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Florian M. Schwandner, NASAAOGS Solid Earth Sciences (SE) Section President

AOGS mission in short:
To promote geophysical science
for the benefit of humanity in Asia and Oceania.
The Asia Oceania region leads the world in its:
• Enormous diversity• Largest population and growth• Growth and rapid development• Natural hazards, challenges, and potentialSingapore• A region rich in Solid Earth hazards:
volcanoes, landslides, earthquakes, andderived hazards (e.g., tsunamis, flooding)I.

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Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

Solid Earth Sciences (SE)
Geology, geodesy, geophysics, geochemistry
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Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

The AOGS Solid Earth (SE) Section office.
You elect the section presidents to serve youso that we can advocate for your discipline,
foster collaboration and deliver a great
Florian M. Schwandner
program.
president

florian.m.Schwandner@nasa.gov
max@gas-monitoring.net

Bruce Shyu
vice president
jbhs@ntu.edu.tw

SE Section Secretaries (appointed):
Javed N. MALIK
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
javed@iitk.ac.in

Fuqiong HUANG
Chinese Earthquake Networks Center
hfqiong@seis.ac.cn

Noelynna RAMOS
University of the Philippines
Gennie.ramos@gmail.com

Betchaida PAYOT
University of the Philippines
bdpayot@up.edu.phYasuyuki
Singapore
KANO
The University of Tokyoykano@eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Bo WAN
Institute of Geology and Geophysics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
wanbo@mail.iggcas.ac.cn

Sushil KUMAR
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
sushil_rohella@yahoo.co.in

Shinji TODA
International Research Institute of Disaster
Science, Tohoku University
toda@irides.tohoku.ac.jp
Yu WANG
National Taiwan University
Wangyu79@ntu.edu.tw

SE Section Secretaries position are under review, due for partial replenishment. Contact Florian Schwandner ifinterested to serve.
REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC CO-OPERATIONINITIATIVES IN GEOSCIENCES
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[SE] Solid Earth Sciences Initiatives
Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section PresidentStanding on the Shoulders ofGiants:
Solid Earth section history:
Providing a platform for regional collaboration and cross2004-2006
2020-2022*
disciplinary exchange since 2003.
Yuntai Chen
Florian M. Schwandner
China
Institute of Geophysics, ChineseNASA
Academy of Sciences, China Acknowledging our leadership legacy from…
florian.m.Schwandner@nasa.gov
Japanchenyt@cdsn.org.cn
max@gas-monitoring.net
Taiwan (3x)2006-2008
Australia
Kenji Satake2018-2020
National Institute of Advanced
J. Bruce H. SHYU
VietnamIndustrial Science & Technology,
National Taiwan University
Tsukuba, Japan
jbhs@ntu.edu.tw
Philippines
kenji.satake@aist.go.jp
USASingapore

2008-2010
Ching-Hua Lo
National Taiwan University,Taiwan
loch@ntu.edu.twI.

2010-2012
Yue-Gau Chen
National Taiwan University,
Taiwanygchen@ntu.edu.tw

2012-2014
Khin Zaw
University of Tasmania
Khin.Zaw@utas.edu.au

2014-2016
Hai Thanh Tran
Hanoi University of Mining andGeology
tranthanhhai.humg@gmail.com

REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC CO-OPERATION INITIATIVES IN GEOSCIENCES[SE] Solid Earth Sciences Initiatives
Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

2016-2018
Carlo A. Arcilla
University of the Philippines
caloy.arcilla@gmail.com

Seismology
GeodesyGeodynamics

Tectonophysics

Volcanology

Solid Earth Sciences (SE)Petrology &Mineralogy

Natural hazards applications
Scientific exploration
Resource exploration, exploitation, &preservation
Education and outreach

Geochemistry

GeotechnicalEngineering

MineralResources
Magnetotellurics

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Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

YOU are AOGS.
YOU can make AOGS and the world a better place.
Collaborate across regions, countries, and disciplines.

SingaporeI.

REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC CO-OPERATION INITIATIVES IN GEOSCIENCES[SE] Solid Earth Sciences Initiatives
Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

2007 through 2020:
AOGS sessions enable seeding of regional collaboration.
• SE averages ~18% of all
How are we keeping up with that goal? Basic data
AOGS oral presentations• Weak relation between# of SE sessions and thatpercentage, but fluctuate
together:session size remains stable,slightly decreasing the last 5years.
• Mitigation: To prevent
mergers, increase convener
team diversity and enhance
regional collaboration
potential.

Singapore• The number of SE oralpresentations grows lessstrongly than the total AOGS
number of oralpresentations, but theyfluctuate together.
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REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC CO-OPERATION INITIATIVES IN GEOSCIENCES[SE] Solid Earth Sciences Initiatives
Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

AOGS sessions enable seeding of regional collaboration.
2020 was a highly diverse program (unfortunately cancelled)
Sessions with strong convener diversity lead to many and morediverse abstracts, offering new perspectives, and enable newregional, international collaboration.
• 35 SE sessions, lead conveners from 13 countries (11 AO, 2 nonAO)(top left)• 10 sessions were highly diverse, led by lead conveners from 8countries, representing 14 countries (see bottom left)• 15 sessions were not very country-diverse (see bottom right).
• 7 sessions were at country parity (equal country representationfrom >1 country)

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REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC CO-OPERATION INITIATIVES IN GEOSCIENCES[SE] Solid Earth Sciences Initiatives
Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

AOGS sessions enable seeding of regional collaboration.
2021 is shaping up to be diverse but maybe smaller (virtual conference)
Sessions with strong convener diversity lead to many and morediverse abstracts, offering new perspectives, and enable new
regional, international collaboration• 14 SE sessions, lead conveners from 7 countries (4 AO, 3 nonAO)(top left)• 4 sessions are highly diverse, led by lead conveners from 4countries, representing 8 convener countries (see bottom left)• 13 sessions are not very country-diverse (see bottom right).
• 2 sessions were at country parity (equal country representationfrom >1 country)

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REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC CO-OPERATION INITIATIVES IN GEOSCIENCES[SE] Solid Earth Sciences Initiatives
Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

AOGS sessions enable seeding of regional
collaboration.
Sessions with a strong convener diversity lead to many
abstracts, and enable new regional, international
collaboration. AOGS is a place to meet, learn, andshowcase your science.
AOGS wants to promote regional collaboration throughthe opportunities AOGS sessions offer.
Therefore, AOGS has a policy that session proposals
should have more than one convener country
represented. If you need help making contacts, pleasecontact your section office for help. We would be happy
to suggest potential co-conveners and make Singapore
introductions.

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Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

AOGS – nurturing relationships to further regional collaboration
and advance science and societal resilience
AOGS members have many regional international collaborations that work well.
The relationships that form the basis of these collaborations are being seeded andnurtured through AOGS sessions and meetings.

Some examples of AOGS SE section activities:•••I.

The Ore Deposits of SE Asia Project.
Singapore
Mineral resources, petrology, geochemistry,and many more.
AOGS interdisciplinary regional collaboration: Disaster Risk Reduction &Resilience. Seismology, volcanology, geodesy contributions.
Volcanology regional collaborations.
All SE disciplines
REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC CO-OPERATION INITIATIVES IN GEOSCIENCES[SE] Solid Earth Sciences Initiatives
Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

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REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC CO-OPERATION INITIATIVES IN GEOSCIENCES[SE] Solid Earth Sciences Initiatives
Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

AOGS interdisciplinary regional collaboration: Disaster Risk Reduction & Resilience• AOGS natural hazards conference: https://nathazards.org/• Sendai Framework and Tokyo Framework:
Kenji Satake, Univ. Of Tokyo , colleagues
https://www.preventionweb.net/sendai-framework/• Belmont Forum:

Yue-Gau CHEN, National Taiwan University, colleagues• Geoscience Letters thematic collections:o 2018 Palu & Krakatau Earthquake, Tsunami, Landslides(AOGS editors from Singapore, Indonesia, Europe)o Volcanoes & Applications (AOGS editors from Japan, US,Taiwan)• GGOS GATEW (geohazards) Working Group

17 countries, NASA, GGOS, APRU, Tohoku Univ. Under auspicesof IUGG. https://ggos.org/about/org/fa/geohazards/• Asian Disaster Reduction & Response Network(ADRRN) https://www.adrrn.net/

https://maps.disasters.nasa.gov
Singapore

Example of regional collaboration:
GNSS-Augmented Tsunami Warning System
Palu earthquake and tsunami Sept 2018.
NASA coordination with international community through Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

AOGS Solid Earth section members collaborate on volcanology,
petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, hazards research and appliedmonitoring.
(Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Russia, the U.S.,
Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Zealand, and many other Asia-Oceania countries)
Example: Collaboration between South Korea, NASA, Japan, and several other scienceteam member countries with AOGS ties and membership work on multi-satellite
observations of volcanic and anthropogenic SO2 emissions. South Korea’s GEMS
(Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer) instrument launched February 2020
into geostationary orbit. It is the first of a global constellation of high-revisit satellites:
Europe’s Sentinel-4 (launch 2021 or later), and NASA’s TEMPO (launch 2022)

GEMS “First Light” Image – Volcanic SO2SingaporeI.

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Florian Schwandner (NASA): AOGS Solid Earth Sciences Section President

Thank you for making
AOGS’ Solid Earth Section what it is today:
A vibrant community and platform forinternational exchange and regional
collaboration.
SingaporeThank you for being a member of the AOGS
family.
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