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G Geodesy Division on Geodesy

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Division on Geodesy
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Division on Geodesy

President: Annette Eicker (Emailg@egu.eu)
Deputy President: Roelof Rietbroek (Email)
ECS Representative: Öykü Koç (Emailecs-g@egu.eu)

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’s 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 modelling from the measurement systems to the investigation of geophysical processes.

Latest posts from the G blog

Geodesy Division Year In Review 2024

Hi EGU Community! We hope that you had some rest during the holidays and are ready for this new year ahead! With the last blog post of 2024, we want to look back at what happened in the G Division during the last year and give an outlook on what you can expect for the coming year! Looking back on 2024 Over the past year, we published a total of 19 blog posts. Many thanks to all the authors who …


Inside the World of ‘Native Scientists’

Are you ready to dive into the fascinating mutual symbiosis of science, culture, and education? Be ready to be inspired by the blog editor-in-chief of our division blog, Rebekka Steffen, who is a researcher at Lantmäteriet in Sweden, where she specializes on glacial isostatic adjustment—think rising land, ancient ice sheets, and Earth’s stress fields! But there’s more to Rebekka than cutting-edge research: she was involved with ‘Native Scientists’, an initiative that connects kids with scientists who share their language and …


Expanding the picture: Being a female geodesist in Iran

Researchers working in STEM fields who also belong to a minority group face more challenges than their more privileged colleagues. Take Maryam Mirzakhani for instance; she was the first woman and the first Iranian to receive the Fields Medal. But along that path, she quietly overcame a lot of barriers on her journey- from being a child during the Iran-Iraq war to educational inequalities and the unique challenges of being a woman in mathematics [article]. Being the first in her …


EGU Campfire Geodesy – Share Your Research – Ninth Edition

We are excited to announce the 9th edition of Geodesy Campfire – Share Your Research in November. The Geodesy EGU Campfire Events “Share Your Research” give (early career) researchers the chance to talk about their work.We have two exciting talks by our guest speakers Roland Hohensinn and Bjarke Nilsson. Below you can find the details of the topics awaiting us. We will have time to network after the presentations. Please join us on Zoom on November 21 from 3:30 p.m. …

Recent awardees

Jeffrey T. Freymueller

Jeffrey T. Freymueller

  • 2024
  • Vening Meinesz Medal

The 2024 Vening Meinesz Medal is awarded to Jeffrey T. Freymueller for pioneering work in geodesy with Global Navigation Satellite Systems and their application to geophysics.


Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma

Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma

  • 2024
  • Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award

The 2024 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma for his outstanding contributions in the use of satellite geodesy for Earth system science.


Mario Moreno

Mario Moreno

  • 2024
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Mario Moreno Ionospheric Impact on GNSS Reflectometry: A correction approach for the PRETTY satellite data

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