[IGSMAIL-4783]: Reminder: session on Sea level change (G3) at the EGU in Nice 25-30 April 2004

[Ejo Schrama]

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IGS Electronic Mail      08 Jan 10:32:36 PST 2004      Message Number 4783
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Author: Ernst Schrama

Dear colleagues

With this e-mail I would like to bring under attention that there is a
session on Sea Level Change at the EGU in Nice. We seek contributions that
focus on the combination of observation and modeling the present day sea
level change, more details can be found in the session description below.
The deadline for submitting abstracts is Jan 11 2004.

Best regards,

Ernst Schrama

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    EGU 1st General Assembly -- Nice, France, 25-30 April 2004
             http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/ga/egu04/

Convenors:   Steve Nerem
Co-Convenor: Ernst Schrama

G3 Present-day sea level change; observations and causes; global, regional
and
coastal (co-sponsored by CL, CR, GD, & OS)

The global sea level is affected by a number of factors and processes on
different temporal and spatial scales; a quantification of its changes is
therefore a very complex task. However, in the recent past, a number of new
and
improved techniques have evolved and applied to the problem, notably
altimetry,
GPS, tide gauges, and satellite gravimetry. Moreover, a major step forward
has
been achieved in modeling the dynamics of the oceans, ice sheets,
continental
water and the solid Earth. In particular, the combination of observations
and
models, the assimilation of data into models, and the calibration of
observations
should allow one to obtain better constraints on the rate of sea level
change.
Both the quantification of single processes, e.g. thermal expansion of the
oceans, mass balance of ice sheets and mountain glaciers, GIA predictions,
as
well as investigations on the global water and energy budget should be
addressed.
Presentations are further solicited on the use of recent satellite missions
(e.g.
ENVISAT, JASON-1, CHAMP, GRACE, ICESAT), tide gauge records in combination
with
GPS, and all types of ocean-, ice- and Earth-models developed to quantify
sea
level change. The session is encouraging scientists from multiple
disciplines to
merge their knowledge to produce advances in interdisciplinary sea level
research.

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Ernst J.O. (Ejo) Schrama, TU Delft, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering,
DEOS, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands,
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