Curriculum Vitae: Thomas A. Herring

 

 

Birth:

1955 July 17;  Cooroy, Queensland, Australia

Education:

B. Surveying, 1976, University of Queensland (First Class honors)

M. Surveying, 1978, University of Queensland

Ph. D., 1983, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Experience:

Professor of Geophysics, MIT, 1997-

Associate Professor of Geophysics; Department Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992–1997.

Kerr–McGee Associate Professor of Geophysics; Department Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989–1992.

Research Associate, Harvard University, 1983–1989.

Visiting Scientist, Division of National Mapping, Australian  Department of Energy and Resources, 1986.

Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1979–1983.

Tutor (full–time), University of Queensland, 1977–1978.

Tutor (part time), University of Queensland, 1976.

Professional

Activities:

Fellow American Geophysical Union (Geodesy Section).

Fellow International Association of Geodesy (since 1999)

American Association for the Advancement of Science.

IAG Special Study Group on Atmospheric Refraction, 1986–87.

IERS Standards Committee, 1987–88.

Chairman, NASA Advisory Panel on the Applications of Water–vapor Radiometry, 1988–1990.

Member, NASA Advisory Panel on the Role of VLBI in the 1990s, 1988–1989.

Co–convener,  AGU Chapman Conference on GPS Measurements for Geodynamics, 1988.

Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1989–1992.

Co–chairman, NASA Measurement Technique and Technology Panel, 1989.

Secretary, Geodesy Section of American Geophysical Union, 1990-1992.

Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Geodesy, March 1990-December 1994.

Acting Geodesy Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1991

Member, ARISTOTELES GPS system review, 1991.

Chairman, NASA Advisory Panel on SLR data flow, 1991.

Member, IAU/Working group on Astronomical Standards, 1992.

Member, IAG/Working group on the Applications of Space-based Interferometry, 1992.

Chairman, AGU Information Technology Committee, 1992–1996.

Chairman, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Geodesy, 1994-1996.

Editorial Board, Journal of Geodynamics, 1994-1996.

Member, National Academy of Sciences Geodynamics Committee, 1995–1996

Member, National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering BoardÕs steering committee on Optimizing the Differential Global Positioning System Infrastructure for Scientific Applications, 1995–1996.

Program Chair, American Geophysical Union Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 1995­1996.

Member, National Research Council Board on Earth Sciences committee on Gravity Measurements from Space, 1996-1997.

Chairman, International Association of Geodesy, Commission of International Coordination of Space, Techniques for Geodesy and Geodynamics, Project on Space Geodetic Data Combination, 1995-1998.

Member, AGU Budget and Finance Committee, 1996-1998.

Member, US National Committee, IAG Representative, 1996-2004.

President , Geodesy Section, American Geophysical Union, 2000-2002

UNAVCO steering committee member, 1998-2001

Associate Editor, JGR Solid Earth, 1998-2006

Associate Editor, J. Geodesy, 1999-2005

IAG Representative to IGS Directing Board, 1999-2003

Chair, IAG/CSTG Combination sub-commission, 1999-2003

Scientific Director, UNAVCO, 2000-2002

Member, NASA Solid Earth Sciences Working Group, 2000-2002

Co-Chair, NRC panel on Availability and Usefulness of NASAÕs Space Mission Data, 2001-2002

National Geodetic Survey Research Review Panel, 2001.

EarthScope/PBO working group member, 2001-2002

Member PBO Transform siting committee. 2003-2008

Chair, AGU Whitten Medal committee, 2004-2006

Member, AGU Fellows Committee, 2006-2008

Member, NRC Committee on National Requirements for Precision Geodetic Infrastructure, 2008-2009.

Awards:

Commonwealth University Scholarship, 1973.

S.E. Reilly Prize in Surveying, 1975.

Australian Postgraduate Research Award, 1977.

NASA Group Achievement Award, Crustal Dynamics Project, 1986 and 1993.

Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union, 1991.

Bomford Prize, International Association of Geodesy, 1995.

Vening-Meinesz Medal, European Geophysical Union, 2007.

 

1. Books. 

1.

Dynamics of the EarthÕs Deep Interior and Earth Rotation, eds. J. L. Mou‘l, D. E. Smylie, and T. A. Herring, Geophysical Monograph: 72, AGU, Washington, pp 189, 1993.

2.

Treatise on Geophysics: Chapter 3 Geodesy, editor T. A. Herring, Elsevier, 11-Volume Set, 1-11  Hardbound, ISBN: 0-444-51928-9, 6054 pages, publication date: SEP-2007

2. Papers in Referred Journals

1.

Herring, T. A., B. E. Corey, C. C. Counselman III, I. I. Shapiro, B. O. Ronnang, O. E. H. Rydbeck, T. A. Clark, R. J. Coates, C. Ma, J. W. Ryan, N. R. Vandenberg, H. F. Hinteregger, C. A. Knight, A. E. E. Rogers, A. R. Whitney, D. S. Robertson, and B. R. Schupler, Geodesy by radio interferometry: intercontinental distance determinations with subdecimeter precision, J. Geophys. Res., 86, B3, 1647–1651, 1981. 

2.

Rogers, A. E. E., R. J. Cappallo, H. F. Hinteregger,  J. R. Levine, E. F. Nesman, J. C. Webber, A. R. Whitney, T. A. Clark, C. Ma, J. Ryan, B. E. Corey, C. C. Counselman, T. A. Herring, I.I . Shapiro, C. A. Knight, D. B. Schaffer, N. R. Vandenberg, R. Lacasse, R. Mauzy, B. Rayhrer, B. Schupler, and J. C. Pigg, Very–long–baseline Interferometry:  The Mark III System for Geodesy, Astrometry, and Aperture Synthesis, Science, 219, 51–54,  1983. 

3.

Clark, T. A., B. E. Corey, J. L. Davis, T. A. Herring, H. F. Hinteregger, C. A. Knight, J. I. Levine, G. Lundqvist, C. Ma, E. F. Nesman, R. B. Phillips, A. E. E. Rogers, B. Ronnang, J. W. Ryan, B. R. Schupler, D. B. Shaffer, I. I. Shapiro, N. R. Vandenberg, J. C. Webber, and A. R. Whitney, Precision geodesy using the MkIII very–long–baseline interferometer system, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, GE–23, 438–449, 1985. 

4.

Davis, J. L., T. A. Herring, I. I. Shapiro, A. E. E. Rogers, and G. Elgered, Geodesy by radio interferometry: effects of atmospheric modeling errors on estimates of baseline length, Radio Science, 20, 1593–1607, 1985. 

5.

Bartel, N., T. A. Herring, M. I. Ratner, I. I. Shapiro, B. E. Corey, VLBI limits on the proper motion of the ÒcoreÓ of the superluminal quasar 3C 345, Nature, 319, 733–737, 1986.

6.

Herring, T. A., I. I. Shapiro, T. A. Clark, C. Ma, J. W. Ryan, B. R. Schupler, C. A. Knight, G. Lundqvist, D. B. Shaffer, N. R. Vandenberg, B. E. Corey, H. F. Hinteregger, A. E. E. Rogers, J. C. Webber, A. R. Whitney, G. Elgered, B. O. Ronnang,  and J. L. Davis, Geodesy by radio interferometry: evidence for contemporary plate motion, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 8341–8347, 1986. 

7.

Herring, T. A., Precision of vertical position estimates from very–long–baseline interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 9177–9182, 1986. 

8.

Herring, T. A., C. R. Gwinn, and I. I. Shapiro, Geodesy by radio interferometry: studies of the forced  nutations of the earth, Part I: data analysis,  J. Geophys. Res., 91, 4745–4755, 1986; —, ibid., 91, 14165, 1986. 

9.

Gwinn, C. R., T. A. Herring, and I. I. Shapiro, Geodesy by radio interferometry: studies of the forced  nutations of the earth, Part II: interpretation, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 4755–4765, 1986. 

10.

Ma, C., T. A. Clark, J. W. Ryan, T. A. Herring, I. I. Shapiro, B. E. Corey, H. F. Hinteregger, A. E. E. Rogers, A. R. Whitney, C. A. Knight, G. L. Lundqvist, D. B. Shaffer, N. R. Vandenberg, J C Pigg, B. R. Schupler, B. O. Ronnang, Radio–source positions from VLBI, Astron. J., 92, 1020–1029, 1986.  

11.

Ryan, J. W., T. A. Clark, R. J. Coates, C. Ma, W. T. Wildes, C. R. Gwinn,  T. A. Herring, I. I. Shapiro, B. E. Corey, C. C. Counselman, H. F. Hinteregger, A. E. E. Rogers, A. R. Whitney, C. A. Knight,  N. R. Vandenberg, J C Pigg, B. R. Schupler, B. O. Ronnang,  Geodesy by radio interferometry:  Determinations of baseline vector, earth rotation, and solid earth tide parameters with the Mark I  very long baseline interferometry system, J. Geophys.  Res., 91, 1935–1946, 1986. 

12.

Herring, T. A., J. L. Davis, and I. I. Shapiro, Geodesy by radio interferometry: The application of Kalman filtering to the analysis of VLBI data,  J. Geophys. Res., 95, 12561–12581, 1990.

13.

Davis, J. L., T. A. Herring, and I.I. Shapiro, Effects of atmospheric modeling errors on determinations of baseline vectors from VLBI, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 643–650, 1991.

14.

Elgered, G., J. L. Davis, T. A. Herring, and I. I. Shapiro, Geodesy by radio interferometry: Water vapor radiometry for the estimation of the wet delay, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 6541–6556, 1991.

15.

Mathews, P. M., B. A. Buffet, T. A. Herring, and I. I. Shapiro, Forced nutations of the Earth: Influence of inner core dynamics 1. Theory,   J. Geophys. Res., 96, 8219–8243, 1991.

16.

Mathews, P. M., B. A. Buffet, T. A. Herring, and I. I. Shapiro, Forced nutations of the Earth: Influence of inner core dynamics  2. Numerical results and comparisons,  J. Geophys. Res., 96, 8243–8258, 1991.

17.

Herring, T. A., B. A. Buffet, P. M. Mathews, and I. I. Shapiro, Forced nutations of the Earth: Influence of inner core dynamics 3. Very long baseline interferometry data analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 8259–8274, 1991.

18.

Herring, T. A., The rotation of the Earth, U.S. National Report 1987–1990, 172–175, 1991.

19.

Feigl, K. L, R. W. King, T. A. Herring, and M. Rotchacher, A scheme for reducing the effect of selective availability on precise geodetic measurements from the Global Positioning System,  Geophys. Res. Lett., 1289–1292, 1991.

20.

Herring, T. A., D. Dong, and R. W. King, Submilliarcsecond Pole Position determination using Global Positioning System Data,  Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 1893–1897, 1991.

21.

Chao, B. F., D. Dong, H. S. Lui, and T. A. Herring, Libration in the EarthÕs rotation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 2007–2010, 1991.

22.

Herring T. A., Submillimeter horizontal position determination using very long baseline interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 1981–1990, 1992.

23.

Tralli, D. M., S. M. Lichten, and T. A. Herring, Comparison of Kalman Filter estimates of zenith atmospheric path delays using the global positioning system and very long baseline interferometry, Radio Science, 27, 999–1007, 1992.

24.

Bevis, M., S. Businger, T. A. Herring, C. Rocken, R. A. Anthes, R. H. Ware, GPS Meteorology: Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Water Vapor using the Global Positioning system, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 15,787–15,801, 1992.

25.

Bock, Y., D. C. Agnew, P. Fang, J. F. Genrich, B. H. Hager, T. A. Herring, K. W. Hudnut, R. W. King, S. Larsen, J.-B. Minster, K. Stark, S. Wdowinski, and F. K. Wyatt, Detection of crustal deformation from the Landers earthquake sequence using continuous geodetic measurements, Nature, 361, 337-340, 1993.

26.

Bevis, M., R. A. Anthes, T. A. Herring, C. Rocken, and R. H. Ware, GPS Meteorology: Mapping zenith wet delays onto precipitable water, J. Applied Meteorology, 33, 379–386, 1994.

27.

Buffett, B. A., P. M. Mathews, T. A. Herring, and I. I. Shapiro, Forced nutations of the Earth: Contributions for the effects of ellipticity and rotation on the elastic deformation, J. Geophys. Res. , 98, 21,659–21,676, 1993.

28.

Feigl, K. L., D. C. Agnew, Y. Bock, D. Dong, A. Donnellan, B. H. Hager, T. A. Herring, D. D. Jackson, T. H. Jordan, R. W. King, S. Larsen, K. M. Larson, M. H. Murray, Z-K Shen, and F. H. Webb, Measurement of the velocity field of central and southern California, 1984-1992, J. Geophys. Res. , 98, 21,677–21,712, 1993.

29.

Donnellan, A., B. H. Hager, R. W. King, and T. A. Herring, Geodetic determination of shortening across the Ventura Basin, southern California, A. J. Geophys. Res., 98, 21,727–21,740, 1993.

30.

VanDam, T. M., and T. A. Herring, Detection of atmospheric pressure loading using very long baseline interferometry measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 4505–4517, 1994.

31.

Herring, T. A. and D. Dong, Diurnal and semidiurnal rotational variations and tidal parameters of the Earth, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 18,051–18,072, 1994.

32.

Freedman, A. P. R. Ibanez-Meier, S. M. Lichten, J. O. Dickey, and T. A. Herring, Sub-daily Earth rotation during the Epoch-Ô92 campaign, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 769–772, 1994.

33.

Eubanks, T. M., D. N. Matsakia, B. A. Archinal, M. S. Carter, D. M. Hall, F. J. Josties, K. A. Kingham, J. O. Martin, D. D. McCarthy, T. A. Herring and S. A. Klioner, The absolute proper motion of the extragalatic radio source 4C39.25, submitted A.J., July, 1995.

34.

Herring, T. A., VLBI data, acquisition, environmental effects, Rev. Geophys., 33, 345-348, 1995.

35.

Lebach, D. E., B. E. Corey, I. I. Shapiro, M. I. Ratner, J. C. Webber, A. E. E. Rogers, J. L. Davis and T. A. Herring, Measurement of the Solar gravitational deflection of radio waves using very long baseline interferometry, Phys. Rev. Letts., 75, 1439, 1995.

36.

Hudnut, K. W., Z. Shen, M. Murray, S. McClusky, R. King, T. Herring, B. Hager, Y. Feng, P. Fang, A. Donnellan, and Y. Bock, Co-seismic displacements of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Amer., 86,S19-S35, 1996.

37.

Herring, T. A., The Global Positioning System, Scientific America, Feb., 44-50, 1996.

38.

Duan, J., M. Bevis, P. Fang, Y. Bock, S. Chiswell, S. Businger, C. Rocken, F. Solheim, T. VanHove, R. Ware, S. McClusky, T. Herring, and R. King, GPS Meteorology: Direct estimation of the absolute value of precipitable water, J. App. Met., 35, 830–838, 1996.

39.

Bevis, M., S. Chiswell, A. Businger, T. A. Herring, and Y. Bock, Estimating wet delays using numerical weather analyses and predictions, Radio Science, 31, 477–487, 1996.

40.

Fang, M.,  B. H. Hager, and T. A. Herring, Surface deformation caused by pressure changes in the fluid core, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 1493-1496, 1996.

41.

Abdrakhmatov, K. Ye., S. A. Aldazhanov, B. H. Hager, M. W. Hamburger, T. A. Herring, K. B. Kalabaev, V. I. Makarov, P. Molnar, S. V. Panasyuk, M. T. Prilepin, R.Reilinger, I. S. Sadybakasov , B. Souter, Yu. A. Trapeznikov, V. Ye. Tsurkov, and A. V. Zubovich, Global Positioning System bound on the rate and duration of crustal shortening across the Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan,  Nature, 384, 450–453, 1996.

42.

Bevis, M., Y. Bock, P. Fang, R. Reilinger, T. Herring, J. Stowell, and R. Smalley Jr.  Blending old and new approaches to regional GPS geodesy, EOS Trans., American Geophysical Union, 78, 61,64–66, 1997.

43.

Chen, G. and T. A. Herring, Effects of atmospheric azimuthal asymmetry of the analysis of space geodetic data, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 20,489–20,502, 1997.

44.

Bock, Y., S. Wdowinskii, P. Fang, J. Behr, J. Genrich, S. Williams, D. Agnew, F. Wyatt, H. Johnson, S. Marquez, B. Oral, K. Hudnut, R. King, T. Herring, K. Stark, S. Dinardo, W. Young, D. Jackson, and W. Gurtner, Southern California permanent GPS geodetic array: Continuous measurements of regional crustal deformation, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 18,013–18,033, 1997.

45.

Shen, Z., D. Dong, T. Herring, K. Hudnut, D. Jackson, R. King, S. McClusky, and L. Sung, Crustal deformation measured in Southern California, EOS Trans., American Geophysical Union, 79, 477,482 , 1997.

46.

Dickey, J. O., C. R. Bentley, R. Bilham, J. A. Carton, R. J. Eanes, T. A. Herring, W. M. Kaula, G. S. E. Lagerloef, S. Rojstaczer, W. H. F. Smith, H. M. van den Dool, J. M. Wahr, and M. T. Zuber, Satellite Gravity: Insights into the solid Earth and its fluid envelope, EOS Trans., American Geophysical Union, 79, 237, 242–243, 1998.

47.

Dong D., T. A. Herring, and R. W. King, Estimating Regional Deformation from a Combination of Space and Terrestrial Geodetic Data, J. Geodesy, 72, 200–214, 1998.

48.

Dehant V, Arias F, Bizouard C, Bretagnon P, Brzezinski A, Buffett B, Capitaine N, Defraigne P, De Viron O, Feissel M, Fliegel H, Forte A, Gambis D, Getino J, Gross R, Herring T, Kinoshita H, Klioner S, Mathews PM, McCarthy D, Moisson X, Petrov S, Ponte RM, Roosbeek F, Salstein D, Schuh H, Seidelmann K, Soffel M, Souchay J, Vondrak J, Wahr JM, Wallace P, Weber R, Williams J, Yatskiv Y, Zharov V, Zhu SY,  Considerations concerning the non-rigid Earth nutation theory, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 74 (4) , 245-310, 1998

49.

Herring, T. A., Geodetic Applications of GPS, Proceedings of the IEEE, 87, 1, 92–110, 1999.

50.

Rothacher. M, G. Beutler, T. A. Herring, and R. Weber, Estimation of Nutations using the Global Positioning System, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 4835–4860, 1999.

51.

Herring, T. A., You are Here, Science Spectra, 18, 36–47, 1999.

52.

Bevis, M., E. Kenrick, R. Smalley Jr., T. Herring, J. Godoy, F. Galban, Crustal Motion North and South of the Arica Deflection: Comparing Recent Geodetic Results from the Central Andes, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 1, Paper number 1999GC000011, 1999.

53.

Kogan,M. G.,  G. M. Steblov, R. W. King, T. A. Herring, D. I. Frolov, S. G. Egorov, V. Y. Levin, A. Lerner-Lam, A. Jones, Geodetic constraints on the rigidity and relative motion of Eurasia and North America, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2041–2045, 2000.

54.

Altamimi, Z., D. Angermann, D. Argus, G. Blewitt, C. Boucher, B. Chao, H. Drewes, R. Eanes, M. Feissel, R. Ferland, T. Herring, B. Holt, J. Johannson, K. Larson, C. Ma, J. Manning, C. Meertens, A. Nothnagel, E. Pavlis, G. Petit, J. Ray, H-G. Scherneck, P. Sillards, and M. Warkins, The Terrestrial Reference Frame and the Dynamic Earth, EOS Tran. AGU; 82 (25), 275, 278-279,  2001

55.

Mathews, P. M., T. A. Herring, and B. A. Buffett, Modeling of Nutation-Precession: New nutation series for nonrigid Earth, and insights into the Earth's interior, in press  J. Geophs. Res.,  ETG 3-26, 2001JB000390,  2002.

56.

Buffett, B. A., P. M. Mathews, and Herring, T. A., Modeling of Nutation-Precession: Effects of the Magnetic Coupling, J. Geophs. Res., ETG 5-14, 2001JB000056, 2002.

57.

Herring, T. A., P. M. Mathews, and B. A. Buffett, Modeling of Nutation-Precession: Very long baseline interferometry results,  J. Geophs. Res., ETG 4-12, 2001JB000165, 2002.

58.

Shimada, S, H. Seko, H. Nakamura, K. Aonashi, and T. Herring, The impact of atmospheric mountain lee waves on systematic geodetic errors observed using the Global Positioning System, Earth Planets Space, 54, 425-430, 2002.

59.

Zwally J., B. Schutz, W.Abdalati, J.Abshire, C.Bentley, A.Brenner, J.Bufton, J. Dezio, D.Hancock, D.Harding, T.Herring, B.Minster, K.Quinn, S.Palm, J.Spinhirne, R.Thomas, ICESat's Laser measurements of polar ice, atmosphere, ocean and land, Journal of Geodynamics, 34, 405-445, 2002.

60.

Zwally, H. J., W. Abdalati, T. Herring, K. Larson, J. Saba, and K. Steffen, Surface Melt-Induced Acceleration of Greenland Ice-Sheet Flow, Science, 297, 218-222, 2002.

61.

Herring, T. A., MATLAB Tools for viewing GPS velocities and time series, GPS Solutions, 7, 194-199,  DIO 10.1007/s10291-003-0068-0, 2003

62.

Solomon, S. C., V. Baker, J. Bloxham, J. Booth, A. Donnellan, C. Elachi, D. Evans, E. Rignot, D. Burbank, B. Chao, A. Chave, A. Gillespie, T. Herring, R. Jeanloz, J. LaBrecque, B. Minster, W. Pittman III, M. Simons, D. Turcotte,  ML. Zoback, Plan for Living on a Restless Planet Sets NASA's Solid Earth Agenda, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(45), 485. 2003

63.

Nguyen, A. T., T. A. Herring, Analysis of ICESat data using Kalman filter and kriging to study height changes in East Antarctica, Geophs. Res. Lett., 32, L23S03, doi:10.1029/2005GL024272, 2005

64.

Tregoning, P. and T. A. Herring, Impact of a priori zenith hydrostatic delay errors on GPS estimates of station heights and zenith total delays, Geophs. Res. Lett., 33,1.23303 dio 10.1029/2006GL027706, 2006.

65.

Freed A. M., R. BŸrgmann, T. Herring, Far-reaching transient motions after Mojave earthquakes require broad mantle flow beneath a strong crust, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L19302, doi:10.1029/2007GL030959, 2007.

 

3. Proceedings in Refereed Conferences

1.

Herring, T. A., B. E. Corey, I. I. Shapiro,  A. E. E. Rogers, A. R. Whitney, T. A. Clark, C. A. Knight, C. Ma, J. W. Ryan, B. R. Schupler,  N. R. Vandenberg, G. Elgered, G. Lundqvist,  B. O. Ronnang, J. Campbell, and P. Richards,  Determination of tidal parameters from VLBI  observations, Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Earth tides,  E. SchweizerbartÕsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 205–211, 1982

2.

Bartel, N., M. I. Ratner, I.I. Shapiro, T. A. Herring, B. E. Corey, Proper motion of components of the quasar  3C 345, in VLBI and Compact Radio Sources, R. Fanti  et al. (eds), 113–116, 1984.

3.

Herring, T. A., C. R. Gwinn, B. A. Buffett, and I. I. Shapiro, Bound on the amplitude of the EarthÕs free  core–nutation, Proceedings of IAU  Symposium No. 128, The EarthÕs rotation and Reference frame  for geodesy and geodynamics, A. K. Babcock and G. A. Wilkins  (eds.), Reidel, Dordrecht, 293–299, 1988.

4.

Davis, J. L., T. A. Herring, and I. I. Shapiro, Geodesy by radio interferometry: 1–2 part–per–billion precision for  transcontinental baselines, Proceedings of  IAU Symposium No. 129, The Impact of VLBI on Astrophysics  and Geophysics, M. Reid and J. M. Moran (eds.), Reidel,  Dordrecht, 367–368, 1988. 

5.

Elgered, G., J. L. Davis, T. A. Herring, and I. I. Shapiro, Methods of correction for the ÒwetÓ atmosphere in estimating baseline lengths from VLBI, Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 129, The Impact of VLBI on Astrophysics  and Geophysics, M. Reid and J. M. Moran (eds.), Reidel,  Dordrecht, 543–544, 1988. 

6.

Herring, T. A., VLBI studies on the nutations of the Earth, Proceedings of  IAU Symposium No. 129, The Impact of VLBI on Astrophysics  and Geophysics, M. Reid and J. M. Moran (eds.), Reidel,  Dordrecht, 371–376, 1988. 

7.

Herring, T. A., Blowing in the wind, Nature, News and Views, 334, 102, 1988. 

8.

Herring, T. A., and R. W. King, Report of the Chapman conference on GPS measurements for geodynamics, EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 71, 1819 (1824), 1990.

9.

Herring, T. A., The ZMOA-1990 nutation series, in Proceedings of IAU colloquium No. 127, Reference Systems, US Naval Observatory, Washington. D.C., 157–166, 1991.

10.

Herring, T. A., and D. Dong, Current and future accuracy of Earth rotation measurements, in Proceedings of the Chapman conference on Geodetic VLBI: Monitoring Global Change, NOAA Technical Report NOS 137 NGS 49, W. E. Carter (Ed.), 306–324, 1991.

11.

Herring, T. A., Modeling Atmospheric delays in the analysis of space geodetic data, in Proceedings of Refraction of Transatmospheric signals in Geodesy, eds. J. C. De Munck and T. A. Th.Spoelstra, Netherlands Geodetic Commission Publications on Geodesy, 36, 157–164, 1992.

12.

Herring, T. A., Diurnal and semidiurnal variations in Earth rotation, in Advances in Space Research, 13, 11,281–11,290, Pergamom Press, New York, 1993.

13.

Herring, T. A., An apriori model for the reduction of nutation observations: KSV1994.3 nutation series, Highlights of Astronomy, 10, 222-227, 1995.

14.

Herring, T. A. and S. Shimada, Estimating Spatial Variations in Atmospheric Delays using GPS, Proceeding of the GPSMet conference, Tokyo, Japan, 1997.

15.

Herring, T. A., Combination of Space Geodetic Measurements, Proceedings of the GEMSTONE symposium, Communications Research Laboratory, Tokoyo, Japan, pp. 112-116, 1999.

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Beavan, R.J.; Matheson, D.W.; Denys, P.; Denham, M.; Herring, T.; Hager, B.; Molnar, P. 2003 A vertical deformation profile across the Southern Alps, New Zealand, from 3.5 years of continuous GPS data.12 p. In: Proceedings of the workshop : the state of GPS vertical positioning precision : separation of earth processes by space geodesy, April 2-4, 2003, Luxembourg. Luxembourg: European Centre for Geodynamics and Seismology. Cahiers du Centre Europeen de Geodynamique et de Seismologie 23

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Schmid, R., G. Mader, T. Herring, From Relative to Absolute Phase Center Corrections, Proceedings IGS Berne Workshop, Session 10, 209-220, 2005.

http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/overrview/pub/04_rtberne.html

 

4.  Other Major Publications

1.

Counselman, C. C., R. J. Cappallo, S. A. Gourevitch, R. L. Greenspan, T. A. Herring, R. W. King, A. E. E. Rogers,  I. I. Shapiro, R. E. Snyder, D. H. Steinbrecher, A. R. Whitney,  Accuracy of relative positioning by interferometry with GPS: Double–blind test results, Proceedings of the  third international geodetic symposium on satellite  Doppler positioning, DMA & NGS New Mexico State  University, Vol. 2, 1983. 

2.

Herring, T. A., The precision and accuracy of intercontinental distance determinations using radio interferometry. Ph. D. Thesis, MIT, 1983.  See also USAF Report AFGL–TR–84–0182.  

3.

Herring, T. A., C. R. Gwinn, and I. I. Shapiro, Geodesy by radio interferometry: corrections to the IAU 1980 nutation series, Proceedings of the MERIT/COTES meeting, ed. by I. Mueller, 307–325, 1985. 

4.

Herring, T. A., Very–long–baseline interferometry and its contributions to geodynamics, in Space Geodesy and Geodynamics, A.J. Anderson and A. Cazenave, eds., Academic Press, New York, 169–196, 1986. 

5.

Greene, B. A., and T. A. Herring, Multiple wavelength laser Ranging, to appear in Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on  Laser ranging instrumentation, J. Garnebet, Ed., Antibes, France,  1986.  

6.

Herring, T. A., Corrections to the IAU 1980 nutation series, BIH Annual Report for 1987, Bureau International De LÕHeure, Paris, D104–D106, 1988. 

7.

Elgered, G., J. L. Davis, T. A. Herring, and I. I. Shapiro, The effects of WVR data from Onsala on the repeatability of baseline length determination, Proceedings of the 6th Working group meeting on European VLBI for geodesy and astrometry, P. Tomasi, Ed., Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Instituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna,  95–98, 1988.

8.

Herring, T. A., Short term dynamics of the Earth: precession and nutation, in The interdisciplinary role of space geodesy, I.I. Mueller and S. Zerbini (eds.), Springer–Verlag, Berlin, 14–17, 1989.

9.

Herring, T. A., T. A., Clark, and A. E. E. Rogers, Very long baseline interferometry, in Solid Earth Sciences in the 1990Õs.  Vol. 3. Measurement techniques and technology panel Report, 54-64, NASA TM 4256, 1991.

10.

Herring, T. A., T. A., Clark, Other microwave techniques, in Solid Earth Sciences in the 1990Õs.  Vol. 3. Measurement techniques and technology panel Report, 65-67, NASA TM4256, 1991.

11.

Strange, W., R. Allenby, T. Herring, and M. Pearlman, Measurement validation and system integration, in Solid Earth Sciences in the 1990Õs.  Vol. 3.  Measurement techniques and technology panel Report, 78-82, NASA TM 4256, 1991.

12.

Herring, T. A., and M. R. Pearlman, Future developments and Synergism of Space Geodetic Measurement techniques, Contributions of Space Geodesy to Geodynamics: Technology, Geodynamics Series, 25, 21–26, American Geophysical Union, Washington, 1993.

13.

Rogers, A. E. E., R. J. Cappallo, B. E. Corey, H. F. Hinteregger, A. E. Niell, R. B. Phillips, D. L. Smythe, A. R. Whitney, T. A. Herring, J. M. Bosworth, T. A. Clark, C. Ma, J. W. Ryan, J. L. Davis, I. I. Shapiro, G. Elgered, K. Jaldehag, J. M. Johansson, B. O. Ronnang, W. E. Carter, J. R. Ray, D. S. Robertson, T. M. Eubanks, K. A. Kingham, R. C. Walker, W. E. Himwich, C. E. Kuehn, D. S. MacMillan, R. I. Potash, D. B. Shaffer, N. R. Vandenberg, J. C. Webber, R. L. Allshouse, B. R. Schupler, and D. Gordon, Improvements in the accuracy of Geodetic VLBI, Contributions of Space Geodesy to Geodynamics: Technology, Geodynamics Series, 25, 47–64, American Geophysical Union, Washington, 1993.

14.

Herring, T. A., Earth, Motion of, MacMillan Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences, MacMillan Publishing Co., New York, Eds N. Barlow, D. Brandt, M. E. Kauffman, D. W., Mittlefehldt, B. J. Skinner, Vol. 1, 181–183, 1996.

15.

Herring, T. A., Geodesy, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 9th Edition Vol. 8,  Updated 2006.

5.  Internal Memoranda and Progress Reports

A number of reports have been written for the U.S. Air Force and NASA.

1.

Herring, T. A., GLOBK: Global Kalman filter VLBI and GPS Analysis program, Vers 3.1, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pp. 65, 1993.

2.

Herring, T. A., GLOBK: Global Kalman filter VLBI and GPS Analysis program, Vers 4.1, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pp.80, 1998.

3.

Herring, T. A., GLOBK: Global Kalman filter VLBI and GPS Analysis program, Release 10.0, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pp.98, March, 2002.  See also http://www-gpsg.mit.edu/~tah/globk.ps.Z

 

6.  Invited Lectures since 1989.

January 1989, ÒWater Vapor Radiometry,Ó National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado.

December 1989, ÒComparison of Kalman filter estimates of zenith tropospheric path delays using the global positioning system and very long baseline interferometry,Ó American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco.

December 1989, ÒMeasurement technique and technology panel report,Ó American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco.

April 1990, ÒVery Long Baseline Interferometry in the 1990s,Ó European Geophysical Society Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark.

May 1990, ÒTidal Displacements and the Determination of Short Period Earth Rotation Variations,Ó American Geophysical Union  Meeting, Baltimore.

December 1990, ÒGeodetic Results from the October 1989 Extended R&D VLBI experiment,Ó American Geophysical Union  Meeting, San Francisco.

June 1991, Ò Studies of High Frequency Earth Rotation Variations Using Very Long Baseline Interferometry,Ó 1991 North American Radio Science Meeting and International IEEE/AP-S Symposium, London, Ontario.

August 1991, ÒSpace Geodetic Observations of the Rotation of the Earth and Their Dynamic Implications.,Ó International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Symposium on Dynamics of the EarthÕs Deep Interior and Earth Rotation, Vienna, Austria.

September 1991, ÒGlobal Strain Rate Determination Using Very Long Baseline Interferometry,Ó AGU Chapman Conference on Time Dependent Positioning: Modeling Crustal Deformation, Annapolis, Maryland.

April 1992, ÒHigh Frequency Earth Rotation Measurements,Ó European Geophysical Society Meeting, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

May 1992, ÒModeling Atmospheric Delays in the Analysis of Space Geodetic DataÓ, Refraction of Transatmospheric Signals in Geodesy symposium, The Hague, Netherlands.

December 1992, ÒSpace Geodetic Studies of the EarthÕs InteriorÓ Birch Lecture, and ÒTidally coherent, diurnal and semidiurnal variations in the Rotation of the EarthÓ American Geophysical Union  Meeting, San Francisco.

February, 1993, ÒApplications of GLOBK to the analysis of GPS dataÓ, UCLA Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, California.

April, 1993, ÒAtmospheric Gradients and Mapping Function Variations Measured with Very Long Baseline InterferometryÓ, Spring AGU Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

May, 1993, ÒEffects of Selective Availability and Anti-spoofing on GPS dataÓ, Ocean Sciences Board Meeting, Washington, DC.

June, 1993, ÒEffects of GPS Security systems on precise navigationÓ, Environmental Task Force sub-committee Meeting, Boulder, CO.

October, 1993, ÒAccuracy of Global Positioning System studies of active tectonicsÓ, GSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

December, 1993, ÒGlobal Positioning System studies of active tectonicsÓ, Fall AGU meeting San Francisco, CA.

March, 1994, ÒWhy canÕt we see the free nutations of the EarthÕs fluid core?Ó Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada.

March, 1994, ÒDiurnal and Semidiurnal Earth rotation variationsÓ, IERS and IGS Workshops, Paris, France.

July, 1994, ÒAn apriori model for the reduction of nutation observations: KSV_1994.2 Nutation SeriesÓ IAU Meeting, The Hague, The Netherlands.

December, 1994, ÒVLBI Measurements of contemporary plate motionsÓ, Fall AGU meeting San Francisco, CA.

December, 1994, ÒCombined global VLBI and GPS Reference framesÓ, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA.

July, 1995, ÒObservability of Inner core parameters with nutation observationsÓ, IUGG Meeting, Boulder, CO.

December, 1995, ÒDevelopments in Earth rotation measurementsÓ, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA.

March, 1996, ÒGeodetic measurements of Plate motionsÓ, National Geology Teachers Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

March 1996, ÒDiurnal and Semidiurnal Earth Rotation variationsÓ, International GPS Workshop, Silver Spring, MD.

March 1996, ÒTransfer of GPS from research to applicationsÓ, NAS PresidentÕs Circle Basic Science Initiative Meeting, Irvine, CA.

April 1996, ÒApplications of the Global Positioning SystemÓ, American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

May 1996, ÒCorrelated noise processes in VLBI and GPS MeasurementsÓ, Spring AGU Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

July 1996, ÒMeasurements of global dynamicsÓ, Department of Geomatic Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

July 1996, ÒGeodetic Studies of the Inner and Outer CoreÓ, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Brisbane, Australia.

July 1996, ÒQuasi-rigorous combinations of Space Geodetic measurementsÓ, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Brisbane, Australia.

September 1996,ÓApplications of GPS for Precise PositioningÓ, Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers, Inc., Westorough, MA.

October 1996, ÒPrinciples of GPSÓ, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.

October 1996, ÒTectonics of Central AsiaÓ, University of Indiana, Physics Department, Indiana.

December 1996, ÒDeformations of the Solid-Earth Induced by Variations in Ocean Bottom PressureÓ, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

June 1997, ÒCombination of Space Geodetic MeasurementsÓ, Deutsches Geodatisches ForchungsInsitute, Munich, Germany

August 1997, ÒCorrections to the IAU80 precession and nutationsÓ, IAU meeting, Kyoto, Japan.

September 1997, ÒEstimating Spatial Variations in Atmospheric Delays using GPSÓ, GPS Met conference, Tokyo, Japan.

October 1997, ÒGeophysical Applications of GPSÓ, Amherst, University of Massachusetts.

November 1997, ÒApplications of GPSÓ, Boston College, Boston.

December 1997, ÒCenter of Mass Variations measured with GPSÓ, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

February 1998, ÒSpace-based geodesyÓ, Space-based Geosciences Seminar, University of Texas, Austin.

March 1998, ÒGlobal Positioning SystemÓ, Knights Fellow Seminar, MIT.

March 1998, ÒPrecession and nutations of the EarthÓ, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, DC.

March 1998, ÒApplications of GLOBK: A Global Geodetic Kalman FilterÓ, Tsukuba, Japan.

April 1998, ÒMeasuring Deformations with the GPSÓ, Department of Physics Seminar, RPI, Troy, New York.

June 1998, ÒAtmospheric and Ionospheric Effects on GPSÓ, White House Weekly meeting on the Future Trends in GPS, Washington, DC.

October 1998, ÒGeodetic Measurements of Earth DynamicsÓ, Geodetic Week, Kaiserslautern, Germany

December 1998, ÒResearch Opportunities in GeodesyÓ, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

December 1998, ÒGlobal Plate MotionsÓ, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

January 1999, ÒCombinations of Space Geodetic MeasurementsÓ, GEMSTONE Meeting, Tokyo, Japan.

April 1999, ÒAnalysis of Anomalous Signals in GPS Height EstimatesÓ, Spring AGU Meeting, Boston, MA.

October 1999, ÒUsing Data to Build an Understanding of EarthÓ, Cambridge Middle School Teachers Workshop, Cambridge, MA

December 1999, ÒTerrestrial Reference Frame definition with self-consistent Earth Orientation parametersÓ, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA

December 1999, ÒGeophysical Applications of Earth Rotation MeasurementsÓ, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA

January 2000, ÒPlate TectonicsÓ, Lexington High School, Lexington, MA

April 2000, ÒGlobal Height Change Measurement using VLBI and GPSÓ, EGS meeting, Nice France

June 2000, ÒContemporary Rates of Deformation in the Tien ShanÓ, International Research Center–Geodynamics Proving Ground, Bishkek, Kyrghyzstan

July 2000, ÒCurrent state of IGS Analysis: Quality AssessmentÓ, IGS Workshop, Oslo, Norway.

December 2000, ÒContemporary Rates of Deformation in the Tien ShanÓ, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA

January 2001, ÒPlate TectonicsÓ, Lexington High School, Lexington, MA

January 2001, ÒGeophysics Teacher WorkshopÓ, Cambridge Middle School Teachers, Cambridge, MA.

March 2001, ÒFuture Geodetic TechnologiesÓ, EGS Meeting, Nice, France.

June 2001, ÒTechniques of sensing water vapor with GPSÓ, NOAA/FSL workshop, Boulder, CO.

July 2001, ÒSolid Earth Sciences Working Group ReportÓ, IGRASS Meeting, Sydney, Australia.

December 2001, ÒVertical Reference Frames for Sea LevelÓ, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA.

January 2002, ÒGPS data analysis with GAMIT/GLOBKÓ, 5-day course, CMMACS India.

April 2002, ÒGlobal Reference SystemsÓ, EGS meeting, Nice, France.

August 2002, "Contemporary Horizontal and Vertical Deformation of the Tien Shan",  APSG –2002, Irkutsk, Russia

February 2003, "High Precision Realization and Applications of GPS", New England Section of Institute of Navigation, Cambridge, MA

December, 2003,, "Results and Comparisons from the Southern California Integrated GPS Network", Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA