The Dragon 3 2014 Symposium was part of the Dragon 3 Programme, focussed on exploitation of ESA, ESA's Third Party Missions and Chinese Earth observation data for geo-science and applications development in land, ocean and atmospheric applications.

The 2014 Symposium was a Dragon 3 Mid-term Results Symposium.

The Symposium was organised into six thematic workshops. Each workshop included:

• Abstracts' submissions
• Results presentations and posters
• Round table discussions with seed questions prepared by the Dragon PIs working on the thematic
• Reporting on outputs from the round table discussions will be done in the Symposium plenary
• Preparation of papers for the mid-term results proceedings.

Objectives

• Report on progress & results at the mid-term stage of the Dragon 3 programme
• Inform on scientific exchange and role of young scientists
• Preparation for new missions, data planning & requests
• Prepare for next phase of Dragon (2016 on...)
• Publication of papers in the ESA and NRSCC mid-term results proceedings

Themes

The workshop focussed around the following six themes:

• Atmosphere & Climate
• Oceans & Coastal Zones
• Cryosphere & Hydrology
• Geoid & Terrain Measurement
• Forest Mapping & Retrievals
• Land & Environment