Towards an Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System (IGGOS): IAG Section II Symposium Munich, October 5-9, 1998

Front Matter....Pages I-XXII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Importance of a Common Framework for the Realization of Space-Time Reference Systems....Pages 3-7
The Use of a Precise Reference Frame in Sea Level Change Studies....Pages 8-12
Combination of Space Techniques into one Integrated Processing Model....Pages 13-18
Towards an Integrated Global Reference System: Geodesy as a Utility....Pages 19-21
Space Techniques and their Coordination within IAG at Present and in Future....Pages 22-32
Contributions of VLBI to Space Geodesy....Pages 33-40
Towards an Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System....Pages 41-52
Envisaging a new era of gravity field research....Pages 53-62
Status of the CHAMP Mission....Pages 63-65
Satellite Gravity Gradiometry with GOCE....Pages 66-72
Integration of geodetic techniques into a global Earth monitoring system and its implication for Earth system sciences....Pages 73-83
The Integration of Geodetic Measurements into an Earth Science Observing Program: The Example of Glacial Rebound....Pages 84-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Quality Analysis of Some IGS Weekly Combined Solutions with Respect to ITRF....Pages 93-95
Geosat and ERS-1 Datum Offsets Relative to Topex/Poseidon Estimated Simultaneously with Geopotential Corrections from Multi-Satellite Crossover Altimetry....Pages 96-98
The Integration of Brazilian Geodetic Network into SIRGAS — Preliminary Results —....Pages 99-102
Construction of the New Japan Datum Using Space Geodetic Technologies....Pages 103-105
Deviation of Japanese Vertical Datum and Reference Surface with Respect to the Global Geoid....Pages 106-109
Reference Systems Used in Global Navigation Satellite Systems....Pages 110-113
Recent Contribution to the ITRF and its Realization in Canada....Pages 114-117
Realization and Unification of NAD83 in Canada and the U.S. via the ITRF....Pages 118-121
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Geodetic Datum Definition of the SAGA Network....Pages 122-125
Weak Gravitational Lensing and Instability of the Celestial Reference Frame....Pages 126-129
Height Time Series of the Italian GPS Fiducial Network compared with VLBI and SLR Estimations....Pages 130-133
Monitoring the Continental Reference Frame in South America....Pages 134-137
World Geodetic Datum 2000....Pages 138-141
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Validation of TOPEX/POSEIDON Measurements in the Southern Baltic Sea....Pages 145-149
DORIS: Contribution of an Orbit Determination System to Accurate and Long Term Altimetry from Space....Pages 150-153
IGS Combinations of Polar Motion, Length of Day and Universal Time....Pages 154-157
Comparison of Site Velocities Measured by VLBI and GPS in the Key Stone Project Network....Pages 158-160
Large Lunar Laser Ranging at its Best....Pages 161-164
Combining GPS and CCD to Modernise Astronomical Levelling....Pages 165-168
Orbit Modelling Based on Laser and CCD-Observations....Pages 169-172
Unification of the GPS Work in Egypt....Pages 173-176
Earth Orientation Parameters Measured by Space Geodesy Techniques....Pages 177-179
New Method for the Selection of Additional Sites for the Homogenisation of an Inhomogeneous Cospherical Point Distribution....Pages 180-183
Westford VLBI to GPS Vertical Tie and Implications for the TRF....Pages 184-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Impact of terrestrial data on future satellite gravity field solutions....Pages 189-192
SAGE: An Italian Project of Satellite Accelerometry....Pages 193-196
Accelerometry Aboard CHAMP....Pages 197-200
Simulation of the GOCE Gravity Field Mission....Pages 201-204
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Fundamentals and Applications of the Gravity Field Mission GOCE....Pages 205-208
Effects of Inhomogeneous Data Coverage on Spectral Analysis....Pages 209-213
Geodetic Applications of the ROCSAT-3/COSMIC Mission....Pages 214-217
Estimation of Ocean Mass Redistribution by Means of Altimetry and Circulation Models and its Impact on the Gravity Field....Pages 218-221
GFZ and DLR Contribution to a GPS Ground Network to Support the CHAMP Mission....Pages 222-224
The ESA Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer Mission: Impact on Solid Earth Physics....Pages 225-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
The Regular Character of the Plate Motion: Implication for Earth Sciences....Pages 231-233
About Global Rotation of the Lithosphere....Pages 234-237
Least Squares Collocation Method for Space Geodetic Data Analysis....Pages 238-240
BIFROST Project: Studies of Variations of Absolute Sea Level in Conjunction with the Postglacial Rebound of Fennoscandia....Pages 241-244
The Indonesian Gravity Field and the Geoid Model....Pages 245-247
ISRO Initiatives for Space Geodesy and Geodynamics in India....Pages 248-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Global Integrated Geodetic and Geodynamic Observing System (GIGGOS)....Pages 253-260
Back Matter....Pages 261-261