Subject: [SLR-Mail] No. 1896: Joint GGOS/IUA Science Workshop on Obseerving and Understanding From: Richard Gross ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2010-08-06 23:32:00 UTC Message No. 1896 ******************************************************************************** Author: Richard Gross Subject: Joint GGOS/IUA Science Workshop on Obseerving and Understanding Dear Colleagues - This is a reminder that the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) are jointly organizing a workshop on Observing and Understanding Earth Rotation that will be held in Shanghai, China during 25-28 October 2010. The program of the workshop is given below and more information about it can be obtained from the workshop web site at . On behalf of the organizers I would like to invite you to participate in this workshop. We are developing a rich program that will cover all aspects of the Earth´s rotation including theory, measurement, analysis, excitation, and integration with other geodetic measurements into a global geodetic observing system. I hope that you will be able to join us in Shanghai for this exciting workshop. Please note that the deadline for both registering and submitting abstracts is August 15, 2010. Best regards, Richard .......................................................... Joint GGOS / IAU Workshop Observing and Understanding Earth Rotation October 25?28, 2010; Shanghai, China Session 1: Introduction Conveners: Richard Gross, Harald Schuh, Cheng-li Huang Welcome / Workshop Goals Overview of GGOS Importance of reference frames and the EOPs connecting them to GGOS Overview of IAU Commission 19 Overview of SHAO Session 2: Earth Rotation Measurement Techniques Conveners: Harald Schuh and Cheng-li Huang Conventional techniques (VLBI, GNSS, LLR, SLR, DORIS) Emerging techniques (ring laser gyroscope, etc.) Development of near real-time measurement systems Global networks of integrated systems Session 3: Earth Rotation Analysis and Prediction Conveners: Jianli Chen and Richard Gross Theory of Earth rotation variations Characteristics of observed variations Techniques of analyzing observed variations Combining past observations and predicting their future evolution Session 4: Excitation by Surface Geophysical Fluids Conveners: Jolanta Nastula and Shuanggen Jin Overview of atmosphere, ocean, and hydrology models Atmosphere and climate change Oceans and sea level change Hydrology and ice mass change Tides (atmosphere, ocean, solid body) and tidal friction Session 5: Excitation by Non-Fluid Processes Conveners: Richard Gross and Ben Chao Earthquakes Glacial isostatic adjustment Core-mantle interactions Session 6: Integrating Earth Rotation, Gravity, and Shape Measurements into a Global Geodetic Observing System Conveners: Hans-Peter Plag and Jianli Chen Relationship between Earth rotation, gravity, and shape variations Joint inversion of rotation, gravity, and shape measurements for surface mass loads ........................................................... From: slrmail@dgfi3.dgfi.badw-muenchen.de ********************************************************************************