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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Symposium on Earth Rotation in July 2016 - Deadline extended</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Please note that the deadline for abstract submission for this symposium</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">GEODESY, ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS IN EARTH ROTATION (GAGER2016)</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">- A Joint IAU / IAG / IERS Symposium</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">18 July - 23 July 2016, Wuhan, Hubei, China</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">GAGER2016 Lectures</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">24 July 2016, Wuhan, Hubei, China</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Theme of the symposium</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">All the submitted abstracts should be related to Earth rotation,</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">including but not limited to the following topics:</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">- Theoretical modeling of Earth's rotation </span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">- Modeling of Earth's gravity, figure, (an)elasticity and rheology for</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;"> Earth rotation studies </span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">- Modeling of atmosphere-ocean and solid Earth-ocean interactions </span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">- Observation, analysis and prediction of Earth rotation variations </span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">- Contributions of satellite gravimetry to Earth rotation studies </span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">- Ring laser gyroscopes' contributions to ultra-high-frequency Earth</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;"> rotation variations </span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">- Geophysical excitations of Earth rotation variations </span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">- Constraints of the physics and dynamics the Earth's interior from</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;"> Earth rotation observations </span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Special Issue of a SCI Journal</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">All contributions from this workshop are encouraged to submit to a</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">special issue of a SCI-indexed journal.</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">GAGER2016 Lectures</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">The GAGER2016 Lectures, to be held after and associated with the Joint</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">IAU / IAG / IERS Symposium, aims to provide fundamental and essential</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">knowledge on Earth rotation and related Earth dynamics to young</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">researchers and PhD students through some short lectures given by some</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">distinguished researchers. The Lectures are expected to play important</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">role in passing down scientific knowledge to the young generation.</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Invited Speakers for GAGER2016 Lectures:</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Aleksander Brzezinski</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Space Research Center, PAS, Poland</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Benjamin Fong Chao</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Academia Sinica, Taipei</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Veronique Dehant</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Royal Observatory of Belgium, Belgium</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Jose Ferrandiz</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Universidad de Alicante, Spain</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Richard Gross</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Cheng-Li Huang</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS, China</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Jim Ray</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Retired), USA</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Harald Schuh</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Germany</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Tonie van Dam</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Benefits for Young Scientists and Graduate Students</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Master or Doctor candidates, as first authors, have the opportunities to</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">be granted with first or second prizes for their papers. All GAGER2016</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Symposium attendees can attend the GAGER2016 Lectures free of charge.</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Important Dates</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Abstract submission deadline: 15 May 2016</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Registration on site: 18 - 23 July 2016</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Full paper submission deadline: 15 January 2017</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">GAGER2016 website: </span><a href="redir.aspx?REF=4SK8rYdz6YrPLGkSTPIr3rk40eu_pIwbhiia4hIx_mSsWd2-5HPTCAFodHRwOi8vZ2FnZXIyMDE2LnNnZy53aHUuZWR1LmNuL2luZGV4Lmh0bWw." target="_blank" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">http://gager2016.sgg.whu.edu.cn/index.html</a><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">
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