ESRINSMELLS mid-term review was held in Rome, on May 3rd 2016, in ESA premises at European Space Research Institute.

The presentations of this workshop are available in the “Partners corner” section.

Presents: Teleconference:
  •  Benjamin Koetz, ESA
  • Rado, ESA
  • Keith Cressman, FAO
  • Cyril Piou, Cirad
  • Maria José Escorihuela, isardSAT
  • Olivier Merlin, Cesbio
  • Mehrez Zribi, Cesbio
  • Omar Ali Eweys, isardSAT

Here is the program:

Tuesday May 3rd, 2016
09:00 09:30

Status of the project

Project status and management summary overview.

Project status review from ESA perspective.

Discussion.

M.J. Escorihuela

B. Koetz
09:30 10:00 WP3

Dataset collection

Satellite dataset.

Soil moisture validation dataset.

Desert locust management validation dataset.

M.J. Escorihuela

C. Piou
10:00 11:00 WP4

High resolution soil moisture

SMOS downscaled.

Technical specification.

 M.J. Escorihuela
11:00 12:00 WP5

Validation results

Validation strategy.

Results.

M.J. Escorihuela

C. Piou
12:00 13:30 Lunch
13:30 14:30 WP6

Dissemination and outreach

Agadir workshop on soil moisture overview.

Executive summary.

C. Piou

M.J. Escorihuela
14:30 15:30 Phase 2

M.J. Escorihuela

C. Piou
15:30 16:00

Summary of action items

Other business