AUT - Monday 15 February
Monday 15 February
Workshop
VLBI and GNSS: New Zealand and Australian perspectives
Organisers:
- International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry
- International GNSS Service
- Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research
Chair of the Workshop SOC: Harald Schuh (Austria)
Programme Outline:
09:00 – 10:30 Welcome and Overview
Opening and Welcome – Harald Schuh, Sergei Gulyaev (10 min)
IVS: goals, structure and activities – Harald Schuh, Dirk Behrend (30 min)
IGS: goals, structure and activities – Chris Rizos (30 min)
Combination of VLBI and GPS in order to improve TRF and EOP solutions – Manuela Seitz, Robert Heinkelmann (20 min)
10:30 – 11:00 BREAK
11:00 – 12:30 VLBI and GNSS in New Zealand and Australia
Overview of GNSS activities in New Zealand, NZGD2000 and connection to the ITRF - Graeme Blick (15 min)
A review on NZ GNSS activities – John Beavan (20 min)
New Zealand IVS Network Station: New Zealand development towards VLBI2010 – Sergei Gulyaev, Tim Natusch (15 min)
AuScope project overview: integrating the space geodesy techniques – Gary Johnston, John Dawson (20 min)
Trans-Tasman VLBI and AuScope project – Oleg Titov, Jim Lovell, John Dickey, Sergei Gulyaev, Tim Natusch (20 min)
12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 – 15:00 VLBI and GNSS Techniques
MARBLE (Multiple Antenna Radio-interferometer for Baseline Length Evaluation): Development of a compact VLBI system for calibrating GNSS and electronic distance measurement devices – Ryuichi Ichikawa (15 min)
Computing the tie between a VLBI and co-located GNSS receiver – Gary Johnston (15 min)
Concept of geodetic fundamental stations and its meaning to the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) – Hayo Hase (15 min)
VLBI2010: Mark 5 development – Alan Whitney (15 min)
VLBI tracking of GNSS constellations: measurement principles and procedures - Vincenza Tornatore (15 min)
The CE-1 orbit tracking with Chinese VLBI Network - Zhang Xiuzhong (15 min)
15:00 – 15:30 BREAK
15:30 – 16:30 Astrometry
VLBI and Microarcsecond Astrometry – relativistic and cosmological applications – Oleg Titov (30 min)
Pulsar Astrometry – Dick Manchester (30 min)
16:30 – 17:00 Discussion, wrap-up and closing (Harald Schuh)
Note: Listed times include question time