3rd ENVISAT Summer School 2006

The 2006 ESA summer school will be held in ESRIN (near Rome) from 31 Jul to 11 Aug 2006. The course will cover a broad spectrum of research issues related to the Monitoring and Modelling of the Earth System - including the ocean, atmosphere, biosphere and cryosphere - with a cross cutting focus on Data Assimilation techniques illustrating how they maximize the scientific and economic value of EO data.

Topics:

• Observing Systems: Capabilities and applications of Earth Observation, physics of remote sensing measurement, concept of integrated observing systems of systems

• Earth System Modelling: Basics of ocean – atmosphere – land - ice modelling, Numerical Weather Prediction, ensemble forecasting.

• Data Assimilation: Theory of data assimilation techniques (e.g. OI, 3Dvar, 4Dvar, Kalman Filter) and applications (e.g. analysis, inverse modelling, state estimation, control theory, design of optimal observing system, targeting observations).

• Global Change: Observation of global change from space, use of Earth System model to understand, forecast and manage environmental issues.

The school is opened to young researchers (Ph.D. students, young post-doc) across the world belonging to a variety of Earth science disciplines (e.g. meteorology, oceanography, biology, remote sensing, modelling).

Participation is limited to a maximum of 65 students and is highly competitive (e.g. ESA received more than 200 applications from 47 countries for the 2^nd ENVISAT school ).

All participants will be hosted in the beautifully appointed rooms of Grand Hotel Villa Tuscolana60 EUR/night (half-board), which is an extremely low price for Rome. at a cost of about

There is no fee for the school but students are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation costs.

Please apply by completing the web-based application form here. Deadline for application is Wed 1st March 2006. Please note that the full application includes both the (i) completed form as well as the (ii) letter of support from your referee. We therefore encourage candidates to apply early so that we can contact their referee and make sure we get the letter of support before the deadline. Successful applicants will be notified in early July 2006.

Course web page: http://envisat.esa.int/envschool/

Jorge Brenner