On the occasion of the 12th EARSel Forest Fires SIG Workshop that will be held from 3 to 5 October 2019 in Rome, Italy, a Training Course will be held on the application of active and passive remote sensing techniques for fire research.

The course 'Remote Sensing for Forest Fires' will take place from 30 September to 1 October 2019 at ESA / ESRIN, Frascati, Italy (near Rome). The purpose of this course is to disseminate and discuss research methods and technologies of active and passive Earth Observation for applications related to forest fires.

The experts leading the course will focus on the use of optical and radar sensors for active fire mapping, burned area mapping, soil organic matter, soil moisture, fire emissions and time series analysis.

The practicals will utilise Virtual Machines from RUS Copernicus, and will use a variety of data (Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3, Sentinel-5P) and software (e.g. SNAP, EOBrowser).

Applications are open for early career researchers, students, phD students and young professionals from European institutions and Canada with background in Remote Sensing and working in topics related to wildfire. Applicants from other countries are welcome to apply subject to availability of space.

Extended application deadline: 6 September 2019