| Day 1, Monday 6 November 2006 |
| Opening Session |
| 9:00-9:15 |
Welcome |
Stephen Briggs (ESA) |
| 9:15-9:30 |
Objectives and Logistics |
Jerome Benveniste (ESA) |
| The GOCE Mission I: Satellite Payload and Performance | Chair: Reiner Rummel |
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| 9:30-9:50 | GOCE Mission Objectives and Requirements | Mark Drinkwater (ESA) |
| 9:50-10:10 | Mission Development Status | Danilo Muzi (ESA) |
| 10:10-10:40 | Spacecraft Attributes | Alex Popescu (ESA) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Mission Performance | Rune Floberghagen (ESA) |
| 11:00-11:20 |
Discussion |
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Session 1 Summary |
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| 11:20-11:50 |
Coffee Break |
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| National, EC and ESA Project Activities | Chair: Mark Drinkwater |
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| 11:50-12:10 | Predictions of the GOCE in-flight performances with the End-to-End System Simulator | Giuseppe Catastini (AAS-I)
presented by Stefano Cesare |
| 12:10-12:30 | GOCE research in Germany: From sensor analysis to Earth system science | Reiner Rummel (Technical University Munich) |
| 12:30-12:50 | Combination of spaceborne, airborne and surface gravity in support of Arctic Ocean sea-ice and MDT mapping | Rene Forsberg (Danish National Space Center) |
| 12:50-13:10 | The OCTAS project, the geoid, the mean sea surface and and the mean dynamic topography | Dag Solheim (Norwegian Mapping Authority) |
| 13:10-13:30 | Integration of Altimetry and GOCE geoid for Ocean Modeling: Results from the GOCINA project | Per Knudsen (Danish National Space Center) |
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Session 2 Summary |
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| 13:30-14:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30-15:30 |
Poster Session |
Chair: Roland Pail |
| Poster Session: The GOCE Mission I: Satellite Payload and Performance | |
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| The Accelerometers of the GOCE Mission Design, Integration and Tests | TEAM GOCE GA&E (ONERA) |
| The Accelerometers of the GOCE Mission Objective milli Eötvös | TEAM GOCE GA&E (ONERA) |
| Alcatel Alenia Space-France's (AAS-F) Contribution to GOCE | Max Bard & and AAS-F Gradiometer Team (Alcatel Alenia Space) |
| Poster Session: Scientific Exploitation of Data Products: Oceanography | |
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| Use of oceanographic in-situ measurements and altimetry to assess the accuracy of present (GRACE) and future (GOCE) geoid models. Impact for the estimation of the ocean Mean Dynamic Topography | Marie-Hélène Rio (CLS) |
| Calibration/Validation of GOCE Measured Mediterranean Sea level Using Satellite Altimetry and GRACE | Juan Jose Martinez-Benjamin (Technical University of Catalonia) |
| Estimation of the ocean Mean Dynamic Topography in the Mediterranean and Black Seas by combination of altimetry and GRACE/GOCE geoids | Luciana Fenoglio-Marc (Darmstadt University of Technology) |
| New Geoid and Mean Sea surface for ocean circulation | Ole Andersen (Danish National Space Center) |
| VANIMEDAT Project: Decadal and Interdecadal Sea-Level Variability in the Mediterranean Sea and Northeastern Atlantic Ocean | Ananda Pascual (IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB)) |
| Combining high resolution GOCINA topography with ARGO float data | Dmitrii Sidorenko (AWI) |
| Estimation of the ocean Mean Dynamic Topography by optimal combination of a geoid model and along-track altimetric mean profiles | Philippe Schaeffer (CLS) |
| Gravity improvement of continental slope and shelf ocean modelling | Eric Jeansou (NOVELTIS) |
| GOCE Validation via Ocean State Estimation | Vanya Romanova (Universitaet Hamburg) |
| Poster Session: The GOCE Mission II: Ground Segment, Level I Products, Calibration | |
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| Degradation in accuracy of gravity variations from CHAMP, GRACE, and GOCE | Jaroslav Klokocnik (Astronomical Institute Czech Acad. Sci.) |
| Evaluation of a GOCE combination model | Sean Bruinsma (CNES) |
| Contribution of modern satellite tracking data to GOCE-based gravity solutions | Oleg Abrikosov (GeoForschungzZentrum Potsdam) |
| Gravity gradients from mean sea level – data for validation and downward continuation of GOCE gravity fields | Wolfgang Bosch (DGFI) |
| Downward continuation of satellite gradiometry data | Juraj Janak (Slovak University of Technology) |
| Some Practical Issues of Upward / Downward Continuation of Gravity Gradients | Gyula Tóth (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) |
| Multi-resolution representation of the gravity field from a combination of GOCE and GRACE data | Michael Schmidt (DGFI) |
| Earth Explorer Missions Payload Data Segments: GOCE | Daniela Bencivenni (ACS) |
| GOCE Level 1 products format presentation | GOCE PDGS Support Team (SERCO-DATAMAT Consortium c/o ESA) |
| A regularized solution of boundary problems in combining terrestrial and satellite gravity field data | Petr Holota (Research Institute of Geodesy) |
| Scientific Exploitation of Data Products: Oceanography | Chair: Chris Hughes |
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| 15:30-15:50 | Global Eddy-Mean-Flow Interaction From High-Resolution Altimetry and Geoid | Lee-Lueng Fu (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) |
| 15:50-16:10 | How well do we know the mean ocean dynamic topography? | Femke Vossepoel (IMAU) |
| 16:10-16:30 | Quantifications of Ocean Mass Variation and Steric Sea Level Using GRACE and Satellite Altimetry | Chung-Yen Kuo (National Cheng Kung University)
presented by C.K.Shum |
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Session 3 Summary |
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| 16:30-16:50 |
Coffee Break |
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| Scientific Exploitation of Data Products: Geodesy, Orbits and Inertial Navigation | Chair: Bert Vermeersen |
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| 16:50-17:10 | Satellite to Satellite Tracking Instrument (SSTI): Design and Performance | Alberto Zin (Alcatel Alenia Space Italy) |
| 17:10-17:30 | On a strategy for the use of GOCE gradiometer data for the development of a geopotential model by LSC | Arabelos Dimitrios (University of Thessaloniki) |
| 17:30-17:50 | Broad-band gravity field mapping by GOCE and airborne gravity | Rene Forsberg (Danish National Space Center) |
| 17:50-18:10 | Regional solutions from GOCE orbit information and gradiometry measurements considering topographic-isostatic models | Annette Eicker (University of Bonn) |
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Session 4 Summary |
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| 18:10-20:00 |
Welcome Cocktail |
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| Day 2, Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
| The GOCE Mission II: Ground Segment, Level I Products, Calibration | Chair: Georges Balmino |
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| 9:00-9:10 | GOCE Payload Data Ground Segment Overview | Eric Monjoux (ESA) |
| 9:10-9:25 | From Telemetry to Level 1b: Architecture and Processing Strategy | Diana De Candia (Advanced Computer Systems ACS SpA.) |
| 9:25-9:40 | PDGS Overview: GOCE Level 1 products format presentation | Alessandra Tassa (SERCO-DATAMAT Consortium c/o ESA) |
| 9:40-10:10 | Organisation of GOCE Cal/Val and Product Quality Assurance Activities | Rune Floberghagen (ESA/ESTEC, EOP-PG) |
| 10:10-10:30 | The Basic Principles of the GOCE Gradiometer In-Flight Calibration | Daniel Lamarre (ESA) |
| 10:30-10:50 |
Discussion |
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Session 5 Summary |
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| 10:50-11:20 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:20-12:10 |
Poster Session |
Chair: Juergen Mueller |
| Poster Session: Calibration and Validation | |
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| A regional GOCE validation and combination experiment based on absolute gravity, deflections of the vertical and GPS/levelling data | Nina Lux (Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG)) |
| Improved kHz-SLR Tracking Techniques and Orbit Quality Analysis for LEO-Missions | Walter Hausleitner (Austrian Academy of Sciences) |
| GOCE GPS data processing at ESOC | Henno Boomkamp (ESA) |
| Poster Session: Scientific Exploitation of Data Products: Solid Earth | |
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| Exploitation of GOCE Data for a Local Estimate of Gravity Field and Geoid in the Regione Piemonte Area (Northern Italy) | Riccardo Conte (Protezione Civile Regione Piemonte) |
| Comparison of the modelling of topographic and isostatic masses in the space and the frequency domain for use in satellite gravity gradiometry | Franziska Wild (University of Karlsruhe) |
| Mascon solutions with GRACE and GOCE for Time-Variable Gravity Recovery | Frank Lemoine (NASA GSFC) |
| Geophysical and Petrological Applications of New-Generation Satellite-Derived Gravity data With a Focus on Hazardous and Frontier Regions | Ron Hackney (Universitaet Kiel) |
| Poster Session: Tools and Algorithms | |
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| Consolidating User Requirements for the GOCE User Toolbox | Per Knudsen (Danish National Space Center) |
| GOCE User Toolbox Specification (GUTS) - System Specification and Architectural Design | Keith Haines (Reading University) |
| The GOCE User Toolbox: Toward a first prototype | Marie-Hélène Rio (CLS) |
| GOCE User Toolbox Specification: Scientific trade off study and algorithm specification | Frank Siegismund (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center) |
| Poster Session: GOCE Level 2 Data Processing | |
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| Status of the GOCE High-level Processing Facility (HPF) | Radboud Koop (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) |
| On the use of gridded data to estimate potential coefficients | Federica Migliaccio (Politecnico di Milano) |
| Investigation of Velocities derived from Satellite Positions | Helmut Goiginger (Graz University of Technology) |
| GOCE Quick-Look Gravity Field Analysis (QL-GFA) in the Framework of HPF | Roland Pail (Graz University of Technology) |
| Spherical Cap Regularization of GOCE normal equation systems | Bernhard Metzler (Graz University of Technology) |
| Validation of GOCE Gravity Field Models | Thomas Gruber (Technical University Munich) |
| Data product validation by HPF's Central Processing Facility | Sander de Witte (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) |
| GOCE Rapid Science Orbit Determination | Jose Van Den IJssel (Delft University of Technology) |
| Generation and Validation of Orbit Products for the GOCE Mission | Drazen Svehla (Technical University Munich) |
| Poster Session: The GOCE Mission: Operational Support Facilities | |
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| GOCE Reference Planning Facility (RPF) | Jose Antonio Gonzalez Abeytua (DEIMOS Space) |
| GOCE Performance Monitoring Facility (PMF) | Jose Antonio Gonzalez Abeytua (DEIMOS Space) |
| Calibration and Validation | Chair: Pieter Visser |
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| 12:10-12:30 | GOCE Calibration and Monitoring Facility (CMF) | Jose Antonio Gonzalez Abeytua (DEIMOS Space) |
| 12:30-12:50 | Quick Validation of GOCE Gradients | Focke Jarecki (University of Hanover) |
| 12:50-13:10 | GOCE gravity gradients for use in Earth sciences | Johannes Bouman (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) |
| 13:10-13:30 | In-flight validation and monitoring of gradiometric GOCE data | Michael Kern (ESA) |
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Session 6 Summary |
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| 13:30-14:30 |
Lunch |
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| GOCE, Grace, Gravity Field Models | Chair: Tonie van Dam |
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| 14:30-14:50 | Status of GRACE mission | Byron Tapley (The University of Texas at Austin) |
| 14:50-15:10 | Global Mean Gravity Field Models from Combination of Satellite Mission and Altimetry/Gravimetry Surface Data | Christoph Förste (GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam) |
| 15:10-15:30 | Synergy of the GOCE and GRACE satellite missions | Pavel Ditmar (Delft University of Technology) |
| 15:30-15:50 | The Slepian approach revisited: dealing with the polar gap in satellite based geopotential recovery | Nico Sneeuw (Universität Stuttgart) |
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Session 7 Summary |
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| 15:50-16:10 |
Coffee Break |
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| Scientific Exploitation of Data Products: Solid Earth | Chair: Roberto Sabadini |
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| 16:10-16:30 | Coseismic Deformation Studies Using GRACE and GOCE | C.K. Shum (Ohio State University) |
| 16:30-16:50 | Constraints on Shallow Low-Viscosity Earth Layers from Future GOCE Data | Hugo Schotman (Delft University of Technology) |
| 16:50-17:10 | How to combine GOCE and ground data? | Isabelle Panet (IGN/IPGP)
presented by Michel Diament (IPGP) |
| 17:10-17:30 | Ice mass loss in the polar regions of the Earth and mantle viscosity from GRACE data | Valentina Roberta Barletta (University of Milan) |
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Session 8 Summary |
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| 19:00-22:00 |
Social Event |
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| Day 3, Wednesday 8 November 2006 |
| The GOCE Mission III: Mission Operations, Level 2 Products and User Services | Chair: Christian Tscherning |
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| 9:00-9:20 | GOCE Flight Operations | Pier Paolo Emanuelli (ESA) |
| 9:20-9:40 | The Status of the GOCE High-level Processing Facility (HPF) | Radboud Koop (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) |
| 9:40-10:00 | HPF Overview and How to Use GOCE Level 2 Products | Thomas Gruber (Technical University Munich) |
| 10:00-10:20 | GOCE Data Announcement of Opportunity | Jérôme Benveniste (ESA) |
| 10:20-10:40 |
Discussion |
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Session 9 Summary |
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| 10:40-11:10 |
Coffee Break |
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| Towards GOCE Level 2 Products | Chair: Reiner Rummel |
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| 11:10-11:30 | Rapid and Precise Orbit Determination for the GOCE Satellite | Pieter Visser (Delft University of Technology) |
| 11:30-11:50 | The latest test of the space-wise approach for GOCE data analysis | Federica Migliaccio (Politecnico di Milano) |
| 11:50-12:10 | GOCE Gravity Field Analysis in the Framework of HPF: Operational Software System and Simulation Results | Roland Pail (Graz University of Technology) |
| 12:10-12:30 | Correlations, Variances, Covariances --- From GOCE Signals to GOCE Products | Wolf-Dieter Schuh (University Bonn) |
| 12:30-12:50 | Covariance propagation for GOCE? Some thoughts and questions | Gernot Plank (ESA) |
| 12:50-13:30 |
Discussion |
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Session 10 Summary |
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| 13:30-14:30 |
Lunch |
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| Tools and Algorithms | Chair: Marie-Hélène Rio |
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| 14:30-14:50 | The GOCE User Toolbox | Jérôme Benveniste (ESA) |
| 14:50-15:10 | Elementary Algorithms for Determining the Ocean Dynamic Topography From Altimetric and Gravity Data | Rory Bingham (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) |
| 15:10-15:30 | Optimal filtering of mean dynamic topography models | Per Knudsen (Danish National Space Center) |
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Session 11 Summary |
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| 15:30-15:50 |
Coffee Break |
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| 15:50-16:50 |
General Discussion |
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| 16:50-17:30 |
Closing Remarks |
ESA |
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