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