Faculty of Science, University of Porto International Association of Geodesy  
 










[Program] [Schedule]

Friday, 3 September:

Session 6: Satellite altimetry, oceanography, and the geoid
Oral part 1, Chair: M.J. Fernandes
Speaker Title
08:30-09:00 P. Knudsen Satellite altimetry for marine geodetic applications
09:00-09:15 P.A.M. Berry,
E.L. Mathers
and J.D. Garlick		 Global ocean retracking for gravity field determination using a rule-based expert system
09:15-09:30 O. Andersen, A. Vest
and P. Knudsen		 Mean Sea Surface - and inter-annual ocean variability - The KMS03 Multimisiion mean Sea Surface
09:30-09:45 Z. Zhang
and Y. Lu		 Spectrum Analysis of Mean Dynamic Ocean Topography from the GRACE GGM01 Geoid
09:45-10:00 L. Bao
and Y. Lu		 Mesoscale Circulation and Eddies over the South China Sea from Satellite Altimeter Data
10:00-10:15 X. Deng,
C. Hwang
and W.E. Featherstone		 Monitoring the Leeuwin Current Close to the Coast of Western Australia Using TOPEX/Poseidon Altimetry
10:15-10:30 C.-Y Kuo,
C.K. Shum,
A. Braun,
I. Fukumori,
Z. Xing
and Y. Yi		 Southern Ocean Sea Level Variation Studies Using Steric data, GRACE Ocean Mass Variations and Ocean Modelling
Break
Oral part 2, Chair: S.D. Sandwell
Speaker Title
11:00-11:15 L. Fenoglio-Marc,
E. Tel,
M. J. Garcia
and N. Kjaer		 Interannual to decadal sea level change in south-western Europe from satellite altimetry and in-situ measurements
11:15-11:30 S.M. Barbosa, M.J. Fernandes and M.E. Silve Space-time analysis of sea level in the NE Atlantic from T/P satellite altimetry
11:30-11:45 I.N. Tziavos,
V. Kotzev,
G.S. Vergos
and L. Pashova		 Mean sea level and sea surface topography studies in the Black Sea and the Aegean
11:45-12:00 C. Hwang
and H.-Y Hsu		 Improved determination of shallow-water gravity from altimetry: use of differenced heights and optimal parameters
12:00-12:15 E. Jeansou,
F. Lyard,
R.-M. Morrow
and Y. Ménard		 Improvement of the precision and accuracy of altimeter measurements in coastal areas
12:15-12:30 M. Bursa,
S. Keyon,
J. Kouba,
Z. Sima,
V. Vatr,
V. Vitek
and M. Vojtiskova		 Variations in Directions of Equatorial Axes of the Earth's Inertia Ellipsoid and in the Earth's Equatorial Flattening on the Basis of TOPEX/POSEIDON Altimetry
12:30-12:45 L.-L. Fu
and C.W. Hughes		 On the Scales of Ocean Bottom Pressure Signals and Comparison to Altimetry Observations
12:45-13:00 E.J.O Schrama A Fast Algorithm for the Computation of Tidal Loading and the Assessment of its Numerical Accuracy
Lunch
Session 8: Temporal gravity variations: modeling and measurements
Oral part 1, Chair: C.K. Shum
Speaker Title
14:00-14:20 R.J. Bingham
and K. Haines		 Decadal Ocean Bottom Pressure Variability and its Associated Gravitational Effects in a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model (INVITED)
14:20-14:35 J.M. Müller, L. Timmern, O. Gitlein and H. Denker Gravity Changes in the Fennoscandian Land Uplift Area to be Observed by GRACE and Absolute Gravimetry
14:35-14:50 L. Métivier,
M. Greff-Lefftz
and M. Diament		 Influence of Mantle heterogeneities on Earth tides
14:50-15:05 K. Arsov
and R. Pail		 One possible treatment of temporal variations of the Earth's gravity field in the course of GOCE mission
15:05-15:20 G. Ramillien,
A. Cazenave,
Ch. Reigber,
R. Schmidt
and P. Shwintzer		 Recovery of global time variations of surface water mass by GRACE geoid inversion
15:20-15:35 O. Andersen,
J. Hinderer
and F. Lemoine		 Initial Analysis of GRACE annual varying gravity field observations. Comparisons with a global hydrological model and surface gravity change observations
Break
Oral part 2, Chair: M. Vermeer
15:55-16:15 J. Famiglietti,
J. Chen,
S. Holl,
M. Rodell,
K. Seo,
T. Syed
and C. Wilson		 GRACE Observations of Terrestrial Water Storage Variations: Implications for Data Assimilation and Hydroclimatological Monitoring (INVITED)
16:15-16:30 J. Küsche
and E.J.O Schrama		 Mass redistribution from inversion of global GPS timeseries and global time-varying gravity: inverse methodology, estimability and truncation
16:30-16:45 J.D. Garlick,
P.A.M. Berry
and E.L. Mathers		 Global lake volume changes from multi-mission satellite radar altimetry
16:45-17:00 J. Mäkinen,
A. Engfeldt,
B.G. Harsson,
H. Ruotsalainen,
G. Strykowski,
T. Oja,
D. Wolf		 The Nordic Land Uplift Gravity Lines 1966-2003
17:00-17:15 F.G. Lemoine,
S.B. Luthcke,
D.D. Rowlands,
S.M. Klosko,
J.J. McCarthy,
D.S. Chinn,
C.M. Cox
and R.D. Ray		 Unique Approaches to Addressing Time Variable Gravity for Grace
17:15-17:30 M. Diamant,
V. Mikhailov,
I. Panet,
S. Tikhotsky
and V. Ballu		 Can time varying gravity satellite data be used in tectonics?
17:30-17:45 M. Wiehl,
R. Dietrich
and M. Scheinert		 Separation of temporal gravity signals in Antarctica: a regional case study in Dronning Maud Land
17:45-18:00 D. Wolf,
V. Klemann,
J. Wünsch and
F.-P. Zhang		 Geodetic and Paleo-Shoreline Evidence of Glacial-Isostatic Adjustment in the Churchill Region, Canada: Reanalysis and Inversion in Terms of Mantle Viscosity