The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) SAR Calibration and Validation Workshop 2024 (CEOS SAR Cal & Val 2024) will be held from 12 to 15 November 2024, in Ahmedabad, India, at the Yashpal Auditorium, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, INDIA and will be hosted by Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Ahmedabad.

The event is planned to be in-person, with remote participation in exceptional cases only.

The workshop’s objective is to provide an open forum for the presentations and discussions related to the following topics:  

• Calibration of Running Missions
• Calibration of Future Missions
• Calibration of Airborne/UAV SAR Systems
• Calibration Methodology and Techniques
• Calibration/Validation Targets and Sites
• Calibration Requirements and Definitions
• Innovative SAR Instrument Concepts
• Processing Algorithms (SAR, InSAR, Polarimetry, Tomography)
• InSAR Calibration and Verification
• InSAR Altimetry Calibration and Validation
• Polarimetry/Compact Polarimetry Calibration
• Calibration of Multi-channel and DBF Systems
• Cross-Calibration and Verification
• Analysis Ready Data Products
• Space-based and Ground-based RFIs
• Use of AI for Cal/Val and SAR System Monitoring
• SARCalNet
• AIS-based Validation of SAR-based Vessel Detection and Velocity Estimation
• Calibration of SAR System Parameters for Geophysical Applications (e.g. sea surface height, radial ocean current velocity, terrain surface deformation, biomass/forest structure, soil moisture etc)

Please save the following Important Dates:

Location: Yashpal Auditorium, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, INDIA

Abstracts may be submitted at: https://ceos-sar2024.org

[Those who had earlier submitted abstracts by mailing to ceos_sar@sac.isro.gov.in, need not re-submit at the above site.]

The abstract template (with submission guidelines) is available here. Abstracts submission, registration and all workshop related information can be found at https://ceos-sar2024.org

All interested to attend to the workshop have to register in the above website mandatorily.

For detailed questions, please contact: Shweta Sharma (ceos_sar@sac.isro.gov.in, with cc to shweta@sac.isro.gov.in)

Kind Regards,

The CEOS SAR Cal & Val Workshop Organizing Committee

• Shweta Sharma
• Bruce Chapman
• Stephane Cote
• Dirk Geudtner