This workshop is dedicated to the problems and solutions of coast and land applications of satellite altimetry in such areas as coastal gravity field modeling, coastal circulations, river level and lake level monitoring and desert study using satellite altimetry. This workshop is part of the activities of Special Group 2.3, International Association of Geodesy. The scientific committee and local organizing committee welcome world scientists interested in the these topics to participate in this workshop. The participants of this workshop are also encouraged to attend the Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, July 24-27, 2006, Beijing (http://www.agu.org/meetings/wp06) to extend the discussions in a related session.

Chairman:

C Hwang, National Chiao Tung University

Members:

OB Andersen, Danish National Space Center, Denmark

J Benveniste, European Space Agency

JY Chen, Chinese Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, China

YM Dang, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, China

X Deng, University of Newcastle, Australia

LL Fu, NASA/JPL, USA

HT Hsu, Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

J Klokocnik, Center for Earth Dynamics Research, Czech

JC Li, Wuhan University, China

JS Ning, Wuhan University, China

CK Shum, Ohio State University, USA

Pengfei Cheng, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping

Yaming Dang, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping

Xuhui Fei , Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping

Xiaotao Chang , Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping

Chuanyin Zhang , Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping

Hanjiang Wen, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping

• 08:00-18:00 Registration
• 09:00-10:00 Opening session
• 10:00-12:00 Session 1: Sea level change

  Chair: Chung-yen Kuo, Hanjiang Wen

• 10:00-10:40 Application of satellite altimetry for coastal estuary and wetland studies 

  C.K. Shum, Hyongki Lee, Motomu Ibaraki and Chung-yen Kuo (invited)

• 10:40-11:00 The sea level annual variation over the China seas and vicinity ocean derived from altimeter data

  Jing-yang Bao, Jin-ping Zhao and Jun Xu

• 11:00-11:20 Coastal mean sea surface height by retracking ERS-1 altimeter waveform data

  Li-feng Bao, Yang Lu, Yong Wang and Houze Xu

• 11:20-11:40 The EOF analysis of time series of sea level anomalies and sea surface temperature

  Hanjiang Wen, Chuanyin Zhang, Xiaotao Chang and Guangbin Zhu

• 11:40-12:00 A generalized algorithm for vertical motion determination at global tide gauges sites using satellite altimetry and tide gauge sea level measurements

  Chung-yen Kuo, C.K. Shum and Alexander Braun

• 12:00-13:30 Lunch
• 13:30-15:30 Session 2: Coastal tide and current

  Chair: Yuchan Yi, Ole Andersen

• 13:30-14:10 Modeling ocean tide in coastal areas and polar oceans based on satellite altimetry

  Yuchan Yi, C.K. Shum, Yu Wang, Koji Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Niwa3 and Yi Chao (invited)

• 14:10-14:30 Assimilated tidal results of tide gauge and TOPEX/POSEIDON data over the China Seas using a variational adjoint approach with a nonlinear numerical model

  Guijun Han, Wei Li, Zhongjie He, Kexiu Liu and Jirui Ma

• 14:30-14:50 Spatial and temporal variations of the Kuroshio derived from TOPEX/POSEIDON, GRACE and hydrological data

  Zizhan Zhang, Yang Lu and Houtse Hsu

• 14:50-15:10 Multi-point tidal prediction using artificial neural network with tide generating forces
  Hsien-Kuo Chang and Li-Ching Lin
• 15:10-15:30 Non-linear tides in shallow water regions from multi-mission satellite altimetry (The Northwest European shelf)

  Ole Andersen, R. Ray, Lana Erofeeva and Gary Egbert

• 15:30-16:00 Break
• 16:00-18:00 Session 3: Coastal gravity field modeling-1

  Chair: B. Schutz, Cheinway Hwang

• 16:00-16:40 Spaceborne laser altimetry from ICESat: applications to land, ocean, coastal and hydrology

  B. Schutz, T. Urban, C. Webb and A. Neuenschwander (invited)

• 16:40-17:00 Gravity anomaly recovered from satellite altimetry and its application to geodynamics

  Xiaotao Chang, Chuanyin Zhang, Hanjiang Wen and Jiancheng Li

• 17:00-17:20 Integrated data processing for multi-satellite missions and the recovery of marine gravity field 

  Motao Huang, Guojun Zhai, Yongzhong Ouyang, Xiuping Lu and Chuanyong Liu

• 17:20-17:40 Advances in coastal altimetry over the Northwestern Mediterranean 

  Jerome Bouffard, Stefano Vignudelli, Florent Lyard, Florence Birol, Patrick Marsaleix, Laurent Roblou, Yves Menard, Gian Pietro Gasparini, Giuseppe Manzella and Paolo Cipollini

• 17:40-18:00 Applications of satellite altimetry to evaluating effects of lake water on gravity and the geoid

  Robert Kingdon, Cheinway Hwang, Artu Ellmann, Marcelo Santos and Petr Vanicek

• 19:00 Banquet

July 22 Saturday

• 08:00-18:00 Registration
• 08:30-10:10 Session 4: Coastal gravity field modeling-2

  Chair: X. Deng

• 08:30-09:10 Characteristics of the Leeuwin Current from TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite altimetry in Australian coastal oceans

  X. Deng, C. Hwang and R. Coleman (invited)

• 09:10-09:30 Geoid modeling results over Taiwan using two different types of altimetry data

  Yu-Shen Hsiao, Cheinway Hwang and Hsuan-Chang Shih

• 09:30-09:50 Flooding in Bangladesh from satellite altimetry and GRACE gravimetry  
• O. B. Andersen, M. Butts, F. Jakobsen, F. G. Lemoine, S. B. Lutcke, P. Berry and J. Freeman
• 09:50-10:10 Mean ocean dynamic topography derived from Jason-1 altimeter data and the GRACE gravity field model WHU-GM-05

  Zhengtao Wang, Jiancheng Li, Xiaoyang Zhao and Dingbo Chao

• 10:10-10:30 Break
• 10:30-11:50 Session 5: Land application-1

  Chair: J. Benveniste, Motomu Ibaraki

• 10:30-10:50 Study of Wetland Flow Dynamics Using Satellite Altimetry

  Motomu Ibaraki, Hyongki Lee and C.K. Shum

• 10:50-11:10 Analysis of Radar Altimeter Waveform Retrackers for Geodynamics Studies
  Hyongki Lee, C.K. Shum, Chung-Yen Kuo and Yuchan Yi
• 11:10-11:30 Satellite altimetric waveform retracking over coastal and lake water and applications

  Jinyun Guo, Cheinway Hwang and Yonggang Gao

• 11:30-11:50 Lake level changes in Asian continent using TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 satellite altimetry

  Cheinway Hwang, Jinyun Guo and Yu-Chi Kao

• 11:50-13:30 Lunch
• 13:30-15:50 Session 6: Land application-2

  Chair: Jiancheng Li, J. Klokocnik

• 13:30-14:10 ENVISAT measuring river and lake levels in near real time

  J. Benveniste, J.A. Freeman and P.A. Berry (invited)

• 14:10-14:30 Integrated using of satellite sltimetry in investigation of meteorologic, hydrologic and hydrodynamic regime of the Caspian Sea

  Sergey A. Lebedev and Andrey G. Kostianoy

• 14:30-14:50 Monitoring the level fluctuation of regulative flood lake in Yangtze Rive Basin from altimetry

  Yonghai Chu, Jiancheng Li, Weiping Jiang, Xiancai Zou, Chunbo Fan and Xinyu Xu

• 14:50-15:10 Satellite altimetry in the Czech Republic: status 2006

  J. Klokocnik and J. Kostelecky

• 15:10-15:30 The lake level variation from altimetry and in-situ measurements about Qinghai Lake

  Jiancheng Li, Yonghai Chu, Weiping Jiang, Taoyong Jin and Lelin Xing

• 15:30-15:50 Mapping desert height profile using Altimeter data

  Xiaojun Dong, Cheinway Hwang

• 15:50-16:10 Break
• 16:10-17:50 Panel discussion

  Theme: Altimeter data service for Asia Pacific and quality improvement
  Chair: C. Hwang
  Panelists: Ole Andersen, Jerome Benveniste, Xiaoli Deng, Mingsen Lin, Bob Schutz, C.K. Shum, Jiancheng Li, Yuchan Yi

• 17:50- 18:00 Closing session

Submit your abstract to Xiaotao Chang at changtao@public.bta.net.cn and Cheinway Hwang at hwang@geodesy.cv.nctu.edu.tw in the word format. An abstract is limited to a maximum of one page in single space, including the submission information (see example). The deadline is April 30, 2006. The decision of acceptance will be made prior to May 15, 2006. 

The registration fee is 150 USD, which includes lunches, coffee break refreshments, banquet, abstract volume (and CDs) and a proceedings volume (published after the workshop). If you will also attend the WPGM2006 meeting and you are an overseas participant, your registration fee may be waived by sending such a request to C Hwang at hwang@geodesy.cv.nctu.edu.tw.

Please send this registration form to Xiaotao Chang at changtao@public.bta.net.cn

Yongxing Garden Hotel     (Accommodation Form)

http://www.beijingservice.com/hotels/4-hotel/yongxinggardenhotel.htm

Please email this form to Changtao@public.bta.net.cn or fax it to +86-10-68167353

The host city of this workshop is Beijing, capital of China. Beijing is home to a number of museums and world heritage sites, with convenient access by major airlines of the world, see http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/ for more information.

The workshop will be held in Yongxing Garden Hotel, Beijing. The attendees are recommended to stay in this hotel. The room price during the workshop has been reduced. If you wish to stay in this hotel, please send this accommodation form to Xiaotao Chang at changtao@public.bta.net.cn .

Address: 101 Fucheng Avenue, Haidian District, Beijing, China. Telephone: 86-10-88111188

A Visa for entering China may be required for some countries. Please check the foreign affair agency of your government. If you need any assistance to enter China, please send your request by emai to Xiaotao Chang at changtao@public.bta.net.cn.

Please check the web site to see the weather of Beijing

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/china/beijing/weather.htm

A one-day tour in Beijing will be arranged on July 23, 2006 (Sunday). The acceptance to this tour will be based on the first-come-first-serve rule, with a maximum acceptable number of people being 40.