[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 27, Number 5

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 27, Number 5
Feb.14,2017

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

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Table of Contents

1. Call for Students to Give Tutorials at GEM Student Day 2017

2. MEETING: AGU Chapman Conference on Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions, 10-14 July 2017, Chengdu, China – Abstract Open

3. MEETING: The First International Workshop on Small Satellites for Space Weather Research and Forecasting, Washington DC, Aug 1-4 2017 -- Second Announcement and Call for Abstracts

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1. Call for Students to Give Tutorials at GEM Student Day 2017
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From: Anthony Saikin, Suzanne Smith (suzanne.e.smith at nasa.gov)

We've begun planning Student Day (the Sunday before GEM, June 18th) and are now calling for requests to give the student tutorials. The tutorials are meant to be a general/informative introduction to magnetospheric concepts. Talks will be roughly 15 minutes with a few minutes for questions afterwards. Currently we have fourteen planned student tutorials:

1.) The Sun, the solar wind, and the heliosphere
2.) Dayside outer magnetosphere: magnteopause, magnetosheath, cusps
3.) Nightside outer magnetosphere: magnetotail, plasma sheet, cusps
4.) Inner magnetosphere: radiation belts, ring current, plasmasphere
5.) Ionosphere/Thermosphere
6.) Geomagnetic storms
7.) Substorms
8.) Magnetic Reconnection
9.) Waves: plasmaspheric hiss, EMIC, chorus, whistler, etc.
10.) Mission overview: MMS, Van Allen Probes, etc.
11.) Global models
12.) Process models
13.) NEW FOCUS GROUP: Magnetotail dipolarization and its effects on the inner magnetosphere
14.) NEW FOCUS GROUP: 3D ionospheric electrodynamics and its impact on the Magnetosphere – Ionosphere – Thermosphere coupled system

If you are interested in giving a student tutorial, please send an email application to Suzanne (suzanne.e.smith at nasa.gov) and Anthony (aax75 at wildcats.unh.edu) with the following information:

(1) Your Name
(2) Your institution
(3) Topic(s) you would like, with preference clearly stated. The more topics you are willing and able to give, the more of a chance you will have of giving a tutorial. 
(4) Year in graduate school
(5) Motivation for giving a talk

Applications for tutorials are due March 1st! 


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2. MEETING: AGU Chapman Conference on Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions, 10-14 July 2017, Chengdu, China – Abstract Open
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From: Qiugang Zong, Philippe Escoubet, David Sibeck, Guan Le, Hui Zhang	 (qgzong at pku.edu.cn)

Abstract submission for the AGU Chapman Conference on Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions, is now open at
http://chapman.agu.org/dayside-magnetosphere/program/abstract-submission-guidelines/

The 2017 AGU Chapman Conference on Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions will be held from 10 to 14 July 2017 in Chengdu, China.  The conference will address the processes by which solar wind mass, momentum, and energy enter the magnetosphere.  Regions of interest include (but is not limited to) the foreshock, bow shock, magnetosheath, magnetopause, and cusps, the dayside magnetosphere, and both the dayside polar and equatorial ionosphere.  The meeting is particularly timely due to the results expected from NASA’s MMS mission which was launched in March 2015, arrays of new ground-based instrumentation currently being installed, and the ongoing operations of NASA’s THEMIS, ESA’s Cluster, and JAXA’s Geotail missions.  Parallel processes occur at other planets, and recent results from NASA’s MAVEN mission to Mars, as well as ESA’s Mars and Venus Express missions will be actively solicited.

More information on the conference is available at the following link:
http://chapman.agu.org/dayside-magnetosphere/

Conveners:
Qiugang Zong 		qgzong at pku.edu.cn
Philippe Escoubet 	Philippe.Escoubet at esa.int
David Sibeck		david.g.sibeck at nasa.gov
Guan Le			Guan.Le at nasa.gov
Hui Zhang		hzhang14 at alaska.edu


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3. MEETING: The First International Workshop on Small Satellites for Space Weather Research and Forecasting, Washington DC, Aug 1-4 2017 -- Second Announcement and Call for Abstracts
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From: Vadim Uritsky (vadim.uritsky at nasa.gov)

The First International Workshop on Small Satellites for Space Weather Research and Forecasting (Washington DC, Aug 1-4 2017): Second Announcement and Call for Abstracts.

We invite you to take part in the First International Workshop on Smallsats for Space Weather Research and Forecasting (SSWRF). The event will be held at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC on 1-4 August 2017. 

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The electronic abstract submission is now open at  sswrf.cua.edu/abstracts.cfm . The submission is free. 

MEETING SCOPE

SSWRF is the first dedicated scientific meeting focusing on specific needs of space weather studies using small space-based platforms.  The workshop encourages a broad scope of contributions related to the application of small satellites to space weather observations, research, analyses, forecasting, and operations, including those utilizing the CubeSat reference design. 

The workshop will be organized into the following major themes:

Day 1: Research and Forecasting (Tuesday, August 01 2017)
Day 2: Mission Concepts (Wednesday, August 02 2017)
Day 3: Innovations and Technology (Thursday, August 03 2017)
Day 4: Future Opportunities (Friday, August 04 2017)

Topics of interest:

-	Small satellite observations relevant to space weather of interplanetary, solar, and geospace phenomena.
-	Investigations of space weather effects on small satellites: degraded capabilities, situational awareness, and satellite-debris collisions;
-	Using small satellite data in global space weather simulation and forecasting frameworks;
-	General contributions relevant to small satellite investigations of space weather effects.

Please visit  sswrf.cua.edu  for more details. 

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Student support applications: 15 April 2017
Abstract submission deadline:  1 May 2017
Online registration: 1 March - 1 June 2017 

STUDENT SUPPORT APPLICATIONS

Limited travel funding for graduate students is available through an NSF workshop grant.  In order to apply, please (1) submit your abstract electronically, (2) email your CV to Dr. Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla (teresa.nieves-chinchil-1 at nasa.gov), and (3) ask your PhD adviser to send a letter of recommendation in support of your application to the same email address.

CONTACTS

Please contact Vadim Uritsky (vadim.uritsky at nasa.gov) or Robert Robinson (robert.m.robinson at nasa.gov) if you have any questions. 


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