Research and Technical Reports

Note: This list in not complete.

2023:

Plag, H.-P. (ed.), 2023. Preparing Grenada for an Uncertain Future. Contributing authors: Hans-Peter Plag, Nicole Carpenter, Rocco Boyd, Blaizen Bloom, Meagan Duncan, Ashwane Edwards, Alivia Markham, Adelle Novak. Draft Technical Report delivered to Planning and Development Authority, Grenada Government for review.

GEO EV report, 2023. GEO community activity report: Mainstreaming Essential Variables across GEO. Geneva, pp. 75.

2022:

Plag, H.-P., 2022. Preparing Grenada for an Uncertain Future. Report prepared for the Planning and Developing Authority, Grenada, Version 1.

Plag, H.-P., Jules-Plag, S.-A., 2022. Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals Conceptual Considerations for a Real-World Case in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Technical Report, Norfolk, VA.

2020:

Plag, H.-P., 2020. The Road Map. IEEE OES Plastics in the Ocean Initiative. Available at https://www.gstss.org/plastics/roadmap/.

Plag, H.-P., 2020. Marine Debris Indicators: What’s Next? Workshop Summary Report, Workshop held on 16-18 December 2019 in Brest, FRANCE. Available at https://www.gstss.org/2019_Brest.

Plag, H.-P., 2020. Building Conservation Leaders for the Future. Final Report. Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute, 76 pages.

2019:

Freymueller, J. T., Bendick, R., Borsa, A., Newman, A., Brooks, B., Fu, Y., Kinsman, N., Larson, K., Plag, H.-P., and van Dam, T., 2019. Measuring the Restless Earth - Grand Challenges in Geodesy. Available at https://www.unavco.org/community/publications\_and\_reports/community-vision/geodesy_science_plan/measuring-the-restless-earth.pdf (local copy).

2018:

Plag, H.-P. (ed.) 2018. Implementing and Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals in the Caribbean: The Role of the Ocean - Workshop Story. GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Network, available at http://www.gstss.org/2018_Ocean_SDGs/index.php?file=WS_Story&print=YES&blurb=NO, pdf.

Plag, H.-P. (ed.) 2018. Implementing and Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals in the Caribbean: The Role of the Ocean - Workshop Report. GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Network, available at http://www.gstss.org/2018_Ocean_SDGs/index.php?file=WS_Report&print=YES&blurb=NO, , pdf

Plag, H.-P. (ed.) 2018. Implementing and Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals in the Caribbean: The Role of the Ocean - Executive Summary. GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Network, available at http://www.gstss.org/2018_Ocean_SDGs/index.php?file=WS_ExeSum&print=YES&blurb=NO, , pdf.

2017:

Plag, H.-P. (ed.), 2017. Linking the Sustainable Development Goals to Earth Observations, Models and Capacity Building. 5th GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop, December 9-10, 2016, Berkeley, California, USA.

Plag, H.-P., Jules-Plag, S., Maso, J., Serral, I., McCallum, I., Miguel-Lago, M., Garcis Ladona, E . R., Thørseth, K., Khalsa, S. J., de Maziere, M., 2017. Gap analysis final report including prioritization, ConnectinGEO Project, Deliverable 6.3.

2016:

Bombelli, A., Maso, J., Serral, I., Jules-Plag, S., Plag, H.-P., Blonda, P., Nativi, S., 2016. Proposal of EVs for selected themes. ConnectinGEO Project, Deliverable 2.3.

Plag, H.-P., Maso, J. (eds), 2016. In Situ Observations: Coordination Needs and Benefits. GEO Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. 36 Pages.

Plag, H.-P., Jules-Plag, S., Maso, J., Serral, I., Nativi, S., Santoro, M., Mcallum, I., Miguel-Lago, M., Garcis Ladona, E . R., Rieke, M., 2016. Gap analysis draft report. ConnectinGEO Project, Deliverable 6.2.

Plag, H.-P., Jules-Plag, S., Maso, J., Serral, I., Nativi, E., Mazzetti, P., Blonda, P., Bombelli, A., Lenton, T., McCallum, I., Pearlman, J., Pearlman, F., Browdy, S., 2016. SDG Workshop Report - Navigating Sustainability on a Changing Planet. ConnectinGEO Project, Deliverable 2.1.

Scholtz, F., Plag, H.-P., Clarke, D., 2016. Review of South African Space Geodesy Programme. Final Report. National Research Foundation, South Africa. Available as pdf.

2025

Steinfeldt, Tom; Coil, Chris; and Plag, Hans-Peter, 2015. Understanding Virginia’s Vulnerability to Climate Change. MARI Documents. 2. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/mari_documents/2.

2012:

Plag, H.-P., 2012. Workshop Report, Fifth Annual Workshop of the IGCP 565 Project held in 2011. Submitted to UNESCO (pdf).

Plag, H.-P. (ed.), 2012. Bonn Statement. 2nd GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop "GEOSS: Supporting Science for the Millennium Development Goals and Beyond." Bonn, Germany, August 28—31, 2012. Available at http://www.geo-tasks.org/workshops/2012_Bonn.

Plag, H.-P. (ed.), 2012. Bonn Action Plan. 2nd GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop "GEOSS: Supporting Science for the Millennium Development Goals and Beyond." Bonn, Germany, August 28—31, 2012. Available at http://www.geo-tasks.org/workshops/2012_Bonn.

Plag, H.-P. (ed.), 2012. Bonn GEO Post 2015 Input. 2nd GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop "GEOSS: Supporting Science for the Millennium Development Goals and Beyond." Bonn, Germany, August 28—31, 2012. Available at http://www.geo-tasks.org/workshops/2012_Bonn.

Plag, H.-P. (ed.), 2012. Workshop Report. 2nd GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop "GEOSS: Supporting Science for the Millennium Development Goals and Beyond." Bonn, Germany, August 28—31, 2012. Available at http://www.geo-tasks.org/workshops/2012_Bonn.

Plag, H.-P. (ed.), 2012. The GEO Process for the Identification, Reviewing, Documentation, and Promotion of Compelling Examples That Show GEOSS at Work for Science and Technology: Compiling a GEOSS Portfolio for Science and Technology. Version 1.4 of January 8, 2012. Available at http://www.geo-tasks.org/geoss_portfolio.

Plag, H.-P., Pearlman, J. and Pearlman, F., 2012. A Measure for Relevance of User Needs, Observational Requirements, and Earth Observations Data. GEO User Requirement Registry Development Team.

Plag, H.-P. and Marsh, S. H., 2012. Understanding Extreme Geohazards: The Science of the Disaster Risk Management Cycle - Workshop Report. Geohazards Community of Practice. Available here.

Plag, H.-P. and Marsh, S. H., 2012. Extreme geohazards: The science of the risk management cycle. Workshop report submitted to the European Science Foundation. 15 pages.

2011:

Plag, H.-P., 2011. Workshop Report, Fourth Annual Workshop of the IGCP 565 Project held in 2011. Submitted to UNESCO (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., 2011. Annual report of the IGCP 565 Project, 2011. Submitted to UNESCO (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., 2011. Workshop Report, Third Annual Workshop of the IGCP 565 Project held in 2010. Submitted to UNESCO (pdf).

2010:

Plag, H.-P., 2010. Annual report of the IGCP 565 Project, 2010. Submitted to UNESCO (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., 2010. Annual report of the IGCP 565 Project, 2009. Submitted to UNESCO (pdf).

Marsh, S. H. and Plag, H.-P., 2010. Final report of the GEO Geohazard Community of Practice Workshop "Building a Geohazards Community of Practice in Support of GEO Work Plan Tasks and GEOSS Implementation" prepared for UNESCO Contract (pdf).

2009:

Englin, J., Bjur, R., Evans, W., Fulton, E., Hill, J., Hogan, J., Kim, K., Pitsos, C., Plag, H.-P., Yan, W., 2009. An Assessment of the University Policies Governing Research Activities and Grant Management. Report prepared for the Faculty Senate, UNR.

Plag, H.-P., 2009. Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction Strategies. Draft Chapter for the "Campus Sustainability Report", UNR Sustainability Committee. See here for the final version.

Plag, H.-P., 2009. The Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS): A new governance structure in support of integration. White paper prepared for the GGOS Steering Committee, Steering Committee Meeting SC16, Buenos Aires, August 30, 2009, 9 pages. Available as pdf.

Plag, H.-P., 2009. Annual report of the IGCP 565 Project, 2008. Submitted to UNESCO (pdf).

Plag, H.-P., Hoelzer, G. A., Huntley-Smith, J., Lafer, S. K., Mensing, D., Nickles, T. J., Sagebiel, J., Simon, C., Slovic, S., Stoughton,. J., Sundali, J. A., 2009. Chapter on Education. Draft chapter prepared for the "Campus Sustainability Report", UNR Sustainability Committee.

Scott, B., Plag, H.-P., McFarling, T., Safronova, A., Zunino, G., 2009. Non-Traditional Faculty Task Force Final Report. Report to the Faculty Senate, UNR.

2008:

Katsman, C. A., Church, J. A., Kopp, R. E., Kroon, D., Oppenheimer, M., Plag, H.-P., Rahmstorf, S., Ridley, J., von Storch, H., Vaughan, D. G., and van de Wal, R. S. W., 2008. High-end projection for local sea level rise along the Dutch coast in 2100 and 2200, Tech. rep., Report for the Delta Commission of the Dutch Government.

Plag, H.-P., 2008: GEOSS User Needs and System Performance Utility: Functional Specifications and Database Structure. Report submitted to the GEO User Interface Committee and the GEO Architecture and Data Committee. Available at http://www.iag-ggos.org/wgs/geo_relations/ as pdf.

Plag, H.-P., 2008. Sea Level Rise Around the Dutch Coast: Past Changes and Future Scenarios. Report provided to the Committee for the assessment of future sea level rise at the Dutch Coast, Delta Commission of the Dutch Parliament, February 2008, 20 pages (pdf).

Plag, H.-P. and the AR-09-03 Task Team, 2008. GEO AR-09-03 Task Sheet, Tech. rep., Group on Earth Observations, Task Sheet maintained by the Task Team, available at ftp://ftp.wmo.int/Projects/GEO/TaskSheets/.

2007:

DESDynI Writing Committee, 2007. Report of the July 16-19, 2007 Orlando, Florida Workshop to assess the National Research Council Decadal Survey recommendations for the DESDynI radar/lidar space mission, Available at http://science.hq.nasa.gov/earth-sun/index.html.

GEO Summit Report Team, 2007. Report on Progress 2007, GEO Secretariat, Geneva. Available at http://www.earthobservations.org/meetings/meet_sum.html.

2006:

Plag, H.-P., Tsimplis, M. N., Hammond, W., and Pugh, D, 2006. Appraisal of the relative sea level rise scenario for Venice. Final Project Report, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno (pdf).

2005:

Kierulf, H. P. & Plag, H.-P., 2005. ESEAS CGPS processing strategy: Determination of high accuracy vertical velocities, Delivery report D2.1A of ESEAS-RI project. Available at http://eseas.org/eseas-ri/deliverables/d2.1, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Honefoss, Norway.

Kierulf, H. P. & Plag, H.-P., 2005. ESEAS CGPS processing strategy: Implementation of ESEAS CGPS processing strategy, Delivery report D2.1B of ESEAS-RI project. Available at http://eseas.org/eseas-ri/deliverables/d2.1, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Honefoss, Norway.

Plag, H.-P., 2005. National geodetic infrastructure: status today and future requirements, Draft Final Project Report, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno.

Plag, H.-P., 2005. The EGNOS Geodetic Reference Frame, Technical document prepared for ESA, International Working Group on Interoperability of SBAS, Meeting on 31 March 2005, Madrid, Spain.

Plag, H.-P., Willis, P., Richter, B., & Altamimi, Z., 2005. Identification, quality control, copyright and certification issues associated with ggos products, Position paper prepared for First GGOS Workshop, March 1-2, 2005, Potsdam, Germany. Available at http://geodesy.unr.edu/ggos_plmwg/.

Plag, H.-P., Beutler, G., Forsberg, R., Ma, C., Neilan, R., Pearlman, M., Richter, B., & Zerbini, S., 2005. The Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS): observing the dynamics of the Earth system (available at http://www.unep.org/dewa/igos and here as pdf).

Ventura-Traveset, J., Montefusco, C., Toran, F., Mathur, A. R., & Plag, H.-P., 2005. The EGNOS ALIVE interface (alert interface via EGNOS) for disaster prevention and mitigation, ESA Document E-TN-SYS-E-0072-ESA, ESA. (pdf).

2004:

Johansson, J. M., Kristiansen, O., Jarlemark, P., Plag, H.-P., Elgered, G., Stoew, B., Bergstrand, S., Emardson, R., Jaldehag, K., Rieck, C., & Hoppe, U.-P., 2004. Test case input output data definition, Delivery Report, Project GSTB-V1 Stand-Alone test case - Geodetic Galileo: High accuracy geodetic applications of Galileo GT-DD-NMA-STC/0178, 35 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

Johansson, J. M., Kristiansen, O., Jarlemark, P., Plag, H.-P., Elgered, G., Stoew, B., Bergstrand, S., Emardson, R., Jaldehag, K., Rieck, C., & Hoppe, U.-P., 2004. Test case test data sets, Delivery Report, Project GSTB-V1 Stand-Alone test case - Geodetic Galileo: High accuracy geodetic applications of Galileo GT-DD-NMA-STC/0181, 27 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

Johansson, J. M., Kristiansen, O., Jarlemark, P., Plag, H.-P., Elgered, G., Stoew, B., Bergstrand, S., Emardson, R., Jaldehag, K., Rieck, C., & Hoppe, U.-P., 2004. Algorithm detailed processing model, Delivery Report, Project GSTB-V1 Stand-Alone test case - Geodetic Galileo: High accuracy geodetic applications of Galileo GT-DS-NMA-STC/0177, 51 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

Kristiansen, O., Johansson, J. M., Jarlemark, P., Plag, H.-P., Elgered, G., Stoew, B., Bergstrand, S., Emardson, R., Jaldehag, K., Rieck, C., & Hoppe, U.-P., 2004. TN on algorithm re-engineering for operational implementation, Delivery Report, Project GSTB-V1 Stand-Alone test case - Geodetic Galileo: High accuracy geodetic applications of Galileo GT-DD-NMA-STC/0184, 31 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

Plag, H.-P., 2004. The European Sea Level Service (ESEAS): Assessment of the first three years, Report prepared on behalf of the ESEAS Governing Board. 15 pages. Available at http://www.eseas.org and here as pdf.

Plag, H.-P., 2004. Comparison of geodetic survey methods for EGNOS and recommendation, Delivery Report, Project Determination of geodetic coordinates for EGNOS RIMS and NLES antennas et-nma-rico-dl1, 27 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

Plag, H.-P., 2004. Maintenance of cooordinate accuracy during the EGNOS lifetime, Delivery Report, Project Determination of geodetic coordinates for EGNOS RIMS and NLES antennas et-nma-rico-dl6, 25 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

Plag, H.-P. (ed.), 2004. ESEAS Research Infrastructure management report no.\A03, Delivery Report, Project European Sea Level Service - Research Infrastructure ESEAS-RI-MR3, 67 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

Plag, H.-P. (ed.), 2004. ESEAS Research Infrastructure annual report no.\A01, Delivery Report, Project European Sea Level Service - Research Infrastructure, EVR1-2001-00042 ESEAS-RI-AR1, 91 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

Plag, H.-P., Johansson, J. M., Jarlemark, P., Bergstrand, S., Elgered, G., Emardson, R., Hoppe, H.-P., Jaldehag, K., Kristiansen, O., & Stoew, B., 2004. Test experimentation results, Delivery Report, Project GSTB-V1 Stand-Alone test case - Geodetic Galileo: High accuracy geodetic applications of Galileo GT-DD-NMA-STC/0182, 167 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

Plag, H.-P., Johansson, J. M., Kristiansen, O., Jarlemark, P., Elgered, G., Stoew, B., Bergstrand, S., Emardson, R., Jaldehag, K., Rieck, C., & Hoppe, U.-P., 2004. Stand-alone test case infrastructure definition, Delivery Report, Project GSTB-V1 Stand-Alone test case - Geodetic Galileo: High accuracy geodetic applications of Galileo GT-DS-NMA-STC/0183, 18 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

Plag, H.-P., Johansson, J. M., Kristiansen, O., Jarlemark, P., Elgered, G., Stoew, B., Bergstrand, S., Emardson, R., Jaldehag, K., Rieck, C., & Hoppe, U.-P., 2004. Test data definition and procedures, Delivery Report, Project GSTB-V1 Stand-Alone test case - Geodetic Galileo: High accuracy geodetic applications of Galileo GT-TP-NMA-STC/0180, 21 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

Plag, H.-P., Kierulf, H. P., & Scherneck, H.-G., 2004. Cooordinate degradation with time, Delivery Report, Project Determination of geodetic coordinates for EGNOS RIMS and NLES antennas et-nma-rico-dl3, 47 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

2003:

Plag, H.-P. (ed.), 2003. ESEAS Research Infrastructure management report no.\A01, Delivery Report, Project European Sea Level Service - Research Infrastructure ESEAS-RI-MR1, 63 pages, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway.

2002:

Kristiansen, O. & Plag, H.-P., 2002. Monitoring of platform TROLL A with GPS, Sk-troll rapport nr. 15, 2002.11.27, Statens kartverk, Geodesidivisjon.

Kristiansen, O. & Plag, H.-P., 2002. Monitoring of platform TROLL A with GPS, Sk-troll rapport nr. 14, 2002.06.26, Statens kartverk, Geodesidivisjon.

2001:

Kristiansen, O. & Plag, H.-P., 2001. Monitoring of platform TROLL A with GPS, Sk-troll rapport nr. 13, 2001.10.25, Statens kartverk, Geodesidivisjon.

Kristiansen, O. & Plag, H.-P., 2001. Monitoring of platform TROLL A with GPS, Sk-troll rapport nr. 12, 2001.06.01, Statens kartverk, Geodesidivisjon.

2000:

Kristiansen, O. & Plag, H.-P., 2000. Monitoring of platform TROLL A with GPS, Sk-troll rapport nr. 11, 2000.10.13, Statens kartverk, Geodesidivisjon.

Kristiansen, O. & Plag, H.-P., 2000. Monitoring of platform TROLL A with GPS, Sk-troll rapport nr. 10, 2000.03.31, Statens kartverk, Geodesidivisjon.

1999:

Kristiansen, O. & Plag, H.-P., 1999. Monitoring of platform TROLL A with GPS, Sk-troll rapport nr. 09, 1999.12.20, Statens kartverk, Geodesidivisjon.

Kristiansen, O. & Plag, H.-P., 1999. Overvåking av plattform TROLL A med GPS, Sk-troll rapport nr. 08, 1999.08.23 (r99-08), Statens kartverk, Geodesidivisjon.

Kristiansen, O. & Plag, H.-P., 1999. Overvåking av plattform TROLL A med GPS, Sk-troll rapport nr. 07, 1999.04.06 (r99-07), Statens kartverk, Geodesidivisjon.

Plag (ed.), H.-P., 1999. Summary report, COST Action 40: European Sea Level Observing System (EOSS), Workshop on Establishing a European Sea Level Service. Workshop held at Loiri-Porto, San paolo, Sardinia, Italy, 7 October 1999, Available at http://www.gdiv.statkart.no/eoss/.

1998:

Kristiansen, O. & Plag, H.-P., 1998. Overvåking av plattform TROLL A med GPS, Sk-troll rapport nr. 06, 1998.12.04 (r98-06), Statens kartverk, Geodesidivisjon.

Kristiansen, O. & Plag, H.-P., 1998. Overvåking av plattform TROLL A med GPS, Sk-troll rapport nr. 05, 1998.09.10 (r98-05), Statens kartverk, Geodesidivisjon.

1995:

Plag, H.-P., 1995. Mantelviskosität und postglaziale Deformationen, Final report of research project, DFG, Zs-4/5-1,2, August 1995, In German.

Plag, H.-P., 1995. RESPONSE and RHEOLIT: the Kiel databases of observations of deformations of the Earth and of literature related to the rheology of the Earth's mantle, Tech. rep., Institut für Geophysik der Universität Kiel.

Plag, H.-P., Gröger, M., Rautenberg, V., & Szemkus, F., 1995. GEOFORCE: a programme package for the study of viscoelastic deformations of the Earth, Tech. rep., Institut für Geophysik der Universität Kiel.

1993:

Plag, H.-P., Szemkus, F., Gröger, M., Pomrehn, W., & Zschau, J., 1993. Die Übertragungsfunktion der festen Erde bei der Beeinflussung der Erdrotation durch externe Kräfte, Zwischenbericht zum DFG-Projekt Zs-4/9-1.

Prior to 1990:

Plag, H.-P., 1984. Ocean Tides - quarterly report no. 3, Tech. rep., IKU report 2861/3, Continental Shelf Institute, Trondheim.

Plag, H.-P., 1983. Ocean Tides - quarterly report no. 2, Tech. rep., IKU report 2861/2, Continental Shelf Institute, Trondheim.

Plag, H.-P., 1983. Ocean Tides - quarterly report no. 1, Tech. rep., IKU report 2861/1, Continental Shelf Institute, Trondheim.

Plag, H.-P., 1982. Analysis of tidal data from the Norwegian Coast., Tech. rep., IKU report P-203/1/82, Continental Shelf Institute, Trondheim.

Plag, H.-P., 1981. User's Guide for the processing of Doppler satellite data with IKU's VAX-11 computer., Tech. rep., IKU Report No. P118/1/81, Continental Shelf Institute, Trondheim.