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			 **   THE GEM MESSENGER   **
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						     Volume 1, Number 2
						     November 19, 1991

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In Memoriam: C. K. Goertz 
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   You have all certainly heard the details of the November 1 tragedy
in Iowa. We will deeply miss our fellow coordinator. Chris Goertz had
given our GEM effort critical guidance in its formative stages. We 
intend to build upon the foundation that Chris helped lay.  We dedicate 
the boundary layer campaign to his memory.

					       M. Ashour-Abdalla
					       T. J. Rosenberg
					       C. T. Russell

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Working Group Meeting Announcement 
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   Two rooms have been reserved for the GEM working group meetings at 
Holiday Inn Golden Gateway in San Francisco. The working group meetings 
will be held from 1pm to 6pm on December 8, 1991, prior to the week of
AGU Fall Meeting. The purposes of the working group meetings are to 
follow up on discussion at the UCLA workshop and to set the agenda for 
the next meeting (3-5 days) in the summer of 1992. All interested 
scientists  are welcome to sttend. The schedule for the workings group 
meetings is as following:

Holiday Inn Golden Gateway
1500 Van Ness Avenue

	          1:00 - 3:15pm                 3:45 - 6:00pm

Nevada Room       Current System                Data Task Force  
	          and Mapping                   

Washington Room	  Boundary Magnetic and         Particle Entry, Boundary
                  Electric Field                Structure and Transport

   There is no meeting scheduled for the working group of Global Geospace 
Circulation Model. 
   The detailed agendas will be determined by the chairmen of the working
groups. Please contact them for further information (see the working group 
lists below).

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System Wide Mail Alias for GEM
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   A system wide mail alias has been established for GEM at UCLA. You 
can send a message  to all the people in the GEM mailing list by sending 
mail to: 
     gem at igpp.ucla.edu
You can also send mail to a specific GEM working group by addressing mail 
to: 
     gem_field at igpp.ucla.edu (Boundary normal magnetic and electric field)
     gem_data at igpp.ucla.edu  (Data task force)
     gem_boundary at igpp.ucla.edu (Particle entry, boundary structure and ...)
     gem_current at igpp.ucla.edu  (Current system and mappings)
If you would like to add names in the mailing list, please send a message 
to: 
     guan at igpp.ucla.edu

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Working Group Lists and Co-chairs
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                                            by W. Lotko
                                            lotko at dartvax.dartmouth.edu

* The following lists currently include only individuals indicating a
  preference or whose preference was volunteered by a co-I at UCLA
  workshop. 
* Working group issues include G. Siscoe's proposal at the meeting, as
  well as suggestions offered on sign-up sheets by other individuals.

  (1) Specifications of boundary normal magnetic field and reconnection
      electric field
      * steady/sporadic
      * spatio-temporal behavior
      * dependence on IMF, solar wind, etc.

	O. de la Beaujardiere (Chair, odile at crvax.sri.com)
	J. Drake
	C. Lin
	L. Lyons
	J. Raeder
	C. Russell
	R. Steinolfson
	F. Toffoletto
	R. Walker
	J. Watermann

  (2) Data Task Force
      * composite map of observing stations
      * standard models, e.g. for use in benchmarking or comparisons
      * relation to CEDAR data base
      * standardization, archival, distribution
      * database site - centralized/distributed
	
	R. Arnoldy
	R. Clauer
	W. Denig
	B. Fraser
	L. Lanzerotti
	J. Olson (Co-chair, jvo at maxwell.gi.alaska.edu)
	A. Richmond
	T. Rosenberg (Co-chair, umduap::rosenberg))
	C. Russell
	M. Teague
	R. Walker
	A. Wolfe

  (3) Particle entry, boundary structure and transport
      * boundary processes (micro-meso-macro)
      * ionospheric signatures
      * magnetosheath-ionosphere coupling
      * particle propagation/precipitation
      * through open and closed boundaries
      * Dungey problem

	B. Anderson
	M. Ashour-Abdalla (Co-chair, ucsx::mabdalla)
	R. Clauer
	J. Drake
	O. de la Beaujardiere
	T. Eastman 
	L. Kistler
	C. Kletzing
	D. Klumpar
	L. Lanzerotti
	C. Lin
	P. Newell (Co-chair, aplsp::newell)
	H. Okuda
	T. Onsager
	J. Perez
	J. Roeder
	C. Russell
	D. Sibeck
	K. Takahashi
	A. Wolfe
	K. Wong

  (4) Current system and mapping
      * cusp/region 1 system
      * in vicinity of cusp in general
      * origins (role in dynamics)
      * spatio-temporal behavior (ULF waves)
      * relationship to convection electric field and precipitation

	R. Clauer
	N. Crooker
	O. de la Beaujardiere
	W. Denig
	B. Fraser
	G. Le
	W. Lotko
	L. Lyons
	R. Lysak (Co-chair, bob at aurora.spa.umn.edu)
	P. Newell
	J. Olson
	J. Roeder
	C. Russell (Co-chair, ctrussell at igpp.ucla.edu)
	G. Siscoe 
	J. Watermann

  (5) GGCM specification
      * model validation
      * coupling to thermosphere/ionosphere models
      * advance concepts
      * approaches - global MHD, progressive modular (operational?)

      (I will be soliciting additional participation in this working
       group, which transcends the boundary layer campaign proper.)

	M. Ashour-Abdalla
	O. de la Beaujardiere
	A. Richmond
	G. Siscoe

						



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