Table of Contents ====================================================================== 1. MEETING: 2014 GEM Summer Workshop June 15-20, Portsmouth, Virginia 2. FG Announcement: The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma— Measurement, Modeling, and Merging Into the GEM GGCM Call for Participation at 2014 GEM ====================================================================== *************************** ** THE GEM MESSENGER ** *************************** Volume 24, Number 10 April 17, 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. MEETING: 2014 GEM Summer Workshop June 15-20, Portsmouth, Virginia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert Clauer and Xia Cai The GEM 2014 Summer Workshop will be held from June 15-20 at Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel & Conference Center, Portsmouth, Virginia. The registration is now open at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html . The agenda is now available online at the Workshop website: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/schedule.html . Please note the following important dates: - Deadline for poster submissions: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - Last day to pay the early registration fee: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - Last day to make lodging reservations and receive the discounted rate: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 To make lodging reservation, you could call The Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel & Conference Center at 1-888-236-2427 or 757-673-3000 or online at: http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=GEM%20Workshop%5Eorfpt%60gmngmna%608900%60USD%60false%606/14/14%606/20/14%605/15/14&app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes The link is specific to our group. Please copy and paste the link into your web browser address if you could not open directly. Contact Xia Cai at (xcai@vt.edu) if you have any question regarding the Workshop. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. FG Announcement: The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma— Measurement, Modeling, and Merging Into the GEM GGCM Call for Participation at 2014 GEM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rick Chappell < rick.chappell at vanderbilt.edu >, Bob Schunk and Dan Welling Plans are taking shape for the upcoming GEM meeting in June and we would like to invite you to participate in the activities of the Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma focus group. This group has as its goal to improve the understanding of the role of the ionospheric outflow source by (1) refining outflow modeling through comparison with measurements, (2) adjusting the outflow modeling to become a compatible input to the magnetospheric Geospace Global Circulation Models (GGCM), (3) comparing magnetospheric modeling results with satellite and ground-based measurements and (4) examining ways in which the dynamic magnetosphere can couple back to influence the original ionospheric outflow. We are following a schedule of cooperative modeling and measurement activities that was planned by the focus group attendees at the Snowmass Meeting last June and that has included presentations at the mini-GEM meeting at the AGU meeting in December and the AGU Chapman conference at Yosemite in February. We have begun working together on both an idealized magnetic storm period and on the first real storm event (September 27 to October 4, 2002). Generalized polar wind outflow modeling at USU has been completed for the idealized storm and is available to the community to compare with other outflow models and to use as input for magnetospheric models. The GPW outflow model is being run now for the first real storm period and initial results will be available at the June GEM meeting. Contact Bob Schunk for model output details (rws4405@yahoo.com) Upstream solar wind drivers are also available for these two storms from Dan Welling at UM (dwelling@umich.edu). We have planned the following four sessions for the June GEM meeting and would like for you to suggest topics that you would like to present in the sessions. Session 1—Merged Model and Measurements of Storm Dynamics 1—June 17, 10:30 am This session will be an opportunity for ionospheric outflow, magnetospheric and merged M-I modelers to present results related to the idealized storm as well as the first real storm event. Comparisons between modeling approaches are encouraged as well as the presentation and inter-comparison of relevant measurements for each of the storms. Session 2—Merged Model and Measurements of Storm Dynamics 2—June 17, 1:30 pm This session will be a continuation of session 1 with an emphasis on the real storm event. Presentation of specific satellite and ground-based data during the selected first real storm event will be encouraged so that comparison with the evolving merged models of this storm can be made. Session 3—General Contributions in Measurements & Modeling Including the Plasmasphere— June 17, 3:30 pm This session will cover a variety of topics related to developing the merged ionosphere-magnetosphere models and testing them with measurements made during the storm periods. We are also requesting presentations related to plasmasphere modeling and measurement. Session 4—Planning Session—June 18, 10:30 am This will be an open discussion to update the coordinated modeling and measurement research that was initiated at the 2013 GEM meeting. We will assess our progress and develop new approaches as necessary to continue the active cooperative research that has begun. We will also select the second storm event to be modeled for comparison with measurements. Please send your topics and suggestions to Rick Chappell by May 12, 2014 at rick.chappell@vanderbilt.edu. 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