[IGSMAIL-6288] 17th International Workshop on Laser Ranging: First Circular

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Author: Ulrich Schreiber

FIRST CIRCULAR for the

"17th International Workshop on Laser Ranging" and the
"23rd  General Assembly of the International Laser Ranging Service"

Theme: Extending the Range

The "Bundesamt fuer Kartographie und Geodaesie" (Geodetic Observatory Wettzell and TIGO), the „Research Group Satellite Geodesy of the Technische Universitaet Muenchen“ and the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) are pleased to announce that the17th International Workshop on Laser Ranging is scheduled to be held in Bad Kötzting (Germany) during the week of May 16-20, 2011.

The 23rd General Assembly of the ILRS and meetings of the ILRS Governing Board and the respective Working Groups of the ILRS will be held during the week of the workshop. A trip to the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell and an introduction to the TWIN VLBI project is also in preparation.

Workshop Goals:

The growing number of satellites requesting SLR support, the new successful One-Way laser ranging missions and the recent progress in optical Time Transfer have added much to the importance of the laser ranging technique. At the same time new satellite missions like GOCE provide a wealth of new observations for better models of the Earth gravity field, the reference system and their dynamics. On the other hand the diversity and complexity of the laser ranging facilities have substantially increased. This workshop will facilitate presentations and discussions of the latest develop ments and results of the research and the laser ranging techniques.

Suggested Program Topics:

- Scientific Achievements, Applications, and Future Requirements
- Laser Technology
- Ranging Receivers
- Automation and Control Systems
- Improved and Upgraded Systems (poster)
- Lunar Laser Ranging
- Engineering and Q/C Analysis
- System Calibration Techniques
- Targets, Signatures and Biases
- Atmospheric Correction and Multiwavelength Ranging
- Advanced Systems and Techniques
- Transponder, Laser Altimetry and  Time Transfer Techniques
- Operational Issues

Furthermore we encourage everyone to propose additional sessions or presentations on other timely laser ranging matters.

Important Dates:

- Abstract Deadline: March 31, 2011

Additional information on the workshop, the hotel, the area, the venue, etc. can be found at the following web page: 
http://www.fs.wettzell.de/veranstaltungen/slr/17thlaserworkshop/index.html

Further questions should be addressed to 
17workshop at fs.wettzell.de
or via fax to
"17 workshop-laser" (+49 9941 603222).

A Second Circular will be issued around December 2010.

Programme Committee:

- Stanislaw Schillak
- Johannes Ihde 
- John Degnan 
- Yang Fumin 
- Ulrich Schreiber 
- Ben Greene 
- Graham Appleby 
- Erricos Pavlis 
- Mike Pearlman 
- Ludwig Combrink 
- Hiroo Kunimori 
- Scott Wetzel 
- Ivan Prochazka

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Prof. Ulrich Schreiber         
Forschungseinrichtung Satellitengeodaesie 
Technische Universitaet Muenchen  
- Fundamentalstation Wettzell -        
D-93444 Bad Koetzting                      
Tel.: +49 9941 603113                  
Fax.: +49 9941 603222                 
schreiber at fs.wettzell.de
ulrich.schreiber at bv.tum.de