[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 28, Number 57

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 28, Number 57
Nov.28,2018

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

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Table of Contents

1. Final Reminder to Submit Proposals for New GEM Focus Groups – Deadline Friday, November 30th 

2. Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1)

3. Mini GEM 2018: Joint Substorm-Dipolarization and Substorm Session

4. Mini GEM 2018: FG Session Announcement: “Interhemispheric Approaches to Understand M-I Coupling (IHMIC)” -- Reminder

5. ISEE Joint Research Program and ISEE/CICR International Workshop

6. 2019 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference, 8th – 12th July 2019, San Antonio, Texas, USA

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1. Final Reminder to Submit Proposals for New GEM Focus Groups – Deadline Friday, November 30th  
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From: Jacob Bortnik on behalf of the GEM Steering Committee  (jbortnik at atmos.ucla.edu)

Dear GEM colleagues,

I hope that this message finds you all well and preparing for the mini-GEM workshop on Sunday, December 9th.  This serves as a final reminder to submit proposals for new Focus Groups by the end of this week: 5pm (ET) on Friday, November 30th. Please see original message below.

The GEM Steering Committee (SC) is now accepting proposals for new Focus Groups (FGs), which are due by 5 pm (ET) Friday, November 30th. The official proposal guidelines are given in the GEM by-laws: http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/GEM_Bylaws and a more informal description is given on pages 14-16 of the latest version of the GEM Best Practices document: http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM_BestPractices_22Sep2017.pdf.

The proposals should be no more than 4 pages in length, organized under the following headings, and in the following order:

1) Topic: a description of the topic
2) Timeliness: a statement on timeliness of the proposed FG
3) Fit: how does the FG relate to existing RA’s and FG’s, e.g., does it complement? Is there any duplication?
4) Goals & Deliverables: specific goals and target deliverables*
5) Co-chairs: names of the proposed co-chairs (please note that current SC members may not act as co-chairs of new FG’s)
6) Research Area: the Research Area with which it will be associated
7) Term: 5 years or less from summer 2019
8) Expected activities: for example group challenges, plans for metrics and validation, and activities in support of GEM’s workshop atmosphere

*Deliverables can be GGCM modules, empirical relations that lead to modules, solutions to specific science problems, challenges, data sets for validation and metrics, or paper collections.

The currently active FGs, their descriptions, research areas, and terms are available on the GEM website:http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/GEM_Focus_Groups

Please keep in mind that on one hand we want to have a few active FGs operating under the umbrella of each Research Area, but there is no upper limit to the number within a research area. The GEM SC will consider all proposals received before the submission deadline.

There will be an evening session at the Mini- Workshop at which the FG proposals will be presented and discussed in a forum open to the entire GEM community. The SC will then meet after the mini-workshop sessions to decide which proposals will be selected to become new GEM Focus Groups. If you are proposing a FG, then please plan to give a 5-minute presentation in this session.

Please send FG proposals to the GEM Steering Committee Chair Jacob Bortnik (jbortnik at atmos.ucla.edu) and Chair-Elect Paul Cassak (Paul.Cassak at mail.wvu.edu). Questions should be directed to the SC Chair or to the specific Research Area Coordinator for your topic, available at http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/Organization_and_People. 


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2. Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1)
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From: Michael Wiltberger (mwiltber at nsf.gov)

The Mid-scale RI program provides a flexible, yet robust, competitive opportunity to support research infrastructure of intermediate scales above the MRI and below the MREFC thresholds, respectively. This solicitation calls for mid-scale projects in the lower portion of that range, from $6 million to below $20 million in total project costs. This funding range will support a wide variety of research infrastructure design and implementation activities for any combination of equipment, infrastructure, upgrades to major research facilities, computational hardware and software, and the necessary commissioning, all leading to the direct advancement of fundamental science, engineering and STEM education research. With the exception of design awards, infrastructure acquired or developed with support from the Mid-scale RI-1 Program is expected to be operational by the end of the award period to enable the research for which the infrastructure was proposed. Examples of projects that may be supported by Mid-scale RI-1 include, but are not limited to, upgrades and major new infrastructure for existing major facilities, infrastructure that supports high-priority research experiments/campaigns, major cyberinfrastructure that addresses community and national-scale computational- and data-intensive science and engineering research, and major shared community infrastructure and resources as may be required to enable community-scale research.

Full program description available at 
HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19537/nsf19537.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
PDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19537/nsf19537.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click


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3. Mini GEM 2018: Joint Substorm-Dipolarization and Substorm Session
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From: Toshi Nishimura, Kyle Murphy, Emma Spanswick, Jian Yang, Christine Gabrielse, Matina Gkioulidou, Slava Merkin, Drew Turner, David Malaspina  (kylemurphy.spacephys at gmail.com)

The “Magnetotail Dipolarization and Its Effects on the Inner Magnetosphere” and “Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms” Focus Groups solicit participation for one joint session and one stand alone session. 

12:00 -13:30, Joint Session

This session will concentrate on comparing and contrasting the effects of substorms, dipolarizations, injections, tail flows, and night-side reconnection on the inner magnetosphere during isolated substorms, intervals of steady magnetospheric convection, and geomagnetic storms. We solicit contributions and community input from both a modelling and data perspective. We also solicit feedback from the community, and particularly modelers, to discuss the challenge events (goo.gl/zCeiAa) and paths forward for continued investigation at GEM 2019. If interested in participating please contact Kyle Murphy (kylemurphy.spacephys at gmail.com)

15:30 -17:00 Substorm Focus Group Session (Madison room)

This session will be a mixture of contributed talks and open discussions on substorm topics. If you are interested in giving a short talk, please contact Toshi Nishimura (toshi16 at bu.edu). The discussion section will bring up major issues left for this focus group, including onset processes in aurora and magnetotail, and quantifying key auroral features. If you would like to comment on those topics, please also let us know.


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4. Mini GEM 2018: FG Session Announcement: “Interhemispheric Approaches to Understand M-I Coupling (IHMIC)” -- Reminder
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From: Hyomin Kim, Robert Lysak, Tomoko Matsuo (hmkim at njit.edu)

We invite you to participate in our mini GEM focus group session, “Interhemispheric Approaches to Understand M-I Coupling (IHMIC)”. The main goal of this focus group proposal is to understand the interhemispheric symmetry/asymmetry in geomagnetic fields and its effects on M-I coupling. Observational and modeling studies have shown the interhemispheric differences which are manifested in various signatures, e.g., large-scale current systems, auroral forms, waves, ion upflow, outflow, particle precipitation, high-latitude convection and thermospheric winds. The focus group addresses questions as to how to incorporate interhemispheric differences and their effects on M-I coupling in observations and modeling/simulations. 

More detailed information can be found on the GEM Wiki page at http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/FG:_Interhemispheric_Approaches_to_Understand_M-I_Coupling_%28IHMIC%29

Please send your presentation title if you wish to present your research related to the IHMIC FG topics. 

The session will take place in Room 5 (Potomac) from 13:50-15:20, on Sunday December 9th at the Hilton Old Town Alexandria in Alexandria, Virginia (1767 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314). 

More information about the mini GEM Workshop can be found at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem-mini/


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5. ISEE Joint Research Program and ISEE/CICR International Workshop
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From: Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa at nagoya-u.jp)

The ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan, has announced an opportunity of 

(1) International Joint Research Program 
(2) ISEE/CICR International Workshop

for the fiscal year 2019.  

For (1), the ISEE supports foreign researchers to visit ISEE to make joint researches with ISEE researchers.  For (2), ISEE supports organizing small international workshops on focused topics related to the Space-Earth environmental research. The deadline of application is January 15, 2019.

For details, please visit the following website. 
http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/co-re-application.html


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6. 2019 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference, 8th – 12th July 2019, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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From: Giovanni Santin, Paul O'Brien (giovanni.santin at esa.int)

The final call for papers is out for the NSREC meeting in San Antonio next year. The meeting will take place in the week of 8th-12th July 2019: 
http://www.nsrec.com/ 
The environments session will be an opportunity to hear or present papers on space and atmospheric radiation and plasma models, especially those nearing or ready for applications. 
Abstracts are due 1st February 2019. NSREC abstracts should be 2-4 pages and undergo a rigorous review process. 
The NSREC conference begins with a day of short courses with a separate registration. This is a great opportunity for attendees to develop deeper knowledge and understanding of radiation effects. This year’s topic is single event effects: http://www.nsrec.com/short-course.html


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