*************************** ** THE GEM MESSENGER ** *************************** Volume 14, Number 32 June 26, 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------- Call for papers for two special publications: "Violent Sun-Earth Connection Events of October-November 2003" "Tracing the Sun-Earth Connection: April 2002 Events" --------------------------------------------------------------- From: Arthur Richmond and Amy Knack Two special publications, each spanning the three journals Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics, and Space Weather, are planned for papers on the solar-terrestrial events of 2003 October-November and on the events of 2002 April. Each publication will be in the form of special sections in these journals that are electronically cross-linked, forming a virtual volume. All special-section papers in all three journals will be accessible to individual subscribers who have an electronic subscription to any of the journals. (Institutional subscribers will have access only to papers in those journals to which they have subscriptions.) Manuscripts are solicited for these special publications, as described further below. Manuscripts comparing the events of 2002 and 2003 are welcome, but in such cases authors must choose one or the other special publication for submission. All authors should choose one of the three journals for submission, based on the following general guidelines: Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) publishes concise research letters that present scientific advances likely to have immediate influence on the research of other investigators. Papers are limited in length (see http://www.agu.org/pubs/GRL_REVIEW/GRL_article_length.pdf). Submit at http://grl-submit.agu.org. The Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics (JGR-Space Physics) covers aeronomy and magnetospheric physics, planetary atmospheres and magnetospheres, interplanetary and external solar physics, cosmic rays, and heliospheric physics. JGR-Space Physics publishes regular length (typically 10 journal pages) papers presenting comprehensive, detailed analyses of important new research results. Submit at http://jgr-spacephysics-submit.agu.org. Space Weather: The International Journal of Research and Applications is an online publication devoted to the emerging field of space weather and its impact on technical systems, including telecommunications, electric power, and satellite navigation. Submit at http://spaceweather-submit.agu.org. All manuscripts will be reviewed in accordance with the normal policies of each journal. For further information about the scientific organization of the special publications, please contact the respective Organizers, below. For questions regarding the handling of submitted manuscripts, please contact the following Editors: Mark Moldwin, SPA Editor, GRL (mmoldwin@ucla.edu) Arthur Richmond, Editor, JGR-Space Physics (jgrsp@ucar.edu) Louis Lanzerotti, Editor, Space Weather (Louis.J.Lanzerotti@njit.edu) Papers on these events that have already been published or submitted for publication in one of these journals can be linked electronically as part of these special publications. Authors of such papers are encouraged to notify the appropriate Organizer. Special Publication I: Violent Sun-Earth Connection Events of October-November 2003 Three solar active regions during October - November 2003 produced coronal mass ejections (CMEs), flares, solar energetic particles, and interplanetary shocks of unprecedented intensity. CMEs arrived at Earth in less than a day, resulting in huge geomagnetic storms (Dst as low as -400 nT). The effects on particles, composition and fields comprising our interplanetary environment were seen all the way from their inception at the Sun, to the interplanetary medium at 1 AU, to the magnetosheath, to the nose of the magnetosphere and down-tail to 150 Earth radii. Intense aurora, substantial enhancements of the Earth's radiation belts and high fluxes of escape velocity flows from the ionosphere to the magnetosphere were observed. The October-November events amply demonstrated the sudden and unexpected nature of solar eruptions and provide an important opportunity to understand more about the complex response of the magnetosphere and upper atmosphere during extreme solar events. Papers on all aspects (observations, data analysis, modeling and theory) of the solar eruptions - their solar origin, interplanetary propagation, and geospace impact - are welcome. Organizers: Coordinator Nat Gopalswamy (gopals@fugee.gsfc.nasa.gov) Solar genesis Simon Plunkett (simon.plunkett@nrl.navy.mil) Heliospheric effects Ruth Skoug (rskoug@lanl.gov) Magnetospheric effects Barbara Giles (barbara.giles@nasa.gov) Upper atmospheric effects Gang Lu (ganglu@ucar.edu) Technological impacts Lou Barbieri (lbarbieri@hst.nasa.gov) Submission deadlines: GRL 2004 September 15 Space Weather 2004 October 15 JGR 2004 November 30 Special Publication II: Tracing the Sun-Earth Connection: April 2002 Events A series of space weather events in April 2002 give a very rich view of the coupling and nonlinear behavior of the Sun-Earth system. The analysis spans disciplines from solar to solar wind to magnetosphere to ionosphere-thermosphere and dips down into the middle atmosphere to look at the issue of how deep magnetic storm effects penetrate with implications for atmospheric coupling processes involved in climate variability. The events were viewed by 29 satellites, all of the world's large incoherent scatter radars, and a host of ground-based facilities. This collection of articles is intended to draw together these results into an integrated description of the behavior of the coupled Sun-Earth system, including feedbacks and nonlinear responses in a way that has never been done before. Organizers: Coordinator Janet Kozyra (jukozyra@engin.umich.edu) Solar & Heliosphere focus: Thomas Zurbuchen (thomasz@umich.edu) Solar Wind-Magnetosphere focus: Nicola Fox (Nicola.Fox@jhuapl.edu) Magnetosphere-Ionosphere focus: Larry Paxton (Larry.Paxton@jhuapl.edu) Thermosphere-Mesosphere focus: Elsayed Talaat (Elsayed.Talaat@jhuapl.edu) Submission deadlines: GRL 2004 October 15 Space Weather 2004 November 15 JGR 2004 December 27 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |To subscribe GEM Messengers, send an e-mail to | | with the following command in the body of your e-mail message: | | subscribe gem | |To remove yourself from the mailing list, the command is: | | unsubscribe gem | | | |To broadcast a message to the GEM community, please contact Peter Chi at | | | |Please use plain text as the format of your submission. | | | |URL of GEM Home Page: http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/Welcome.html | |Workshop Information: http://gem.rice.edu/~gem | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+