South America Geoid 2000

 

Workshop

 

 

Local: Polytechnic School – University of São Paulo – Dept. of Eng. Transportation

Date: May 17 – 19, 2000

Organization: IgeS (International Geoid Service)

SCGGSA (Sub-Commission for Gravity and Geoid in South America)

 

Coodinator: Denizar Blitzkow

EPUSP – PTR

Caixa Postal 61548

05424-970 São Paulo – SP – Brasil

dblitzko@usp.br

Phone: (55) (11) 818-5501

Fax: (55) (11) 818-5716

 

Program:

 

May 17 9:00 – 9:30 Welcome Reception

9:30 – 11:00 Activities of the Geoid in the World and IgeS (F. Sansó)

11:00 – 12:00 Activities of Gravity and Geoid in South America

(D. Blitzkow)

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch time

13:30 – 14:30 The geoid and oceanography (O. Andersen - IAPSO)

14:30 – 15:30 TOPEX/POSEIDON data processing (C. A. de

Sampaio França - IO)

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00 NIMA: Data availability and validation (S. Kenyon)

 

May 18 9:00 – 12:00 Data availability in South America:

Argentina – (15 min)

Brazil – (15 min)

Chile – (15 min)

Colombia – (15 min)

Uruguay – (15 min)

Venezuela - (15 min)

Peru - (15 min)

Other possible countries

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch time

13:30 – 17:00 Geoid computation procedures (R. Barzaghi & D. Blitzkow)

 

May 19 9:00 – 12:00 Geoid computation procedures (R. Barzaghi & D. Blitzkow)

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch time

13:30 – 15:00 Report on local geoid computation procedures (R. Barzaghi)

13:30 – 17:00 Resolution improvement on the geoid (R. Barzaghi & D.

Blitzkow)