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International Union of Radio Science
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Abbreviation
| URSI
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Formation
| 1919
; 105 years ago
(
1919
)
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Type
| INGO
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Region served
| Worldwide
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Official language
| English, French
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President
| Ari Sihvola (Finland)
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Parent organization
| International Council for Science
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Website
| www
.ursi
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The
International Union of Radio Science
(
abbreviated
URSI
, after its French name, French:
Union radio-scientifique internationale
) is one of 26 international
scientific unions
affiliated to the
International Council for Science
(ICSU).
History and objectives
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URSI was officially created in 1919, during the Constitutive Assembly of the International Research Council (now ICSU), based on the earlier French:
Commission Internationale de Telegraphie sans Fil
(1913?1914) when the only radio communication system was
radiotelegraphy
. It has held a general assembly every three years from 1922. Fifty years ago URSI was one of the most important promoters of the
International Geophysical Year
.
In addition to publishing the
open access
journal
URSI Radio Science Letters
,
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it sponsors the journals
Advances in Radio Science
,
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
, and
Radio Science
, last of which is co-sponsored by the
American Geophysical Union
.
URSI's original objective (to encourage "scientific studies of radiotelegraphy, especially those which require international cooperation") has been broadened to include all
radio science
, from
telecommunications
to
radio astronomy
, acquisition of
radar
information about distant passive objects, studies of the radiation stimulated or spontaneously emitted by these objects, biological effects of electromagnetic radiation and active modification of objects by
radio waves
, within the spectrum from
extremely low frequency
to the
optical
domain.
Commissions
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- Commission A: Electromagnetic Metrology
- Commission B: Fields and Waves
- Commission C: Radiocommunication Systems and Signal Processing
- Commission D: Electronics and Photonics
- Commission E: Electromagnetic Environment and Interference
- Commission F: Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing
- Commission G: Ionospheric Radio and Propagation
- Commission H: Waves in Plasmas
- Commission J: Radio Astronomy
- Commission K: Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine
A few Commissions are engaged with international projects in cooperation with other international bodies, for example with the
Committee on Space Research
in the project
International Reference Ionosphere
.
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Individual membership
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The URSI includes different individual membership grades:
- Corresponding member (CURSI)
- Senior member, awarded to members who have a PhD, 10+ publications, and a history of involvement with the URSI
- Fellow, by invitation or by winning a URSI senior prize
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See also
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References
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