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EGSIEM wants to use GRACE gravity field data for operational flooding and drought management

December 10, 2015
EGSIEM wants to use GRACE gravity field data for operational flooding and drought management
EGSIEM brochure

The terrestial water cycle leaves traces in the Earth’s gravity field The current onset of el Nino is raising hope in California to replenish some of its multiyear water deficit. Due to the warm pool of water on the East side of the Pacific, more rain, and consequently also larger potential for flooding is expected. At the other side of the Pacific, the water is colder than usual leading to ...[Read More]

Should we, as session conveners, have an expiry date?

February 4, 2015
Should we, as session conveners, have an expiry date?
EGU General Assemby in Vienna. Photo J. Kusche

This is a guest post written by Jürgen Kusche, who has convened numerous sessions on various international conferences, and had the wonderful idea to use the geodesy division blog to initiate an open discussion on the topic session convening. For that reason, readers are encouraged to comment at the end of this post. Currently, Jürgen Kusche is professor at the Chair of Astronomical, Mathematical ...[Read More]

“I have a friend, and she is a geodesist”, a tiny review for a tiny book

December 19, 2014
“I have a friend, and she is a geodesist”, a tiny review for a tiny book
“I have a friend, and she is a geodesist”, is a 10x10cm story book for kids

Recently, I came across a tiny (10 x 10cm) book called “Ich hab eine Freundin, die ist Geodätin” (“I have a friend, and she is a geodesist”), by Sylvia Schuster with drawings by Dorothea Tust. Virtually all of my colleagues were quite sentimental about this since it was published as a so-called ‘Pixi-book’. And Pixi-books, as I learned, are the de facto story books in Germany to explai ...[Read More]

Measuring with sub-mm accuracy, who cares? WE DO!

November 25, 2014
Measuring with sub-mm accuracy, who cares? WE DO!
(Photo: R. Rietbroek)

Welcome to the official blog of the geodesy division of the European Geoscience Union. Hosted by the EGU (thanks for that!), the blog is currently being brought into life by the geodesy division presidents and myself. Of course, anyone who has even the slightest curiosity towards geodesy is happily invited to pay us a regular visit. To stigmatize right away, most geodesists will probably be, eithe ...[Read More]