22 to 25 October 2018 / Darmstadt, Germany
Sixteen agro-meteorologists from Central Asia and Russia, met in Darmstadt last October to exchange their experiences of using satellite data and products. This was the seventh course since 2012. Previously it’s been held in Guinea Bissau, Niger, Ethiopia, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Hungary.
The course was delivered in English and Russian. Sessions contained lectures and hands-on practice on the use of products for evaluation of the crop evolution. The participants also presented their remote sensing capabilities, ongoing projects, as well as their needs for more accurate products. High-resolution data from the Sentinels, for instance, can supply some solutions.
The WMO is the main organiser of this series, with support of EUMETSAT, ESA (for Sentinel data) and other partners, such as the Technical University of Vienna and the National Meteorological Administration of Romania.