Articles in Proceedings, Newsletters, and other Publications (not complete)

2012

Plag, H.-P. and Marsh, S. H., 2012. Preparing for the extreme. GEO Newsletter, No. 18. See article.

Plag, H.-P., Miller, N., 2012. Fourth Annual IGCP 565 Workshop: Support for water management through hydrological models and data assimilation. Episodes, 35, 344-346.

Plag, H.-P., Blewitt, G., Bar-Sever, Y., 2012. Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude and displacement field from GPS-observed coseismic offsets for tsunami warning. Preliminary Proceed. of IGARSS 2012, Munich, Germany, July 23-27, 2012.

Plag, H.-P., Foley, G., Jules-Plag, S., Kaufman, J., Ondich, G., 2012. The GEOSS User Requirement Registry: Linking users of GEOSS across disciplines and societal areas. Preliminary Proceed. of IGARSS 2012, Munich, Germany, July 23-27, 2012.

2011

Cripe, D., Plag, H.-P., 2011. Implementing GEOSS: Supporting sustainable tourism in the Caribbean. GEO Newsletter, March 2011, http://www.earthobservations.org/art_013_007.shtml.

Plag, H.-P., 2011. Informing Adaptation to Sea Level Rise: The Need for a Decadal Local Sea Level Forecasting Service. Proceed. 34th Internat. Symp. Remote Sensing of the Environment, Sydney, April 10-15, 2011, available at http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/2011/ISRSE-34/211104015Final00621.pdf.

Plag, H.-P., Gross, R. S., Miller, N. L., Rothacher, M., Zerbini, S., & Rizos, C., 2011. IGCP 565 Project: Developing the Global Geodetic Observing System into a monitoring system for the global water cycle. In Fried, J. and Scherfig, J., International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes, and Groundwater Management Responses, December 2008, University of California, Irvine, United States, Proceedings, 947-966. The Urban Water Research Center, University of Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States. (proceedings).

Plag, H.-P., Nyenhuis, M., Pignatelli, F., 2011. Building a user-driven GEOSS. GEO Newsletter, May 2011, http://www.earthobservations.org/art_014_009.shtml.

Plag, H.-P., Ondich, G., Kaufman, J., Foley, G., Pignatelli, F., 2011. The GEOSS User Requirement Registry: A Versatile Tool for the Dialog Between Users and Providers. Proceed. 34th Internat. Symp. Remote Sensing of the Environment, Sydney, April 10-15, 2011, available at http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/2011/ISRSE-34/211104015Final00579.pdf.

2010: (reprint: pdf; title page of issue: pdf)

2009:

Plag, H.-P., 2009. Earth Observations as Decision Support for Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies in Response to Coastal Sea Level Rise. Proceed. 33-rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Earth, 4-8 May 2009, Stresa, Italy (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., Rothacher, M., Pearlman, M., 2009: The Global Geodetic Observing System - Part 2, the System. Geomatics World, Mar/Apr. 2009, 22-25 (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., Rothacher, M., Neilan, R., 2009: The Global Geodetic Observing System – Part 1, the Organisation. Geomatics World, January/February 09, 26-28 (pdf).

2008:

Blewitt, G., Kreemer, C., Hammond, W., Plag, H.-P., Stein, S., and Okal, E., 2008: Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude for tsunami warning systems using GPS: An opportunity for IGS to make a difference, in The International GNSS Service (IGS): Perspectives and Visions for 2010 and beyond, edited by T. Springer, G. Gendt, & J. M. Dow, European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., Bockmann, L., Johansson, J. M., Kierulf, H. P., Lidberg, M., Nørbeck, T., Cruz de Valle, A., & Brocard, D., 2008. Determination of the EGNOS geodetic reference frame: principles and methodology, in The EGNOS Book, edited by J. Traveset, ESA Publication, ESA.

Plag, H.-P., 2008. Special Bureau for Loading, in IERS Annual Report 2006, edited by W. R. Dick & B. Richter, International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, Central Bureau, Frankfurt am Main: Verlag des Bundesamts fuer Kartographie und Geodaesie, 106-109 (see pages 106, 107, 108, 109; complete document available at http://www.iers.org/MainDisp.csl?pid=47-1100232).

Plag, H.-P., 2008. GEO/GGOS Workshop demonstrated contribution of geodetic observations to understanding and assessing geohazards, mitigation, and prevention of disasters, GeoHaz Update, 5, 3-4. (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., 2008. GEO, GEOSS and IGOS-P: The framework of global Earth observations, in The International GNSS Service (IGS): Perspectives and Visions for 2010 and beyond, edited by T. Springer, G. Gendt, & J. M. Dow, European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands (pdf).

Ventura-Traveset, J., Mathur, A. R., Montefusco, C., Toran, F., Plag, H.-P., Ruiz, L., Stojkovic, I. & Sage, A., 2008. Provision of emergency communication messages through SBAS: The ESA ALIVE concept. In The EGNOS Book, edited by J. Traveset, ESA Publication, ESA (pdf).

2007:

Plag, H.-P., 2007. The Global Geodetic Observing System. Geohaz Update, February 2007, page 4. (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., 2007. Special Bureau for Loading, in IERS Annual Report 2005, edited by W. R. Dick & B. Richter, pp. 95-97, International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, Central Bureau, Frankfurt am Main: Verlag des Bundesamts fuer Kartographie und Geodaesie. Available at http://www.iers.org/MainDisp.csl?pid=47-1100197.

Plag, H.-P., Bockmann, L., Charlot, B., Brocard, D., Berenger, X., Chambre, E., 2007. Determination and Maintenance of Navigation Systems Reference Frames: The EGNOS Example. In Proc. 1st Colloquium Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, 1 - 4 October 2007, Toulouse, France, ESA. (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., Blewitt, G., & Herring, T. A., 2007. Towards a consistent conventional treatment of surface-load induced deformations, Position Paper presented at the IERS Workshop on Conventions, September 20-21, 2007, Sevres, France. Available at http://www.bipm.org/en/events/iers/papers.html and as pdf.

Plag, H.-P., Rothacher, M., & Helm, A., 2007. The Global Geodetic Observing System: Geodesy's contribution to Earth Observations, Leaflet available at http://www.iag-ggos.org/library/promotion/ggos_flyer_online.pdf.

Plag, H.-P., Rothacher, M., & Helm, A., 2007. The Global Geodetic Observing System: Assessing geohazards and reducing disasters, Leaflet available at http://www.iag-ggos.org/library/promotion/ggos_and_geohazards_flyer_online.pdf.

Solheim, D., Omang, O. C. D., Hunegnaw, A., Drange, H., Johannessen, J., Siegismund, F., Nahavandchi, H., Ghazavi, K., Pettersen, B. R., Lysaker, D.~I., Gidskehaug, A., and Plag, H.-P., 2007. The OCTAS project, the geoid, the mean sea surface, and the mean dynamic topography, in Proc. of the 3rd International GOCE User Workshop, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 6–8 November 2006, ESA, ESA SP-627 (pdf).

Ventura-Traveset, J., Mathur, A. R., Toran, F., Plag, H.-P., 2007: Provision of emergency communication messages through satellite-based augmentation systems: The ESA ALIVE concept. FIG eNewsletter (pdf).

2006:

Blewitt, G., Altamimi, Z., Davis, J., Gross, R., Kuo, C., Lemoine, F., Neilan, R., Plag, H.-P., Rothacher, M., Shum, C. K., Sideris, M. G., Schoene, T., Tregoning, P., and Zerbini, S., 2006. Geodetic observations and global reference frame contributions to understanding sea level rise and variability, in Understanding Sea-level Rise and Variability, A World Climate Research Programme Workshop and a WCRP contribution to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, 6-9 June 2006, UNESCO, Paris, edited by T. Aarup, J. Church, S. Wilson, and P. Woodworth, pp. 127-143, WCRP, World Meterological Organization, Paris (pdf).

Kierulf, H. P. & Plag, H.-P., 2006. Precise point positioning requires consistent global products, in EUREF Publication No. 14, edited by J. A. Torres & H. Hornik, vol. BKG 35 of Mitteilungen des Bundesamtes für Kartografie und Geodäsie, pp. 111-120, Verlag des Bundesamtes für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Frankfurt am Main (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., Bockmann, L., Johansson, J. M., Kierulf, H. P., Lidberg, M., Nørbeck, T., & Cruz de Valle, A., 2006. Determination of the EGNOS Geodetic Reference Frame, in EUREF Publication No. 14, edited by J. A. Torres & H. Hornik, vol. BKG 35 of Mitteilungen des Bundesamtes für Kartografie und Geodäsie, pp. 99-110, Verlag des Bundesamtes für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Frankfurt am Main.

Tsimplis, M. N., Plag, H.-P., Rosen, D., Lilja Bye, B. & Papadopoulos, A., 2006: Development in sea level research and observations in the Mediterranean Sea. Exchange, 11(2), 10-11 (pdf)

Ventura-Traveset, J., Mathur, A. R., Toran, F., Plag, H.-P., Sage, A., 2006. Provision of emergency communication messages through SBAS: The ESA ALIVE concept. In Proc. European Navigation Conference GNSS 2006, Manchester, May 2006 (pdf).

2005:

Zumberge, J. & Plag, H.-P., 2005. Integrity monitoring of IGS products, in Celebrating a Decade of the International GPS Service - Workshop and Symposium 2004, Proceedings, Berne, Switzerland, March 1-5, 2004, edited by M. Meindl, pp. 125-134, Astronomical Institute, University of Berne, Switzerland (pdf)

2004:

Plag, H.-P., 2004. The ESEAS Data Portal: Principal considerations, in Workshop on Technical Developments in the Sea and Land Level Observing Systems, edited by S. Holgate & T. Aarup, pp. 108-113, UNESCO, IOC Workshop Report no. 193.

Plag, H.-P., 2004. European Sea Level Service (ESEAS): Potential Contributions to GMES, in Report from the 4th GMES Forum, Baveno, 26-28 November 2003, pp. 139-141 (http://www.gmes.info/library, pdf, doc).

2003:

Kierulf, H. P., Plag, H.-P., & Kristiansen, O., 2003. Towards the true rotation of a rigid Eurasia, in EUREF Publication No. 12, edited by J. A. Torres & H. Hornik, no. 29 in Mitteilungen des Bundesamtes für Kartografie und Geodäsie, pp. 118-124, Verlag des Bundesamtes für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Frankfurt am Main.

Nørbech, T. & Plag, H.-P., 2003. Transformation from ITRF to ETRF89 (EUREF89) in Norway, in EUREF Publication No. 12, edited by J. A. Torres & H. Hornik, no. 29 in Mitteilungen des Bundesamtes für Kartografie und Geodäsie, pp. 217-222, Verlag des Bundesamtes für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Frankfurt am Main.

Van Dam, T., Plag, H.-P., Francis, O., & Gegout, P., 2003. GGFC Special Bureau for Loading: current status and plans, in Proceedings of the IERS Global Geophysical Fluid Center Workshop, Munich, November 20-21, 2002, edited by B. Richter, W. Schwegman, & R. Dick, no. 30 in International Earth Rotation and Reference System Service, IERS Technical Note, pp. 180-198 (pdf).

2002:

Bockmann, L., Grimstveit, L., Harsson, B. G., Kierulf, H. P., Kristiansen, O., & Plag, H.-P., 2002. Site surveys at the fundamental geodetic station in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, in Proceedings of the NKG Meeting, October 1-4, 2002, Helsinki, edited by M. Poutanen, pp. 89-93, Finish Geodetic Institute (pdf).

Kierulf, H. P., Bockmann, L., Kristiansen, O., & Plag, H.-P., 2002. Foot-print of the space-geodetic observatory, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, in Proceedings of the Second IVS General Assemply, Tsukuba, Japan, 4-6 February 2002, edited by N. Vandenberg & K. Beaver, pp. 86-90, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.

Plag, H.-P., 2002. European Sea Level Service (ESEAS): Status and perspective, in EUREF Publication No. 10, edited by J. A. Torres & H. Hornik, vol. 23 of Mitteilungen des Bundesamtes für Kartografie und Geodäsie, pp. 154-158, Verlag des Bundesamtes für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Frankfurt am Main.

Plag, H.-P., 2002. European Sea Level Service (ESEAS): Status and plans, in Proceedings of the 14-th General Meeting of the Nordic Geodetic Commission, Espoo, Finland, 1-5 October 2002, edited by M. Poutanen & H. Suurmüki, pp. 80-88, Nordiska Kommissionen för Geodesi (pdf).

Plag, H.-P. & Gueguen, E., 2002. Geophysical Interpretation - Part 1. Northern Europe, in Measurement of Vertical crustal motion in Europe by VLBI, edited by J. Campbell, R. Haas, & A. Nothnagel, pp. 125-132, European Commission.

Plag, H.-P., Nørbech, T., & Kristiansen, O., 2002. Effects of intraplate deformations on fixing regional reference frames, in EUREF Publication No. 10, edited by J. A. Torres & H. Hornik, vol. 23 of Mitteilungen des Bundesamtes für Kartografie und Geodäsie, pp. 118-124, Verlag des Bundesamtes für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Frankfurt am Main (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., Shum, C. K., & Fengoli-Marc, L., 2002. Foreword to ``Sea Level Changes from Global to Local'', Phys. Chem. Earth, 27, 223-224 (pdf).

The SBL Team, 2002. The new IERS Special Bureau for Loading (SBL), in Proceedings of the Second IVS General Assemply, Tsukuba, Japan, 4-6 February 2002, edited by N. Vandenberg & K. Beaver, pp. 287-292, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (pdf).

2001:

Digre, H. G. & Plag, H.-P., 2001. NYAL Ny-Ålesund 20-metre antenna, in International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry 2000 Annual Report, edited by N. R. Vandenberg & K. D. Baver, pp. 106-109, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA, NASA/TP-2001-209979.

Kierulf, H. P., Kristiansen, O., & Plag, H.-P., 2001. Can GPS determine geocentric vertical crustal motion at the 1 mm/yr accuracy level?, in Book of Extended Abstracts, Final Workshop of COST Action 40, pp. 87-91, Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia - Split.

Plag, H.-P., 2001. Steps towards the implementation of the European Sea Level Service, in Book of Extended Abstracts, Final Workshop of COST Action 40, pp. 95-98, Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia - Split.

Plag, H.-P. & Kristiansen, O., 2001. First experience with the "two-GPS-receiver" concept proposed by EOSS for tide gauge collocation, in Book of Extended Abstracts, Final Workshop of COST Action 40, pp. 35-39, Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia - Split.

2000:

Plag, H.-P., 2000. Large-scale phenomena on interannual to interdecadal time scales detected from tide gauges and atmospheric data, in Ocean Circulation Science derived from the Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Sea Level Networks, edited by G. Mitchum, Workshop Report No. 171, pp. 4-8, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. (pdf)

Plag, H.-P., 2000. Arctic tide gauges: a status report, Tech. Rep. IOC/INF - 1147, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, 26 pages.

Plag, H.-P., Bockmann, L., Kierulf, H. P., & Kristiansen, O., 2000. Foot-print study at the space-geodetic observatory, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, in Proceedings of the 14th Working Meeting on European VLBI for Geodesy and Astrometry, Castel San Pietro Terme, Sept. 8 - Sept. 9, 2000, edited by P. Tomasi, F. Mantovani, & M.-A. Perez-Torres, pp. 49-54, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto di Radioastronomia.

1999:

Digre, H. G., Rekkedal, S., Holland, D. C., Hanssen, R. I., & Plag, H.-P., 1999. NYAL Ny-Ålesund 20-metre antenna, in International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry Annual Report 1999, edited by N. R. Vandenberg, pp. 80-84, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Jüttner, H.-U. & Plag, H.-P., 1999. On modelling of earth rotation variations in an integrated model and appropriate frame of reference, in 3. DFG Rundgespräch zum Thema Bezugssysteme, edited by M. Schneider, vol. 5 of Mitteilungen des Bundesamtes für Kartographie und Geodäsie, pp. 59-62, Bundesamtes für Kartographie und Geodäsie. (pdf)

Plag, H.-P., 1999. Measurements of vertical crustal motion in Europe by VLBI. Station report for Ny-Ålesund, Norwegian Mapping Authority, in Proceed. 13-th Working Meeting of European VLBI for Geodesy and Astrometry, Viechtach/Wettzell, February 12-13, 1999, edited by W. Schlüter & H. Hase, pp. 65-77, Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Frankfurt. (pdf)

Plag, H.-P., 1999. Network implications for global change monitoring, in Proceed. IGS Network Systems Workshop, edited by C. E. Noll, K. T. Gowey, & R. Neilan, pp. 69-76, IGS/JPL, Pasadena. (pdf)

1998:

Plag, H.-P., 1998. Geodetic contribution to global change research at Ny-Ålesund, in The Arctic and Global Change, edited by R. Casacchia, H. Koutsileos, M. Morbidoni, P. D. Petrelli, M. R. Pettersen, R. Salvatori, R. Sparapani, & E. Stoltz Larsen, no. 007 in NySMAC Publication, pp. 101-104, Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee, Proceedings from the Fourth Ny-Ålesund Seminar, Ravello, Italy, 5-6 March 1998.

Plag, H.-P., 1998. Sea level and ice sheets: what can tide gauges tell us?, in The Ninth General Assembly of the Working group of European Geoscientists for the Establishment of Networks for Earth-science Research - Second revised edition, edited by H.-P. Plag, pp. 98-101, Norwegian Mapping Authority, ISBN 82-90408-76-5. (pdf)

Plag, H.-P., Tatevian, S., & Zilberstein, O., 1998. Crustal motion and sea level changes along the Arctic coasts (CRUSLAC), in The Ninth General Assembly of the Working group of European Geoscientists for the Establishment of Networks for Earth-science Research, WEGENER98 - Second revised Edition, edited by H.-P. Plag, pp. 110 - 115, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Honefoss, Norway, ISBN 82-90408-76-5. (pdf)

Rekkedal, S. & Plag, H.-P., 1998. Status of the IGS stations provided by the Norwegian Mapping Authority in 1997, in International GPS Service for Geodynamics 1997 Technical Reports, edited by I. Mueller, K. Gowey, & R. Neilan, pp. 245-246, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadene, CA, USA.

Prior to 1998:

Plag, H.-P. & Klosko, S. M., 1997. Foreword, Surveys in Geophysics, 18, 129-130.

Plag, H.-P., 1995. Relative sea-level data stored in RESPONSE, in Global Paleoenvironmental Data, edited by D. M. Anderson, pp. 45-52.

Plag, H.-P., 1995. Chandler Wobble und Poltide, Mitteilungen, Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft, pp. 169-188, Sonderband II/1995.

Zerbini, S., Baker, T. F., Bürki, B., Cerruti, G., Corrado, G., Kahle, H.-G., Marson, I., Müller, M. V., Paradissis, D., Pezzoli, L., Plag, H.-P., Romagnoli, C., Tomasi, P., Tsimplis, N., Veis, G., & Verrone, G., 1995. Sea level fluctuations: Geophysical interpretation and environmental impact (SELF), in Proceedings of 6th General Assembly of WEGENER, St. Petersburg, edited by M. Pearlman, pp. 214-225.

Baker, T., Cerutti, G., Corrado, G., Kahle, H.-G., Marson, I., Müller, M., Paradissis, D., Pezzoli, L., Plag, H.-P., Pomrehn, W., Richter, B., Romangoli, C., Spencer, N. E. Tomasi, P., Tsimplis, N. M., Veis, G., Verrone, G., Wilson, P., & Zerbini, S., 1995. Sea-level fluctuations: geophysical interpretation and environmental impact (SELF), in Global Change: Climate Change and Climate Change Impacts, Focusing on European Research, edited by I. Troen, pp. 323-338, Proceedings of the symposium held in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 6-10, 1993. European Commission, Science Research Development, EUR 15921, EN.

Pirazzoli, P. A., Plag, H.-P., Sabadini, R., & Zerbini, S., 1993. Foreword, Global and Planetary Change, 8, 93-94.

Plag, H.-P., 1993. The ``sea level rise'' problem: An assessment of methods and data, in Proceedings of the International Coastal Congress, Kiel 1992, pp. 714-732, P. Lang Verlag, Frankfurt.