Subject: [SLR-Mail] No.2054: Fwd: Space Geodesy:the Application of New Technologies Session at AOGS-AGU (WPGM) From: Mike Pearlman Author: Michael Pearlman Dear Colleagues: At the AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly inSingapore,August 13-17, 2012 there will be a session on the Application of New Technologies in Space Science. A description of the session is given below. This is an opportunity to review some of the newer technologies that are rolling back the frontiers in space geodesy, to hear plans for implementation, and to discuss the impact that these technologies are having on our understanding of the Earth environment. We hope that you will join us inSingapore and we encourage you to participate in this session. More information about the AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly can be obtained from its web site at. Please note that the abstract submission deadline isMarch 12, 2012. We look forward to seeing you at AOGS-AGU. Best regards, Mike ........................... SE 95: Space Geodesy: the Application of New Technologies New space and ground technologies are having a major impact on our understanding of the Earth and its global change. The integration and combination of space techniques such as VLBI, SLR, GNSS, DORIS, altimeters, space-borne gravity field measurements (GRACE, GOCE), and InSAR have provided us with powerful tools to measure and monitor details of Earth structure rotation, gravity field, and mass distribution to unprecedented temporal resolution and spatial accuracy. The geometric ground based measurement techniques define the reference frame (IRTF) that allows us to reliably measure change over time, space, and evolving technologies and to map mm per year motions on the Earth´s surface that may be related to natural hazards. Altimeters are being used to map the topography of the sea surface, relating information on ocean dynamic, currents, and weather, and the surface of lakes to provide real-time monitoring of water level. Measurements from the gravity field satellites give us information of mass shifts which can be related to effects from changes in hydrology and Earthquakes; the combination of altimeters and gravity field mapping gives us a powerful tool to monitor changes in the ice budget and its predicted influence in sea level. With occultation measurements available with GNSSand Formosat-3/COSMIC missions we now have a synoptic tool for weather, atmospheric and ionospheric research. These measurements and the resulting data products contribute to a broad range of Earth sciences. They are increasingly supported by the ground-based networks in the Asia-Oceania region and used by regional research organizations, often in cooperation with the IAG (International Association of Geodesy) Services. The IAG has established the Global Geodetic Observing Systems (GGOS) to encourage the application of these techniques to better understand the dynamics of the Earth and its impact on society. This session welcomes practitioners of the relevant ground and space technologies and those who develop and apply the data products. Topics of the session include the emergence and application of the new technological developments as well as proposals for new geodetic satellite projects and space missions. This session solicits also presentations about ideas, scenarios and simulation studies for future gravity field and altimetry missions. Contributions are welcome from purely theoretical considerations and simulations to concrete technological realizations and the presentation and interpretation of recent results. Conveners: Dr. Michael Pearlman Harvard-Smithsonian Center forAstrophysics,United States mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu Prof. Harald Schuh Vienna University of Technology,Austria) harald.schuh@tuwien.ac.at Dr. Cheinway Hwang National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan cheinway@mail.nctu.edu.tw Prof. X.L. Ding TheHong Kong Polytechnic University,China lsxlding@inet.polyu.edu.hk ......................... 
Author: Michael Pearlman
Dear Colleagues:
At the AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly in Singapore, August 13-17, 2012 there will be a session on the Application of New Technologies in Space Science. 
A description of the session is given below. This is an opportunity to review some of the newer technologies that are rolling back the frontiers in space geodesy, 
to hear plans for implementation, and to discuss the impact that these technologies are having on our understanding of the Earth environment. We hope that you 
will join us in Singapore and we encourage you to participate in this session. 
More information about the AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly can be obtained from its web site at <http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2012>.
Please note that the abstract submission deadline is March 12, 2012.
We look forward to seeing you at AOGS-AGU.
Best regards,
Mike 
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SE 95: Space Geodesy: the Application of New Technologies

New space and ground technologies are having a major impact on our understanding of the Earth and its global change. The integration and combination of space techniques such as VLBI, SLR, GNSS, DORIS, altimeters, space-borne gravity field measurements (GRACE, GOCE), and InSAR have provided us with powerful tools to measure and monitor details of Earth structure rotation, gravity field, and mass distribution to unprecedented temporal resolution and spatial accuracy. The geometric ground based measurement techniques define the reference frame (IRTF) that allows us to reliably measure change over time, space, and evolving technologies and to map mm per year motions on the Earth’s surface that may be related to natural hazards. Altimeters are being used to map the topography of the sea surface, relating information on ocean dynamic, currents, and weather, and the surface of lakes to provide real-time monitoring of water level. Measurements from the gravity field satellites give us information of mass shifts which can be related to effects from changes in hydrology and Earthquakes; the combination of altimeters and gravity field mapping gives us a powerful tool to monitor changes in the ice budget and its predicted influence in sea level. With occultation measurements available with GNSS and Formosat-3/COSMIC missions we now have a synoptic tool for weather, atmospheric and ionospheric research.

These measurements and the resulting data products contribute to a broad range of Earth sciences. They are increasingly supported by the ground-based networks in the Asia-Oceania region and used by regional research organizations, often in cooperation with the IAG (International Association of Geodesy) Services. The IAG has established the Global Geodetic Observing Systems (GGOS) to encourage the application of these techniques to better understand the dynamics of the Earth and its impact on society. 

This session welcomes practitioners of the relevant ground and space technologies and those who develop and apply the data products. Topics of the session include the emergence and application of the new technological developments as well as proposals for new geodetic satellite projects and space missions. This session solicits also presentations about ideas, scenarios and simulation studies for future gravity field and altimetry missions. Contributions are welcome from purely theoretical considerations and simulations to concrete technological realizations and the presentation and interpretation of recent results.

Conveners:

Dr. Michael Pearlman
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, United States
mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu

Prof. Harald Schuh
Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
harald.schuh@tuwien.ac.at

Dr. Cheinway Hwang
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
cheinway@mail.nctu.edu.tw
Prof. X.L. Ding
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
lsxlding@inet.polyu.edu.hk

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