[IGSMAIL-6238] AGU Session G22: Bridging the Gap Between GRACE and a Follow-on Mission

[Dru Smith]

Modelers from a variety of fields will be impacted by the impending loss 
of the GRACE mission, and they will need to employ alternative missions 
and data sets to bridge any gap until the GRACE Follow-On mission. To 
discuss this in a common venue, a session has been submitted for the 
December (Fall) 2010 AGU meeting in San Francisco on December 13-17.

G22: Bridging the Gap Between GRACE and a Follow-on Mission

Description:
GRACE has provided researchers a time-varying gravimetric field at 
basin-wide and larger scales for nearly a decade. With the eventual 
failure of GRACE and the likely gap in time before its follow-on 
mission, a program needs to be implemented soon to provide continuity 
for modeling over this gap and ensure a proper tie between GRACE and 
GRACE Follow-On. Presentations will be accepted from a variety of 
disciplines, including geodesy, hydrology, cryosphere studies, and 
oceanographic studies, covering possible data collection and modeling 
schemes that will allow the gap to be bridged. We look to refine models 
that allow for intra- and inter-seasonal variability to be predicted 
while GRACE data are still available for validation.

The URL may be accessed at:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/program/scientific_session_search.php?show=detail&sessid=270



Sponsors:    
Geodesy
Cryosphere
Hydrology
Ocean Sciences
Tectonophysics


Conveners:    
Daniel Roman
NOAA's National Geodetic Survey
dan.roman at noaa.gov

Don Chambers
Univ Texas
chambers at csr.utexas.edu

R Steven Nerem
University of Colorado
nerem at colorado.edu

Joseph Henton
Natural Resources Canada
jhenton at NRCan.gc.ca

We look forward to seeing your abstracts, your presentations and meeting 
with you in San Francisco.

regards,


Daniel R. Roman, Ph.D.
NOAA's National Geodetic Survey
p: +1-301-713-3202 x161
f: +1-301-713-4327
e: dan.roman at noaa.gov