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13th International Laser Ranging
Workshop
"Toward Millimeter Accuracy"
Solicited Workshop Topics (and Session Co-Chairs)
- Overview of Space Geodesy Techniques (J.
Degnan and M. Pearlman)
- Invited papers
- What impact is Space Geodesy having?
- Where is Space Geodesy going?
- Where does SLR fit into the Space Geodesy World?
- Scientific Achievements, Applications, and Future Requirements
(R. Noomen and S.
Klosko)
- What are investigators doing with the SLR data?
- Impact on current and future missions?
- What are the current requirements? Future requirements?
- What big accomplishments have happened in Analysis since the last Workshop?
- Lunar Laser Ranging (P.
Shelus and J.F. Mangin)
- What's happening with the LLR network? New stations?
- Current uses and applications of the Lunar data?
- Improved or Upgraded Systems - Poster Session (F.
Pierron and Y. Fumin)
- Five minute poster introduction and posters
- Significant upgrades, new subsystems, impressive results
- What capability now exists? How do we know?
- Station Performance Evaluation (C.
Luceri and R. Wood)
- How do we evaluate station performance at the stations? What more should be done?
- How do the Analysis Centers evaluate the stations?
- Do the evaluations differ among the Analysis Centers?
- Should the stations see the problem later uncovered by the Analysis Centers?
- How do the stations get feedback? Is it effective?
- Station Operational Issues (W.
Gurtner and V. Husson)
- What is currently limiting the performance of the stations? Data Quality, Quantity, etc
- What things can we do to improve performance?
- Target Design, Signatures, and Biases (G.
Appleby and V. Vasiliev)
- Return signal analysis
- Return signatures and range biases
- Corrections to satellite center of mass
- Retroreflector and array design
- How do we design an array for mm ranging?
- Timing Devices (E.
Samain and P. Gibbs)
- What new devices are available?
- Experience to date?
- How do we get optimum performance from current devices?
- How do we calibrate these devices?
- What new devices are now available or are on the horizon?
- System Calibration (I.
Prochazka and U. Schreiber)
- Methods of system calibration and their limitations
- How are we going to calibrate to the 1mm level?
- Atmospheric Correction and Multiwavelength Ranging (S.
Riepl and E. Pavlis)
- Status of current single wavelength models - what is our limitation?
- Additional supporting measurements for model improvements
- Status of multi-wavelength systems and path corrections algorithms
- Alternative approaches (other wavelengths)
- Detectors and Optical Chain Components (G.
Kirchner and L. Grunwaldt)
- Detector performance and calibration
- New detectors
- New optical configurations
- Filter technology
- Laser Technology Development (K.
Hamal and Y. Gao)
- New lasers and upgraded lasers
- Improved performance and implementation of new concepts
- High repetition rate laser
- Eye safe lasers
- Automation and Control Systems (J.
McGarry and F. Koidl)
- System Improvements to reduce shift manpower or enhance operations
- Autonomous Systems - Experience to date; What's working? What's not working?
- Key subsystems
- What is still needed?
- Advanced Systems and Techniques (B.
Greene and T. Murphy)
- What will the next generation systems look like?
- Transponders
- Time Transfer
The current technical program and list of scheduled splinter meetings are also available.
Presentors should consult the available instructions for important information regarding oral and poster presentations as well as use of computers for electronic presentations.
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Last Updated:
September 12, 2002
