From eri at fryxell.jpl.nasa.gov Thu Aug 21 15:15:39 2003 From: eri at fryxell.jpl.nasa.gov (Erik Ivins) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:15:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [IGSMAIL-4561]: Joint Assembly 2004 May 17-21 Montreal: Solicitation for Special Geodesy Sessions Message-ID: <200308212215.h7LMFd7l001455@fryxell.jpl.nasa.gov> ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 21 Aug 15:15:27 PDT 2003 Message Number 4561 ****************************************************************************** Author: Erik R. Ivins Dear Colleagues, On May 17-21 2004 (Monday-Friday) a Joint Assembly of the Canadian Geophysical Union and the American Geophysical Union will be held in Montreal, Canada. This meeting affords a unique opportunity for geodesists and geodynamicists to organize topical sessions focusing on ocean - atmospheric modelling and observation, passive margin tectonics and strain accumulation, continental margin triple junction tectonics, post glacial rebound (monitored by prehistoric, historic and contemporary space-based data), ocean load tide response, earth rotation, fundamental problems in geodetic sciences, monitoring of ice sheets and of the cryosphere and hydrosphere, in general, strike-slip and thrust surface motions, and time-dependence of the gravity field, InSAR observations of volcanic systems, and a host of other geophysical problems with which the Canadian, American and world communities find much in common. In recent years geodesy at the Spring AGU has faced growing competition from the General Assembly of the EGS in Nice, France. However, the CGU-AGU Joint Meeting of 1992 was very well attended. This can be attributed (in no small part) to the charm, uniqueness and beauty of the city of Montreal. We expect a good showing, not only by attendees from the US and Canada, but also from Asia, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere in the world. We would like to solicit at this time ideas for sessions at the Joint Assembly. It may be a meeting which is especially timely for reporting results from CHAMP, GRACE, IceSat and other missions. Analysis of future missions might also be proposed. There are just a few days more than a month to propose special sessions for this meeting. The deadline is Sept. 24, 2003. Please give us a short (one or two paragraph) description with a proposed title at least several days prior to this date. May 17-21 2004 CGU-AGU Joint Assembly Geodesy Program Committee Erik R. Ivins Spiros Pagiatakis Mail Stop 300-233 Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Science JPL-Caltech York University 4800 Oak Grove Dr. 4700 Keele Street Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 USA North York, Ontario, M3J 1P3 CANADA Tele. (818) 354-4785 Tele. (416) 736-5245 Fax. (818) 354-9476 Fax: (416) 736-5817 e-mail: eri at fryxell.jpl.nasa.gov e-mail: spiros at yorku.ca