QA4EO Workshop
18th - 20th October 2011
Providing harmonised quality information in earth observation data by 2015
The workshop will present and discuss data quality assurance implementation examples across a wide variety of societal benefit areas. In particular how quality information is derived, maintained and presented following the QA4EO (link opens in a new window) principle that “all data and derived products must have associated with them a Quality Indicator (QI) based on documented quantitative assessment of its traceability to community agreed (ideally SI) absolute reference standards”.
Examples will be drawn from a broad cross-section of disciplines that span from global modelling and systems of distributed sensors to local environmental monitoring and small-scale field-based observations. Best practices within each community will be discussed with the ultimate aim of addressing any existing gap(s) and necessary improvements to achieve the implementation of QA4EO.
This event will establish a roadmap of key objectives by 2015 that will cover technical, coordination and governance aspects of QA4EO.
In order to steer the discussions and focus on finding answers, we would request that upon registering, participants identify key issues that need to be discussed at the workshop.
The workshop will be chaired by GEO (link opens in a new window) and hosted by RAL Space.
Registration
Although no abstract submissions are required for the workshop, places will be at a premium; we therefore strongly recommend that delegates confirm their wish to attend by completing the registration form (PDF - 100kB - link opens in a new window)and workshop questionaire (PDF - 96kB - link opens in a new window) and return to the Workshop Secretary, Niki Legge (RAL Space), by 1 September 2011.
Delegates will receive an e-mail confirmation of their registration.
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