[IGSMAIL-7333] Session on Reference Frames at AGU 2016

[Zuheir Altamimi]

Author: Zuheir Altamimi

Dear Colleagues,

As part of the 2016 Fall Meeting of the AGU that will be held in San 
Francisco, California during 12-16 December 2016, we would like to draw 
your attention to the session on
"Reference Frames: Determination, Usage and Application".

The description of the session is given below.

We encourage you to participate in and submit an abstract to our session.

More information about the 2016 Fall Meeting can be obtained from its 
web site at <http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016>.

Please note that abstracts must be submitted to AGU by this Wednesday, 
August 3, 2016.

Best regards,
Zuheir Altamimi
Frank G Lemoine
Jake Griffiths

Session ID#: 12608 (G016): Reference Frames: Determination, Usage and 
Application

The quantification of many geophysical phenomena, e.g. sea level 
variation, co- and post-seismic deformation, glacial isostatic 
adjustment, loading effects, but also precise orbit determination of 
artificial satellites, rely on the availability of a global terrestrial 
reference frame, such as the ITRF. The session solicits contributions 
from scientists determining or using global reference frames for their 
applications, focusing on error budgets and other limiting factors. 
Contributions from analysts of space geodetic techniques (VLBI, SLR, 
GNSS, DORIS) and their combination are also welcome. Papers on the 
evaluation and exploitation of ITRF2014 published this year are 
specifically encouraged.