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Date:1996-11-28 15:00:00
Sender:Ulrich Schreiber, Fundamentalstation Wettzell <schreiber@wettzell.ifag.de (schreiber)>
Subject:[SLR-Mail] No. 33: Call for Papers
Author:Ulrich Schreiber, Fundamentalstation Wettzell
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SLR Electronic Mail 1996-11-28 15:00:00 UTC Message No. 33
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Author: Ulrich Schreiber, Fundamentalstation Wettzell
Subject: Call for Papers


Conference on Laser Radar Techniques
(Ranging and Atmospheric Lidar)

London: Sept. 22 - 26, 1997

Conference Chairs: U. Schreiber and Ch. Werner
Co-Chairs: A. Sinclair, N. Sugimoto., G. Matvienko, M.L. Chanin, P.Ingmann,
D. Winker, M. Huffaker, K. Asai, M.Kavaya, J. Degnan

The conference Lidar in Remote Sensing during the Symposium on Satellite Remote
Sensing III in Taormina 1996 was focussed on Lidar. In 1997 the major interest
is in view of Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) and Atmospheric Lidar.

SLR contributed a lot to the earth sciences over the last two decades,
enhancing the resolution of the measured ranges continuosly. Nowadays the
domain below one centimeter has been reached. Therefore an increasing amount of
effort is needed to recognise and eliminate small systematic biases between
the stations of the SLR- network at a very high level of accuracy. Furthermore,
the structure of thetargets and the rapidly changing propagation properties of
the atmosphere and a high level of system stability have become relevant too.
Multiple sensor models, near realtime data consistency checks in clustered
stations and in situ measurements of atmospheric parameters via remote sensing
techniques may become keywords of a mm- level SLR community.

There are a lot of similarities between SLR and lidar, beginning from the
laser radar technique and ending in the application for atmospheric monitoring
or correction. Tomography is a new technique which can be applied from ground
stations using retroreflectors in space or from space using hard targets on the
ground.

There are two lidars in orbit, BALKAN-1 on MIR and ALISSA on Priroda (MIR too).
Results of these sensors and discussions of planned missions are the goal of
the second part of the conference. (Could this be a realisable GLRS?)

The conference will be different from all previous conferences. It is not just
another conference where one presents results, gets one quick question and be
quiet for the rest of the time. This conference will be a market for ideas. You
can present your paper, have time for questions, and you can ask questions. The
auditorium including yourself gets the information of the whole development in
space laser radar from presentations, questions and answers. The session
chairs are advised to stimulate the discussion. Therefore we will limit the
number of accepted papers to real new material. All other papers can be
presented as discussion contributions related to the accepted paper ( 3 to 5
viewgraphs) and as posters. We will provide time for special sessions in the
afternoon (accompanied with wine and cheese) to exchange ideas or to present
problems for discussions. Additional we plan to organise an excursion to the
Satellite Laser Ranging station in Herstmonceux including a dinner at the
Castle buffet. For the atmospheric propagation conference again a joint session
is scheduled on the multiple scattering aspect .

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The complete call for the full conference can be obtained from the
following Web- page:

http://www.dc-europto.com

The Abstract due date is:Feb. 23 1996

Please send your abstracts to:

DLR- Oberpfaffenhofen
Institut f|r Optoelektronik
z.H. Herrn Dr. Christian Werner
Postfach 1116
D-82230 Wessling
Germany

email: Christian.Werner@dlr.de

or

Fundamentalstation Wettzell
z. Hd. Ulrich Schreiber
D-93444 Koetzting
Germany

email: schreiber@wettzell.ifag.de


From: schreiber@wettzell.ifag.de (schreiber)

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