[IGSMAIL-6243] GGOS Session at Fall AGU

[Gross, Richard S (335N)]

Author: Richard Gross

Dear Colleagues -

As part of the 2010 Fall Meeting of the AGU that will be held in San Francisco, California during 13-17 December 2010 there will be a session on "The Next Generation Global Geodetic Observing Networks". The description of the session is given below.

On behalf of the conveners I would like to draw your attention to this session and encourage you to participate in it. We are developing a rich session that will describe the next generation Global Geodetic Observing Networks, their instrumentation and use in addressing geodetically demanding scientific topics like global sea level change. We hope that you will be able to join us in San Francisco for this exciting session. More information about the 2010 Fall Meeting of the AGU can be obtained from its web site at <http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/>.

Please note that the deadline for submitting abstracts is 02 September 2010.

Hope to see you in San Francisco!

Best regards,
Richard

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G06:  The Next Generation Global Geodetic Observing Networks

The measurements needed to determine the Terrestrial Reference Frame, Celestial Reference Frame, and Earth Orientation Parameters linking them together are provided by international SLR, VLBI, GNSS, and DORIS networks. Yet these networks are in danger of collapse. The SLR and VLBI networks are deteriorating to the point that they are no longer sustainable, and the GNSS network needs to be upgraded to take advantage of newly available signals and constellations. Current progress and future plans in developing the next generation of these networks including plans for incorporating complementary gravity networks will be discussed in this session, as will the scientific and societal requirements levied on the performance of the networks..

Conveners;

Richard Gross
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(818) 354-4010
richard.gross at jpl.nasa.gov

Frank Lemoine
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
(301)614-6109
frank.g.lemoine at nasa.gov

Erricos Pavlis
Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore C
(410) 455-5832
epavlis at umbc.edu

Bill Petrachenko
Natural Resources Canada
Bill.Petrachenko at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

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