International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
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Abbreviation | IUGG |
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Formation | 1919 |
Type | INGO |
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Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | English, French |
President | Chris Rizos (Australia) |
Secretary General | Alexander Rudloff (Germany) |
Treasurer | Niels Andersen (Denmark) |
Executive Secretary | Franz Kuglitsch (Germany) |
Website | www |
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The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG; French: Union géodésique et géophysique internationale, UGGI) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the scientific study of Earth and its space environment using geophysical and geodetic techniques.
The IUGG was established in Brussels, Belgium in 1919.[1][2][3][4][5] Some areas within its scope are environmental preservation, reduction of the effects of natural hazards, and mineral resources.
The IUGG is a member of the International Science Council (ISC), which is composed of international scholarly and scientific institutions and national academies of sciences.
Objectives
[edit]IUGG's objectives are the promotion and coordination of studies related to Earth's physical, chemical and mathematical representation. This includes geometrical shape, internal structure, gravity and magnetic fields, seismicity, volcanism, hydrologic cycle, glaciers, oceans, atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere of Earth. It also includes solar, lunar and planetary studies.[6]
Structures
[edit]The IUGG consists of eight semi-autonomous associations:[7]
- International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS)
- International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
- International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA)
- International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
- International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS)
- International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO)
- International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI)
- International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI)
It has also established six commissions to promote interdisciplinary problems:[8]
- Climatic and Environmental Changes (CCEC)
- Mathematical Geophysics (CMG)
- Geophysical Risk and Sustainability (GRC)
- Study of the Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI)
- Data and Information (UCDI)
- Planetary Sciences (UCPS)
and the Union Working Group on History.
General Assemblies, Presidents, and Secretaries General
[edit]List of General Assemblies, Presidents, and Secretaries-General.[9]
Nr. | Year | General Assembly in | President | Secretary-General | ||||||
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28. | 2023 | Berlin | ![]() |
2023-2027 | Chris Rizos | ![]() |
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27. | 2019 | Montreal | ![]() |
2019-2023 | Kathryn Whaler | ![]() |
2019-2023 | Alexander Rudloff | ![]() | |
26. | 2015 | Prague | ![]() |
2015-2019 | Michael Sideris | ![]() |
2015-2019 | Alik Ismail-Zadeh | ![]() ![]() | |
25. | 2011 | Melbourne | ![]() |
2011-2015 | Harsh Gupta | ![]() |
2011-2015 | Alik Ismail-Zadeh | ![]() ![]() | |
24. | 2007 | Perugia | ![]() |
2007-2011 | Tom Beer | ![]() |
2007-2011 | Alik Ismail-Zadeh | ![]() ![]() | |
23. | 2003 | Sapporo | ![]() |
2003-2007 | Uri Shamir | ![]() |
2003-2007 | JoAnn Joselyn | ![]() | |
22. | 1999 | Birmingham | ![]() |
1999-2003 | Masaru Kono | ![]() |
1999-2003 | JoAnn Joselyn | ![]() | |
21. | 1995 | Boulder | ![]() |
1995-1999 | P.J. Wyllie | ![]() |
1995-1999 | Georges Balmino | ![]() | |
20. | 1991 | Vienna | ![]() |
1991-1995 | Helmut Moritz | ![]() |
1991-1995 | Georges Balmino | ![]() | |
19. | 1987 | Vancouver | ![]() |
1987-1991 | V.I. Keilis-Borok | ![]() |
1987-1991 | Baron Paul Melchior | ![]() | |
18. | 1983 | Hamburg | ![]() |
1983-1987 | D. Lal | ![]() |
1983-1987 | Baron Paul Melchior | ![]() | |
17. | 1979 | Canberra | ![]() |
1979-1983 | G.D. Garland | ![]() |
1979-1983 | Baron Paul Melchior | ![]() | |
16. | 1975 | Grenoble | ![]() |
1975-1979 | A. Ashour | ![]() |
1973-1979 | Baron Paul Melchior | ![]() | |
15. | 1971 | Moscow | ![]() |
1971-1975 | H. Charnock | ![]() |
1973-1991 | Baron Paul Melchior | ![]() | |
14. | 1967 | Zurich | ![]() |
1967-1971 | J. Coulomb | ![]() |
1967-1973 | G.D. Garland | ![]() | |
13. | 1963 | Berkeley | ![]() |
1963-1967 | J. Kaplan | ![]() |
1963-1967 | G.D. Garland | ![]() | |
12. | 1960 | Helsinki | ![]() |
1960-1963 | V.V. Beloussov | ![]() |
1960-1963 | G.R. Laclavère | ![]() | |
11. | 1957 | Toronto | ![]() |
1957-1960 | J.T. Wilson | ![]() |
1957-1960 | G.R. Laclavère | ![]() | |
10. | 1954 | Rome | ![]() |
1954-1957 | K.R. Ramanathan | ![]() |
1954-1957 | G.R. Laclavère | ![]() | |
9. | 1951 | Brussels | ![]() |
1951-1954 | S. Chapman | ![]() |
1951-1954 | G.R. Laclavère | ![]() | |
8. | 1948 | Oslo | ![]() |
1948-1951 | F.A. Vening Meinesz | ![]() |
1946-1951 | J.M. Stagg | ![]() | |
7. | 1939 | Washington DC | ![]() |
1946-1948 | B. Helland-Hansen | ![]() |
1939-1946 | H. St. J.L. Winterbotham | ![]() | |
6. | 1936 | Edinburgh | ![]() |
1936-1942 | D. La Cour | ![]() |
1936-1939 | H. St. J.L. Winterbotham | ![]() | |
5. | 1933 | Lisbon | ![]() |
1933-1936 | W. Bowie | ![]() |
1933-1936 | H. St. J.L. Winterbotham | ![]() | |
4. | 1930 | Stockholm | ![]() |
1919-1933 | C. Lallemand | ![]() |
1930-1933 | H. St. J.L. Winterbotham | ![]() | |
3. | 1927 | Prague | ![]() |
1919-1933 | C. Lallemand | ![]() |
1927-1930 | Sir Henry Lyons | ![]() | |
2. | 1924 | Madrid | ![]() |
1919-1933 | C. Lallemand | ![]() |
1924-1927 | Sir Henry Lyons | ![]() | |
1. | 1922 | Rome | ![]() |
1919-1933 | C. Lallemand | ![]() |
1919-1924 | Sir Henry Lyons | ![]() |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lyons, Henry G. (1919). "The Brussels Meeting of the International Research Council". Nature. 103 (2598): 464–466. Bibcode:1919Natur.103..464H. doi:10.1038/103464b0.
- ^ Cochrane, Rexmond C. (1978). The National Academy of Sciences: The First Hundred Years, 1863-1963. National Academies.
- ^ Good, Gregory A. (2000). "The Assembly of Geophysics: Scientific Disciplines as Frameworks of Consensus". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 31 (3): 259–292. Bibcode:2000SHPMP..31..259G. doi:10.1016/S1355-2198(00)00018-6.
- ^ Ismail-Zadeh, Alik (2016). "Geoscience international: the role of scientific unions". History of Geo- and Space Sciences. 7 (2): 103–123. Bibcode:2016HGSS....7..103I. doi:10.5194/hgss-7-103-2016.
- ^ Ismail-Zadeh, Alik; Joselyn, JoAnn (Eds.) (2019). "The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics: from different spheres to a common globe". History of Geo- and Space Sciences. 10: 17–191. doi:10.5194/hgss-10-17-2019.
- ^ Burchfiel, B. C. (1987) International Role of U.S. Geoscience US National Academies page 32
- ^ "Associations of the IUGG". International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ "Union Commissions". International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ IUGG - Bureau of the Union Archived 2020-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 01/07/2015.
External links
[edit]Archival collections
[edit]- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics records, 1922-2000 (1955-1998), Niels Bohr Library & Archives
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics addition to records, 1995-2007, Niels Bohr Library & Archives