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invited summaries of the scientific highlights that characterised each of their intervals. Contributed papers were interspersed among the chronological interval presentations with informal discussions following the presentations. Most of the papers will appear in STIP Symposium on Retrospective Analyses and Future Co-ordinated Intervals (M. A. Shea and D. F. Smart, Editors) as a publication by BookCrafters Publishing Company (Chelsea, Michigan, USA) to be available in 1986. The next STIP meeting will be held in Huntsville, Alabama, on 12-15 May 1987, just prior to the AGU Spring Meeting. It will focus on the remaining five intervals that include significant solar/interplanetary/magnetospheric activity in February and April 1984; Venusian ionospheric tail fly-bys during the solar activity in April-June 1985; the ICE fly-by of Comet GiacobiniZinner in September 1985; and the different fly-bys of Comet Halley in March 1986.
1.3. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EARTH ROTATION AND THE TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAME”’
Columbus, Ohio, USA, 31 July-2 August 1985 The Proceedings of the International Conference on Earth Rotation and the Terrestrial Reference Frame held from 31 July to 2 August 1985 in Columbus, Ohio were ready for mailing in December. They contain the scientific results of the MERIT-COTES campaigns which have been organized during the past several years. MERIT is a programme of international collaboration to monitor Earth rotation and intercompare the techniques of observation and analysis. COTES is a programme of international collaboration to establish and maintain a new Conventional Terrestrial Reference System. MERIT and COTES are joint working groups of the IAU and the IUGG. The 67 papers represent work carried out in 13 countries. Session titles are as follows with the number of papers on each topic: Astrometty (7) Satellite Laser Ranging (15), Lunar Laser Ranging (4), Very Long Baseline Interferometry (7), Combination of Techniques (5), Short Periodic and Irregular Variations in Earth Orientation Parameters and Atmospheric Effects (9) Reference Frames, Standards, Intercomparisons (4), Future Instrumentation and Computational Techniques (6). The two-volume set, containing xxi+ 773 pages, is available for US $30.00 plus shipping: $3 in the US and Canada, $5 elsewhere. Order from: Earth Rotation Proceedings, Geodetic Science and Surveying, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1247, USA. “‘Extract from the IUGG Chronicle, No. 177 of January 1986.
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1.3. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EARTH ROTATION AND THE TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAME”’
Columbus, Ohio, USA, 31 July-2 August 1985 The Proceedings of the International Conference on Earth Rotation and the Terrestrial Reference Frame held from 31 July to 2 August 1985 in Columbus, Ohio were ready for mailing in December. They contain the scientific results of the MERIT-COTES campaigns which have been organized during the past several years. MERIT is a programme of international collaboration to monitor Earth rotation and intercompare the techniques of observation and analysis. COTES is a programme of international collaboration to establish and maintain a new Conventional Terrestrial Reference System. MERIT and COTES are joint working groups of the IAU and the IUGG. The 67 papers represent work carried out in 13 countries. Session titles are as follows with the number of papers on each topic: Astrometty (7) Satellite Laser Ranging (15), Lunar Laser Ranging (4), Very Long Baseline Interferometry (7), Combination of Techniques (5), Short Periodic and Irregular Variations in Earth Orientation Parameters and Atmospheric Effects (9) Reference Frames, Standards, Intercomparisons (4), Future Instrumentation and Computational Techniques (6). The two-volume set, containing xxi+ 773 pages, is available for US $30.00 plus shipping: $3 in the US and Canada, $5 elsewhere. Order from: Earth Rotation Proceedings, Geodetic Science and Surveying, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1247, USA. “‘Extract from the IUGG Chronicle, No. 177 of January 1986.
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