| Preface |
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Dirk Behrend et al. |
Preface |
| Session 1. Building the VGOS Network |
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Pablo de Vicente et al. |
The Status of RAEGE |
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Weimin Zheng et al. |
Technical Progress of the Chinese VLBI Network |
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Evgeny Nosov et al. |
Extending ``Quasar" VLBI-Network: VGOS-compatible Radio Telescope in Svetloe |
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Rüdiger Haas |
Status of the Onsala Twin Telescopes – One Year After the Inauguration |
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Nataliya Zubko et al. |
Progress and Current Status of the VGOS Project at the Metsähovi Geodetic Research Station |
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Philip Mey and Roelf Botha |
Building the New VGOS Radio Telescope at Hartebeesthoek as Part of Our New Geodetic Infrastructure |
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Cornelia Eschelbach et al. |
Extension and Optimization of the Local Geodetic Network at the Onsala Space Observatory |
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Vincenza Tornatore et al. |
VGOS Wideband Reception and Emerging Competitor Occupations of the VLBI Spectrum |
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Jonas Flygare et al. |
Design Trade-offs in Feed Systems for Ultra-wideband VLBI Observations |
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Jonas Flygare et al. |
Ultra-wideband Feed Systems for the EVN and SKA - Evaluated for VGOS |
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Gino Tuccari et al. |
New Observing Modes for DBBC3 |
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Guifré Molera Calvés et al. |
Initial Results from the MIKES-Metsähovi Time and Frequency Link for the VGOS Radio Telescope |
| Session 2. VGOS Technique and Observations |
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Kazuhiro Takefuji et al. |
Development of a Wide Bandwidth VLBI System at Kashima |
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Takahiro Wakasugi et al. |
Current Status of VGOS Observation with Ishioka VLBI Station |
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Takaaki Jike et al. |
Current Results of the VERA K/Q-band Fringe Survey: Performance of the 8-Gbps Recording
System and its Effectiveness |
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Matthias Schartner and Johannes Böhm |
VieSched++: A new Scheduling Tool in VieVS |
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Alexander Neidhardt et al. |
The ``Smart Observatory" for Autonomous and Remote Observations |
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Alexander Neidhardt |
Communication, Coordination, and Automation for Future Geodetic Infrastructures |
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Alexander Neidhardt |
A New Generation of Wettzell's Remote Access to the NASA Field System using Web-based Techniques |
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Simin Salarpour et al. |
Investigating Quasar Structure in VGOS with Simulations |
| Session 3. Legacy S/X and Mixed Legacy/VGOS Operations |
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Dirk Behrend et al. |
Organizing the Continuous VLBI Campaign 2017 (CONT17) |
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Apurva Phogat et al. |
Implementation and First Results of the Local Wettzell VLBI Correlator GOWL |
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Laura La Porta et al. |
The Bonn Correlator: Status Report |
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Jakob Gruber et al. |
VLBI Correlation Activities at TU Wien |
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Francisco Colomer et al. |
Geodetic Capabilities at the JIVE SFXC Correlator |
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Andrew Sargent et al. |
Washington Correlator Status 2018 |
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Jamie McCallum and Lucia McCallum |
An S/X Compatible VGOS System for the AuScope Array |
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Megan Johnson et al. |
Half the Time: An Overview of the LBO-USNO Timeshare Agreement |
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Lucia McCallum et al. |
Current Activities and Plans of the AOV - Asia-Oceania VLBI Group |
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Torben Schüler et al. |
BKG CVC - The Central VLBI Observation Coordination Office of the Federal Agency for
Cartography and Geodesy at the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell |
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Torben Schüler et al. |
LEVIKA SBA – Wettzell Radio-Telescope Positioning With a Tailor-Made Analysis Software |
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Cristoph Bürkel et al. |
Comparison of the Masers at the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell |
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Torben Schüler et al. |
Local Radio Telescope Ties from the Wettzell Precision Engineering Surveying Network |
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Marisa Nickola et al. |
Antenna Parameters and Local Tie between HartRAO 15-m and 26-m Antennas |
| Session 4. VLBI Core Products and Their Improvements |
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Daniel MacMillan et al. |
Galactic Aberration in VLBI Analysis: Findings of IVS WG8 |
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David Mayer et al. |
The Effect of Galactic Aberration on the CRF |
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Karine Le Bail and David Gordon |
Effect of VLBI Observation Network on Source Stability |
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César Gattano and Patrick Charlot |
Insight into Astrophysical Phenomena from VLBI Source Position Instabilities |
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César Gattano et al. |
Realization of Celestial Reference Frames using the Allan Variance Classification |
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Aletha de Witt et al. |
Improving the S/X Celestial Reference Frame in the South |
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Matthias Glomsda et al. |
New VLBI Solutions at Analysis Center DGFI-TUM |
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Geir Arne Hjelle et al. |
Making Where Available to the Community |
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Sebastien Lambert et al. |
Measurement of Earth's Nutation by VLBI: Direct Estimates from VLBI Delays and a Discussion on the Error |
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Karen Baver and John Gipson |
UT1 Formal Error from the BA 50 Balanced Scheduling Strategy INT01 R&Ds |
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Johannes Böhm et al. |
European Intensive Sessions for the Estimation of UT1 |
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Nicole Geiger et al. |
Intensifying the Intensives with the VLBA |
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Christopher Dieck et al. |
Navigating Across the C-band: Experimental C-band Intensives with the VLBA |
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Cynthia Thomas et al. |
Performance of the Operational IVS-R1 and IVS-R4 Sessions |
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Esther Azcue et al. |
Initial VLBI Data Analyses at the National Geographic Institute of Spain |
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Ann-Silje Kirkvik et al. |
NMA Analysis Center – Progress Report |
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Thomas Klügel et al. |
A Comprehensive Data Set of the State of the Atmosphere Around the Geodetic Observatory
Wettzell During the CONT17 Campaign |
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Ryuichi Ichikawa et al. |
Half-year Comparison of Precipitable Water Vapor Retrieved with Novel Ground-based Microwave
Radiometer and GPS Receiver at Tsukuba and Numerical Weather Analysis Data |
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Swetlana Mähler et al. |
Permanent Reference Point Monitoring of the TWIN Radio Telescopes at the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell |
| Session 5. Extending the Scope of VLBI Usage/Applications |
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Andreas Hellerschmied et al. |
Observing the APOD Satellite with the AuScope VLBI Network |
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Yann Ziegler et al. |
Toward Reliable Estimates of the Free Core and Inner Core Parameters from a Bayesian Inversion
of VLBI and Gravimetric Data |
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Iván Herrera Pinzón et al. |
Analysis of the Short VLBI Baseline at the Wettzell Observatory |
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Monia Negusini et al. |
Comparing Remote Atomic Clocks via VLBI Networks and Fiber Optic Links: the LIFT/MetGeSp Perspective |
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Dhiman Mondal et al. |
A GPS-Based Study to Improve the Accuracy of Local Geodetic Ties at Co-located Sites that
Exploits Small-Scale Atmospheric Structure |
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Ryuichi Ichikawa et al. |
Comparison of Processing Strategy for Time and Frequency Transfer Using GNSS |