Subject: [SLR-Mail] No. 1933: GGOS Session at EGU From: Richard Gross > ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2010-12-01 09:27:00 UTC Message No. 1933 ******************************************************************************** Author: Richard Gross Subject: GGOS Session at EGU Dear Colleagues - As part of the EGU General Assembly that will be held in Vienna, Austria du= ring 03-08 April 2011 there will be a session on ”The Global Geodetic Obser= ving System: Tying and Integrating Geodetic Techniques for Research and App= lications”. The description of the session is given below. On behalf of the conveners I would like to draw your attention to this sess= ion and encourage you to participate in it. We are developing a rich sessio= n that will explore the consistency and integration of measurements from di= fferent geodetic techniques and their use in studying the Earth´s time-vari= able surface geometry. We hope that you will be able to join us in Vienna f= or this exciting session. More information about the EGU General Assembly 2= 011 can be obtained from its web site at . Please note that the deadline for submitting abstracts is 10 January 2011. Hope to see you in Vienna! Best regards, Richard .......................................................... G2.2: The Global Geodetic Observing System: Tying and Integrating Geodetic= Techniques for Research and Applications IAG=92s Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) provides the means for inte= grating ground- and spaced-based observations of geodetic techniques. Nowad= ays, large inter-technique discrepancies are seen in combinations and they = reflect the presence of errors whose nature and origin are not well underst= ood. Modernization of geodetic infrastructures and homogeneous processing o= f geodetic data are essential to reduce such discrepancies and support cons= istent observation of Earth=92s time-variable surface geometry (including o= cean and ice surfaces), ocean currents, mass and volume changes. This sessi= on is a forum to discuss integration of geodetic techniques, the actual dis= crepancies highlighted by the combinations, their possible causes and corre= ctions, as well as novel plans and strategies for development of infrastruc= tures and their application to Earth=92s surface monitoring. Conveners; Richard Gross Jet Propulsion Laboratory richard.gross@jpl.nasa.gov Erricos Pavlis Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC epavlis@umbc.edu Manuela Seitz Deutsches Geodaetisches Forschungsinstitut seitz@dgfi.badw.de Dirk Behrend NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Dirk.Behrend@nasa.gov ........................................................... From: ”Gross, Richard S (335N)” ********************************************************************************