Programme

Friday - April 20

08:30 h	Registration
09:00 h	Welcome Tonie van Dam

1) GGFC: Current Status

09:15 h	Special Bureau for the Atmosphere Status, and Review of Atmospheric Analyses and Models, with Application to Geodetic Uses David Salstein Download: Special Bureau of the Atmosphere Status, and review of Atmospheric Analyses and Models, with Application to Geodetic Uses (PDF, 11MB, Not barrier-free file.)
09:40 h	The GGFC Special Bureau for the Oceans: Providing Ocean Products for Geodesy Richard S. Gross Download: The GGFC Special Bureau for the Oceans: Providing Ocean Products for Geodesy (PDF, 6MB, Not barrier-free file.)
10:00 h	Special Bureau for Hydrology Jianli Chen Download: Special Bureau for Hydrology (PDF, 3MB, Not barrier-free file.)
10:10 h	Combination Products Tonie van Dam, Mike Thomas
10:25 h	Global Geophysical Fluids: an IERS RS/PC Perspective Brian Luzum et al. Download: Global Geophysical Fluids: an IERS RS/PC Perspective (PDF, 2MB, Not barrier-free file.)
10:35 h	Break

2) GGFC: Proposed new Products

11:05 h	Mass Loading Products at NASA GSFC D. MacMillan, D. Erikson Chopo Ma (presenter) Download: Mass Loading Products at NASA GSFC (PDF, 2MB, Not barrier-free file.)
11:25 h	High-resolution models of surface displacements caused by atmospheric, oceanic and hydrological loads Jean-Paul Boy Download: High-resolution models of surface displacements caused by atmospheric, oceanic and hydrological loads (PDF, 4MB, Not barrier-free file.)
11:45 h	Atmospheric effects in space geodesy: plans and perspectives Johannes Boehm et al. Download: Atmospheric Effects in Space Geodesy: Plans and Perspectives (PDF, 565KB, Not barrier-free file.)
12:10 h	The GRACE AOD product release 05 H. Dobslaw et al. Rolf König (presenter) Download: The GRACE AOD product release 05 (PDF, 953KB, Not barrier-free file.)

3) Comparison of Models with Observations

12:30 h	Consistency of Crustal Loading Signals Derived from Models & GPS: Inferences for GPS Positioning Errors Jim Ray et al. Download: CONSISTENCY OF CRUSTAL LOADING SIGNALS DERIVED FROM MODELS & GPS: INFERENCES FOR GPS POSITIONING ERRORS (PDF, 3MB, Not barrier-free file.)
12:45 h	Lunch
13:45 h	SLR Test Products Using ECMWF Atmospheric Loading and Gravity Erricos C. Pavlis, Magdalena Kuzmicz-Cieslak Download: SLR Test Products Using ECMWF Atmospheric Loading and Gravity (PDF, 6MB, Not barrier-free file.)
14:05 h	Evaluations of Global Geophysical Fluid Models Based on Broad-band Geodetic Excitations Wei Chen, Jim Ray Download: Evaluations of Global Geophysical Fluid Models Based on Broad-band Geodetic Excitations (PDF, 47MB, Not barrier-free file.)
14:30 h	How well can we estimate the displacements associated to loading? Pierre Valty et al. Download: How well can we estimate the displacements associated to loading ? (PDF, 2MB, Not barrier-free file.)

4) Observations

14:55 h	Degree 2 and Geocenter Variations from Satellite Laser Ranging Minkang Cheng Download: Degree 2 and Geocenter Variations from Satellite Laser Ranging (PDF, 11MB, Not barrier-free file.)
15:20 h	Low degree harmonic series from LAGEOS Rolf König Download: Low degree harmonic series from LAGEOS (PDF, 82KB, Not barrier-free file.)
15:25 h	Global Mass Balance Effects on the Earth's Rotation Rate Haoming Yan, Ben F. Chao Download: Global Mass Balance Effects on the Earth’s Rotation Rate (PDF, 2MB, Not barrier-free file.)
15:35 h	Break

5) Issues and Future Challenges

15:50 h	On the challenges of developing a mass conserving system model Maik Thomas et al. Download: On the challenges of developing a mass conserving system model (PDF, 982KB, Not barrier-free file.)
16:20 h	How to deal with coordinate systems in numerical weather models? - Goals of the newly formed IAG SSG12 Thomas Hobiger et al. Download: How to deal with coordinate systems in numerical weather models? - Goals of the newly formed IAG SSG 12 (PDF, 568KB, Not barrier-free file.)
16:35 h	Mitigation of unmodelled non-tidal atmospheric pressure loading into parameters of a global GNSS solution Rolf Dach et al. Download: Mitigation of unmodelled non–tidal atmospheric pressure loading into parameters of a global GNSS solution (PDF, 1MB, Not barrier-free file.)
17:00 h	Call for space geodetic solutions corrected for non-tidal atmospheric loading (NT-ATML) at the observation level Xavier Collileux et al. Download: Call for space geodetic solutions corrected for non-tidal atmospheric loading (NT-ATML) at the observation level (PDF, 3MB, Not barrier-free file.)
17:15 h	Uncertainties in models for glacial isostatic adjustment Wouter van der Wal, Valentina Barletta Download: Uncertainties in models for glacial isostatic adjustment (PDF, 2MB, Not barrier-free file.)
	Satellite Gravity Measurements and the Global Water Cycle Jianli Chen Download: Satellite Gravity Measurements and the Global Water Cycle (PDF, 9MB, Not barrier-free file.)