ESA training

ESA training for young scientists: Satellite data for studying the lithosphere

This training will be held at Geoazur, 10AM - 17PM on Thursday October 8.The course material will be presented by: Johannes Bouman (DGFI-TU Munich), Roger Haagmans (ESA), Javier Fullea (Dublin), Jörg Ebbing (Kiel)

 The seminar provides an overview of the latest developments regarding satellite data to study the link between topography and the deep Earth. For example, data from the GOCE satellite mission of the European Space Agency  provides global gravity field gradients (full tensor) suitable to study the composition and thermal structure of the lithosphere. The seminar is intended to discuss the advantages and pitfalls of such satellite data sets and to explain how to retrieve gravity gradient models. Their use and benefit for geophysical modelling is discussed by case examples, and a focus is on discussing how these data help to compliment terrestrial and marine gravity, and seismological models to study the upper mantle lithology. Software packages to handle and model these data will be explained as well.

For more information see http://goce4interior.dgfi.tum.de

and  http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/GOCE

To apply to participate, or for further inquiries, please contact  Jörg Ebbing email: jebbing@geophysik.uni-kiel.de .

Geoazur is located at 250 Rue A. Einstein, 06560 Sophia Antipolis, a short busride from the center of Antibes (bus 100, departing from Place Charles de Gaulle).