Summary

The Training School and Workshop on Dust Aerosol Detection and Monitoring aims to provide an awareness of state-of-the-art satellite-based, ground-based, and model-based products for aerosol detection and monitoring. In addition, it offers opportunities to learn more about the applicability and effectiveness of the respective products.

This school is jointly organized by EUMETSAT and the WMO SDS-WAS Regional Center (which is managed by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center - BSC, and the Spanish Meteorological State Agency - AEMET) with the support of the Copernicus and ACTRIS programmes.

Target audience

• Actors in Meteorological and transnational Agencies, focusing on Europe, North Africa, Middle East, and Sahelian Africa. 
• Researchers / academics from the above regions, with a focus on beginners in aerosol detection and monitoring.