The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) with the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) are organising the seventh joint training course on Atmospheric Composition.
The course will take place in Brussels from 13 to 17 October 2025 hosted by the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB. Online lectures will precede the onsite training. While the course week at BIRA-IASB will be reserved to selected candidates, the online phase will be open to all interested participants.
Whilst the topics of the training cover the main processes involved in atmospheric composition monitoring and modelling, the focus this year will be more on Advanced Atmospheric Composition Products & Applications with an emphasis on aerosols.
The main topics of the training include the following:
– Atmospheric processes: aerosols, secondary organic aerosol production, associated chemical species, air quality.
– Modelling: Global/regional; analysis / re-analysis / forecast; bias correction & downscaling; Data Assimilation.
– Emissions: Inventories, inverse modelling (including aerosol precursors).
– Observations: Spaceborne, in-situ, remote sensing retrievals, methods and analysis, exploitation.
– Operational applications and services: Policies; applications & services.