NEODAAS & FSF Training Course - October 2020
Computer set up for practical sessions
For most of the practical sessions we will assume people are using a Windows machine which they have an admin account for. If this isn't the case then it might take a bit longer to set up but we are going to arrange some sessions where we will be able to help you out.Software Installation
- General set up instructions (pdf)
- Installing Anaconda (video)
- Installing Python packages using Anaconda (video)
- Installing SNAP (video)
- Installing ACOLITE (video)
- Data for Hyperspectral Practical (zip 547 MB), for macOS users should also download APL output data (zip 910 MB)
Atmospheric Correction
Introduction- Introduction to atmospheric correction (pdf)
- General set up instructions (pdf) - ensure airborne environment is set up
- Worksheet (pdf)
- Data for Hyperspectral Practical (zip 547 MB), for macOS users should also download APL output data (zip 910 MB)
- General set up instructions (pdf) - ensure ARCSI, SNAP and ACOLITE are installed
- Worksheet (pdf)
- ACOLITE installation and practical (video)
- Sentinel 2 Scene (if not available from scihub; zip 659 MB)
- Processed S2 data with fixed AOT (if you have problems running ARCSI; tif)
Background Material
These provide background on some of the material covered in the course.- Progress In Field Spectroscopy (pdf)
- Vegetation monitoring using multispectral sensors – best practices and lessons learned from high latitudes (link)
- Introduction to NEODAAS (talk from NCEO conference, 2020) video, slides.
- FSF's new GHG monitoring network (talk from NCEO conference, 2020) video, slides.
Recommended external material and other courses
If you new to Earth Observation, don't worry we're sure you'll be confident by the time the course has finished! However, if you want to give yourself a headstart the following are recommended:
