Background & Objectives

Welcome to the International Symposium on Atmospheric Sounding and Data Assimilation, a premier event dedicated to the latest development and newest advancement of cutting-edge research, innovation and knowledge translation in GNSS theory, method and applications, in particular in the areas of next generation GNSS remote sensing, data assimilation into Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models, NWP data applications to GNSS, data mining, and many more. GNSS, albeit initially designed for global positioning, navigation and timing, has seen an unprecedented expansion and penetration into many other regimes, such as automation / autonomous vehicles, internet of things, as well as atmospheric sounding and environmental situation awareness etc. The symposium aims to bring together world scientists, academics and entrepreneurs to share and showcase their latest achievements in the broad area of GNSS. It is hoped that, the symposium could act as a catalyst in advancing GNSS and the geospatial industry in general and be a great opportunity to meet international colleagues to foster collaboration, knowledge exchange and discussion of hotspots and future trends etc.

The 4-day symposium will be featured with plenary/keynote sessions, panel discussions, oral presentations, poster presentation and technical exhibitions. We are sure that the conference will be a “not-to-be missed” event for those who work in the areas of GNSS, geospatial, meteorology and atmosphere. We, The China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University sincerely invite you to join the event - a great opportunity to explore the latest development and innovations.

The host CUMT is strategically located at the City of Xuzhou, a key transport hub in China. Xuzhou has a long legendary history of more than 6,000 years. Approximately 2,000 years ago, Xuzhou was China’s political center in the Han Dynasty. Xuzhou is proud to be ranked as one of the most livable cities in China.

The CUMT is a leading university in China specialized in mining science and technology. The university has approximately 30,000 full time students, including international students from a diversity of nationalities and culture backgrounds. With 22 schools in the fields of science, technology and engineering, design, arts and humanities, business, and management, the CUMT boasts to have the most beautiful campus in China.

The ISASDA 2023 is jointly held by the China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT) and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The main topics and sessions are as followings:

Sessions & Topics

  • Session 1: GNSS Atmospheric Sounding
  • Session 2: Tomography for GNSS 4-Dimensional Water Vapor
  • Session 3: Data Assimilation into NWP Models
  • Session 4: Extreme Weather and Climate Change
  • Session 5: PNT – Positioning, Navigation and Timing
  • Session 6: Radio Occultation − Theory, Algorithm and Applications
  • Session 7: GNSS Ionosphere and Space Weather
  • Session 8: GNSS Reflectometry and Remote Sensing
  • Session 9: Multi-Source Atmospheric Sensing