Table of Contents
* Prof. P. Delogne, President of the Technical Programme Committee
About the Programme
* Prof. J. Van Bladel, President of the Koninklijke Academie
The birth of URSI
* Dr. P. Bauer, President of URSI
The activities of URSI since its first General Assembly in
1922
* Dr. J. Ponsonby (Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, UK)
Global Satellite Navigation Systems: Uses of Space-Time Fixe
from Geodesy to Sailing
* Prof. Y. Rahmat-Samii (University of California, Los Angeles,
USA)
Antennas in Space : Modern Developments and Challenges
* Dr. L. Chiariglione (CSELT, Italy)
The future of Digital TV and HDTV by Satellite
* Dr. Shuzu Kato (NTT Radio Communication, Japan)
Personal Communication Systems and Low Earth Orbit Satellites
* Prof. M.A. Stuchly (University of Victoria, Canada)
Mobile Communication Systems and Biological Effects on Their
Users
* Prof. A. Kalmykov (IRE, Kharkov, Ukraine)
Real-Aperture Radar (RAR) Imaging from Space
* Prof. W. Alpers (University of Hamburg, Germany)
Measurements of Mesoscale Oceanic and Atmospheric Phenomena
by ERS-1 SAR
* Dr. D. Massonet (CNES, Toulouse, France)
SAR Interferometry and the Monitoring of the Earth Surface
at Centimeter Level
* Prof. R.T. Schilizzi (Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe)
Current Developments in VLBI Astronomy on the Ground and in
Space
* Prof. C. Salomon (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France)
Cold Atoms and Microgravity Clocks
* Dr. D.B. Snyder (NASA, USA)
Dynamic Interactions Between Ionospheric Plasma and Spacecrafts
* Prof. D. Gurnett (University of Iowa, USA)
Solar System Plasma Waves
* Prof. H. Matsumoto (Kyoto University, Japan)
Microwave Power Transmission from Space and Related Nonlinear
Plasma Effects
These Proceedings are available from the URSI Secretariat.