
Workshop on the CALIGOLA mission
13 March @ 08:00 - 14 March @ 17:00

ASI Headquarters in Rome, Via del Politecnico - 13-14 March 2025
ASI is partnering with NASA in the design and development of the CALIGOLA (Cloud and Aerosol Lidar for Global Scale Observations of the Ocean-Land-Atmosphere System), an ambitious mission that will use LIDAR technology to study the atmosphere, oceans and the Earth's surface in an integrated way.
CALIGOLA, thanks to the use of an elastic backscatter-Raman-fluorescence lidar, will provide unprecedented data on aerosols, clouds, oceans, ice, snow, vegetation and topography, improving the understanding of the complex processes that govern our planet.
The aim of the workshop is to provide an overview of the current status of the mission and stimulate presentations and discussions by the national community on the exploitation of CALIGOLA data, on calibration and validation methods and on assimilation into forecasting models.
The workshop also intends to solicit the interest and involvement of the national community involved in environmental and hydrogeological risk monitoring activities, with particular reference to the bodies and authorities responsible for the surveillance and protection of the territory, the sea and the health of terrestrial biota.
At least the following thematic sessions will be present:
- Clouds and aerosols
- Ocean, ice and snow
- Topography, vegetation
The results of the workshop will be used by ASI for the preparation of the scientific and applicative program of the mission.
The program will be published on February 28, 2025.
Registration
Participation is free but registration is mandatory at this link (click here).
During the thematic sessions, contributions may be presented. The abstract must be submitted at the same during the registration process using the appropriate text field. The time dedicated to the discussion of each contribution is limited to 10 minutes.
Deadline for registration without abstract submission: March 5, 2025.
Deadline for registration with abstract submission: February 21, 2025.
The authors of the selected abstracts will receive a confirmation by February 28, 2025, remote participation of the speakers is not foreseen.
The workshop is in person but will also be broadcast in streaming via Teams, registered participants will receive the relevant link.
For any other information, please write to eo@asi.it