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Dear Colleagues,

 

We would like to draw your attention to the solid earth session (SE09) on Earth Rotation and Reference Frame at the 2017 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) annual convention to be held in Singapore, on August 6-11, 2017, and cordially encourage you to
contribute related abstracts to this session. 

 

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to February 24, 2017.

 

You can use the following link to submit an abstract:

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2017/public.asp?page=abstract.htm

The session description is below. We look forward to seeing you in Singapore this
summer!

 

Thank you!

 

Jianli Chen, Richard Gross, Olivier De Viron, Haoming Yan

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AOGS2017 Solid Earth Sciences  SE09: Earth Rotation and Reference Frame

Conveners: 

Jianli Chen (University of Texas at Austin, United States) chen@csr.utexas.edu

Richard Gross (NASA´s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States) richard.s.gross@jpl.nasa.gov

Olivier De Viron (La Rochelle University, France) olivier.de_viron@univ-lr.fr

Haoming Yan (Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) yhm@whigg.ac.cn

Earth rotation is driven by mass transport and redistribution within the Earth geophysical fluids system, including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, ocean, cryosphere, mantle and core. Although relatively small, the Earth rotational changes, represented by polar
motion and length-of-day variation have been measured by space geodetic techniques with increasing, unprecedented accuracy, opening up important new avenues of research that will lead to a better understanding of global mass transport processes and of the
Earth’s dynamic response. For the quantification of many geophysical phenomena, e.g. sea level change, polar ice sheets mass balance, glacial isostatic adjustment and plate tectonics, a global reference frame, such as the International Terrestrial Reference
Frame (ITRF), is needed. This session solicits contributions ranging from geophysical interpretations of observed Earth rotational change using advance numerical models estimates, in situ measurements, and satellite altimetry and gravimetry measurements, theoretical
formulation and determination of reference frames (and geocenter motion), to geophysical applications of Earth rotation and reference frame in improving the understanding of the Earth geodynamic change and global mass transport and redistribution.