boundary="_000_903cebf853e0479c87ef1d36a40cf9e4srvexch20132pcclsfr_" ****************************************************************************** dorismail 18-Jun-2016 07:37:04 Message No 1025 ****************************************************************************** Author: Soudarin Laurent Subject: IDS Combination Center - Call for participation IDS Call for Participation Combination Center Summary The International DORIS Service (IDS) invites proposals for the successor t= o the current Combination Center starting in 2017 for a four-year term. Background The IDS Combination Center (CC) combines individual solutions of IDS Analys= is Centers (ACs) (i.e. time series of SINEX files including station position and Earth orien= tation parameters) and generates IDS data products (combined SINEX files and relevant geodetic= products) for submission to the International Earth rotation and Reference systems Se= rvice (IERS) for the formulation of the periodic update of the International Terrestrial= Reference Frame (ITRF). A representative of the Combination Center serves as a voting member of the= Governing Board. Specific CC tasks 1. Generating combined IDS products on a regular basis (every 3 months= , starting in March 2017) 2. Participating in meeting of the Analysis Working Group (1-2 meeting= s per year) 3. Participating in IDS Workshops (1 every two years) 4. Developing new research activities and participating in specific ID= S campaigns 5. Providing combined IDS products for the IDS Website 6. Providing an annual report to IDS 7. Participating and suggesting IDS outreach activities Potential candidates are encouraged to contact the current IDS Combination = Center (Guilhem Moreaux at CLS) and/or the IDS Governing Board (Laurent Soudarin or Pascal Willis ) for any technical question rel= ated to this call for participation. Responses Expressions of interest should be addressed to the IDS Central Bureau at id= s.central.bureau @ ids-doris.org together with the following information: * names of key personnel * level of support to be provided * computing system and available software package to be used and othe= r technical information * planned starting date of operation * duration of commitment (at least 4 years) This proposal should contain: - letter of intent (1 page max) signed by the directory of the inst= itute or the director of the department - a short technical description (2 pages max) Schedule * 15 October 2016: submission deadline of letter of intent * 01 November 2016: selection of the new IDS Combination Center by th= e IDS Governing Board and announcement during the IDS Workshop in La Rochel= le * 01 January 2017: start of the four-year term of the CC, overlap wit= h current IDS CC and validation phase * 20 March 2017: delivery of first operational products by the new ID= S CC References Moreaux, G.; Lemoine, F.G.; Capdeville, H.; Kuzin, S.; Otten, M.; =A9t=ECp= =E1nek, P.; Willis, P.; Ferrage, P., in press. The International DORIS Service contribution to the 2014 realization of the= International Terrestrial Reference Frame, ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH, DOI= : 10.1016/j.asr.2015.12.021 Willis, P.; Lemoine, F.G.; Moreaux, G.; Soudarin, L.; Ferrage, P.; Ries, J.= ; Otten, M.; Saunier, J.; Noll, C.; Biancale, R.; Luzum, B., 2016. The International DORIS Service (IDS), recent developments in preparation f= or ITRF2013, IAG SYMPOSIA SERIES, 143, 631-639, DOI : 10.1007/1345_2015_164