National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)

Training

National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) offers 9 training opportunities:

Ensemble Square-Root Kalman Filters - for forecasting

Resource (Online) by National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) · Free · Current

An online training course for PhD students and early career researchers.

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The Equivalent Weights Particle Filter - for data assimilation

Resource (Online) by National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) · Free · Current

An online training course providing an introduction to Particle Filters and theory for the Equivalent Weights Particle Filter.

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Variational Methods in Data Assimilation

Resource (Online) by National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) · Free · Current

This training is to help you learn about variational methods used in weather forecasting.

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An introduction to librat: a Monte Carlo ray tracing radiative transfer model

Resource (Online) by National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) · Free · Current

librat is a flexible, modular radiative transfer model for simulating the lidar return of realistic 3D scenes.

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Ocean Science in Action: Addressing Marine Ecosystems and Food Security

MOOC (Online) by FutureLearn and National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) · Free · Current

Explore how innovative marine technologies can tackle the challenges of the sustainable management of marine ecosystems

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Monitoring croplands using Data Assimilation (DA) techniques

Resource (Online) by National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) · Free · Current

Training materials developed for an Earth Observation, Crop Modelling & Data Assimilation workshop

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Hyperspectral Earth Observation, data processing and training course

Seminar (Online) by National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) · Free · Current

An online training course for PhD students and early stage researchers developed by NCEO scientists.

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Data assimilation training @ Univ. of Reading 2024

Short course (Reading) by Data Assimilation Research Centre and National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) · Free · Current

Each year DARC and NCEO offer in-person training on data assimilation. The intensive week-long course introduces the commonly used data assimilation algorithms derived from a common framework and explores the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. The theoretical lectures are complemented by practical sessions allowing participants to obtain hands-on experience of the concepts covered.

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Dare to discover data assimilation (data assimilation minus the maths)

Short course (Online) by National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) and University of Reading · Free · Current

This free course provides an introduction to the basic concepts of data assimilation without assuming a background in mathematical concepts or any specialist subject knowledge. It will be particularly useful to users of data assimilation products (e.g., reanalyses) or those who are interested in exploring the possibilities of data assimilation for new applications.

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