9:00 A.M. 9:15 A.M.: Welcome and Objectives of the Workshop

2009 Workshop on Monitoring North American Geoid Change

David Skaggs Research Center

325 Broadway, Room GC402A

Boulder, Colorado

October 21, 2009

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Arrival and check-in

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.: Welcome and objectives of the Workshop Dru Smith and Joe Henton

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Opening Remarks from Directors of NGS and GSD Juliana Blackwell and Denis Hains (via VTC)

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Canadian efforts to monitor geoid change: Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), Geodetic Survey Division (GSD) Joe Henton and Marc Véronneau

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Mexican efforts to monitor geoid change: INEGI David Avalos-Naranjo

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.: National Geodetic Survey: GRAV-D Vicki Childers and Dan Roman

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. NGA efforts at geoid creation/monitoring world-wide Jim Friederich

11:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch (provided at Skaggs building)

1:00 – 2:15 : PANEL: Role of terrestrial gravity measurements in monitoring the geoid Panelists: David Crossley, Michel Van Camp, Jim Friederich, Jacques Liard

2:15 – 3:30: PANEL: Role of GPS/CORS and reference frames in monitoring the geoid Panelists: Richard Snay, Hans-Peter Plag, Eric Calais, Mike Craymer

3:30 – 3:45 Break

3:45-5:00: PANEL: Role of satellite missions in monitoring the geoid Panelists: John Ries, John Wahr, Roger Haagmans, Steve Nerem

5:00 – 5:30 Discussion of Thursday’s agenda and trips

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8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Poster Session

10:00 – 10:15 a.m.: Break

10:15 a.m. – Noon: Moderated group discussion on collaboration opportunities and resource leveraging Vicki Childers and Joe Henton

Noon – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch (provided at Skaggs building)

1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Field Trip: Tour of Micro-g LaCoste Facilities

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Field Trip: Tour of the Table Mountain Geophysical Observatory

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Dinner (provided - Barbeque at TMGO)

October 23, 2009

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. NGS: Bring objectives into focus and plans for the future; discuss plans for EOS article Vicki Childers and Dan Roman

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: Directed small group discussions on pertinent topics plus creation of text for EOS article

11:00 a.m. – Noon.: Sharing of small group discussions amongst entire workshop. Decisions on first steps toward further collaborations. Closing of workshop.

Optional Afternoon Activities:

Tour of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)

Tour of NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

Tour of “Science on a Sphere”

Last updated: 09 October 2009