[IGSMAIL-7805] Precise Orbit Determination | G013 | AGU 2019 | Reminder

[Adrian Jaeggi]

Dear colleagues,

this is just a friendly reminder that the abstract submission deadline 
for the upcoming AGU Fall Meeting 2019 is approaching quickly, i.e., 
Wednesday, 31 July at 23:59 EDT. We are looking forward to your 
contribution for the Session G013 Precise Orbit Determination: a Tool of 
Space Geodesy that enables Earth and Planetary Science.

Session description:

Precise orbit determination (POD) is a discipline of Space Geodesy that 
enables the determination of planetary geophysical parameters. POD 
enables satellite altimetry mapping (for the Earth this includes the 
oceans, the cryosphere, and the land surface), the determination of the 
gravity fields, the estimation of relativity parameters and the 
elucidation of physical forces important for satellite or asteroid orbit 
evolution such as the Yarkovsky effect. POD is an essential prerequisite 
of the analysis of SLR, GNSS and DORIS data that contributes to the 
International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF). The most demanding 
applications require determination of satellite orbits at the cm or 
sub-cm level such as for altimetry, gravity, SAR, and GNSS.

This session solicits papers that aim to clarify the technical 
challenges of orbit determination and their impact on science and 
geophysical observations and also to quantify the nature of the impact 
of dynamics errors on these applications.

On behalf of the convenors of session G013,

Adrian Jäggi

Co-conveners: Frank G Lemoine, Bruce J Haines, Jan Weiss

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  Adrian Jaeggi                     Astronomical Institute, University of Bern
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