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
- 2019
- Vening Meinesz Medal
The 2019 Vening Meinesz Medal is awarded to
Tonie van Dam for pioneering work on the deformations of the solid Earth under a variety of surface loads and on their measurements using space geodetic observation techniques.
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- 2019
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Awards
The 2019 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Awards is awarded to
Benedikt Soja for original research and contributions to the fields of very long baseline interferometry and terrestrial reference frames.
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- 2019
- Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards
The 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to
Christina Lück Using Swarm to derive global sea level budgets
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- 2019
- Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards
The 2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to
Philipp Zingerle High-resolution combined global gravity field modeling: Towards a combined d/o 10800 model
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- 2018
- Vening Meinesz Medal
The 2018 Vening Meinesz Medal is awarded to
Markus Rothacher for his pioneering work in linking geometry, rotation and gravity to space geodetic observations and subsequently enhancing the understanding of the Earth system.
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- 2018
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Awards
The 2018 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Awards is awarded to
Sara Bruni for her innovative contributions to global and regional reference-frame studies bridging the gap to other fields of geosciences, such as geodynamics.
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- 2018
- Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards
The 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to
Saniya Behzadpour Error modeling validation of GRACE gravity data
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- 2018
- Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards
The 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards is awarded to
William Durkin Impact of local crustal variations and ice mass balance uncertainties on interpreting regional GIA in southeast Alaska
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