[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 26, Number 22

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 26, Number 22
Jun.14,2016

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Table of Contents

1. 2016 GEM-CEDAR: Call for Participation in the Geospace Systems Science (GSS) Sessions at GEM

2. 2016 GEM-CEDAR: Joint Session on Exosphere, Monday 6/20, 4pm

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1. 2016 GEM-CEDAR: Call for Participation in the Geospace Systems Science (GSS) Sessions at GEM
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From: Joe Borovsky (jborovsky at spacescience.org)

Call for participation in the Geospace Systems Science (GSS) sessions at GEM.

At the GEM Summer Workshop the Geospace Systems Science focus group will hold two sessions:

Tuesday 13;30:15:30
“Driver Geoeffectiveness and Geospace System Response”
One focus of this session will be on the anomalous geomagnetic storms that Delores Knipp has identified wherein nitric oxide is overproduced in the thermosphere. Other discussions of the driving and reaction of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system are hereby called for.

Wednesday 13:30-15:30
“System Behavior and System Tools”
In this session discussions of the properties of the geospace system and subsystems will be held, along with discussions of methodologies.

Wednesday A.M. GSS Tutorial Speaker
Jim Smith, Los Alamos National Laboratory

To get on the list of speakers for the two sessions, contact Joe at jborovsky at spacescience.org


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2. 2016 GEM-CEDAR: Joint Session on Exosphere, Monday 6/20, 4pm
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From: Jonathan Krall (jonathan.krall at nrl.navy.mil)

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to participate in the CEDAR-GEM joint session on exosphere impacts on geospace.

Monday June 20, 4-6pm, Coronado/DeVargas
http://cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2016_Workshop:Exosphere_impacts_on_the_plasmasphere

Confirmed speakers include:

Jonathan Krall, Plasma Physics Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
The effect of atmospheric O and H on the plasmasphere

Alan Burns, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research 
On the physical processes controlling the supply of H in the thermosphere

Ed Mierkiewicz, Department of Physical Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Measurements and structure of the exosphere 

Bob Kerr, Scientific Solutions, Inc.
The challenge and importance of learning the H distribution in the upper atmosphere

Rodney Viereck, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Exospheric hydrogen density estimates from GOES solar Lyman-alpha measurements

Robert Schunk, Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Utah State University
Polar outflows and their sensitivity to O and H in the exosphere

Daniel Weimer, Center for Space Science and Engineering Research, Virginia Tech
Strong correlations between oxygen in thermosphere, SABER measurements of CO_2 emissions, and the annual/semi-annual variations

Jianqi Qin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
Accurate Quantification of the Atomic Hydrogen Density in the Terrestrial Thermosphere and Exosphere (Lyman alpha limb scanning)

Richard Denton, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College 
Mass density at geostationary orbit and apparent mass refilling

Conveners are:

Jonathan Krall: jonathan.krall at nrl.navy.mil
Alan Burns: aburns at ucar.edu
Sarah McDonald: sarah.mcdonald at nrl.navy.mil
John Emmert: john.emmert at nrl.navy.mil
Fabrizio Sassi: fabrizio.sassi at nrl.navy.mil

We look forward to seeing you there!


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