The Very High-resolution Radar & Optical Data Assessment (VH-RODA) 2024 Workshop will be held in ESA-ESRIN, Frascati (Italy), from 2-6 December 2024.

The 5th Edition of the VH-RODA Workshop will provide an open forum (for the new space, commercial and institutional space sectors) to present and discuss about the current status and future developments related to Earth Observation (EO) data quality, calibration and validation of space-borne very high-resolution SAR, Optical, and, for the first time, atmospheric constellations, sensors and data products, with a dedicated focus on commercial EO data providers and related Cal/Val activities, synergies between optical, SAR and atmospheric communities, presentation of standards and best practices for data quality.

Workshop Topics

Calibration Techniques (requirements, definitions, database, methodologies)

• Calibration Sites (cross-cal/val, intercalibration, field campaigns)
• Fiducial Reference Measurements
• Analysis Ready Data, Digital Elevation Models
• Quality Control, Best Practices, Product Validation
• Processing and Algorithms (including Artificial Intelligence for Cal/Val)
• Cal/Val and Data quality for Constellations and Big Data
• Calibration of Future Missions (Innovative instrument concepts)
• Atmospheric composition and reference sites

Schedule and Deadlines

More information coming soon.

Venue and Accommodation 

ESA’s Centre for Earth Observation (ESRIN) will host the conference. It is located in Frascati, a small town 20km south-east of Rome in Italy.

Please click here for information about how to travel to ESRIN.

Location Address:

ESA-ESRIN
Largo Galileo Galilei, 1
00044 Frascati (RM), Italy

Please find here a list of hotels in Frascati centre recommended by ESA:

Hotel Antica Colonia
Hotel Bellavista
Hotel Cacciani
Hotel Colonna
Hotel Flora
Hotel Villa Mercede
Hotel Villa Tuscolana

Workshop Organising Committee

• Philippe Goryl (ESA)
• Leonardo De Laurentiis (ESA)
• Clément Albinet (ESA)
• Sabrina Pinori (Serco)
• Valentina Boccia (ESA)
• Peggy Fischer (ESA)
• Muriel Pinheiro (ESA)
• Antonio Valentino (RHEA)
• Rosalia Fonseca (ESA)
• Montserrat Del Riego Gelabert (SOLENIX)
• Chloe Helenè Martella (Serco)

Contact Information

For any information about the VH-RODA Workshop, please email events.organisation@esa.int

Previous Editions

VH-RODA 2023

VH-RODA 2022

VH-RODA 2021

VH-RODA and CEOS SAR workshop 2019