Symposium on Earth Rotation in July 2016 - Deadline extended

Please note that the deadline for abstract submission for this symposium
has been extended to 15 May 2016.

GEODESY, ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS IN EARTH ROTATION (GAGER2016)
- A Joint IAU / IAG / IERS Symposium
18 July - 23 July 2016, Wuhan, Hubei, China

GAGER2016 Lectures
24 July 2016, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Theme of the symposium

All the submitted abstracts should be related to Earth rotation,
including but not limited to the following topics:

- Theoretical modeling of Earth´s rotation
- Modeling of Earth´s gravity, figure, (an)elasticity and rheology for
Earth rotation studies
- Modeling of atmosphere-ocean and solid Earth-ocean interactions
- Observation, analysis and prediction of Earth rotation variations
- Contributions of satellite gravimetry to Earth rotation studies
- Ring laser gyroscopes´ contributions to ultra-high-frequency Earth
rotation variations
- Geophysical excitations of Earth rotation variations
- Constraints of the physics and dynamics the Earth´s interior from
Earth rotation observations

Special Issue of a SCI Journal

All contributions from this workshop are encouraged to submit to a
special issue of a SCI-indexed journal.

GAGER2016 Lectures

The GAGER2016 Lectures, to be held after and associated with the Joint
IAU / IAG / IERS Symposium, aims to provide fundamental and essential
knowledge on Earth rotation and related Earth dynamics to young
researchers and PhD students through some short lectures given by some
distinguished researchers. The Lectures are expected to play important
role in passing down scientific knowledge to the young generation.

Invited Speakers for GAGER2016 Lectures:

Aleksander Brzezinski
Space Research Center, PAS, Poland

Benjamin Fong Chao
Academia Sinica, Taipei

Veronique Dehant
Royal Observatory of Belgium, Belgium

Jose Ferrandiz
Universidad de Alicante, Spain

Richard Gross
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Cheng-Li Huang
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS, China

Jim Ray
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Retired), USA

Harald Schuh
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Germany

Tonie van Dam
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Benefits for Young Scientists and Graduate Students

Master or Doctor candidates, as first authors, have the opportunities to
be granted with first or second prizes for their papers. All GAGER2016
Symposium attendees can attend the GAGER2016 Lectures free of charge.

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: 15 May 2016
Registration on site: 18 - 23 July 2016
Full paper submission deadline: 15 January 2017

GAGER2016 website: http://gager2016.sgg.whu.edu.cn/index.html