40 likes | 177 Views
Australian Government Geoscience Australia. VLBI. 03/000. Plans for 2013-2014. Support operations of the AuScope geodetic network in cooperation with NZ, South Africa, etc
E N D
Australian Government Geoscience Australia VLBI 03/000
Plans for 2013-2014 • Support operations of the AuScope geodetic network in cooperation with NZ, South Africa, etc • Support operations of Parkes for geodetic and astrometric programs. Long-term (5 years) proposal to be submitted in June, 2013 by request of the ATNF TAC. • Start submission of the VLBI products in SINEX format • Participate in making of ICRF3 Geoscience Australia
Plans after 2014 • Consider a support for long-term geodetic VLBI operations by AuScope, at least, on 5-year term for more confident scheduling of IVS networks • Develop a IVS correlation centre in GA (correlation and scheduling) • Establish the “southern hemisphere” intensive program (Australia, NZ, South Africa) for producing UT1-UTC for GNSS • Submit proposal for another 12-meter dish in Katherine • Submit proposal for new receivers for all AuScope dishes Geoscience Australia
Problems • A closer cooperation with Australian (UTAS, ATNF, Curtin) and international (IVS, IERS, IAU, national geodetic institutes) stakeholders is a crucial point! If we do not follow the modern trends, we may lose! • If we stay still, we’ll lose! So, we should go forward and fast enough. • Extra spending (new dish, operational support, correlation centre, etc) would be required Geoscience Australia