[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIV, Issue 68

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIV, Issue 68
Dec.15,2017

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Special Issue: 2018 EGU Meeting

Table of Contents

1. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, April 8-13, 2018, Vienna, Austria

2. List of Sun and Heliosphere (ST1) Sessions

3. List of Magnetosphere (ST2) Sessions

4. List of Ionosphere and Thermosphere (ST3) Sessions

5. List of Space Weather and Space Climate (ST4) Sessions

6. List of Other Sessions Related to SPA

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European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, April 8-13, 2018, Vienna, Austria

Meeting Web Site:
https://www.egu2018.eu/

Important Dates:

* 10 Jan 2018, 13:00 CET: Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts

* 18 Jan 2018, 13:00 CET: Deadline for receipt of late abstracts, and requests for townhall meetings

* 1 Mar 2018: Deadline for early registration, splinter meeting requests, and letters of invitation


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List of Sun and Heliosphere (ST1) Sessions

ST1.1
Open Session on the Sun and Heliosphere (including Hannes Alfvén Medal Lecture)
Convener: Olga Malandraki  | Co-Convener: Manuela Temmer 

ST1.2
Preparing for Solar Orbiter, Parker Solar Probe and the heliophysics observatory 
Convener: Alexis Rouillard  | Co-Conveners: Daniel Mueller , Marco Velli , Olga Malandraki , Manuela Temmer

ST1.3
Theory and Simulation of Solar System Plasmas 
Convener: Philippa Browning  | Co-Conveners: Giovanni Lapenta , Shangbin Yang , Jörg Büchner 

ST1.4
Turbulence and Heating in Space Plasmas 
Convener: Christopher Chen  | Co-Conveners: Olga Alexandrova , C.-Philippe Escoubet , Luca Sorriso-Valvo 

ST1.5/PS4.6
Solar Eruptions and their Heliospheric imprint (co-organized) 
Convener: Erika Palmerio  | Co-Conveners: David Barnes , Athanasios Papaioannou , Jingnan Guo , Neus Agueda , Luciano Rodriguez 

ST1.6
Particle acceleration mechanisms in space plasmas: observations and theory 
Convener: Alessandro Retinò  | Co-Conveners: C.-Philippe Escoubet , Harald Kucharek , Drew Turner 

ST1.7
Progress in Space Sciences Fostered by the European Commission 
Convener: Giovanni Lapenta  | Co-Conveners: Manolis Georgoulis , Emilia Kilpua , Olga Malandraki 

PS2.1/ST1.8
Small Objects and Dust: Dwarf Planets, Asteroids, Comets, Meteoroids (co-organized) 
Convener: Ingrid Mann  | Co-Conveners: Johan De Keyser , Mihaly Horanyi 

PS4.5/ST1.9
Planetary, Solar and Heliospheric Radio Emissions (co-organized) 
Convener: Patrick Galopeau  | Co-Convener: Mohammed Y. Boudjada 

PS5.1/GD1.3/GI2.22/NH6.12/ST1.10
New mission concepts for planetary exploration (co-organized) 
Convener: Stephanie C. Werner  | Co-Convener: Kim Reh 

NP6.6/AS4.17/ST1.11
Turbulence, magnetic reconnection, shocks and particle acceleration: nonlinear processes in space, laboratory and astrophysical plasmas (co-organized) 
Convener: Giovanni Lapenta  | Co-Conveners: Ilias Sibgatullin , Alex Lazarian , Luca Sorriso-Valvo , A. Retino , Francesco Valentini 

(Details of ST1 sessions can be accessed through https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/sessionprogramme#ST1)


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List of Magnetosphere (ST2) Sessions

ST2.1
Open Session on the Magnetosphere (including Julius Bartels Medal Lecture) 
Convener: Yulia Bogdanova 

ST2.2
Kinetic and non-thermal physics in the solar wind and terrestrial magnetosphere 
Convener: Yana Maneva  | Co-Conveners: Marian Lazar , V.P. Pierrard , Yuriy Voitenko 

ST2.3
Magnetospheric Response to Transient Solar Wind Phenomena 
Convener: Qiugang Zong 

ST2.4
Foreshock, magnetosheath, and cusps: dynamics and coupling 
Convener: Andrew Dimmock  | Co-Conveners: Xochitl Blanco-Cano , C.-Philippe Escoubet , Lucile Turc 

ST2.5
Mass, Momentum, and Energy Transport through boundaries in the magnetosphere 
Convener: Yoann Vernisse  | Co-Conveners: Stefan Eriksson , Takuma Nakamura 

ST2.6
Earth magnetosphere physics and geomagnetic storms 
Convener: Sid-Ali Ouadfeul  | Co-Convener: Leila Aliouane 

ST2.7
Wave-particle interactions in the Earth's magnetosphere 
Convener: Frantisek Nemec  | Co-Conveners: Fabien Darrouzet , Allison Jaynes , Maria Usanova 

ST2.8
Observations and simulations of multi-scale magnetospheric phenomena 
Convener: Sergio Toledo-Redondo  | Co-Conveners: Kyoung-Joo Hwang , Robert Fear , C.-Philippe Escoubet 

ST2.9
Forecasting radiation belt dynamics: the role of solar wind-magnetosphere coupling 
Convener: Richard Boynton  | Co-Conveners: Andrew Dimmock , Elena Kronberg 

ST2.10/PS4.8
Asymmetries in geospace and planetary environments (co-organized) 
Convener: Paul Tenfjord  | Co-Conveners: Jennifer A. Carter , Rumi Nakamura 

EMRP2.5/GD4.2/GI2.12/PS6.1/ST2.11
Earth's and planetary magnetic fields: From theory to simulations and observations (co-organized) 
Convener: Ingo Wardinski  | Co-Conveners: Daniel Heyner , Marina Diaz-Michelena 

(Details of ST2 sessions can be accessed through https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/sessionprogramme#ST2)


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List of Ionosphere and Thermosphere (ST3) Sessions

ST3.1
Open Session on the Ionosphere and Thermosphere 
Convener: Dalia Buresova  | Co-Conveners: Carlo Scotto , David Altadill 

ST3.2/2.12
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling: New Phenomenological Insights from Data and Theory 
Convener: Robert Shore  | Co-Conveners: Kirsti Kauristie , Andrew J. Kavanagh , Gang Lu 

ST3.3/2.13
Validation and verification of magnetospheric and ionospheric models 
Convener: Gabor Facsko  | Co-Conveners: Andrey Samsonov , Katherine Garcia-Sage , Ilja Honkonen 

ST3.4
Gravity waves in the ionosphere 
Convener: Anna Belehaki  | Co-Conveners: Dalia Buresova , Bodo W. Reinisch 

ST3.5/EMRP4.33/G4.4
Dynamics and interaction of processes in Earth and its space environment: perspectives from low-Earth orbiting satellites and beyond (co-organized) 
Convener: Claudia Stolle  | Co-Conveners: Jorge Luis Chau , Monika Korte , Jürgen Kusche , Hermann Lühr , Joachim Vogt 

ST3.6
ULF waves and turbulence in the auroral oval and polar cap regions: New horizons in multi-instrument observations 
Convener: Lisa Baddeley  | Co-Conveners: Michael Hartinger , Vyacheslav PILIPENKO 

AS1.31/ST3.7
Joint Session of the MLT and the VarSITI-ROSMIC program (co-organized) 
Convener: Martin Kaufmann  | Co-Conveners: Peter Preusse , Jan Laštovika , Franz-Josef Lübken 

G5.1/ST3.9
Observation-based modeling of the ionosphere - from Sun to Earth (co-organized) 
Convener: Angela Aragon-Angel  | Co-Conveners: Volker Bothmer , Andrzej Krankowski , Eren Erdogan , Klaus Börger , Alberto Garcia-Rigo 

EMRP2.2/ST3.10
Earth Observation with Swarm: Results from Four Years in Orbit (co-organized) 
Convener: Georgios Balasis  | Co-Conveners: Ian Mann , Diana Saturnino , Rune Floberghagen 

(Details of ST3 sessions can be accessed through https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/sessionprogramme#ST3)


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List of Space Weather and Space Climate (ST4) Sessions

ST4.1
New Scientific Space Weather Products and Forecasting Capabilities for Geomagnetic, Ionospheric, and Magnetospheric Conditions 
Convener: Guram Kervalishvili  | Co-Conveners: Therese Jørgensen , Maria Usanova , Yulia Bogdanova , Alan Thomson , Claudia Borries , Rico Behlke , Anna Belehaki 

ST4.2
Space Weather and its Effects on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Application 
Convener: Hanna Rothkaehl  | Co-Convener: V.P. Pierrard 

ST4.3
The Use of Observations and Models to Improve Space Weather Forecasting Capabilities in the Heliosphere 
Convener: Simon Thomas  | Co-Conveners: Miho Janvier , Sophie Murray , Rui Pinto 

PS4.4/ST4.4
Planetary Space Weather (co-organized) 
Convener: Anna Milillo  | Co-Conveners: Philippe Garnier , Zhonghua Yao 

ST4.5/AS4.15/CL2.02
Solar Total and Spectral Irradiance Recent Observations and Results, Links with Models and Possible Consequences for Climate (co-organized) 
Convener: Luc Damé  | Co-Conveners: William Ball , Margit Haberreiter , Katja Matthes , Martin Snow , Rémi Thiéblement , Martin Wild 

ST4.6
Space Climate before, during and after the Grand Modern Maximum 
Convener: Kalevi Mursula  | Co-Conveners: Rainer Arlt , Luke Barnard , Katya Georgieva , Natalie Krivova 

IE2.1/NP3.4/AS1.8/CL2.08/CR1.9/OS1.20/ST4.7
Climate Variability Across Scales and Climate States (co-organized) 
Convener: Kira Rehfeld  | Co-Conveners: Thomas Laepple , Shaun Lovejoy , Louise Sime , Anna von der Heydt , Michel Crucifix 

CL5.02/AS5.7/BG1.38/GD10.9/GI0.5/GM2.10/GMPV10.9/HS11.25/NH11.1/NP9.4/OS4.14/PS6.4/SM 7.04/SSP1.12./SSS13.12/ST4.8/TS11.9
The development of geoscientific modelling (co-organized) 
Convener: Julia Hargreaves  | Co-Conveners: Lutz Gross , David Ham , Astrid Kerkweg , Didier Roche , Rolf Sander 

GI2.1/AS5.2/BG1.29/CL5.27/NH1.19/PS5.4/ST4.9
Atmospheric and Meteorological Instrumentation (co-organized) 
Convener: Jothiram Vivekanandan  | Co-Conveners: Mike Rose , Christoph Waldmann , Manfred Lange , Anders La Cour-Harbo , Guifu Zhang 

(Details of ST4 sessions can be accessed through https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/sessionprogramme#ST4)


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List of Other Sessions Related to SPA

PS1.3
Interdisciplinary Studies at Mercury (PICO session)
Convener: Johannes Benkhoff  | Co-Conveners: Valentina Galluzzi , Francesca Zambon 
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/28516

PS1.5
Lunar Science, Exploration and Utilisation 
Convener: Bernard Foing 
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/28512

PS1.6
Mars Science and Exploration 
Convener: Dmitrij Titov  | Co-Convener: Håkan Svedhem 
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/28543

PS1.11
Atmospheres of terrestrial planets 
Convener: Francisco González-Galindo  | Co-Convener: Arnaud Beth 
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/28542

PS2.1/ST1.8
Small Objects and Dust: Dwarf Planets, Asteroids, Comets, Meteoroids (co-organized) 
Convener: Ingrid Mann  | Co-Conveners: Johan De Keyser , Mihaly Horanyi 
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/28515

PS3.1
Outer Planets Systems 
Convener: Athena Coustenis  | Co-Conveners: Sushil K. Atreya , Olivier Witasse , Nicolas Altobelli , David H. Atkinson , Jean-Pierre Lebreton , Linda Spilker , Christina Plainaki 
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/28491

PS3.2
Juno at Jupiter: results from onboard instruments and ground-based supporting observations 
Convener: Giuseppe Sindoni  | Co-Conveners: Scott Bolton , Tristan Guillot , Alberto Adriani , Alessandro Mura 
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/28518

EMRP2.4/GI2.25/PS6.2
Unveiling hidden features of Earth's and other planetary magnetic fields and of their underlying sources: measurements, data processing, indices, modelling and interpretation (co-organized) 
Convener: Foteini Vervelidou  | Co-Conveners: Sabrina Sanchez , Stavros Kotsiaros , Barbara Leichter , Peter Kovacs , Erwan Thebault 
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/26479


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