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    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...]

    October 2022, EO Africa R&D Facility events

    2022-11-16 October 2022 was a busy month for the EO AFRICA R&D Facility, have a look at our activities during that month:   [Read more...]

    AARSE 2022 – October 24-28, 2022

    2022-10-28 During the AARSE 2022 International Conference, session: “Integrated Geospatial technologies in agriculture and food security”, Diana Chavarro-Rincon presented the EO AFRICA R&D Facility: Enabling a proactive African research community and creative innovation processes to address food security and water related [Read more...]

    Hackathon – GMES & Africa – October 24-28, 2022

    2022-10-28 Parallel to the AARSE 2022, the GMES & Africa in partnership with the Rwanda Space Agency, Carnegie Mellon University Africa and the ESA EO AFRICA Initiative conducted an EO hackathon. During this hackathon the participants had to opportunity to tackle [Read more...]

    YESS side event – October 23, 2022

    2022-10-23 Also previous to the AARSE 2022 conference and on the invitation of the GWEX Project (part of the World Climate Research Programme, WCRP), Zoltan Vekerdy and Diana Chavarro-Rincon introduced the Facility to the YESS (Young Earth System Scientist) Community during [Read more...]

    Face to Face course in Kigali, Rwanda

    2022-10-22 As part of the series of face to face events linked to our Space Academy, Michael Marshall and Kees de Bie (ITC) successfully delivered the course “Monitoring of Agroecosystems from Space” on October 18-22 in Kigali, Rwanda as a preamble [Read more...]

    Copernicus Workshop – October 11, 2022

    2022-10-11 The second week of October, Mahdi Farnaghi presented our Innovation Lab – and related support & training- during the workshop “Copernicus data access and use in Africa”. The objective of the workshop was to collect African institutions views on the [Read more...]

    NSO Conference – October 5, 2022

    2022-10-05 On the invitation of the Netherlands Space Office, NSO, Zoltán Vekerdy presented the Facility during the “Space for food security” conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands. This event served as an inspirational closure of the Geodata for Agriculture (G4AW) program of [Read more...]

    ESA – EO AFRICA R&D Facility 2nd Research Call

    2022-09-21 ESA EO AFRICA R&D Facility, in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) announce: Call for Research Proposals 2022-2023 Related to the themes EO for managing water scarcity and safeguarding food security in Africa EO AFRICA R&D Facility is the [Read more...]

    EO AFRICA R&D Facility Forum

    2022-09-15 Announcing the implementation of the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Forum: We have recently implemented the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Forum as an online discussion board where people from the EO AFRICA community can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss [Read more...]

    Events

    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 28 February 2023.

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

    October 16 – 20, 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/

    9th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    Global flood monitoring and Surface Soil Moisture anomalies

    February 14, 2023, 14:00 CET Online webinar with live-chat The webinar will describe ways to monitor flood events and surface soil moisture on a global scale, using microwave Earth Observation data. Current research topics will be described that are relevant for use cases in Africa (e.g. subsurface scattering in arid regions). The validation of flood monitoring and of soil moisture products will be discussed. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar9

    8th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    fPAR as a Proxy for Yield Estimation/Forecasting

    January 23, 2023, 14:00 CET Online webinar with live-chat The webinar provides a biological basis for crop yield estimation and within-season forecasting with Earth observation image data. We facilitate the introduction with a “big leaf” approach to light-use efficiency. Big leaf models assume canopies are homogenous and the response of the canopy to light is linear. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar8

    6th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Courses

    Soil Moisture from Space

    March 6 – 31, 2023 Online course with live-chat This online course will provide participants with the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge on electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with materials, (passive) radiometry and thermal emission, and (active) radar equation, backscattering and SAR image processing. It will introduce radiative transfer model (also called Tau-omega for passive microwave for land) and water-cloud model (active), as well as corresponding retrievals of soil moisture. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses/soil-moisture-from-space/

    5th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Courses

    Hyper-Temporal Mapping of Agro-Ecosystems Assessing Land Suitability

    February 6 – March 3, 2023 Online course with live-chat From early 2000 onwards, the availability of high-quality Hyper-Temporal (HT) EO, has created an enormous number of additional possibilities to map and detect changes as required to monitor impacts. Use of the dimensions “space time” now lets us study and work on issues that earlier remained “out-of-reach” and remained “unanswered”. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses/hyper-temporal-mapping-of-agro-ecosystems-assessing-land-suitability/

    6th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Face to Face Courses

    Face to Face course on Vegetation and Drought Monitoring from Space

    January 23 – 27, 2023 CRASTE-LF, Rabat, Morocco A 5-day training to learn how to tackle the challenges of Food Security by exploiting satellite observations to monitor the occurrence and impacts of droughts on agricultural productivity at various spatial scales. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-vegetation-and-drought-monitoring-from-space/

    7th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    Flood Mapping with Sentinel-1 data

    December 6, 2022, 14:00 CET Online webinar with live-chat This webinar will focus on the importance and use of Sentinel-1 SAR data for flood mapping. With Sentinel-1 SAR data, we can map and analyse the affected flooded areas over a region, that may be not easily accessible, and even compare them with the official flood maps available. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar7

    5th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Face to Face Courses

    Face to Face course on Cloud based EO analyses for Water and Food Security

    November 7 – 11, 2022 Nairobi, Kenya Introduction to Cloud based image analysis techniques for Water and Food Security. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-cloud-based-eo-analyses-for-water-and-food-security/

    4th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Face to Face Courses

    Face to Face course on Mapping and Performance Monitoring of Agroecosystems from Space

    October 18 – 22, 2022 Kigali, Rwanda Necessary theoretical and practical knowledge for getting started on monitoring agroecosystems (croplands + rangelands) with satellite EO data. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-mapping-and-performance-monitoring-of-agroecosystems-from-space/

    4th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Courses

    Vegetation and Drought Monitoring from Space

    September 19 – October 14, 2022 Online course with live-chat The online course provides the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge on vegetation and drought monitoring based on satellite EO data. It introduces the general concept of EO-based vegetation/drought monitoring, shows the different types of potentially useful EO data, highlights relevant satellite sensors and freely available data products as well as explains different analysis techniques that can be employed for deriving meaningful information from satellite observations. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses/vegetation-and-drought-monitoring-from-space/

    Tweets

    eoafricard1 EO AFRICA R&D Facility @eoafricard1 ·
    30 Jan

    Join Prof #WolfgangWagner @tu_wien for the upcoming @EOAfricaRD1 #webinar "Global #flood monitoring and Surface #SoilMoisture anomalies".
    Mind the date 🗓️ Feb 14 !
    Research topics relevant for #Africa will be discussed 🌍. Register at: https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar9

    @EO_OPEN_SCIENCE

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    eoafricard1 EO AFRICA R&D Facility @eoafricard1 ·
    25 Jan

    Do you want to explore the potential of the(#hyper) #temporal dimension of #EO 🛰️ data for monitoring #vegetation dynamics and #landcover/#landuse changes?
    You can still apply for this #online course 👩🏽‍🎓🧑🏽‍🎓
    🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️Harry-up! deadline Jan30 🗓️
    https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses/hyper-temporal-mapping-of-agro-ecosystems-assessing-land-suitability/

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    25 Jan

    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    VITO Remote Sensing @VITO_RS_

    📗 Expert @JDegerickx is lecturing at the F2F @EOAfricaRD1 course on #EO for #vegetation & #drought monitoring this week, together with @FacultyITC and hosted by @CRASTE_LF in Rabat! 🌾🛰️👨‍💻🙌

    Discover more & check the courses still to come 👉
    https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-vegetation-and-drought-monitoring-from-space/

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    24 Jan

    The @EOAfricaRD1 #SpaceAcademy has also offered #online #training on applications of #earthobservation spread out in 4 session during 1 month 🌍🤓💻.
    Have a look at our past program and register for the upcoming course: https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses/hyper-temporal-mapping-of-agro-ecosystems-assessing-land-suitability/
    Hurry-up!
    @EO_OPEN_SCIENCE

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    eoafricard1 EO AFRICA R&D Facility @eoafricard1 ·
    20 Jan

    🚨Last chance to register for the @EOAfricaRD1 #webinar: "fPAR as a Proxy for Yield Estimation/Forecasting"

    ttps://utwente-nl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CawwLU4RS4SEUwbB62EwuQ

    #yield #cropforcasting #eo #fPAR #bigleave

    EO AFRICA R&D Facility @EOAfricaRD1

    📢New #webinar in the @EOAfricaRD1 series: "fPAR as a Proxy for Yield Estimations/ Forecasting".
    This webinar provides a biological basis for #cropyield estimation & within-season forecasting with #EO.
    Join Michael Marshall @FacultyITC on January 23🗓️
    https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar8

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