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1. Special Van Allen Probes Coordinated Poster Displays and 
   Data Outreach Activity
   6:00 - 9:00 PM, Thursday June 19, 2014

2. Invitation to Participate in the CEDAR Workshop: 
   ITM Key Science Challenges during the Van Allen Probes /
   Great Observatory Era
   Wednesday, 25 June 2014
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                                                  Volume 24, Number 19
                                                         June 12, 2014
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1. Special Van Allen Probes Coordinated Poster Displays and 
   Data Outreach Activity
   6:00 - 9:00 PM, Thursday June 19, 2014
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From: Barry Mauk <Barry.Mauk at jhuapl.edu>
 
During the Thursday evening (19 June) poster session at the GEM 2014 
Workshop, a coordinated set of Van Allen Probes posters from the 
Project and from the Principle Investigator (PI) teams will be 
presented providing overview information, recent findings, and 
procedures for gaining access to the Van Allen Probes data.  In 
parallel with the presentation of the posters, there will be tables 
and computers where PI teams will provide one-on-one mentoring for 
individuals to learn how to access the various Van Allen Probes data 
sets.  Please come and participate if you desire to get more involved 
with the mission.

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2. Invitation to Participate in the CEDAR Workshop: 
   ITM Key Science Challenges during the Van Allen Probes /
   Great Observatory Era
   Wednesday, 25 June 2014
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From: Andrew Gerrard <gerrard at njit.edu> 
 
We would like to invite you to participate in the Ionosphere-
Thermosphere-Magnetosphere (ITM) Key Science Challenges during the Van 
Allen Probes / Great Observatory Era on Wednesday, 25 June at 2014 
CEDAR.   This will be a "Remotely Accessible Session", allowing those 
not physically present at the CEDAR meeting to participate [and even 
present].  The proposed workshop brings together the ITM communities, 
currently distributed across both NSF CEDAR and GEM, to discuss 
relevant science issues.  The timing of the workshop is motivated by 
the ongoing highly successful THEMIS and Van Allen Probes spacecraft 
missions, currently providing unprecedented complementary coverage of 
the inner and outer magnetosphere.  Focused efforts will foster the 
exploration of key ITM topics, including energetic particle 
precipitation from the radiation belts, ring current loss to the 
thermosphere, dynamics of sub-auroral polarization streams (SAPS), SAR 
arcs, ionospheric-modulated electric field diffusivity, and others. We 
encourage papers on observations from ground and space, models and 
theory.   A round-table discussion will follow the presentations. 
 
Please let us know if you would like to make a 10 minute presentation 
at this workshop, or if you'd like to be included on-line. 
 
Conveners:  Andrew Gerrard, NJIT; Philip Erickson, MIT-Haystack; 
Carlos Martinis, BU 
 
The CEDAR webpage is at
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2014_Workshop:ITM_Science_Challenges


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