President: Johannes Böhm (g@egu.eu)
Deputy President: Annette Eicker
(annette.eicker@hcu-hamburg.de)
Traditionally geodesy is the science of the measurement and the mapping
of the Earth’s surface. Since the surface is mainly shaped by the
Earth’s gravity field the classical definition includes the Earth’s
gravitational potential. Observing the Earth figure, the orientation and
rotation as well as the gravity field, geodesy today provides spatial
and temporal patterns of geophysical processes within the Earth system
such as sea level rise, tides, melting of continental ice masses,
changes in global water circulation and in the atmosphere or
deformations of the solid Earth. Consequently, the geodesy division
covers activities on the whole spectrum of modern geodetic Earth system
modeling from the measurement systems to the investigation of
geophysical processes.
Recent awardees
- 2020
- Vening Meinesz Medal
The 2020 Vening Meinesz Medal is awarded to
Willi Freeden for his pioneering work in combining a comprehensive mathematical theory with fundamental geodetic problems and advanced applications in Earth system sciences and global change studies.
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- 2020
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
The 2020 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to
Karina Wilgan for the development of new methods for the integration of GNSS delays, meteorological observations and numerical weather prediction models for applications in InSAR and GNSS.
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Latest posts from the G blog
The general assembly 2021 is approaching, Annette Eicker will take over as new division president, now we also need a new, fresh early career scientist (ECS) to take over the role of the ECS-representative. But what do you have to do as an ECS-representative? And where can you sign up? Early career scientists represent a significant share of the EGU general assembly attendees. It is therefore desirable to involve this group not only as participants, but also on the division …
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