17^th International Workshop on Laser Ranging
and
23^rd General Assembly of the International Laser Ranging Service

Bad Kötzting (Germany), May 16 - 20, 2011

Actual Notes:

The ILRS intents to publish the contributions shown at the workshop at the ILRS website. If you don't agree or if want to submit an updated version or your presentation or your poster, please send an e-mail to the address shown at the end of this page.

All participants who did not register electronically are asked to send their e-mail address to the LOC (address see below) in order to keep in contact with you concerning the proceeding volume. Here is the list of participants without e-mail address.

You find here the final program as published on May, 16th 2011, and the final poster list.

The submitted abstracts are also available for oral and poster contributions.

Proceedings:

If you want to publish your paper in the workshop proceedings, please send your contribution to the e-mail address shown at the end of this page. You find here a Word template for your paper. The length of the article should not exceed 4 pages. Please remember that the deadline for submitting proceeding contributions is July 31st.

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- Extending the Range -

The "Bundesamt fuer Kartographie und Geodaesie" (Geodetic Observatory Wettzell and TIGO), the "Research Group Satellite Geodesy of the Technische Universitaet Muenchen" and the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) are pleased to announce that the 17th International Workshop on Laser Ranging is scheduled to be held in Bad Kötzting (Germany) during the week of May 16-20, 2011. The meeting of the Analysis Working Group is scheduled for May 21st.

The 23rd General Assembly of the ILRS and meetings of the ILRS Governing Board and the respective Working Groups of the ILRS will be held during the week of the workshop. A trip to the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell and an introduction to the TWIN VLBI project is also in preparation.

• First Circular
• Second Circular (issued February 18, 2011)
• Third Circular (issued May 05, 2011)

Workshop Goals

The growing number of satellites requesting SLR support, the new successful one-way laser ranging missions and the recent progress in optical time transfer have added much to the importance of the laser ranging technique. At the same time new satellite missions like GOCE provide a wealth of new observations for better models of the Earth gravity field, the reference system and their dynamics. On the other hand the diversity and complexity of the laser ranging facilities have substantially increased. This workshop presents the latest developments and results of the research and the laser ranging techniques.

Urgent goals of the workshop:

• Spatial and Temporal Coverage of Current SLR constellation
• Atmospheric Refraction Correction: Hardware vs. Modeling Approaches
• Ranging Accuracy and Calibration
• Ranging to GNSS and other challenging high altitude missions?
• Lunar and Planetary Ranging
• Interaction between Data-User and Stations

Program Topics:

• Scientific Achievements, Applications, and Future Requirements
• Laser Technology
• Ranging Receivers
• Automation and Control Systems
• Improved and Upgraded Systems (preferably poster)
• Lunar Laser Ranging
• Engineering and Q/C Analysis
• System Calibration Techniques
• Targets, Signatures and Biases
• Atmospheric Correction and Multiwavelength Ranging
• Advanced Systems and Techniques
• Transponder, Laser Altimetry and Time Transfer Techniques
• Operational Issues

Programme Committee:

• Stanislaw Schillak
• Johannes Ihde
• John Degnan
• (Yang Fumin)
• Ulrich Schreiber
• Ben Greene
• Graham Appleby
• Erricos Pavlis
• Mike Pearlman
• Ludwig Combrink
• Hiroo Kunimori
• Scott Wetzel
• Ivan Prochazka

Furthermore we encourage everyone to propose additional sessions or presentations on other timely laser ranging matters.

Registration fee

The registration fee for the workshop is 150,00 Euro, including a field trip to the observatory with barbecue in the evening and a joint conference dinner.

Spouse program

• May 16: Guided tour through Bad Kötzting including visit of the church of pilgrimage, a distillery and a local brewery. Possibility to visit the public recreation bath 'Aqacur'
• May 17: Bus tour through the surroundings including visit of a glassblower workshop and a former silver mine. Afterwards barbecue at Wettzell observatory together with the workshop participants
• May 18: Bus tour to the Roman-medieval world heritage site Regensburg including guided tour
• May 19: Visit of a Bavarian farm including trip with a horse-drawn carriage and a Bavarian 'Brotzeit' (luncheon with bread and beer)

Please indicate interest early in order to make life easier for the local organizing committee.

Important Dates

• Abstract deadline: March 31, 2011
• End of hotel block reservation: April 17, 2011

Venue

The workshop will take place in the "Haus des Gastes" in the town of Bad Kötzting. Within the "Haus des Gastes" a hall for oral presentations and one room for 25 persons ("Balkenzimmer") for splinter meetings are available. The "Hotel Zur Post" is located directly next to the venue.

Poster

Display of posters is possible during the entire workshop. A poster session is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. The size of the poster may not exceed 85 cm (width) x 150 cm (height).

Accommodation

A block of hotel rooms has been reserved in the following hotels:

The hotels and pensions in the town of "Bad Kötzting" are in convenient walking distance, for the other hotels free transport will be provided.

The participants are asked to make their reservations at the hotels by their own. The best way is by e-mail. Please use the keyword "17workshop" as reference. Early booking is recommended, as the number of hotel rooms in Bad Kötzting is limited. Note that the block reservation is hold only until April 17. The hotels accept cash, traveler checks and major credit cards. Credit cards are usually not accepted in small hotels or pensions like "Steidl" or "Raab".

You may also try these hotels/pensions (no block reservation):

How to reach Bad Kötzting

Train connections are found at www.bahn.de.

Rental cars are available at the airports. From Munich airport to Bad Kötzting is 160 km requiring 2 h under normal traffic conditions. You may use the Wettzell location map for orientation.

Visa support is provided on request.

Local contact

Geodätisches Observatorium Wettzell | Sackenrieder Str. 25 | D-93444 Bad Kötzting
Tel.: +49-9941-603-0 | Fax.: +49-9941-603-222 | Email:webmaster@fs.wettzell.de | www.fs.wettzell.de
Last Update of this page: 31.05.2011