September 11: Geodesy Keynote speech Speaker: C.K. Shum Title: Altimeter methods for satellite geodesy Session G1: G1-1 Ionosphere corrections of radar altimeters and calibration results of GFO Changyin Zhao, C. K. Shum and Yuchan Yi (invited) G1-2 Prediction of the mean gravity anomaly of 30’ 30’grid over the global sea from T/P and ERS-1/2 satellite altimetry Ruihua Zhang and Fuqing Peng G1-3 A New Method of Computing Vertical Deflections From Satellite Altimeter Data L.F. Bao and Yang Lu G1-4 Marine gravity anomaly from satellite altimetry: a comparison of methods over shallow waters Cheinway Hwang, Hsin-Ying Hsu and Xiaoli Deng G1-5 Enhanced Free-air Gravity Anomalies by Satellite Radar Altimetry Jeong Woo Kim, Daniel Roman and Ralph R.B. von Frese Session G2: G2-1 Geodetic Application of Satellite Altimetry W. Bosch (invited) G2-2 Multi-mission satellite altimeter data base for application to solving geodetic and oceanographic problems P. Medvedev, V. Nepoklonov and D. Medvedev G2-3 Topex altimetric mean sea level and gravimetric geoid on the North of Algeria S. Kahlouche, A. Rami and S.A. Benahmed Daho G2-4 OpenADB - an Open Altimeter Data Base W. Bosch Session G3: G3-1 Oceanic Effects on Earth Rotational Change - A Case Study with Satellite Altimeter Observations Jianli Chen, Clark Wilson, Xiaogong Hu and Xinhao Liao G3-2 Absolute Calibration of the Altimeters using UK Tide Gauges, GPS and Precise, Local Geoid-Differences Xiaojun Dong, Philip Woodworth, Philip Moore and Richard Bingley G3-3 An intercomparison of parametric models of sea state bias for the TOPEX, Poseidon and Jason altimeters E. Lucy Mathers G3-4 Global Mean Sea Surface WHU2000 Derived from Multi-satellite Altimeter Data Jiang Weiping, Li Jiancheng and Wang Zhengtao September 12: Geophysic and oceanography Keynote speech Speaker:A Cazenave Title:Present-day sea level change: observations from satellite altimetry and tide gauges and causes 2 Session GO1: GO1-1 Investigation of hydrological and atmospheric loading by space geodetic techniques H Schuh , G. Estermann, J.-F. Crétaux , and T. van Dam (invited) GO1-2 Application of Multi-Satellite Altimetry Data to Submarine Tectonic and Geodynamic Study in West Pacific Jinyao Gao, Jin Xianglong and Sun Peng GO1-3 Gravity inversion and flexural analysis in South China Sea Carla Braitenberg, Elena Pagot, Yong Wang and Maria Zadro GO1-4 Global mean sea surface and marine gravity anomaly from multi-satellite altimetry: applications of deflection-geoid and inverse Vening Meinesz formulae Cheinway Hwang, Hsin-Ying Hsu, and Rung-Jie Jang GO1-5 Comparisons of Three Inversion Approaches for Recovering Gravity Anomalies From Altimeter HUANG Motao, ZHAI Guojun, BIAN Shaofeng, OUYANG Yongzhong, Session GO2: GO2-1 Accuravy assessment of the earth gravity field models by means of independent satellite crossover altimetry J. Klokočník, C.A. Wagner and J. Kostelecký (invited) GO2-2 Annual and Inter-annual Variability of the sea level in the northern North Atlantic Ocean D.L. Volkov and H.M. van Aken GO2-3 A study of annual variation of dynamic topography and circulation in the South China Sea with satellite altimetry Li Li, Jindian Xu and Chunsheng Jing GO2-4 Temporal and spatial description of sea level in the North Sea using altimetry and water level recorders 3 Jacob Lorentzen Høyer and Ole Baltazar Andersen Session GO3: GO3-1 Altimetry and Tuna Catch Cho-Teng Liu, Ching-Hsi Nan, Chung-Ru Ho , Nan-Jung Kuo, Ming-Kuang Hsu and Ruo-Shan Tseng GO3-2 Characterization of global sea level rise observed by satellite altimetry Chung-yen Kuo, C.K. Shum and Yuchan Yi GO3-3 Bathymetry prediction of South China Sea from altimetry data by FFT technique Jia Luo and Jiancheng Li GO3-4 The kinematics of mesoscale eddies from TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry over the Subtropical Counter Current: case studies for a cyclonic eddy and an anticyclonic eddy Cheinway Hwang, Ricky Kao and Chau-Ron Wu September 13: Oceanography Keynote speech Speaker:LL Fu Title: Advances in Ocean Dynamics from Satellite Altimetry Session O1: O1-1: Oceanography with GPS Cinzia Zuffada (invited) O1-2: An Assessment of Altimeter Radar Waveform Retracking Algorithms in Coastal Regions Xiaoli Deng and Will Featherstone 4 O1-3: Uncertainty reduction of estimated geostrophic volume transport with altimeter observations east of Taiwan Yih Yang and Cho-Teng Liu O1-4: Slope Current Variability off Atlantic Canada in the 1990s Guoqi Han O1-5: Jason-1 altimetry products distributed by PO.DAAC Andrew Bingham and Kelley Case Session O2: O2-1: Determination of Sea Level Height Variation by Dynamics Crossovers Adjustment Lu-Ying Chen and Hou-ze Xu (invited) O2-2: Extreme southern ocean tide modeling using radar altimeters C.K. Shum, Yuchan Yi, Ole Andersen and Per Knudsen O2-3: Global distribution of shallow water tides from TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry Ole Baltazar Andersen O2-4: Accuracy Assessment of Ocean Tide Models in the China Seas Nanhua Yu and Cheng Huang O2-5: Harmonic tidal analysis along T/P tracks in near China water and vicinity Jing-Yang Bao, Chao Ding-Bo, ZHAO Jin-Ping and WANG Qi 5 September 11-13: Poster Session P1 Recovery of shallow water constituents using satellite altimetry and combined numerical methods: a case study, of the straits of Malacca Muhammad Nur Jason Philip Vella, Shahrum Ses, Abdul Majid Kadir and Ole B. Andersen P2 Temporal variation of gravity field from altimetry using combined data processing of GPS and Grace satellites A. ArRajehi P3 Analysis of annual sea level variation of Barents and White Seas by satellite altimetry data, results of hydrodynamic simulation and tide gauge stations data Sergey A. Lebedev, Oleg I. Zilberstein, Sergey K. Popov and Olga V. Tikhonova P4 On the use of ocean reflections of GPS signals to enhance satellite altimetry J. Klokočník, C.A. Wagner and J. Kostelecký P5 An analysis of Taiwan’s height datum using satellite altimetry, GPS and terrestrial data Cheinway Hwang, Teh-Fu Tseng, Yao-Hsien Tseng and Cheng-Gi Wang P6 An Assimilated regional tide models over The South China Sea BAO Jing-Yang, CHAO Ding-Bo, LIU Yanchun, ZHAO Jin-Ping and WANG Qi P7 The effects of atmospheric loading on vertical coordinates from Global Positioning System Yingbing Li, Junyi Guo and Shaoquan Xu P8 The ENVISAT RA-2 radar altimeter system J. BENVENISTE, M.P. MILAGRO-PEREZ, M. ROCA and G. LEVRINI P9 Regional long-term sea level and sea surface temperature changes Ole Baltazar Andersen, Per Knudsen and Brian Beckley P10 Altimetry derived gravity anomaly regional errors in near shore, shallow, and continental shelf edge areas Ronald G. Trimmer, Tim Washechek, Keith C. Paulson and Ole Andersen 6 P11 Absolute comparison of satellite altimeter observations and tide gauge registrations in Venezuela G. Acuna and Wolfgang Bosch P12 Pseudo-harmonic representation of gravity field in south China sea Y.Lu H.T.Hsu P13 Post-oil-rebound detected from temporal variation of altimetry observations A. ArRajehi P14 Wind Speed and Significant Wave Height Distribution in the Western Indian Ocean from Altimetry Data Felix Jose, Paul Samuel and Kurian N.P. P15 Sea level changes in China Sea detected by combining Satellite altimeter data with tide gauge records Zhengtao Wang, Jiancheng Li and Jianguo Hu P16 Altimetric Bathymetry from Surface Slopes: Walter H.F. Smith and David T. Sandwell the ABYSS mission P17 Distribution of Jason-1 near-real-time data Andrew Bingham P18 Spectrally correlated sea surface heights between Topex/Poseidon and in-situ tide gauge measurements in the East Sea (Japan Sea) Jeong Woo Kim, Jong-Sun Hwang, Kyung Duk Min and Joong-sun Won 7