[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 27, Number 13

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 27, Number 13
Apr.10,2017

Announcement submission website: http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/messenger_form/

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Table of Contents

1. GEM Summer Workshop 2017: Second Announcement and Student Support Information

2. SESSION: 3rd COSPAR Symposium Session 3-2 "Magnetospheric Observations Enabled by Cubesats and Smallsats" -- Abstracts Deadline Extended to April 14

3. AGU: Nominate a Colleague for SPA Awards

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1. GEM Summer Workshop 2017: Second Announcement and Student Support Information
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From: Zhonghua Xu (zxu77 at vt.edu)

The GEM 2017 Summer Workshop will be held June 18-23, 2017 at the Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel in Portsmouth, Virginia. For additional information on the workshop, please visit http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html. 

Please mark your calendars with these important dates:
- Friday, May 12, 2017 – last day to pay the early registration fee
- Sunday, May 14, 2017 – deadline for poster submissions

Updates for GEM Summer Workshop 2017:
- The student support list has been decided. The letters of confirmation have been sent out by Ashley. Please reply to Ashley (ashley.barker at vt.edu) to arrange your travel as soon as possible so that we can secure your support. If you have questions regarding student support, please contact Ashley or myself, Zhonghua Xu (zxu77 at vt.edu).

- We are still accepting FG session proposals. Currently, we have 9 groups of proposals with 30 sessions. Since the sessions are following "the first come first serve" rule, please contact me as soon as possible if you would like to submit a session proposal.

Looking forward to meeting you at GEM!


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2. SESSION: 3rd COSPAR Symposium Session 3-2 "Magnetospheric Observations Enabled by Cubesats and Smallsats" -- Abstracts Deadline Extended to April 14
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From: Peter Chi and Dong-Hun Lee (pchi at igpp.ucla.edu)

The 3rd COSPAR Symposium
Small Satellites for Space Research
18-22 September 2017, Jeju, Korea
http://www.cospar2017.org/

Having received more than 300 abstracts from over 50 countries, the 3rd COSPAR Symposium presents a unique opportunity to stimulate ideas for international collaborations in space research with small satellites. 

We welcome presentations on using SmallSats or CubeSats for magnetospheric observations in the following session. Abstracts can be submitted online at http://www.cospar2017.org/sub0302 by April 14, 2017.

3-2. Magnetospheric Observations Enabled by Cubesats and Smallsats
* Scientific Organizer(s): Peter Chi (UCLA, USA), Dong-Hun Lee (Kyung Hee University, Korea)

Session Summary:
The fast development in CubeSats has fostered a new segment in the space industry where a drastically increased number of low-altitude satellites can provide Earth observations on an unprecedented scale. Similarly, CubeSats may enable new capabilities in observing magnetspheric phenomena with satellite constellations, which are particularly valuable for differentiating spatial effects from temporal effects. This session welcomes presentations on existing and future CubeSat missions bringing new views of the dynamic processes in the Earth’s magnetosphere.


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3. AGU: Nominate a Colleague for SPA Awards
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From: Editor (gemeditor at igpp.ula.edu)

(The following announcement was published in the SPA Newsletter by Larry Paxton, AGU SPA President)

Nominations for the 2017 Section and Focus Group Awards are ongoing. The deadline is 15 April 2017. Please consider nominating a colleague for the Space Weather and Non-linear Waves and Processes Prize; Basu Early Career Award; Basu International Early Career Award; Fred Scarf Award; or SPARC Award. The nomination process is straightforward and details can be found at: 

http://honors.agu.org/section-and-focus-group-awards/space-physics-aeronomy/


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