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IERS Message No. 305                                       July 15, 2016
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Session on Reference Frames at AGU Fall Meeting 2016


Dear Colleagues,

As part of the 2016 Fall Meeting of the AGU that will be held in San
Francisco, California during 12-16 December 2016, we would like to draw
your attention to the session on
"Reference Frames: Determination, Usage and Application".

The description of the session is given below.

We encourage you to participate in and submit an abstract to our
session.

More information about the 2016 Fall Meeting can be obtained from its
web site at <http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016>.

Please note that abstracts must be submitted to AGU by Wednesday,
August 3, 2016.

Best regards,
Zuheir Altamimi
Frank G Lemoine
Jake Griffiths

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Session ID#: 12608 (G016): Reference Frames: Determination, Usage and
Application

The quantification of many geophysical phenomena, e.g. sea level
variation, co- and post-seismic deformation, glacial isostatic
adjustment, loading effects, but also precise orbit determination of
artificial satellites, rely on the availability of a global terrestrial
reference frame, such as the ITRF. The session solicits contributions
from scientists determining or using global reference frames for their
applications, focusing on error budgets and other limiting factors.
Contributions from analysts of space geodetic techniques (VLBI, SLR,
GNSS, DORIS) and their combination are also welcome. Papers on the
evaluation and exploitation of ITRF2014 published this year are
specifically encouraged.


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