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<div style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt" lang="EN-US">Mass redistribution and transport in the Earth system, including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, cryosphere and the interior of the solid Earth affect the Earth's shape, gravity field and rotation (the three pillars of geodesy). Space geodetic techniques, including VLBI, SLR, DORIS, GNSS, InSAR, LiDAR, ICESat, satellite radar and laser altimetry, satellite gravimetry (particularly CHAMP/GRACE/GOCE) and GNSS Reflectometry & Radio Occultation, are capable of measuring and monitoring such small changes with high accuracy and spatial-temporal resolution. These provide a unique opportunity to investigate mass transport associated with geodynamics, natural hazards, and climate change, and to better understand these processes and their interaction within the Earth system. </span></div>
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<p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif'" lang="EN-US">This special issue of <i>Journal of Geodynamics </i>on “Earth System Observing and Modelling from Space Geodesy” focuses on</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif'" lang="EN-US"> assessing current technological capabilities and presenting recent results of space geodetic observations and understanding the physical processes and coupling in the Earth system, and future impacts on climate. Topics include data retrieval of space geodetic techniques, reference frame, atmospheric-ionospheric sounding and disturbance, gravity field, crustal deformation and earthquake geodesy, GIA, Earth rotation, hydrological cycle, ocean circulation, sea level change, and ice sheet mass balance as well as their coupling in the Earth system. This special issue <span>consists not only of papers given at the International Symposium on Space Geodesy and Earth System but also includes other contributions on this topic that were submitted in response to an open call for contributions.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif'" lang="EN-US">All related papers are welcome to submit to Special issue of Journal of Geodynamics on “Earth System Observing and Modelling from Space Geodesy” </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif'" lang="EN-US">via <font color="#800080"><a href="http://ees.elsevier.com/geod" target="_blank">http://ees.elsevier.com/geod</a></font>. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion into the special issue, authors must select "SI: Geodetic Earth System" when they reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process.</span></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif'" lang="EN-US"></span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif'" lang="EN-US"><font size="3">Guest editors:</font></span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif'" lang="EN-US"><font size="3">Prof. Shuanggen Jin, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS, Shanghai, China, Email: <a href="mailto:sgjin@shao.ac.cn" target="_blank">sgjin@shao.ac.cn</a></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt" lang="EN-US">A/Prof. Tonie van Dam, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Email: <a href="mailto:tonie.vandam@uni.lu" target="_blank">tonie.vandam@uni.lu</a></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt" lang="EN-US">Dr. Shimon Wdowinski, University of Miami, Miami, USA, Email: <a href="mailto:shimonw@rsmas.miami.edu" target="_blank">shimonw@rsmas.miami.edu</a></span></p>
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