The programme contained two training sessions dedicated to cover the main needs of TIGER Principal Investigators.

1. Advanced course on optical data processing for water management

A four-day short course on "Advanced optical data processing for water management" was held for selected Principal Investigators and project members in the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, on 22-25 November 2006. The participants were sponsored by the Tiger Capacity Building Facility and other sources. Originally, fifteen projects should have been represented, but due to some technical difficulties, not all of them could be present. Furthermore, five students were directly sponsored by ESA, and six extra students were supported by South-Africa.

Lecturers from the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (www.itc.nl), in Enschede, The Netherlands, provided the curriculum:

• Day 1: Radiative transfer and atmospheric correction of optical data
  Lecturer: Prof. Wout Verhoef, professor of advanced earth observation
  
  
• Day 2: Spectral signatures and applications in land use classification and water quality
  Lecturer: Dr. Zoltán Vekerdy, assistant professor
  
  
• Day 3: Time series processing and applications
  Lecturer: Prof. Wout Verhoef, professor of advanced earth observation
  
  
• Day 4: Energy balance and applications in estimation of evapotranspiration
  Lecturer: Prof. Bob Su, professor of spatial hydrology and water resources management

The University of Western Cape provided excellent facilities for the course. Special thanks to Professor Xu and Mr. Nel.

2. Advanced training course on Earth observation applications for water resources management

This course was held on 26–30 November 2007 at the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), Nairobi, Kenya.
Please have a look at the programme and the practical information.