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IERS Message No. 188                                      April 15, 2011
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IERS Working Group on SINEX Format established


Dear colleagues,

Following the discussion at the Unified Analysis Workshop (UAW) 2009 in
San Francisco the IERS Directing Board has established a Working Group
on the SINEX format. I have been asked by the IERS to chair this working
group.

The aim of the working group is to maintain the SINEX format according
to the needs of the IERS, the Technique Services (IDS, IGS, ILRS, IVS)
and GGOS. The working group should be the point of contact if any
modifications or extensions are required. In order to have the best
possible interaction with the groups working with the SINEX format
(either as output or as input), the analysis and combination groups of
all the technique services as well as the relevant components of the
IERS and GGOS are represented within the working group.

The Working Group had its first meeting during the EGU General Assembly
2011 in Vienna. A list of format modifications and extensions to satisfy
the actual needs of the SINEX users has been compiled.

More details on the Working Group can be found at
http://www.iers.org/WGSINEX .

With best regards,
Daniela Thaller


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