The Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation (QA4EO) states "that all EO data and derived products have associated with them a documented and fully traceable quality indicator (QI)". In remote sensing, provision of uncertainty information is a fundamental aspect of indicating data quality: an uncertainty associated with a measurement is needed to allow proper interpretation and further application of data, both in scientific and decision-making contexts.

The objectives of this workshop were to:

• make a status on the ‘state of the art' in Uncertainties in Remote Sensing,
• present the theory of uncertainties in remote sensing,
• discuss the meaning and the differences among different methodologies,
• illustrate with current examples and discuss the limitations and the evolution,
• discuss the validation of uncertainties,
• get recommendations and discuss a roadmap for implementation in "operational" missions.

Outcomes

Highlights and Recommendations from the Workshop are available here.

Venue

The Workshop on Uncertainties in Remote Sensing was held in Magellan Room at ESA's centre for Earth observation ESRIN, in Frascati (20 km south of Rome):

ESA/ESRIN
Largo Galileo Galilei,

Casella Postale 64

00044 Frascati (Rome), Italy

Organisation