Subject: [SLR-Mail] No. 1440: Special Session on Earth Rotation at AGU Spring Meeting From: Richard Gross > ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2006-02-24 23:31:00 UTC Message No. 1440 ******************************************************************************** Author: Richard Gross Subject: Special Session on Earth Rotation at AGU Spring Meeting Dear Colleagues - As part of the 2006 Joint Assembly of the AGU, GS, MB, MSA, and SEG =20 that will be held in Baltimore, MD during 23-26 May 2006, David =20 Salstein and I are convening session G06 on ”Earth Rotation: The Long =20= and the Short of It”. The description of the session is given below. We would like to draw your attention to this session and encourage =20 you to participate in it. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 1 =20 March 2006. Hope to see you in Baltimore! Best regards, Richard Gross and David Salstein ................................. G06: Earth Rotation: The Long and the Short of It The Earth=92s rotation changes on all observable timescales, from =20 subdaily to decadal and longer. Such variations include Earth´s spin =20 rate noted as changes in the length of day, as well as polar motions =20 and variations of the polar axis in space. The wide range of =20 timescales on which the Earth=92s rotation occurs reflects the va iety =20= of processes that are causing it to change. These include external =20 tidal forces, surficial fluid processes involving the atmosphere, =20 oceans, and hydrosphere, some related to climate variability, and =20 internal processes acting both within the solid Earth itself and =20 between it and the fluid core. Observations of the Earth=92s rotation =20= can thus be used to investigate a wide variety of geophysical =20 processes. This session will be a forum for discussing the use of =20 Earth rotation observations to study dynamic processes in the Earth =20 system. Richard S. Gross Jet Propu sion Laboratory Mail Stop 238-600 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109, USA Tel.: +1 818-354-4010 Fax: +1 818-393-4965 E-mail: Richard.Gross@jpl.nasa.gov David Salstein Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. 131 Hartwell Ave. Lexington, MA, USA 02421 781-761-2229 dsalstei@aer.com --Apple-Mail-24--709982229 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252
Author: = Richard Gross

Dear = Colleagues -

As part of the 2006 Joint Assembly of the AGU, GS, = MB, MSA, and SEG that will be held in Baltimore, MD during 23-26 May = 2006, David Salstein and I are convening session G06 on ”Earth Rotation: = The Long and the Short of It”. The description of the session is given = below.=A0

We would like to draw your attention to this session = and encourage you to participate in it. The deadline for submitting = abstracts is 1 March 2006.=A0

Hope to see you in Baltimore!

Best = regards,
Richard Gross and David = Salstein

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G06: Earth = Rotation: The Long and the Short of It
=A0
The Earth=92s rotation changes on all observable = timescales, from subdaily to decadal and longer. Such variations include = Earth´s spin rate noted as changes in the length of day, as well as = polar motions and variations of the polar axis in space. The wide range = of timescales on which the Earth=92s rotation occurs reflects the va = iety of processes that are causing it to change. These include external = tidal forces, surficial fluid processes involving the atmosphere, = oceans, and hydrosphere, some related to climate variability, and = internal processes acting both within the solid Earth itself and between = it and the fluid core. Observations of the Earth=92s rotation can thus = be used to investigate a wide variety of geophysical processes. This = session will be a forum for discussing the use of Earth rotation = observations to study dynamic processes in the Earth system.

=A0

Richard S. Gross
Jet Propu sion = Laboratory
Mail Stop = 238-600
4800 Oak = Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA = 91109, USA
Tel.: +1 = 818-354-4010
Fax: +1 = 818-393-4965
E-mail: Richard.Gross@jpl.nasa.gov

=A0

David = Salstein
Atmospheric and Environmental = Research, Inc.
131 Hartwell Ave.
Lexington, MA, USA=A0 02421
781-761-2229
dsalstei@aer.com


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