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IERS Message No. 371                                    January 29, 2019
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IAG Symposium on the Dynamic Earth at IUGG General Assembly


Dear Colleagues -

As part of the 27th General Assembly of the IUGG that will be held in
Montreal, Canada during 08-18 July 2019 there will be an IAG Symposium
on "Monitoring and Understanding the Dynamic Earth with Geodetic
Observations". The description of the Symposium is given below.

In addition to sessions addressing the topic of the Symposium, there
will also be specialized sessions on the Global Geodetic Observing
System and its Bureau of Products and Standards, Bureau of Networks and
Observations, and its Focus Areas on Unified Height System, Geohazards,
and Geodetic Space Weather Research. On behalf of the conveners I would
like to draw your attention to this Symposium and its specialized
sessions and encourage you to participate in it and submit abstracts to
either the Symposium in general or to its specialized sessions. Please
note that abstracts must be submitted to IUGG by February 18, 2019.

More information about the 27th General Assembly of the IUGG can be
obtained from its web site at <http://iugg2019montreal.com>.
Information on this and other IAG Symposia is available at
<http://iugg2019montreal.com/g.html>.

Hope to see you in Montreal!

Best regards,
Richard Gross


IAG Symposium G06: Monitoring and Understanding the Dynamic Earth with
Geodetic Observations


Geodetic observations of the Earth's shape, rotation, and gravity show
that these Earth properties change on a wide range of timescales
reflecting the processes affecting them, from external tidal forces to
surficial processes involving the atmosphere, oceans, and hydrosphere to
internal processes acting both at the core-mantle boundary as well as
within the solid Earth itself. Measurements of the Earth's shape,
rotation, and gravity can therefore be used to gain greater
understanding of mass transport within the entire Earth system. Geodetic
observations provide the basis on which future advances in the
geosciences can be built. By considering the Earth system as a whole
(including the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere and
biosphere), monitoring Earth system components and their interactions by
geodetic techniques and studying them from the geodetic point of view,
the geodetic community provides the global geosciences community with a
powerful tool consisting mainly of high-quality services, standards and
references, and theoretical and observational innovations. Earth
observations are needed not only for scientific research but also for
societal applications such as disaster prevention and mitigation,
managing resources like energy, water, and food, mitigating the effects
of climate change, and protecting the biosphere, the environment, and
human health. Geodetic observations provide the metrological foundation
for observations of the Earth system. Geodetic observations are a
cornerstone of the Earth observing systems needed for scientific
research and societal applications. This Symposium will highlight the
importance of geodetic observations to monitoring and understanding the
dynamic Earth system for the benefit of science and society.

Conveners:

Richard Gross
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA
Richard.Gross [at] jpl.nasa.gov

Detlef Angermann
Deutsches Geodaetisches Forschungsinstitut-TUM, Munich, Germany
detlef.angermann [at] tum.de

Matthias Madzak
Bundesamt fuer Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria
Matthias.Madzak [at] bev.gv.at

Toshi Otsubo
Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
t.otsubo [at] r.hit-u.ac.jp


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