Abbreviation | IUGG |
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Formation | 1919 |
Type | INGO |
Location | |
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 |
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 is a member of the International Science Council (ISC), which is composed of international scholarly and scientific institutions and national academies of sciences.