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    12th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

    2023-09-29 The 12th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Use of Remote Sensing to Insure against the Peril Drought The webinar provides insights concerning the developed EO-based insurance model that utilizes [Read more...]

    Open Science is an Integral Part of the EO AFRICA R&D Facility’s Philosophy

    2023-07-27 An interesting article in which Dr. Serkan Girgin from the EO AFRICA R&D Consortium, together with Dr. Marloes Penning de Vries, PI of one of our Research Projects, elaborate on the role of Open Science as an integral part of [Read more...]

    11th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

    2023-07-24 The 11th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Surface Soil Moisture products at continental scale The webinar gives an overview of high-resolution (1 km) satellite soil moisture data sets available [Read more...]

    10th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

    2023-05-17 The 10th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Drought Monitoring case studies in Africa The webinar describes ways to monitor drought events using microwave Earth Observation data. Existing methods for [Read more...]

    Version 2 of the MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space

    2023-05-03 Version 2 of the MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space is launched. Some additional webinars and descriptions of related research is included in the MOOC. For the presentations, both French and English subtitles can be displayed over the [Read more...]

    Announcing the EO AFRICA R&D Research Projects – Awarded Proposals (Second Call)

    2023-03-08 EO AFRICA R&D Research Projects 2023-2024 – Awarded Proposals: EO AFRICA R&D Research Projects 2023-2024 Following the successful Call for Research Proposals 2022-2023, the EO AFRICA R&D Facility, in coordination with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the African Union [Read more...]

    9th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

    2023-02-21 The 9th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Global flood monitoring and Surface Soil Moisture anomalies The webinar describes ways to monitor flood events and surface soil moisture on a [Read more...]

    8th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

    2023-02-08 The 8th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: fPAR as a Proxy for Yield Estimation/Forecasting The webinar provides a biological basis for crop yield estimation and within-season forecasting with Earth [Read more...]

    African Research Fellowships Call 2023

    2023-02-02 We are pleased to announce the 2023 AUC-ESA call that will offer 1-year fellowships to 4 new African Researchers to work at the ESA-ESRIN premises in Frascati (Rome, Italy) in synergy with ESA projects and scientists. More information here: https://eo4society.esa.int/2022/12/02/arf2023/ [Read more...]

    7th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

    2022-12-22 The 7th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Flood Mapping with Sentinel-1 data This webinar will focus on the importance and use of Sentinel-1 SAR data for flood mapping. With [Read more...]

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    Registration is open for Face to Face course on Soil Moisture and Inland Water Monitoring with Satellite Radar

    Face to Face course on Soil Moisture and Inland Water Monitoring with Satellite Radar

    October 16 – 20, 2023 University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania This course is covering the general concepts of radar remote sensing, how radar/microwaves interact with soil and vegetation, soil moisture retrieval with satellite radar, and the concept of zenith radar altimetry. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-soil-moisture-and-inland-water-monitoring-with-satellite-radar/
    Registration is open for Face to Face course on Soil Moisture and Inland Water Monitoring with Satellite Radar

    Registration is open for Face to Face course on Agricultural Drought Monitoring from Space

    Face to Face course on Agricultural Drought Monitoring from Space

    November 6 – 9, 2023 Cape Town, South Africa In this course, participants will get an introduction on how to use satellite imagery for the purpose of agricultural drought monitoring at various spatial scales, ranging from continental to field scale. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-agricultural-drought-monitoring-from-space/
    Registration is open for Face to Face course on Agricultural Drought Monitoring from Space

    Registration is open for Face to Face course on Assessing vegetation dynamics from space with cloud-based EO analyses

    Face to Face course on Assessing vegetation dynamics from space with cloud-based EO analyses

    November 19 – 23, 2023 Cairo, Egypt In this course, participants will get an introduction to cloud-based techniques for assessing vegetation dynamics with Earth Observation data. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-assessing-vegetation-dynamics-from-space-with-cloud-based-eo-analyses/
    Registration is open for Face to Face course on Assessing vegetation dynamics from space with cloud-based EO analyses

    12th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    Use of Remote Sensing to Insure against the Peril Drought

    September 19, 2023, 14:00 CET Online webinar with live-chat The webinar will provide insights concerning the developed EO-based insurance model that utilizes NDVI-imagery to quantitatively assess occurring agronomic droughts. As a business model, since 2018, the Vegetation Index Crop Insurance (VICI) scheme is successfully in use by various Ethiopian organizations. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar12
    12th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    9th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Courses


    Crop Monitoring and Yield Estimation from Space

    September 4 – 29, 2023 Online course with live-chat The ever-increasing spatial resolution offered by the newest generation of satellite sensors allow us to monitor agricultural production at the scale of an individual parcel and to quantitatively estimate or predict productivity. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses/crop-monitoring-and-yield-estimation-from-space/
    9th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Courses

    11th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    Surface Soil Moisture products at continental scale

    June 13, 2023, 14:00 CET Online webinar with live-chat The webinar will give an overview of high-resolution (1 km) satellite soil moisture data sets available at continental to global scale. These data sets are either derived by downscaling coarse resolution data from passive (SMAP, SMOS, AMSR2) and active (ASCAT) microwave sensors using optical or Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, or by deriving the soil moisture data directly from only the SAR data. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar11
    11th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    10th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    Drought Monitoring case studies in Africa

    April 11, 2023, 14:00 CET Online webinar with live-chat The webinar will describe ways to monitor drought events using microwave Earth Observation data. Existing methods for the calculation of climate normals, anomalies and drought indicators will be described and demonstrated over Africa. The strength and weaknesses of the indicators and an evaluation with common drought indicators such as Standardized Precipitation Index will be discussed. Furthermore, the use of soil moisture for early season yield prediction will be discussed. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar10
    10th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    8th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Courses


    Assessing potential use of water resources in an African river basin

    June 19 – July 14, 2023 Online course with live-chat This online course will show participants how to relate the water balance components (precipitation, evaporation, run-off and groundwater recharge) to identify surpluses of water and possible potential usage of those water resources in the area. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses/assessing-potential-use-of-water-resources-in-an-african-river-basin/
    8th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Courses

    7th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Courses

    Monitoring Vegetation Dynamics from Space

    April 3 – 28, 2023 Online course with live-chat In this course, you will be exploring the potential of the temporal dimension of satellite EO data for monitoring vegetation dynamics and land cover/land use changes over longer periods of time. Aside from learning the theoretical concepts of hyper-temporal monitoring, the participants will acquire practical skills in how to acquire, pre-process and analyse long time series of satellite EO data. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses/monitoring-vegetation-dynamics-from-space/
    7th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Courses

    Registration is open for Face to Face course on Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses


    Please note that while it is not a requirement, priority for this course will be given to participants who also plan to attend and have an abstract accepted by the WCRP Open Science Conference. The Abstract Submission Portal is open until 14 March 2023.

    Face to Face course on Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses

    October 17 – 21, 2023 Kigali, Rwanda This course introduces participants to Cloud Computing and its usage for Earth Observation (EO) data analyses. It starts with big geospatial data concepts and extends to Cloud Computing as one of the solutions for solving the problems of big EO data. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-cloud-computing-and-algorithms-for-eo-analyses/
    Registration is open for Face to Face course on Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses

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    Upcoming @EOAfricaRD1 webinar:
    To familiarize with the #EO-based #insurance model that utilizes #NDVI to quantitatively assess occurring agronomic #droughts 🌱

    🗓️September 19, 14h00 CET
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    Face to Face course on Earth Observations for Water Resources Assessment and Monitoring

    May 15–19, 2022 Erata Hotel, Accra, Ghana Introduction to cloud-based image analysis techniques for surface water resources assessment and monitoring with a focus on surface water bodies and wetland dynamics. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/earth-observations-for-water-resources-assessment-and-monitoring/
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