Geodesy Section News

 

Joint Assembly, Toronto, May

A number of activities took place during the past CGU Meeting. As many as 8 geodesy-related sessions took place during the Joint Assembly, including those sponsored by the AGU. And, as usual, there were the meetings of the Executive and the Annual General Meeting.

Best Student Paper in Geodesy:

The winner of the “Best Student Paper in Geodesy” was Vidya Renganathan (University of Calgary, with the paper “Arctic sea ice Freeboard Heights from ICESat Laser Altimetry.” 

Perspectives on Modern Geodesy Research

This is the title of the Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences dedicated to papers presented at geodesy sessions of the 2008 CGU Meeting. This is issue is the Volume 46, Number 8, issued in August 2009. Link to this issue can be found at:
http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/rp-ps/inDetail.jsp?jcode=cjes&lang=eng&vol=46&is=8

 

We are planning to have another special issue based on papers presented at the 2010 Joint Meeting. Please, check the Geodesy Section website for more information.

Membership

Please, do not forget to check “Geodesy Section” whenever renewing your CGU membership.