[IGSMAIL-6304] GGOS Session at EGU

[Gross, Richard S (335N)]

Author: Richard Gross

Dear Colleagues -

As part of the EGU General Assembly that will be held in Vienna, Austria during 03-08 April 2011 there will be a session on "The Global Geodetic Observing System: Tying and Integrating Geodetic Techniques for Research and Applications". 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 explore the consistency and integration of measurements from different geodetic techniques and their use in studying the Earth's time-variable surface geometry. We hope that you will be able to join us in Vienna for this exciting session. More information about the EGU General Assembly 2011 can be obtained from its web site at <http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2011/home.html>.

Please note that the deadline for submitting abstracts is 10 January 2011.

Hope to see you in Vienna!

Best regards,
Richard

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G2.2:  The Global Geodetic Observing System: Tying and Integrating Geodetic Techniques for Research and Applications

IAG’s Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) provides the means for integrating ground- and spaced-based observations of geodetic techniques. Nowadays, large inter-technique discrepancies are seen in combinations and they reflect the presence of errors whose nature and origin are not well understood. Modernization of geodetic infrastructures and homogeneous processing of geodetic data are essential to reduce such discrepancies and support consistent observation of Earth’s time-variable surface geometry (including ocean and ice surfaces), ocean currents, mass and volume changes. This session is a forum to discuss integration of geodetic techniques, the actual discrepancies highlighted by the combinations, their possible causes and corrections, as well as novel plans and strategies for development of infrastructures and their application to Earth’s surface monitoring.

Conveners;

Richard Gross
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
richard.gross at jpl.nasa.gov

Erricos Pavlis
Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC
epavlis at umbc.edu

Manuela Seitz
Deutsches Geodaetisches Forschungsinstitut
seitz at dgfi.badw.de

Dirk Behrend
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Dirk.Behrend at nasa.gov
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