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IVS 2008 General Meeting Proceedings

St. Petersburg, Russia, March 2-6, 2008

Published July, 2008

Edited by Andrey Finkelstein and Dirk Behrend


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Session Authors Title
Welcome Addresses
Professor Alexander Viktorov, Minister of Science and Education, Saint Petersburg Government
Professor Andrey Finkelstein, Director of the Institute of Applied Astronomy
Professor Harald Schuh, IVS Chair
1. VLBI — A Vital Player in Global Observing Systems
Harald Schuh, Dirk Behrend IVS Plans and Perspectives
Daniella Thaller et al. Combining VLBI Intensive with GPS Rapid Solutions for Deriving a Stable UT Time Series
Johannes Böhm et al. Atmosphere Angular Momentum Time Series for CONT05
Paulo Mendes et al. How Can the Wettzell "G" Ringlaser Improve VLBI Measurements of Subdiurnal Earth Rotation Variations?
Géraldine Bourda et al. Multi-step VLBI Observations of Weak Extragalactic Radio Sources to Align the ICRF and the Future GAIA Frame
Igor Molotov et al. Astrometry of the Solar System Bodies with VLBI Radar
2. Network Stations, Operation Centers, Correlators
Andrey Finkelstein et al. The Network "Quasar": 2008–2011
Kerry Kingham, David Hall Equipment Failures, Chronic Station Problems, and RFI: Their Effects on Geodetic VLBI Data
Alessandra Bertarini et al. Effects on the Geodetic-VLBI Measurables due to Polarization Leakage in the Receivers
Axel Nothnagel et al. Comparisons of Correlations Using Disk-Transfer and e-VLBI-Transfer
Shigeru Matsuzaka et al. Ultra-rapid UT1 Measurements with e-VLBI
Mikhail Kharinov, Andrey Mikhailov Single Dish Radiometric Observations of Geodetic Sources on Radio Telescopes of the QUASAR Network
Dmitriy Ivanov, Aleksandr Vytnov Automatic System for Monitoring Hydrogen Masers in QUASAR VLBI Network
Iskander Gayazov, Elena Skurikhina Local Ties between Co-located Space Geodetic Instruments at QUASAR Network Observatories
Roberto Lanotte et al. Matera Site Survey and VLBI Invariant Point Determination
Susana Garcia-Espada Space Geodesy at Yebes: Station Motion from VLBI and GPS
Shigeru Matsuzaka et al. VLBI Activities of Tsukuba 32-m Station and Tsukuba Correlator
Shigeru Matsuzaka et al. The Past Decade of Tsukuba 32-m VLBI Station
Hayo Hase et al. Twin Telescope Wettzell: a VLBI2010 Radio Telescope Project
Oleg Titov et al. Australian – New Zealand Geodetic VLBI Network Project
Robert Campbell, Arpad Szomoru The EVN Mark IV Data Processor at JIVE and e-VLBI Developments in the EVN
Igor Surkis et al. The IAA RAS 6-station VLBI Correlator
Weimin Zheng, Wuchao Luo CVN Software Correlator Development and Applications in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Mission
3. VLBI Data Structure, Analysis Strategies and Software
Yury Gnedin VLBI as a Tool to Connect Astrometry and Astrophysics
John Gipson IVS Working Group 4 on VLBI Data Structures
Thomas Hobiger et al. MK3TOOLS – Seamless Interfaces for the Creation of VLBI Databases from Post-Correlation Output
John Gipson et al. Improved Estimation in VLBI through Better Modeling and Analysis
Volkmar Thorandt et al. Data Analysis at BKG in the Frame of IVS
Ryuichi Ichikawa et al. Real-Time Ray-Tracing through Numerical Weather Models for Space Geodesy
Kamil Teke et al. VLBI Baseline Length Repeatability Tests of IVS-R1 and IVS-R4 Session Types
Zinovy Malkin Influence of Elevation-dependent Weighting on Parameter Estimates: A Case of CONT05
Zinovy Malkin, Oleg Titov Optical Characteristics of Astrometric Radio Sources
Robert Heinkelmann et al. Effects of Surface Pressure and Temperature on the VLBI Reference Frame
Jinling Li The Contribution of CVN to the CE-1 Mission
Christian Bizouard, Olivier Becker WEB Tools and WEB Service of the IERS Earth Orientation Centre
Sébastien Lambert et al. The Astronomical Virtual Observatory and Application to Earth's Sciences
4. Interpretation of VLBI Results in Geodesy, Astrometry and Geophysics
George Krasinsky Secular Decrease of the Earth's Ellipticity form the Analysis of VLBI Data of 1984–2006, and the Long-term Systematic Errors of the Precession-Nutation Models IAU2000 and IAU2006
Nicole Capitaine et al. Comparisons of Precession-Nutation Models
Vadim Gubanov The Phase Variations of Retrograde Free Core Nutation
Sergey Pasynok Comparison of the Prediction Force of the Nutation Theories IAU 2000 and ERA-2005
Maria Kudryashova et al. Combination of Nutation Time Series Derived from VLBI and GNSS
Séverine Rosat, Sébastien Lambert Earth's Interior from VLBI and Superconducting Gravimeter Data
Chopo Ma et al. Some Challenges in Developing the Second ICRF
Zinovy Malkin On Construction of ICRF-2
David Gordon et al. Selection of "Defining" Sources for ICRF-2
Oleg Titov Systematic Effects in Apparent Proper Motions of Radio Sources
Sergei Bolotin, Svitlana Lytvyn Comparison of Radio Source Positions from Individual Solutions
Julia Sokolova, Zinovy Malkin Comparison and Combination of CRF Catalogs
Sergey Kurdubov, Elena Skurikhina Source Selection for NNR Constraints from Source Position Time Series
Christopher Jacobs, Ojars Sovers Extending the ICRF above S/X-band: X/Ka-band Global Astrometric Results
Gabor Lanyi et al. Astrometry from VLBA Observations at 24 and 43 GHz
Takaaki Jike et al. Results from K-band Geodetic VLBI Using VERA
Jean Souchay et al. The Large Quasar Astrometric Catalog and the Radio-Optical Link
Natalia Miller, Zinovy Malkin Using Singular Spectrum Analysis for the Investigation of Troposphere Parameters
Volker Tesmer et al. Atmospheric Loading Coefficients Determined from Homogeneously Reprocessed GPS and VLBI Height Time Series
Sigrid Englich et al. Re-assessment of Ocean Tidal Terms in High-Frequency Earth Rotation Variations Observed by VLBI
Andrey Finkelstein et al. QUASAR National Programs of EOP Determination
Thomas Artz et al. Comparison and Validation of VLBI Derived Polar Motion Estimates
Sarah Böckmann, Axel Nothnagel The Variance Component Approach in the IVS Combination
Robert Heinkelmann et al. A Postseismic Relaxation Model for the 2002 Denali Earthquake from GPS Deformation Analysis Applied to VLBI Data
Sébastien Lambert, Christophe Le Poncin-Lafitte Measuring the Relativistic Parameter gamma Using the Current Geodetic VLBI Data Set
Patrick Charlot Astrophysical Stability of Radio Sources and Implication for the Realization of the Next ICRF
5. Progress in Technology Development and the Next Generation VLBI System
Tobias Nilsson, Rüdiger Haas Modeling Tropospheric Delays with Astmospheric Turbulence Models
Dean Chalmers et al. Composite Applications for Radio Telescopes
Gino Tuccari et al. DBBC Development Status
Xiuzhong Zhang Progress of Wideband VLBI Digital System Development at SHAO
Dan Smythe Mark 5 Disk Drive Performance and Reliability
Alan Whitney The Mark 5C VLBI Data System
Chester Ruszczyk Mark 5C Software Development Program
Ryuichi Ichikawa et al. Development of a Compact VLBI System for Providing over 10 km Baseline Calibration
Yasuhiro Koyama et al. Developments of an Automated Data Processing System for Ultra Rapid dUT1 e-VLBI Sessions
Bill Petrachenko et al. VLBI2010 Antenna Slew Rate Study
Daniel MacMillan Simulation Analysis of the Geodetic Performance of Networks of VLBI2010 Stations
Jörg Wresnik et al. VLBI2010 Simulations at IGG Vienna
Andrea Pany et al. Vienna VLBI2010 PPP Simulations
Arnaud Collioud, Patrick Charlot Imaging Capabilities of the Next Generation VLBI System
Vincenza Tornatore et al. First Considerations on the Feasibility of GNSS Observations by the VLBI Technique
Hideo Hanada et al. VLBI Observations of SELENE (KAGUYA) by VERA and an International Network
Vladimir Zharov, Leonid Matveenko VLBI and Precise Space Navigation
Erhu Wei et al. On the Space VLBI Mathematical Model with Nutation Parameters
Splinter Meeting Report
Axel Nothnagel Notes of the 9th IVS Analysis Workshop