[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 28, Number 44

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 28, Number 44
Sep.27,2018

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

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Table of Contents

1. Mini-GEM Session: Dipolarization & Accumulating DFBs Question

2. MEETING: URSI Asia Pacific Radio Science Conference (URSI AP-RASC), March 09–15, 2019, New Delhi, India, Abstract Submission Deadline, October 15, 2018

3. CALL FOR PAPERS: 2019 6th International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace 2019); http://www.ukm.my/iconspace/; Pulai Springs Resort, Johor, Malaysia, 28-30 July 2019
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1. Mini-GEM Session: Dipolarization & Accumulating DFBs Question
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From: Christine, Drew, Matina, David, and Slava (cgabrielse at ucla.edu)

The Dipolarization Focus Group will host a session at mini-GEM to approach the specific question,  "Can the large-scale dipolarization and/or Substorm Current Wedge be built by an accumulation of many dipolarizing flux bundles?" 

The session will be contributed, but will work as follows: 

1. Contributors who would like to engage in answering this question will submit their answers and explanations by October 26. This can be older papers or new analysis.
2. All contributors will receive a copy of everyone's answers.
3. During the time prior to mini-GEM, contributors will have a chance to formulate and submit rebuttals.
4. We ask that rebuttals be submitted by November 21. (Not submitting a rebuttal does not prevent you from discussing at mini-GEM, though submitting helps foster and organize the discussion.)
5. Rebuttals will be forwarded to the appropriate contributors to give them time to consider replies.
6. At mini-GEM, contributors will present their answers and methods. Rebuttals and replies will be made. 

The goal is to have a designated space for constructive discussion rather than single-point talks with one or two questions to the presenter. This session was inspired by one of our summer sessions during which several members of the community presented ideas to answer this question, but it was difficult to form rebuttals and replies on the fly.  We want to provide time for this discussion to occur after more careful thought has been made, approaching it more collaboratively.  

Please email Christine Gabrielse (cgabrielse at ucla.edu) if you are interested and want more details.  


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2. MEETING: URSI Asia Pacific Radio Science Conference (URSI AP-RASC), March 09–15, 2019, New Delhi, India, Abstract Submission Deadline, October 15, 2018
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From: Wen Li (wenli77 at bu.edu)

The URSI Asia Pacific Radio Science Conference (URSI AP-RASC) is one of the URSI flagship conferences besides the triennial URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium and the triennial AT-RASC conference. The deadline of the paper submission is October 15, 2018. The full details can be found at http://aprasc2019.com/

At the occasion of AP-RASC 2019, Young Scientists Awards will be set up to assist young scientists to attend the conference. Student Paper Competition will be held and the prizes will be awarded to the winners with certificates and checks during the meeting. 

The AP-RASC will have an open scientific program covered by ten Commissions of URSI, two of which are closely related to the GEM community. The special sessions in Commission H and G are listed below, and the full program is listed http://aprasc2019.com/call-for-papers/.  

Commission H: Waves in Plasmas

• H01: Waves in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas
Conveners: Xin Tao, Dae-Young Lee and Gurbax Lakhina

• H02: Waves in Dusty, Nuclear-fusion and Laser Plasmas
Conveners: N S Saini, Sudip Sengupta and Gurbax Lakhina

• H03: Observation, Theory and Simulation of Plasma Waves in Lunar Wake
Conveners: Satyavir Singh, Tomoko Nakagawa and Masaki N Nishino.

• H04: Role of Plasma Waves in Magnetic Reconnection Processes
Conveners: X H Deng, Surja Sharma and A. Retino

• H05: Radio Science for Space Weather
Conveners: Nicole Vilmer, Nat Gopalswamy and Gurbax Lakhina

• H06: Waves and Wave-particle Interactions in the Earth’s Magnetosphere and Ionosphere
Conveners: Peter Yoon, Yuto Katoh and Binbin Ni

• H07: Active Experiments and Radio Sounding of Ionospheres and Magnetospheres
Conveners: Mark Koepke, Vikas Sonwalkar and Gurbax Lakhina

Commission G: Ionospheric Radio and Propagation

• G01: GNSS/IRNSS based Remote Sensing of the Ionosphere 
Conveners: Tarun Pant, Raj Choudhary and Susumo Saito

• G02: Ionospheric Irregularities: New Insights and Challenges 
Conveners: Amit Patra, Patricia Doherty and Brett Carter

• G03: Ionospheric Effects of Space Weather 
Conveners: Giorgiana De Franceschi, Ashik Paul and Nicolas Bergeot

• G04: Innovations in Ionospheric Modelling and Data Assimilation 
Conveners: Seebany Datta-Barua, Sean Elvidge and Bruno Nava

• GEH05: Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Ionosphere & Magnetosphere Electromagnetic Coupling 
Conveners: Angelo De Santis and Sergey Pulinets

• GEH06: ULF/ELF/VLF Remote Sensing of the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere 
Conveners: Rajesh Singh and Ajeet K Maurya


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3. CALL FOR PAPERS: 2019 6th International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace 2019); http://www.ukm.my/iconspace/; Pulai Springs Resort, Johor, Malaysia, 28-30 July 2019
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From: Simon Wing (simon.wing at jhuapl.edu)

Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), Institute of Climate Change of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) will host the 2019 6th International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace2019). The conference theme is “Advancing Space Science for Societal Sustainability” and is co-sponsored by IEEE through IEEE Malaysia Young Professional.
We are soliciting original papers describing the state-of-the-art research and development inclusive (but are not limited to) of the following technical areas:

· Astronomy and Astrophysics
· Atmospheric and Magnetospheric Sciences
· Geosciences and Remote Sensing
· Satellite and Communication Technology
· Interdisciplinary Space Science
· Others

Important Dates
Full paper submissions       : 31 January 2019
Acceptance notification      : 15 April 2019
Early bird payment           : 31 May 2019
Final submission and payment : 28 June 2019
Conference day               : 28-30 July 2019

Paper submission process will be managed through EDAS system (https://edas.info/N25274). All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings (soft copy) and will be submitted to the IEEE Xplore and indexed by SCOPUS and ISI WoS for full consideration of publication (with conference record #45581).

Please visit our website for conference details or contact iconspace at ukm.edu.my for more information.  


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