2024 ISMS- Europe - Budapest
2024 International Soil Moisture School (ISMS)
Welcome to the website for the 3rd International Soil Moisture School (ISMS) - Europe. The school is intended to teach how to collect and utilize soil moisture resources from in situ and satellite sensors.
The School will be held July 14 - 17 2024, in Budapest, Hungary at the Budapest University of Technology and Economy (BME).
Agenda
Updated July 10, 2024
Activities begin for the International Soil Moisture Workshop on Sunday, July 14 4PM! See the agenda here or download it via the link on the right.
ISMS-Europe-Agenda.pdfOrientation
Final details on getting there and away, currency exchange, etc.
Orientation_ISMS.pdfLodging confirmation
Updated June 21, 2024
For full grant grant participants with lodging:
Today, the hotel has sent out confirmations of your stay at Ibis Castle Hill from 14th to 17th July (3 nights). Please check your email for details. If you have not received any email please double-check spam folder and institutional email address. In case you can reach out to: isms2024@m365.bme.hu
Posters
Updated June 19, 2024
Students need to present their current/recent work during the poster session on July 15th, Monday afternoon.
Please bring your poster in a printed form. Size of poster board stand is: 150 cm (length) x 90 cm (width) portrait. No specific template is required. Organisers do not collect posters by any means in advance.
Venue
Updated June 10, 2024
The 2024 International Soil Moisture School – Europe (ISMS-E) will be held July 14 - 17, in Budapest, Hungary at the Budapest University of Technology and Economy (BME). See precise locations and addresses in the Agenda here .
For students receiving full grant hotel reservation will be emailed later. Opening ceremony on July 14th 4PM will be at Ibis Budapest Castle Hill. Please make sure that your travel arrangements enable you to take part at the kick-off ceremony.
About the School
The School is intended for PhD scholars, postdocs, and early career scientists looking to learn how to collect and utilize soil moisture resources from in situ and satellite sensors.
The list of experts who shall deliver the sessions include:
There is no registration fee for attending the school. Participant’s needs of meals, logging, and local transport are supplied by GRSS and Fulbright Hungary grants. Accepted participants are only required to finance round trip travel expenses to the school. There will also be an opportunity for the participants to present their research through posters to get feedback from the experts.
For students from the US a limited number (three) of travel grants thanks to the generous offer of the Fulbright Hungary office (fulbright.hu). Support is intended to award high potential future Fulbright applicants, students from the US to attend the school in Europe and get to know Hungary as possible destination for Fulbright application.
The application process asked for education information and brief motivation to join the school. The organizing committee reviews all nominations and select the participants. Considering logistical constraints, participation will be limited. This would also ensure maximum interactions between participants and experts.
The deadline for filling out application form was May 16, 2024. This applications system is now closed. We had more than 100 applicants and only space for 35. If you were not one of the group that were accepted, please stay tuned for further opportunities. If you were accepted: "Congratulations, we look forward to seeing you in Budapest!"
Agenda in brief:
Sunday, July 14 starting at 4PM: Registration and evening guest speaker
Monday, July 15: Hydrology and radiometry
Tuesday, July 16: In situ measurements and RADAR basics
Wednesday, July 17 ending around 1 PM: GNSS reflectometry and closing
(see the link at the top of this page for the most current agenda)
Detailed Description of the School
High quality soil moisture data from the European Space Agency (ESA) Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and National Administration and Space Administration (NASA) Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) missions have been available for more than a decade. These data are being exploited for weather forecast, flood forecasts, drought monitoring and crop yield predictions. The high-resolution data from the ESA Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and upcoming L-band NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) and ESA ROSE-L will further the usage of high resolution soil moisture data for many applications, which require a spatial resolution of about 100 m. In addition, the reflectometry missions, such as the current NASA CYGNSS and future ESA HydroGNSS will augment the radiometer and SAR mission data with temporal revisit. These missions are based on three significant different technologies: radiometry, radar, and reflectometry, and will provide data with differing characteristics.
The strategies for calibration and validation of these mission datasets will also have different emphasis. So far, it has been challenging for young professionals to appreciate the details and vast differences among them. It is timely to synthesize key information of the three types of soil moisture missions in three specific areas:
1.) Science Applications,
2.) Remote Sensing Algorithms,
3.) in situ measurement techniques
together under the International Soil Moisture School platform to help young professionals to improve the data quality of the satellite datasets and further their science applications.
Applications
Updated June 4 2024
The applications system is now closed. Applications have been reviewed by the Technical Committe. Please check your emails for notification. If you have not received any email please double-check spam folder and institutional email address. In case you can reach out to: isms2024@m365.bme.hu
Sponsorship
Thanks to our sponsors we can offer funding for participants.
Special travel grants are available for students from the US (see previous section)
Sign Up Today!
Fill out this form to sign up to participate for this great event!
Deadline for registration is May 16, 2024.
The application form is closed. Thank you for your interest, we will review applications and notify nominees by begin of June 2024. Stay tuned. Hope to see you in Budapest.