2nd International Review Workshop on Satellite Altimetry Cal/Val & Metrology
The 2nd International Review on Satellite Altimetry Calibration/Validation (Cal/Val) and Metrology
is to be held in Chania, Crete, Greece, 22-25 September 2025. This Scientific Meeting is sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA), the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). This is a follow-up of the 1st International Review Workshop that took place in April 2018 in Crete.
22-25 September 2025
Conference Dates
19 May 2025
Submit Abstracts by
20 June 2025
Abstract Acceptance Νotification
30 June 2025
Early Registration Deadline
Objectives
This 2nd International Review Workshop is to gather scientists all over the world to:
- Ensure that all Earth measurements and their calibrations are well-characterized and traceable to international metrology standards;
- Critically review the current methodology applied to satellite altimetry calibration and data validation;
- Update requirements, establish absolute standards and provide recommendations and best practices for altimetry calibration.
- Document procedures for Fiducial Reference Measurements (FRM) in satellite altimetry;
- Establish procedures and protocols for characterizing the uncertainty budget of all relevant observations;
- Define and document procedures, protocols and best practices to support Earth Observation for the future.
Committees
Scientific Committee
- Stelios Mertikas, Technical University of Crete, Greece
- Craig Donlon, European Space Agency, The Netherlands
- Franck Borde, European Space Agency, The Netherlands
- Filomena Catapano, European Space Agency, Centre for Earth Observation, Italy
- Alessandro Di Bella, European Space Agency, Centre for Earth Observation, Italy
- Tania Casal, European Space Agency, The Netherlands
- Robert Cullen, European Space Agency, The Netherlands
- Constantin Mavrocordatos, European Space Agency, The Netherlands
- Carolina Nogueira Loddo, Eumetsat, Germany
- Yannice Faugere, CNES, France
- Nicolas Picot, CNES, France
- Richard Gross, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, USA
- Bruce Haines, Jet Propulsion Lab/NASA, USA
- Pascal Bonnefond, Observatoire de Paris – Laboratoire Temps Espace, France
- Christopher Watson, University of Tasmania, Australia
- Demetrios Matsakis, Masterclock, Inc., St Charles, MO, USA
- Emma Woolliams, National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom
- Dettmering, Denise, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Ge Chen, Ocean University of China, China
- Tiegang Li, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China
- Ole B. Andersen, Danish Technical University, Denmark
- Carlos Cardenas, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile
Organizing Committee
- Stelios Mertikas, Technical University of Crete, Greece
- Achilles Tripolitsiotis, Space Geomatica, Greece
- Dimitrios Piretzidis, Space Geomatica, Greece
- Costas Kokolakis, Space Geomatica, Greece
- Xenophon Frantzis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
- Sotiris Bouros, Technical University of Crete, Greece
- Dionissis Efstathiou, Technical University of Crete, Greece
- Stella Galani, Space Geomatica, Greece
- Andromachi Griva, European Space Agency, The Netherlands
