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						     Volume 14, Number 12
						     April 19, 2004

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GEM 2004 Global Interactions Campaign:
Second Call for Participation in the “Reconnection dynamics, cusp, and 
LLBL/HLBL” Sessions
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From: Jean Berchem <jberchem@igpp.ucla.edu>

The three sessions will concentrate on (1) Theory and observations of 
local processes at the cusp and the magnetopause, (2) Formation of the 
magnetopause boundary layer and the interconnection of LLBL, HLBL, and 
the cusp, and (3) Coupling of the magnetopause and the magnetosheath, 
and bow shock influences.  Of particular interest to these sessions 
are plasma transport processes at the dayside magnetopause and in the 
cusps, since the ultimate objective of the Global Interactions Campaign
is to understand the formation of the plasma sheet and its properties 
under various solar wind conditions.  Taken together, these sessions 
will constitute a review of our current understanding of the dayside 
transport processes that has been attained by using observations and 
various modeling techniques and, in addition, will establish a road 
map of the issues to be addressed during the three-year campaign. 

Please send us your suggestions and notices of intent to participate 
at your earliest convenience to allow adequate time for planning the 
sessions.  For information about the meeting, please see the GEM 
Meeting website at http://gem.rice.edu/~gem. Looking forward to 
seeing you in Snowmass, Colorado from June 20-25, 2004.

Nick Omidi (nomidi@ucsd.edu), 
Karlheinz Trattner (trattner@star.spasci.com) and 
Jean Berchem (jberchem@igpp.ucla.edu)

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