International VLBI Service for Geodesy & Astrometry (IVS)
The newly established Chair of Space Geodesy at ETHZ has a strong focus on VLBI, with several of its members having experence in VLBI. For the first time, this allows ETHZ to contribute actively to IVS goals and products.
The ETHZ VLBI Analysis Center analyzes several types of IVS sessions for research purposes and aims to make regular IVS submissions, supported by improvements in automation.
Download ETHZ VLBI Analysis Center Biennial Report 2019/2020 (PDF, 3.1 MB)
The DACH Operation Center is a joint cooperation between the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy in Germany (BKG), ETH Zurich (ETHZ) and Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien).
The main motivation to establish a new Operation Center (OC) was to bring together the scheduling expertise at TU Wien and ETHZ and the technical and operational expertise at BKG. Together, it was possible to develop a fully automated scheduling procedure that is currently used for various IVS observation programs such as AUA, OHG, T2, INT2, INT3, EU-VGOS, VGOS-B and more.
Download DACH Operation Center Biennial Report 2019/2020 (PDF, 398 KB)
Benedikt Soja was elected IVS Analysis Coordinator by the IVS Directing Board in March 2024.
Download Introduction to new IVS Analysis Coordinator (PDF, 3.4 MB)
More information to follow.