the Challenges of the First Decade IAG General Assembly Birmingham, July 19-30, 1999
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Klaus-Peter Schwarz.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xii, 445 pages 276 illustrations)
SERIES
Series Title
International Association of Geodesy symposia, 121.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Modelling the Earth at the part per billion level --; Seamless gravity --; Advances in theory and numerical techniques --; Geodynamics --; Kinematic systems and precision engineering --; An IAG structure to meet future challenges --; Author Index --; Keyword Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this volume, the state of the art in geodesy is presented with special emphasis on the challenges of the next decade. It is subdivided into six parts. The first five parts discuss the challenges of providing a stable global reference at the parts per billion level by space methods, the impact of recently approved dedicated satellite missions on the determination of a high resolution global gravity field and its refinements by airborne gravity, advances in geodynamics and their impact on the monitoring of seismic hazards and earthquake prediction, the increasing use of GPS and INS in kinematic mode for mapping the Earth's surface and monitoring the behaviour of large man-made structures, and the related advances in mathematical theory and numerical techniques. The last part is dedicated to the discussion of a new structure for IAG to meet these challenges.