS

Objects and Pixels

Classification

Accuracy Assessment

Image Classification Tutorial

Time Series Analysis

Sensor Accuracy

Software

Platforms for Data Access

Cloud Processing

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Application Focussed Courses

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Radar Courses

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FREE OF CHARGE

OPEN TO ANYBODY

SELF-PACED LEARNING

> 5.000 Students

5 LESSONS

CERTIFICATE FOR COMPLETION

Echoes in Space

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Introduction

What is radar?

Radar History

What is an electromagnetic wave?

Properties of EM Waves

The EM spectrum

What is an active radar system?

Basics of active systems

The SAR principle

Sensors & Missions

The radar bands

Exsisting missions

Getting used to radar images

SAR image features

Comparison to optical images

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The imaging geometry

Radar imaging geometry

Effects of imaging geometry

Interaction with the Earth surface

The scattering mechanisms

Important parameters

ECHOES IN SPACE

GEOMETRY

How to obtain and use radar data

Sentinel-1 data access

Intro to SNAP

Other data sources

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Theory

Intro to Interferometry

Intro to Polarimetry

Intro to Time Series

Forest

Forest applications

Forest tutorial

Settlements

Urban applications

Urban Tutorial

Agriculture

Agriculture Applications

Agriculture tutorial

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Theory

Scattering mechanisms �over water

Water Bodies

Water body applications

Water body tutorial

Oceanography

Maritime Applications

Sea Ice

Sea Wind

Sea Waves

Sea Surface Current

Oil Spill Mapping

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Theory

Subsidence Monitoring

Hazard monitoring

Flood monitoring

Flood applications

Flood tutorial

Seismic events

Seismic introduction

Volcano Tutorial

Wrap up

Processing tools

Final test

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Further Radar Courses

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Hyperspectral Courses

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ZERO HUNGER

The role of remote sensing

in the path towards SDG #2

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Data Cubes, Cloud Processing, Open Science

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Learn the theory behind

cloud platforms,

data cubes,

and

open science

Apply your knowledge by Processing and Validating

your results.

And sharing your personal map on an open community project.

Discover cloud native geospatial via

Data Catalogues, Data Properties,

Cloud Optimized Formats and Processes

Learn

Apply

Understand

Concepts.

Discovery.

Process and Share.

eo-college.org/courses/cubes-and-clouds/

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  • Research
    • Role of generative AI in education
  • Collaboration
    • SPACE4GEO/SpaceSUITE: development of advanced skills in space-related fields �and the provision of education and training activities for VET and higher education
    • EU Space Networks
    • EOTEC DevNet
    • CEOS WG CapD
  • Training
    • Conception and Implementation of a training event for radar remote sensing
  • Content
    • Zero Hunger MOOCs
    • Machine Learning 4 EO
    • Hyperspectral applications
    • (Disaster Management & Mapping)

Priorities & Themes 2024

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Discussion

Priorities, topics, outreach: What goes into planning training?

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Secretariat and Member Updates

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New feature on www.eotecdev.net�Photo of the week: Share your imagery!

**Upload your image to this form**

https://forms.gle/vBfSfN46wP7ND3936

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Website and member platform at www.eotecdev.net

179+ online members and growing!

HOW TO JOIN

  1. Sign up for an account - prompts in the top right corner of home page
  2. Watch for an email to confirm your membership.
  3. Visit the Connect page to sign up for an online EOTEC task team or working group (or both!)
  4. Post a question, comment, or link in any of the groups or your own member feed

SEE YOU ONLINE!

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Floods working group updates

2024 flood tools tracker improvements

Flood tools tracker improvements planned for 2024 - feedback wanted!

Please add new tools/capacity building resources and let us know if existing ones need updating

https://eotec-dev.ceos.org/

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Establishing of Drought Working Groups�UNCCD-EOTEC joint webinar June 18

**Reminder: Please review and add resources to our drought tools matrix**

Link here

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UN-SPIDER International Conference March 12-14New report: Space-technologies for early warning systems

  • Available on www.un-spider.org
  • Highlights use of space-based data, products and services in early warning systems for hydrometeorological, geological, extraterrestrial, health, biological, environmental and coastal hazards
  • Includes 81 case studies and links to more than 350 websites
  • Contribution to the Sendai Framework and Early Warnings for All initiative
  • Target audience: governments, disaster management stakeholders and practitioners, and others

Coming soon: UN-SPIDER EOTEC webinars

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THE CURRENT PLAN

  • Matrix for tracking resources on EO needs assessment - now organized by category

  • CoP volunteers helping with analysis

  • Matrix is the foundation of a guidance document or tool.

Share your feedback on our member platform! And please add resources

Link to document

Feedback kindly requested

What format for the needs assessment guidance?

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Member updates�Any updates to share…?

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Opportunities

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Opportunities and resources

SAMPLE OF TRAINING AND CONFERENCES

UNOOSA 6th Conference on the Use of Space Technology for Water, 7-10 May Management, Costa Rica (in-person and virtual).

13th EARSeL Workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy. 16-18 April, In person, Valencia.

ISPRS Technical Commission 1 Midterm Symposium,on sensors, 13-17 May, Changsha, China, in person

ISPRS Techncal Commission 5 Symposium, 6-8 August, Manila, Philippines. Abstract deadline: April 5

European Geophysical Union 2024: 14-19 April, Vienna, Austria, in-person and virtual. https://egu24.eu/

ICT for Ag, 28-30 May, in 5 locations simultaneously (India, Kenya, Mexico, Philippines and USA, and online. Session deadline: March 29

AI for Good, 30-31 May, Geneva, Switzerland and virtual.

UN-SPIDER Symposium, 10-12 September, Beijing. Details coming!

Global Digital Development Forum, 12-13 June, in person (Washington, D.C.) and virtual

HYR-SENSE: Hyperspectral and Thermal Remote Sensing for Environmental Justice, June 10-13, Colorado, Boulder, US (in-person) (applications by March 24)

COSPAR 2024 Scientific Assembly, July 13-21 2024, Busan, South Korea, in person.

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Opportunities and resources

PLACES TO FIND TRAINING

IIRS Website: https://elearning.iirs.gov.in/

**New** World Climate Research Programme catalog: wcrp-academy.org/catalog

International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing calendar of training events: https://www.isprs.org/calendar/2024.aspx

CEOS Training Calendar: training.ceos.org

New resource: CEOS Earth Observation Handbook 2023: ceos.org/news/eohb-2023/

NASA ARSET: bit.ly/3Fh7ERe

New resource: NASA’s Transform to Open Science curriculum: https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/

UN-SPIDER Events Calendar: bit.ly/3LjKHk0

GEO Events Calendar: https://earthobservations.org/events

EO College: eo-college.org. New MOOC: Cubes and Clouds https://eo-college.org/courses/cubes-and-clouds/

EUMETSAT training catalogue: catalog.trainhub.eumetsat.int

UN CC: e-Learn: https://unccelearn.org/

WMO Global Campus: learningevents.wmo.int/#/

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Summary and next steps

Next Flood Working Group meeting: April 18, 04:00 UTC

Next CoP task team meeting: June 20, 04:00 UTC

Thank you for being part of the EOTEC community of practice.

See you online!

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