UK EO Data Quality Workshop
9th March, 2010 – 9th March, 2010
To be held at RAL on Tuesday March 9th 2010
Registration is required.
Background
The Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation (QA4EO) has been established and endorsed by the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) as a direct response to a call from the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). Following detailed discussions with the WMO and others it is now being evolved to ensure its applicability to all Earth Observation communities and stakeholders, including those making in-situ measurements. The UK has played a major role in the development of QA4EO and there is now an opportunity to continue the further development and exploitation of this initiative.
The aim of the workshop is to explain the concepts behind QA4EO in the context of the drivers for quality assurance and to help develop a framework and roadmap for how the UK could exploit its leading position.
The workshop will be of interest to those wanting to understand the latest international developments in QA and wish to contribute to further UK activities in this arena.
To register, just email name and affiliation to:
Niki Legge email:niki.legge@stfc.ac.uk
EO DQ Workshop Agenda
Registration – 9.00am to 9.30am
Session 1 – Context 9.30am to 10.50am
Focus on the end-user perspective and the need for QA.
• Workshop introduction (Andy Shaw, NCEO)
• Introduction to the international context (Pascal Lecomte, ESA)
• Climate Drivers (Alan O’Neill, NCEO)
• UK-EOF presentation (Beth Greenaway, ERFF)
COFFEE (10.50am to 11.10am)
Session 2 – QA and QA4EO 11.10am to 12.30pm
To present some UK QA activities and provide overview of QA4EO
• QA4EO Overview (Nigel Fox, NPL)
• ESA Perspective (Giuseppe Ottavianelli, ESA)
• Current and future optical missions: from MERIS to OLCI (Samantha Lavender, Argans)
• NCAVEO perspective (Ted Milton, Southampton Uni.)
• CEOI Instrumentation Perspective (Paul Monks, Leicester Uni.)
LUNCH (12.30pm to 1.30pm)
A buffet lunch will be provided.
Session 3 – Exploitation 1.30pm to 2.50pm
To show how QA4EO concepts can be exploited.
• DMC Developments (Steve Mackin, SSTL)
• ESA QA/QC in QA4EO context (Sian O’Hara, Vega )
• Met Office presentation on their QA/QC systems (TBD, Met Office)
• ATSR/SLSTR Quality Assurance (Dave Smith, RAL)
COFFEE (2.50pm to 3.10pm)
Session 4 – Discussion 3.10pm to 4.00pm
To discuss how UK should proceed to create harmonised framework.
• Development of a UK RoadMap
Location: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX
Contact: Niki Legge,
Alternatively you may contact:
Wyn Cudlip,
07762 768765
