Management and Council

The administration of AOGS is entrusted to the Council comprising an Executive Committee, Section Presidents, the Assistant Secretary and the Assistant Treasurer.

AOGS Executive Committee comprises:

  • A President
  • A Vice-President
  • A Secretary General
  • A Treasurer

AOGS Sections

The formation of new Sections and the reorganization of Sections must be approved by the Council and ratified by an Annual General Meeting.
Each Section shall have its own Section President, Section Vice-President and one or more Section Secretaries.

 SE

 Solid Earth (geology, geodesy, geophysics, geochemistry)
 AS  Atmospheric Science (Small scale and local wind systems, air pollution,  mesoscale processes, global wind systems, cyclones, weather forecasting,  atmospheric chemistry, global climate and its change)
 OS  Ocean Science (Estuarine and costal oceanography, ocean circulation,  marine biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, marine geology, and  atmosphere-ocean coupling.
 PS  Planetary Science (interior, surface, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper  atmosphere of solar system bodies other than earth)
 ST  Solar and Terresterial (sun, interplanetary medium, heliosphere, the  magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere of planet earth, space  weather)
 HS  Hydrological Science (Hydrometeorology, Surface Water Hydrology, Ground  Water Hydrology,Water Resources Planning and Management,  Hydroinformatics)

With Interdisciplinary Working Groups (IWGs) such as -

 NH
 natural hazards, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, etc
 NL  non-linear geophysics
 PR  polar research

Officer Bearers

2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008