The registration deadline is 30 April 2026. To register, please fill out this form: REGISTRATION FORM

You need to provide following:

• Motivation Statement for Participation (max. 200-300 words)
• Short description of your research project, also state to what extent you are familiar with hydrological models, handling hydrological data sets, as well as Python programming, 
• Your affiliation 
• Contact information and affiliation of your supervisor

in May you will receive notification about the acceptance of your application. Updates of the event will be posted on this website.

25-28 August 2026

The venue for The Summer School is the ‘CREATE’ campus building, at Aalborg University, located in the heart of Aalborg and right on the harbour front.

DEPARTMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY AND PLANNING
AALBORG 

Rendsburggade 14, Level 3, 9000 Aalborg

Participation is free of charge if accepted to the summer school. Food, coffee, tea and water is included during the day at the university, however dinner is not included.

Accomodation in and travels to Aalborg is paid by the participant. 

Department of Sustainability and Planning - Geodesy Research Group

Local Committee

• Ehsan Foorotan
• Maike Schumacher

• Day 1 – Introduction to global hydrology, modelling and monitoring, and operational challenges - Gravity based terrestrial water storage monitoring - Soil remote sensing – Introduction to ensemble-based data assimilation – Practical session 
• Day 2 – Large-scale hydrological modelling – Calibration and data assimilation against Altimetry measurements – Hydrogeology and challenges of validations against in-situ measurements – GRACE(-FO) data processing – Practical session
• Day 3 – Multi-sensor data assimilation - PyGLDA (https://gmd.copernicus.org/preprints/gmd-2024-125/  & https://github.com/AAUGeodesyGroup/PyGLDA) for hydrological data assimilation - Altimetry for improving surface processes - Practical session
• Day 4 – Selected topics on data assimilation  - Current and Future gravity data assimilation - Hydrological data assimilation case studie - Practical session

MS.c. and Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers, and young scientists interested in large scale hydrology. The registration is free and includes course material. Accommodation costs need to be paid by the participants.

• Maike Schumacher (AAU)
• Henrik Madsen (DHI)
• Cecile Kittel (DHI)
• Radoslaw Guzinski (DHI)
• Guillaume Ramillien (CNRS)
• Augusto Getirana (NASA)
• Zdenko Heyvaert (ECMWF)
• Mohammad Shamsudduha (UCL)
• Anke Fluhrer (DLR)
• Jürgen Kusche (Bonn)

Supported by AAU internal scientists:

• Leire Retegui-Schiettekatte
•  Fan Yang
• Shima Azimi
• Çağatay Çakan
• Supriya Tiwari
• Manu K Soman
• Ehsan Forootan

By bus from Aalborg Airport (~45 Min): Bus 13, 70, 71, from Aalborg Lufthavn + walk

By bus from Aalborg Central Train Station (~20 Min): Bus 1,2, 17 from Aalborg St. + walk

On foot: ~20 min from Aalborg Central Sation

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GeodesyDA@plan.aau.dk