Please note that this IERS component ceased operation in 2009.
Within the IERS Global Geophysical Fluids Center the Special Bureau for Loading (SBL) has got the task to promote, stimulate and coordinate the work and progress towards a service providing products related to surface mass loading. The SBL will provide in near real-time a consistent global solution data set describing at least the surface deformation, gravity signal and geo-centre variations due to the various surface loading processes in reference frames relevant for direct comparison with existing geodetic observing techniques.
Web site
geophy.uni.lu/ggfc_atmosphere/NCEP-loading.html(Link no longer active)
Chair
Tonie van Dam (1 Feb. 2002 - 31 Dec. 2004), Hans-Peter Plag (1 Jan. 2005 - 31 Dec. 2009)
Vice-chair
Hans-Peter Plag (1 Feb. 2002 - 31 Dec. 2004), Tonie van Dam (1 Jan. 2005 - 31 Dec. 2009)
See also
Annual Report 2002: 3.5.6.8 Special Bureau for Loading (not accessible) [PDF, 49 KB]
Annual Report 2003: 3.5.6.8 Special Bureau for Loading (not accessible) [PDF, 141 KB]
Annual Report 2004: 3.5.6.7 Special Bureau for Loading (not accessible) [PDF, 46 KB]
Annual Report 2005: 3.5.6 Global Geophysical Fluids Centre (not accessible) [PDF, 121 KB]
Annual Report 2006: 3.5.6 Global Geophysical Fluids Centre (not accessible) [PDF, 137 KB]
Annual Report 2008-09: 3.5.6 Global Geophysical Fluids Centre (not accessible) [PDF, 205 KB]
