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                                                        Volume 19, Number 21
                                                               June 18, 2009
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Call for Ideas: GEM session "AMPERE, Mid-latitude SuperDARN, and other 
opportunities for new MIC Focus Groups"
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From: David Murr

Within the MI Coupling (MIC) "Research Area" the "working groups" that had 
transition from the former MI Coupling Campaign to "focus groups" under the 
new GEM structure have all come to a close.  The only currently active focus 
group within the MIC RA is the "Diffuse Auroral Precipitation" group.  Thus, 
if researchers would like to have a forum within which they can discuss 
other MI Coupling topics at GEM, they will need to propose new focus groups.  

This session (at a minimum) will highlight two new observational 
capabilities that could anchor new focus groups: The AMPERE project, and the 
new network of mid-latitude SuperDARN radars. These projects and their 
related science will be described in one of Thursday morning's tutorials. In 
integrating these new projects with ongoing efforts of the community we 
anticipate opportunities to achieve major new insights in MI Coupling, and 
the purpose of this session is to consider how GEM can foster this activity 
potentially by establishing new MIC focus groups. We invite all researchers 
to come with ideas about the outstanding questions in MIC and potential 
focus groups that could address those questions.

The session will be held Thursday at 10:30 in the Erickson room.
	    

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