Table of Contents ====================================================================== 1. Two New Geospace Program Directors at NSF 2. Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions Focus Group: Call for Presentations at 2013 Summer Workshop 3. Radiation Belts and Wave (RBW) Modeling Focus Group: Call for Presentations at 2013 Summer Workshop ====================================================================== *************************** ** THE GEM MESSENGER ** *************************** Volume 23, Number 7 May 21, 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Two New Geospace Program Directors at NSF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rich Behnke I am pleased to announce that two distinguished scientists have joined the NSF Geospace Section. Dr. Ilia Roussev, formerly an Associate Professor of Astronomy (with tenure) at the University of Hawaii, is now the permanent Program Director for Solar Terrestrial Research (STR). Dr. Roussev obtained his PhD in Solar Physics from Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland and worked at the University of Michigan and at the High Altitude Observatory at NCAR before joining the University of Hawaii. Ilia replaces Dr. Paul Bellaire who retired after more than ten years of service last December. In addition, Dr. Anne-Marie Schmoltner has now taken over as the permanent Aeronomy Program Director. Dr. Schmoltner received her PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Anne-Marie has worked at NSF since 1995, first as the Program Director for Atmospheric Chemistry, then as the Section Head for the Atmosphere Section and recently as a Program Manager in the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE). Anne-Marie replaces Dr. Anja Stromme who has returned to SRI International after an all too brief one-year term of dedicated service here at NSF. Please join me in welcoming Ilia and Anne-Marie to our Section! Rich Behnke Head Geospace Section, AGS/GEO Dr. Roussev (iroussev@nsf.gov) can be reached at 703-292-7436 Dr. Schmoltner (aschmolt@nsf.gov) can be reached at 703-292-4716 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions Focus Group: Call for Presentations at 2013 Summer Workshop ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Frank Toffoletto The GEM focus group on Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions will hold its breakout sessions on Monday - Tuesday, June 17-18, 2013. We invite presentations that specifically address one of the following topics: * Origin and evolution of BBFs and related phenomena (bubbles, dipolarization fronts, etc.) * The impact of BBFs et al on transport during different levels of activity (e.g., quiet times, SMCs, substorms, storm main phases). * The impact of BBFs et al on the inner magnetosphere, including ring current and radiation belts; braking oscillations and micropulsations. * Auroral streamers and other ionospheric signatures of BBFs et al. More information on the focus group can be found at: http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/GEM_Focus_Groups We kindly ask presentations to be limited to 2-3 slides/5 minutes. If you would like to be put on the schedule, please contact Frank Toffoletto (toffo @ rice dot edu). We look forward to seeing everyone at GEM and to your contributions. Frank Toffoletto, John Lyon, Pontus Brandt, and Vassilis Angelopoulos ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Radiation Belts and Wave (RBW) Modeling Focus Group: Call for Presentations at 2013 Summer Workshop ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Yuri Shprits The RBW focus group will have 6 sessions this year. Sessions: - Wed, Jun 19, (10:30am-12:15pm) RBW 1 -- GEM particle transport challenge - Wed, Jun 19, (1:30pm-3:00pm) RBW 2 -- Dynamical modeling of the radiation belts (Preparing radiation belt models for Van Allen Probes data) - Wed, Jun 19, (3:30pm-5:00pm) RBW 3 -- Wave-particle interactions (Particle scattering and transport) - Thu, Jun 20, (10:30am-12:15pm) RBW 4 -- Wave excitation, propagation, and distribution (ULF) - Thu, Jun 20, (1:30pm-3:00pm) RBW 5 -- Wave excitation, propagation, and distribution (VLF/ELF) - Thu, Jun 20, (3:30pm-5:00pm) RBW 6 -- GEM wave challenge, overflow You can submit the title of your presentation online by following the link below to reserve a time slot during each individual session. We invite potential contributions and encourage to participants to limit presentations to approximately 5 min. Please submit the title of your presentations by June 5th at http://goo.gl/B7BY9 In particular, we would like to encourage modelers to participate in the GEM particle modeling challenge as well as the wave modeling challenge. Data and rules for the GEM challenge are given on the ViRBO web site at http://virbo.org/RBW#2010_RBW_Challenge. 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