First Asia workshop on superconducting gravimetry

Hsinchu , Taiwan , March 12 -16, 2007

Introduction

During the VI Hotine-Marussi Symposium (May 29- June 2, 2006), Wuhan , many scientists from Asia working on superconducting gravimetry (SG) met to discuss a rotating workshop in Asia to promote SG research. The Taiwan SG team, which newly installed two SG meters, proposed to host first such a workshop in Taiwan . The promotion of SG research includes, among others, exchange of gravity data, software, research personnel and inter-comparison of absolute gravimeters. The workshop is open not only to scientists in Asia , but also to scientists in the world.

Workshop Venue: Hsinchu , Taiwan

This workshop will be held in Tunnel A of the Hsinchu SG Station, Taiwan, from March 12 to 14, 2007. A post-workshop excursion to sites of geodynamic interest in Taiwan will be arranged.

Local organizing committee

Chair: C Hwang, Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University , Taiwan

Co-chair: CW Lee, Center for Measurement Standards-National Measurement Laboratory , ITRI, Taiwan

Members: GF Huang, C.-C Cheng, R. Kao, M Peng, HC Yu

Theme of workshop

l          Communication and cooperation of SG research groups in Asia

l          High-precision environmental corrections for gravimetry data

l          Shallow-water tides on gravity measurements

l          Fusion of superconducting, absolute and satellite gravimetry data for monitoring environmental chang es

l          New applications of gravimetry in earth sciences, e.g., typhoon, Kuroshio Current, sea level of South China Sea

l          Installation of new SG sites in Asia

Abstract submission and registration

Please submit your abstract to Cheinway Hwang at hwang@geodesy.cv.nctu.edu.tw. The deadline is December 31 , 2006. Example of abstract will be posted on a web site. No registration fee is required.

Traveling to Hsinchu

Hsinchu City houses the first and the largest science-based industry park in Taiwan .  The semi-conducting industry of Taiwan is mainly based in Hsinchu, which is also home to a number of top universities in Taiwan . Participants are asked to arrive in the Taipei International Airport , which is about 50 minutes to Hsinchu by car. Please send your itinerary to the LOC and a pickup at the airport will be arranged. 

Excursion to sites of geodynamic interest

Date: March 15-16

Selected sites:

l          Mt Yang: an extinct volcano with geysers

l          Toroko Gorge: a marble Canyon cut by a river across central Taiwan

l          Longitudinal Valley : a convergence zone of the Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasia Plate

l          Southern cross-island highway: visit to FG5 absolute gravity sites for the Taiwan-France joint project: Absolute Gravity of the Taiwanese Orogen (AGTO)