To some of our projects and events special webpages are available for further information. The following paragraphs give short descriptions. You can access the respective project pages using the menu to the left.

The IPGD is active part of the GEOTECHNOLOGIEN project Exupery. Aim of the project is the development of an early warning system for the monitoring of active volcanos (VFRS, Volcano Fast Response System). Within Exupery IPGD develops the ground-based component of such a VFRS by combining InSAR and GPS technology. The project started in 2007 and is scheduled to run until mid of 2010. Further details can be found on the Exupery web site

GEO2TECDI is a joint Thailand-EU project to enhance skills and joint research capabilities of Thai researchers in applying and exploiting three space geodetic techniques, namely Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and Satellite Altimetry (SALT), for the detection, monitoring and modeling of land surface motion and deformation due to tectonic processes, land subsidence and sea level change. These needs can be met by human resources development and joint research (exchange) activities.

Within the project various universities and institutions from Thailand cooperate three universities from the EU, among them the Institute of Physical Geodesy of the TU Darmstadt. The project has started in February 2009 with a Kick-of meeting.

The development of a GNSS real-time software for the monitoring of the EUREF and GREF stations of the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) is the objective of a project of the IPGD in cooperation and with financial support by the BKG. The software will enable the monitoring of data quality and coordinates of the continously operating GNSS reference stations in real-time and will be delivered as open-source software to the BKG. The project runs from November 2008 until October 2011.

In cooperation with and financial support by the Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada en San Fernando (Royal Naval Observatory), ROA, Spain, IPGD develops a real-time processing scheme and method for the evaluation of high-frequency data from continously operating GNSS reference stations (CORS). Aim of the project is the real-time detection of transient signals in GNSS time series caused by seismic events, especially earthquakes. The special area of interest is the network of high frequency CORS in Spain and Morocco, i.e. the tectonic zone around the Strait of Gibraltar.

In a joint cooperation of the Geophysical Observatory of Addis Ababa University Ethiopia, Bundesamt fuer Kartographie und Geodaesie Frankfurt am Main Germany, and the Institute of Physical Geodesy of Technische Universitaet Darmstadt Germany (IPGD), a new permanent station has been set up at the Addis Ababa University premises. Further details can be read on the Information about the IGS station at Addis Ababa University .

Im Projekt RECOSETO (REgional COastal SEa level change and sea surface Topography from altimetry, Oceanography, and tide gauge stations in Europe) der DFG werden die Meerestopographie im Küstenbereich und ihre zeitabhängigen Variationen untersucht. Mit neue Kriterien und Analysetechniken werden verbesserte Altimetriedaten im Küstenbereich zur Verfügung gestellt. Zusammenhänge zwischen Meeresspiegeländerungen, Temperatur- und Salzgehaltänderungen, sowie die dominantesten räumlichen und zeitlichen Strukturen werden untersucht.

Die Laufzeit des Schwerpunktprogramms ist zwei Jahren. Das Projekt begann 2007.

Nähere Informationen finden Sie auf der Informationsseite zu RECOSETO.

Im Projekt STREMP (Spatial and Temporal resolution limits for REgional Mass transPort and Mass distribution) werden die regionalen zeitabhängigen Variationen des Schwerefeldes untersucht. (DFG Schwerpunktprogramm SPP 1257 „Massentransporte im System Erde). Ziel ist die Erfassung der Massenvariationen im Gebiet des Mittelmeeres und des Schwarzen Meeres. Das Programm erfordert einen integrierten Lösungsansatz, der nur durch disziplinübergreifende Datenanalysen und Modellbildungen erreicht werden kann.

Die Laufzeit des Schwerpunktprogramms ist sechs Jahren. Das Projekt begann 2007. Die zweite Forderungsperiode (Mai 2009-April 2011) hat gerade angefangen.

Nähere Informationen finden Sie auf der Webseite zu STREMP .

From September 15 to 18, 2008, the 14th General Assembly of the WEGENER project took place in Darmstadt. WEGENER 2008 was organized by the IPGD. The WEGENER project is established under the title "Geodetic Investigations Related to the Kinematics and Dynamics of the African, Arabian and Eurasian Plates" as special commission SC6 of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG). Information about the symposium, especially the programme and the presentations for download, can be found on the WEGENER 2008 website.