by Lisa Kern | Nov 23, 2023 | Publication
A paper on the optimal distribution of VLBI transmitters in the Galileo space segment for frame ties (simulation study) has been published in Earth, Planets and Space. Check it out!
by Lisa Kern | Nov 20, 2023 | Publication
A paper on the importance of accurate pole and station coordinates for the determination of UT1 with VLBI Intensive sessions (simulation study) has been published in the Journal of Geodesy. Check it out!
by Lisa Kern | Nov 20, 2023 | Conference
Jakob attended the “15th DiFX Users and Developers Meeting” in Socorro, New Mexico, USA, from September 11 to 15, 2023. This annual meeting is for the future planning, improvement, and documentation of the high-performance DiFX software. The Vienna...
by Lisa Kern | Nov 9, 2023 | Publication
A paper on the computation of global reference frames from very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations at the Vienna International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS) Analysis Center (VIE) has been published in A&A (here).
by Lisa Kern | Jun 21, 2023 | Conference
In the week of 11 to 15 June 2023 the 26th European VLBI Group for Geodesy and Astrometry (EVGA) Working Meeting took place in Bad Kötzting, Germany, near the collocation station Wettzell. The Vienna VLBI Group participated with the following presentations: Earth...
by Lisa Kern | Jun 6, 2023 | Workshop
The 12th IVS Technical Operations Workshop (TOW) took place from April 30 through May 4 2023 at MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford, Massachussetts, USA. It was directly followed by a Correlator Workshop on May 4-5. Frédéric Jaron gave a lecture on the application of...
by Lisa Kern | May 30, 2023 | Conference
In the week of 22 to 26 May 2023, the radio astronomical conference of the VLBI community took place in Bologna, Italy on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the 32-m radio dish in Medicina. Hana Krásná was invited by the Scientific Organizing Committee to give a...
by Lisa Kern | Nov 9, 2022 | Conference
In the week of 17 to 20 October 2022, the IAG International Symposium on Reference Frames for Applications in Geosciences (REFAG) took place in Thessaloniki, Greece. There have been four contributions from the Vienna VLBI group1 and one from the Federal Office of...
by Lisa Kern | Oct 10, 2022 | Publication
The installation of a VLBI transmitter on Galileo satellites would allow observing satellites besides quasars with VLBI telescopes. Three additional Dilution of Precision (DOP) factors were introduced which are representing the sensitivity of a satellite observation...
by Lisa Kern | Aug 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
The need for stimulating global geodetic measurements with southern observatories served as a powerful motivation to launch the Southern Intensive (SI) program in 2020. The competitiveness of these SI sessions with routinely operated Intensive sessions has now been...
