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dorismail               19-Apr-2013 16:37:01 Message No 0878
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Author: Urs Hugentobler <urs.hugentobler@bv.tu-muenchen.de>
Subject: IAG Scientific Assembly 2013 - Theme 5


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Dear Colleagues,

The IAG Scientific Assembly will be held in Potsdam, Germany, 1-6 
September 2013.

We would like to call your attention to Theme 5 "Observing Systems and 
Services". Please consider submitting a paper for this Theme. Below you 
find the detailed Theme description. Deadline for the receipt of 
abstracts is 21 April 2013, with a grace period of a week.

http://www.iag2013.org/IAG_2013/Call.html

Sincerely,
H. Kutterer, R. Barzaghi, S. Bonvalot, U. Hugentobler, B. Luzum, R. Neilan

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Theme 5: Observation Systems and Services

Theoretical and methodological developments in geodesy have always been 
accompanied by actual observations of geodetic parameters. Today, 
continuously operating observing networks and systems are 
state-of-the-art. Nevertheless, depending on particular tasks, observing 
in campaigns can still be the best-practice solution. From its 
beginnings, the IAG has established services which contribute to science 
and society. An important breakthrough was achieved in the 1990s with 
the establishment of fully operational IAG services for modern space 
geodetic techniques, such as the IGS, the ILRS, IDS and the IVS. The 
definition and establishment of the Global Geodetic Observing System is 
the logical consequence of such an evolution. Geodetic observatories, 
and the complex data and analysis infrastructure underpinning the IAG 
services are the backbone of scientific work in many fields, and in 
support of geospatial activities in general. Contributions in this Theme 
are invited in the following topic areas:

1. Theory, methodology and application of observation networks, systems 
and services.
2. Present challenges for geodetic observatories.
3. Development of geodetic observation and data infrastructure.
4.State-of-the-art of the IAG services.
5.The Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS).
6.Integrated analysis and combined products of geometry, gravity and 
Earth rotation.
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