On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Pearlman, Michael R. (Mike) <mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

The Chairs for the “Strategies and Priorities for Laser Ranging” session are soliciting papers (both oral and poster) to be presented at the upcoming 20th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, which will be hosted by GFZ Potsdam during the week of October 9 – 14, 2016. Topics covered by the session will include:

·      Improving tracking strategies and priorities, including how many satellites can be effectively tracked;

·      tradeoff between pass coverage and the number of satellites being tracked;

·      impact of implementing new technology (KHz);

·      benefit of strategies like segmenting the satellite roster among the stations, time interval restrictions for different satellites, etc.

How do you plan your tracking schedule? Do you delete satellites that are hard to track? Do you try to catch the easy ones? Should we give more credit for the difficult satellites? If we reduced the number of satellites on the roster, would your station be more effective on the remaining satellites? What strategies do you use to maximize your data yield? Did raising the GGOS standard to 3500 passes per year help you?

For stations that track the full slate of satellites (LEO, MEO, and GNSS), how many passes do you typically take per hour in clear weather? For stations that focus primarily on MEO and GNSS satellites, how many passes do you typically take per hour in clear weather?

We encourage short talks and comments to share with us during the session to help stimulate discussion.

Please submit your contribution to the Workshop portal by first registering for the Workshop and then making your submission(s) at:

http://iwslr2016.gfz-potsdam.de/international-workshop-on-laser-ranging/

We look forward to seeing you at the Workshop,

Mike Pearlman
Victor Shargorodsky
Graham Appleby