Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics are a series of books co-published by the IUGG and Cambridge University Press. Volumes in the series present major scientific developments and achievements derived from programs, assemblies and symposia run by the eight IUGG Associations, and provide researchers and graduate students with authoritative insights into state-of-the-art research across the Earth Sciences.

Managing Editor: Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany and Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Editorial Board: Christophe Cudennec, Agrocampus Ouest, Rennes; Hermann Drewes, Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut, München, Germany; Andrew Mackintosh, Victoria University of Wellington; Mioara Mandea, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Paris; Teruyuki Nakajima, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; Johannes Schweitzer, NORSAR, Norway; Stefania Sparnocchia, Istituto di Scienze Marine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Rome; Roberto Sulpizio, Università degli studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro