Subject: [SLR-Mail] No. 1689: Targets, Signatures and Biases Session in 16th LR Workshop in From: Graham Appleby and Toshi Otsubo > ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2008-06-26 12:52:00 UTC Message No. 1689 ******************************************************************************** Author: Graham Appleby and Toshi Otsubo Subject: Targets, Signatures and Biases Session in 16th LR Workshop in Dear Colleagues, We are organising session 13 on ”Targets, Signatures and Biases” in the upcoming 16th International Workshop on Laser Ranging taking place during the week beginning 2008 October 13 in Poznan, Poland. The satellite signature effect is a persistent source of systematic error in current laser ranging technology. Even for the primary geodetic satellites there remain few-mm-level uncertainties in the appropriate centre-of-mass corrections for the different tracking systems and return-energy regimes. Therefore, laser station teams, optical engineers and analysts need to collaborate in order to realise for all the ILRS-supported space missions the true mm-level potential of the raw laser-range measurements. We would like you to contribute to this session if your work is related to: - target/system-dependent range correction to SLR measurements; - optical response of a reflector / a reflector array; - optical design and ideas for future missions; - (and any related topics) Please email the title and abstract to us: Graham Appleby (graham.appleby@nerc.ac.uk) Toshimichi Otsubo (t.otsubo@srv.cc.hit-u.ac.jp) and also to the Head of the Local Organizing Committee: Stanislaw Schillak (sch@cbk.poznan.pl) by 10 September 2008. We look forward to seeing you in Poznan, Graham and Toshi -- This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system. From: ”Graham Appleby” ********************************************************************************