geodesy

Geodesy Division Highlights at EGU25: Your Essential Guide

Öykü Koç and Marius Schlaak April 7, 2025

Austria Center Vienna (Picture courtesy: Holger Steffen).

Disclaimer: This is just a small preview of the many other exciting events planned for GA! The annual EGU General Assembly is upon us once again, beckoning geodesy enthusiasts to Vienna for a convergence of scientific exchange and networking. Embracing a hybrid conference format, EGU ensures accessibility for both in-person and virtual attendees. From traditional oral and poster presentations to ...[Read More]

EGU Campfire Geodesy – Share Your Research – Eighth Edition

Öykü Koç September 30, 2024

We are finally back with the 8th edition of Geodesy Campfire – Share Your Research. The Geodesy EGU Campfire Events “Share Your Research” give (early career) researchers the chance to talk about their work. We have two exciting talks; one by Leire Retegui-Schiettekatte and the other by Vipin Kumar Maurya. Below you can find detailed descriptions of their talks. We will have time to network a ...[Read More]

Around the world with Professor Vening Meinesz onboard the submarine K-XVIII: The Origin of Flexure Modelling

Bart Root June 28, 2024

Andreas Johnsson (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

In my previous blog post, I wrote about the famous voyage of Professor Vening Meinesz aboard the submarine K-XVIII. At 30 meters underneath the surface, Vening Meinesz would observe the gravity field of Earth with a pendulum apparatus called the Golden Calf. In this post, I would like to discuss a different voyage the professor took part in. Normally the Dutch submarines took the Suez Canal to sai ...[Read More]

Bits and Bites of Geodesy – Satellite altimetry: What else can we do with it?

Bene Aschenneller, edited by Öykü Koç and Marius Schlaak May 31, 2024

Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç

In the previous post of this series, we learned how we can use satellite radar altimetry to retrieve highly accurate estimates of global sea level changes. If only reading “sea level” triggers your climate anxiety – we got you covered! In this post we will introduce you to three more applications of radar altimetry, where the first two are not directly connected to climate change. Instead, w ...[Read More]