on Global Gravity Field Modeling from Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking Data 4-9 October 2015, Bad Honnef, Germany
The autumn school with the subject ‘Global Gravity Field Modeling from Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking Data’ was held from 4th to 9th October 2015 in Bad Honnef, Germany. The main goal of the school was to provide the participants with a good theoretical and practical knowledge about the gravity field recovery from satellite-to-satellite tracking data. The core topics of the autumn school and their corresponding lecturers were:
Topic 1: Theory of parameter estimation in satellite gravimetry - Jürgen Kusche, Institut für Geodäsie und Geoinformation, Universität Bonn
Topic 2: Orbit determination - Adrian Jäggi, Astronomisches Institut, Universität Bern
Topic 3: Classical (variational) approach - Srinivas Bettadpur, Center for Space Research, University of Texas at Austin
Topic 4: Acceleration approach - Matthias Weigelt, Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication, German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy
Topic 5: Energy balance approach - Christopher Jekeli, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University
The morning lectures were followed by several practical exercises in the afternoon and the lecturers guided the participants to complete the assignments step by step. These exercises gave the attendees more insight into the numerical and computational aspects of the corresponding core topics. Moreover, five evening talks also given by experts of the field extended the scientific discussions to the latest developments in satellite gravimetry and relativistic geodesy. The speakers of the evening talks were: Reiner Rummel (TU München), Jakob Flury (Leibniz Universität Hannover), Gerhard Heinzel (Leibniz Universität Hannover), Torsten Mayer-Gürr (TU Graz) and Claus Lämmerzahl (ZARM Bremen). During the school, several aspects of satellite gravimetry and orbit modeling such as parameter estimation and filtering, orbit determination techniques and approaches to global gravity recovery from satellite data were presented and discussed.
About 60 participants from over 16 countries attended the school and actively completed the courses as well as exercises. All the attendees acknowledged the usefulness of the courses taught in the school and confirmed that the contents of the school were in line with their expectations. The school was planned and organized by the geo-Q project at Leibniz Universität Hannover and generously sponsored by the Wilhem und Else Heraeus foundation in Bad Honnef, Germany.
For more information please visit:
http://www.geoq.uni-hannover.de/autumnschool.html
