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						     Volume 14, Number 26
						     June 2, 2004

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Call for Participation: Session on Steady Magnetospheric Convection (SMC)
at the GEM 2004 Workshop, Snowmass, CO, June 21-25
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From: Joe Borovsky <jborovsky@lanl.gov>
      Ennio Sanchez <ennio.sanchez@sri.com> 

The Inner Magnetosphere/Storms Campaign will have a session at this summer
GEM Workshop entitled "Plasma Transport into the Inner Magnetosphere: SMC 
Conditions Versus Other Conditions." (http://gem.rice.edu/~gem)

Preliminary evidence indicates that the transport of plasma into the 
inner magnetosphere during SMC (Steady magnetospheric convection) events 
is unusually efficient. This could be caused by more-efficient transport 
of plasma or by stronger sources of plasma. In this session we would like 
to use data analysis and theory to explore this issue. In particular the 
session will focus on the following four questions. (1) Can we quantify 
the transport of plasma into the inner magnetosphere for SMC versus other 
conditions? (2) Is convection in the magnetosphere higher than "normal" 
during SMC times? (3) If convection is higher, is it because BBFs are 
occurring more frequently or is it because the underlying slow convection
is stronger than "normal". (4) Are the sources of plasma (solar wind 
entry, ionospheric outflow, plasmasphere, etc.) enhanced during SMC events. 

Those interested in giving a brief presentation please contact the session
conveners:
Joe Borovsky (jborovsky@lanl.gov)
Ennio Sanchez (ennio.sanchez@sri.com)

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