The following themes were covered during the symposium:

• Methodologies and Products
• Atmosphere
• Meteorology and Climate
• Oceanography
• Cryosphere
• Hazards
• Land Applications
• ESA Programmes
• Special Sessions

Methodologies and products

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- Calibration and Validation Results
- New products and algorithms
- Orbit Determination
- Data Assimilation
- InSAR Advances (SCANSAR Interferometry, Persistent Scatterers Interferometry)
- Polarimetry

Atmosphere

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- Trace Gasses in the Troposphere and in the Stratosphere
- Cloud and Aerosols
- Solar UV
- Atmospheric Applications (air pollution monitoring)

Meteorology and Climate

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- Climatology
- Carbon Cycle
- Water Cycle (rainfall, evapotranspiration)
- Sea/Land/Atmosphere Interactions

Oceanography

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- Marine Geoid and Geodynamics
- Ocean Circulation and Sea Level
- Wind and Wave/Sea State Modelling
- Ocean Color and SST
- Coastal Zones
- Oil Spills/Ship Detection
- Fisheries

Cryosphere

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- Glaciology
- Sea Ice
- Polar Mass Balance

Hazards

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- Landslides
- Subsidence
- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
- Floods
- Fires
- Tsunami, Typhoons, Hurricanes

Land Applications

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- Mapping
- Land Cover and Land Use
- Agriculture
- Forestry
- Urban
- Geology
- DEMs
- Global Vegetation
- Inland Waters (resources, drainage, runoff, aquifer, quality, heights...)
- Soil Moisture
- Snow
- Permafrost
- Archaeology
- Epidemiology

ESA Programmes

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- Exploitation (GMES Service Element, DUE, EOMD, Dragon, Tiger and Bear)
- Third Party Missions
- Future Missions (ESA Earth Explorers, GMES Space Component)

Special Sessions

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- Global Environment and International Environmental Conventions (UNFCC, RAMSAR, UNCCD, UNCBD), Education, Training and Capacity Building

The Symposium will offer opportunities for oral presentations and posters covering the above themes.

Please note that limited exhibition space will be available for companies, on a first come – first serve basis.