[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 26, Number 1

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 26, Number 1
January 17, 2016

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Table of Contents

1. CISM Space Weather Summer School, July 11 - July 22, 2016, NCAR Boulder, CO, Application Deadline: March 1, 2016
2. Sessions Related to Radiation-Belt Physics at COSPAR, 2016

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1. CISM Space Weather Summer School, July 11 - July 22, 2016, NCAR Boulder, CO, Application Deadline: March 1, 2016
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From: Michael Wiltberger (wiltbemj at ucar.edu)

The CISM Space Weather Summer School is intended to give students a comprehensive immersion in the subject of space weather: what it is, what it does, and what can be done about it. Space weather is many things: beautiful when seen through the eyes of a sun-viewing telescope, fascinating when studied for its alien worlds of magnetic structures and phenomena, awesome when witnessed as a solar eruption or auroral storm, and devastating to the users of services it disrupts. Space weather links the Sun, the Earth, and the space in between in a branching chain of consequences. Weather systems on the Sun can spawn interplanetary storms of colossal size and energy that envelop the whole planet in electrical hurricanes. Such storms attack high-tech, complex, and expensive technological systems that provide much of the infrastructure that allows modern society to function. 

Applications are welcome from upper level undergraduates and beginning graduate students interested in pursuing a career in solar and space physics, as well as professionals interested in broadening their understanding of the space environment. The school will provide support for travel and housing expenses for all US student participants. 

Course Overview 
SW 101: Solar activity, solar wind, magnetosphere, and ionosphere 

SW 102: Effects on astronauts and spacecraft, radiation hazards, communication disruptions 

SW 103: Assumptions and drivers of models, results and limitations 

SW 104: Hands on activities exploring model results and data to understand the space environment. 

For additional information on this program and instructions on how to apply http://www2.hao.ucar.edu/CISM-Summer-School/


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2. Sessions Related to Radiation-Belt Physics at COSPAR, 2016
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From: Adam Kellerman (akellerman at igpp.ucla.edu)

The 41st COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR) Scientific Assembly will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from July 30th to August 7th, 2016. Abstract submissions are due on February 12th, 2016.

There will be three panels relevant to radiation belt physics, and thus an exciting opportunity for our community to get involved. I have outlined the panel event number, title, Main Scientific and Deputy Officers below. Please see the website for a detailed description of each session. Hope to see you in Istanbul!

https://www.cospar-assembly.org

(1) Panel D3.4 - PARTICLE ACCELERATION AND LOSS IN THE EARTH AND PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES: Yuri Shprits and Umran Inan

(2) Panel PRBEM.1 - DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICS-BASED, EMPIRICAL, AND DATA ASSIMILATIVE MODELS OF THE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT: Yuri Shprits and Vincent Maget

(3) Panel PRBEM.2 - RECENT AND UPCOMING OBSERVATIONS OF THE RADIATION BELTS: Adam Kellerman and T. Paul O'Brien


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