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FG: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

2015-11-19T18:52:03Z

Luckymoon761: /* 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenge Events Announcement */

''Focus Group Leaders:''
* Jay Albert (jay.albert@us.af.mil)
* Wen Li (moonli@atmos.ucla.edu)
* Steve Morley (smorley@lanl.gov)
* Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com)

== 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenge Events Announcement ==
Based on the votes we collected from the community, four challenge events have been selected:

*'''Stormtime Enhancement - March 17th 2013''' (St. Patrick's Day vs The Outer Belt, Round 1)
*'''Stormtime Dropout - June 1st 2013''' (The Children's Day event)
*'''Non-storm Enhancement - September 19th 2013''' (International Talk like a Pirate Day event)
*'''Non-storm Dropout - September 24th 2013''' (National Punctuation Day event)

More detailed information on these four challenge events is uploaded here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/nkhbradm8ynw47k/GEM_Challenge_Events_final.pptx?dl=0).

The "RB buildup" and "RB dropout" challenges focus on quantitative modeling of the radiation belt buildups and dropouts, with the goal of quantitatively assessing the relative importance of various acceleration, transport, and loss processes. We encourage you to simulate these challenge events with your own models and/or provide data or model inputs that are required to simulate these events, including: RB phase space densities, various wave inputs (e.g., ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves), seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Please inform us with your modeling plan, results, and/or data and model inputs that you would like to share with the community.

To establish a common basis for simulations and testing, we will provide a common point of access to the model inputs and data for each of the selected events. Up-to-date information will come soon on this wiki page.

==2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda==
The 2015 GEM session aganda for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/7/73/GEM_QARBM_talk_schedule_2015_v07.pdf

We hope to have time at the end of each session for open discussions and please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!

== 2015 GEM Announcement ==
We would like to solicit short presentations relevant to the following five sessions, including four independent sessions and one joint session with the “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG.

*'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results''".
:We solicit short presentations discussing the models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles.

*'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models, including ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles.

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include seed particle populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc.

*'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities''".
:We have sent out a survey to the RB community regarding the selection of interesting RB “dropout” and “buildup” events and we will discuss the survey results. You are also welcome to propose potentially interesting events relevant to our “dropout” and “buildup” challenges. At last, we will wrap up and plan for future FG activities.

*'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG''".
:Since the two FGs have common interest in understanding how plasma waves are generated and how much they influence the radiation belt dynamics, we call for short presentations that address the coupled effects between important plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere and the changes in the energetic particle dynamics.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com) by June 7th, 2015. Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Wen Li, Jay Albert, and Steve Morley
== 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenge Event Candidates ==
The event candidates for the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges are posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/5/5d/GEMfocusgroupevents_%281%29.pdf

More details about each event (RB responses, solar wind and geomagnetic activities) are posted at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6QF3b-3CPmsMmtNbjFzMlFINXM/view?usp=sharing

Please send your feedback to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com).

== 2014 Mini-GEM Session ==
'''Time:''' 02:20-04:10 PM, Sunday, December 14, 2014

'''Location:''' Franciscan II Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

'''Schedule:'''

'''Part 1 (2:20 – 3:40pm): 14 contributed talks (5 min each):'''

*1. Lauren Blum -- Rapid MeV electron precipitation and storm-time radiation belt dynamics

*2. Drew Turner -- Understanding energetic electron injections at L <= 4 using multipoint observations

*3. Joachim Birn -- Ion and electron source populations

*4. Ganjushkina, Natalia -- Modeling of low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere

*5. Adam Kellerman -- Quantitative analysis of magnetic field models by comparing with THEMIS, GOES, RBSP field data

*6. Xin Tao -- An efficient and positivity-preserving method for modeling radiation belt diffusion processes

*7. Anthony Chan -- Results from modeling drift-shell splitting effects in a fully-3D diffusion code

*8. Scot Elkington -- K2: Global simulations of the October 2, 2013 RBSP storm

*9. Wen Li -- Characteristics of plasmaspheric hiss wave spectrum and their effects on energetic electron dynamics

*10. Danny Summers -- Observation of plasmaspheric hiss emissions

*11. Yoshi Omura -- Nonlinear wave growth theory for discrete hiss emissions in the plasmasphere

*12. O.V. Agapitov -- Non-linear electric field spikes in the outer radiation belt and their role in particle dynamics

*13. J.F. Drake -- Development of a bursty precipitation front with intense localized parallel electric fields driven by oblique whistler waves in the Earth’s outer radiation belts

*14. Justin H. Lee -- Application of ion composition methods to investigate observations, modeling, and effects of EMIC waves

'''Part 2 (3:40 – 4:10pm): Planning for the “RB dropout” and “RB buildup” Challenges'''

== 2014 GEM Session Schedule ==
The 2014 session schedule for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/1b/2014_session_schedule_posted.pdf

We will have time at the end of each session for open discussions. Please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!
== 2014 GEM Announcement ==
At this year's GEM Summer Workshop we will start a new Focus Group on "Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling". The goals of our FG are to bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

Five sessions have been planned for the upcoming GEM workshop:

*'''Session 1 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Joint Session with Radiation Belts & Wave Modeling focus group''".
:In this joint session, the RBWM FG (finishing this year) will wrap up their accomplishments in the past 5 years and then set up the stage for our introduction of the new FG of Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. We will discuss the remaining open questions in RB modeling and connect them to our FG goals and challenges.

*'''Session 2 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Review existing RB models and discuss where we are and what are needed''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations discussing the existing models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. In general, we welcome talks that not only showcase their results, but also include discussions like: "Mechanism ____ is evidently necessary, though not sufficient since ___." We will discuss questions such as: what are "standard" RB codes not doing well enough? vs. What are we not doing at all but probably should be?

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models. The topics will cover ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles. We will review the available wave models and discuss what are still missing for RB modeling.

*'''Session 4 (Wed, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include particle seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Again, we will review what are currently available and discuss what are still missing.

*'''Session 5 (Wed, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Wrap-up discussion and plan for future FG activities''".
:In this final session, we will wrap up this year’s FG with more big-picture discussions, and plan for future FG activities for mini-GEM and next year. One important future activity is the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges. Here we solicit short presentations proposing interesting dropout/buildup events for our future challenges.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu
(wtu@lanl.gov) by June 6, 2014. We will review the talks and announce the detailed session agenda before the meeting. Participation in discussions and brief walk-in talks are always welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Jay Albert, Wen Li, and Steve Morley

== Focus Group Proposal ==
[http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM-2013_FG-proposal_assess-rb-models(ims)_Albert-Li-Morley-Tu.pdf Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling] (December 2013)

FG: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

2015-11-19T16:54:25Z

Luckymoon761: /* 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenge Events Announcement */

''Focus Group Leaders:''
* Jay Albert (jay.albert@us.af.mil)
* Wen Li (moonli@atmos.ucla.edu)
* Steve Morley (smorley@lanl.gov)
* Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com)

== 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenge Events Announcement ==
Based on the votes we collected from the community, four challenge events have been selected:

*'''Stormtime Enhancement - March 17th 2013''' (St. Patrick's Day vs The Outer Belt, Round 1)
*'''Stormtime Dropout - June 1st 2013''' (The Children's Day event)
*'''Non-storm Enhancement - September 19th 2013''' (International Talk like a Pirate Day event)
*'''Non-storm Dropout - September 24th 2013''' (National Punctuation Day event)

More detailed information on these four challenge events are uploaded here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/nkhbradm8ynw47k/GEM_Challenge_Events_final.pptx?dl=0).

The "RB buildup" and "RB dropout" challenges focus on quantitative modeling of the radiation belt buildups and dropouts, with the goal of quantitatively assessing the relative importance of various acceleration, transport, and loss processes. We encourage you to simulate these challenge events with your own models and/or provide data or model inputs that are required to simulate these events, including: RB phase space densities, various wave inputs (e.g., ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves), seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Please inform us with your modeling plan, results, and/or data and model inputs that you would like to share with the community.

To establish a common basis for simulations and testing, we will provide a common point of access to the model inputs and data for each of the selected events. Up-to-date information will come soon on this wiki page.

==2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda==
The 2015 GEM session aganda for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/7/73/GEM_QARBM_talk_schedule_2015_v07.pdf

We hope to have time at the end of each session for open discussions and please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!

== 2015 GEM Announcement ==
We would like to solicit short presentations relevant to the following five sessions, including four independent sessions and one joint session with the “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG.

*'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results''".
:We solicit short presentations discussing the models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles.

*'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models, including ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles.

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include seed particle populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc.

*'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities''".
:We have sent out a survey to the RB community regarding the selection of interesting RB “dropout” and “buildup” events and we will discuss the survey results. You are also welcome to propose potentially interesting events relevant to our “dropout” and “buildup” challenges. At last, we will wrap up and plan for future FG activities.

*'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG''".
:Since the two FGs have common interest in understanding how plasma waves are generated and how much they influence the radiation belt dynamics, we call for short presentations that address the coupled effects between important plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere and the changes in the energetic particle dynamics.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com) by June 7th, 2015. Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Wen Li, Jay Albert, and Steve Morley
== 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenge Event Candidates ==
The event candidates for the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges are posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/5/5d/GEMfocusgroupevents_%281%29.pdf

More details about each event (RB responses, solar wind and geomagnetic activities) are posted at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6QF3b-3CPmsMmtNbjFzMlFINXM/view?usp=sharing

Please send your feedback to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com).

== 2014 Mini-GEM Session ==
'''Time:''' 02:20-04:10 PM, Sunday, December 14, 2014

'''Location:''' Franciscan II Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

'''Schedule:'''

'''Part 1 (2:20 – 3:40pm): 14 contributed talks (5 min each):'''

*1. Lauren Blum -- Rapid MeV electron precipitation and storm-time radiation belt dynamics

*2. Drew Turner -- Understanding energetic electron injections at L <= 4 using multipoint observations

*3. Joachim Birn -- Ion and electron source populations

*4. Ganjushkina, Natalia -- Modeling of low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere

*5. Adam Kellerman -- Quantitative analysis of magnetic field models by comparing with THEMIS, GOES, RBSP field data

*6. Xin Tao -- An efficient and positivity-preserving method for modeling radiation belt diffusion processes

*7. Anthony Chan -- Results from modeling drift-shell splitting effects in a fully-3D diffusion code

*8. Scot Elkington -- K2: Global simulations of the October 2, 2013 RBSP storm

*9. Wen Li -- Characteristics of plasmaspheric hiss wave spectrum and their effects on energetic electron dynamics

*10. Danny Summers -- Observation of plasmaspheric hiss emissions

*11. Yoshi Omura -- Nonlinear wave growth theory for discrete hiss emissions in the plasmasphere

*12. O.V. Agapitov -- Non-linear electric field spikes in the outer radiation belt and their role in particle dynamics

*13. J.F. Drake -- Development of a bursty precipitation front with intense localized parallel electric fields driven by oblique whistler waves in the Earth’s outer radiation belts

*14. Justin H. Lee -- Application of ion composition methods to investigate observations, modeling, and effects of EMIC waves

'''Part 2 (3:40 – 4:10pm): Planning for the “RB dropout” and “RB buildup” Challenges'''

== 2014 GEM Session Schedule ==
The 2014 session schedule for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/1b/2014_session_schedule_posted.pdf

We will have time at the end of each session for open discussions. Please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!
== 2014 GEM Announcement ==
At this year's GEM Summer Workshop we will start a new Focus Group on "Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling". The goals of our FG are to bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

Five sessions have been planned for the upcoming GEM workshop:

*'''Session 1 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Joint Session with Radiation Belts & Wave Modeling focus group''".
:In this joint session, the RBWM FG (finishing this year) will wrap up their accomplishments in the past 5 years and then set up the stage for our introduction of the new FG of Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. We will discuss the remaining open questions in RB modeling and connect them to our FG goals and challenges.

*'''Session 2 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Review existing RB models and discuss where we are and what are needed''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations discussing the existing models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. In general, we welcome talks that not only showcase their results, but also include discussions like: "Mechanism ____ is evidently necessary, though not sufficient since ___." We will discuss questions such as: what are "standard" RB codes not doing well enough? vs. What are we not doing at all but probably should be?

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models. The topics will cover ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles. We will review the available wave models and discuss what are still missing for RB modeling.

*'''Session 4 (Wed, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include particle seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Again, we will review what are currently available and discuss what are still missing.

*'''Session 5 (Wed, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Wrap-up discussion and plan for future FG activities''".
:In this final session, we will wrap up this year’s FG with more big-picture discussions, and plan for future FG activities for mini-GEM and next year. One important future activity is the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges. Here we solicit short presentations proposing interesting dropout/buildup events for our future challenges.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu
(wtu@lanl.gov) by June 6, 2014. We will review the talks and announce the detailed session agenda before the meeting. Participation in discussions and brief walk-in talks are always welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Jay Albert, Wen Li, and Steve Morley

== Focus Group Proposal ==
[http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM-2013_FG-proposal_assess-rb-models(ims)_Albert-Li-Morley-Tu.pdf Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling] (December 2013)

FG: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

2015-11-19T16:51:38Z

Luckymoon761: /* 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenge Events Announcement */

''Focus Group Leaders:''
* Jay Albert (jay.albert@us.af.mil)
* Wen Li (moonli@atmos.ucla.edu)
* Steve Morley (smorley@lanl.gov)
* Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com)

== 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenge Events Announcement ==
Based on the votes we collected from the community, four challenge events have been selected:

*'''Stormtime Enhancement - March 17th 2013''' (St. Patrick's Day vs The Outer Belt, Round 1)
*'''Stormtime Dropout - June 1st 2013''' (The Children's Day event)
*'''Non-storm Enhancement - September 19th 2013''' (International Talk like a Pirate Day event)
*'''Non-storm Dropout - September 24th 2013''' (National Punctuation Day event)

More detailed information on these four challenge events are uploaded here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/nkhbradm8ynw47k/GEM_Challenge_Events_final.pptx?dl=0).

The "RB buildup" and "RB dropout" challenges focus on quantitative modeling of the radiation belt buildups and dropouts, with the goal of quantitatively assessing the relative importance of various acceleration, transport, and loss processes. We encourage you to simulate these challenge events with your own models and/or provide data or model inputs that are required to simulate these events, including: RB phase space densities, various wave inputs (e.g., ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves), seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Please inform us with your modeling plan, results, and/or data and model inputs that you would like to share with the community.

To establish a common basis for simulations and testing, we will provide a common point of access to the model inputs and data for each of the selected events. Up-to-date information will come soon on this wiki page.

==2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda==
The 2015 GEM session aganda for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/7/73/GEM_QARBM_talk_schedule_2015_v07.pdf

We hope to have time at the end of each session for open discussions and please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!

== 2015 GEM Announcement ==
We would like to solicit short presentations relevant to the following five sessions, including four independent sessions and one joint session with the “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG.

*'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results''".
:We solicit short presentations discussing the models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles.

*'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models, including ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles.

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include seed particle populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc.

*'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities''".
:We have sent out a survey to the RB community regarding the selection of interesting RB “dropout” and “buildup” events and we will discuss the survey results. You are also welcome to propose potentially interesting events relevant to our “dropout” and “buildup” challenges. At last, we will wrap up and plan for future FG activities.

*'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG''".
:Since the two FGs have common interest in understanding how plasma waves are generated and how much they influence the radiation belt dynamics, we call for short presentations that address the coupled effects between important plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere and the changes in the energetic particle dynamics.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com) by June 7th, 2015. Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Wen Li, Jay Albert, and Steve Morley
== 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenge Event Candidates ==
The event candidates for the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges are posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/5/5d/GEMfocusgroupevents_%281%29.pdf

More details about each event (RB responses, solar wind and geomagnetic activities) are posted at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6QF3b-3CPmsMmtNbjFzMlFINXM/view?usp=sharing

Please send your feedback to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com).

== 2014 Mini-GEM Session ==
'''Time:''' 02:20-04:10 PM, Sunday, December 14, 2014

'''Location:''' Franciscan II Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

'''Schedule:'''

'''Part 1 (2:20 – 3:40pm): 14 contributed talks (5 min each):'''

*1. Lauren Blum -- Rapid MeV electron precipitation and storm-time radiation belt dynamics

*2. Drew Turner -- Understanding energetic electron injections at L <= 4 using multipoint observations

*3. Joachim Birn -- Ion and electron source populations

*4. Ganjushkina, Natalia -- Modeling of low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere

*5. Adam Kellerman -- Quantitative analysis of magnetic field models by comparing with THEMIS, GOES, RBSP field data

*6. Xin Tao -- An efficient and positivity-preserving method for modeling radiation belt diffusion processes

*7. Anthony Chan -- Results from modeling drift-shell splitting effects in a fully-3D diffusion code

*8. Scot Elkington -- K2: Global simulations of the October 2, 2013 RBSP storm

*9. Wen Li -- Characteristics of plasmaspheric hiss wave spectrum and their effects on energetic electron dynamics

*10. Danny Summers -- Observation of plasmaspheric hiss emissions

*11. Yoshi Omura -- Nonlinear wave growth theory for discrete hiss emissions in the plasmasphere

*12. O.V. Agapitov -- Non-linear electric field spikes in the outer radiation belt and their role in particle dynamics

*13. J.F. Drake -- Development of a bursty precipitation front with intense localized parallel electric fields driven by oblique whistler waves in the Earth’s outer radiation belts

*14. Justin H. Lee -- Application of ion composition methods to investigate observations, modeling, and effects of EMIC waves

'''Part 2 (3:40 – 4:10pm): Planning for the “RB dropout” and “RB buildup” Challenges'''

== 2014 GEM Session Schedule ==
The 2014 session schedule for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/1b/2014_session_schedule_posted.pdf

We will have time at the end of each session for open discussions. Please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!
== 2014 GEM Announcement ==
At this year's GEM Summer Workshop we will start a new Focus Group on "Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling". The goals of our FG are to bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

Five sessions have been planned for the upcoming GEM workshop:

*'''Session 1 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Joint Session with Radiation Belts & Wave Modeling focus group''".
:In this joint session, the RBWM FG (finishing this year) will wrap up their accomplishments in the past 5 years and then set up the stage for our introduction of the new FG of Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. We will discuss the remaining open questions in RB modeling and connect them to our FG goals and challenges.

*'''Session 2 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Review existing RB models and discuss where we are and what are needed''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations discussing the existing models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. In general, we welcome talks that not only showcase their results, but also include discussions like: "Mechanism ____ is evidently necessary, though not sufficient since ___." We will discuss questions such as: what are "standard" RB codes not doing well enough? vs. What are we not doing at all but probably should be?

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models. The topics will cover ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles. We will review the available wave models and discuss what are still missing for RB modeling.

*'''Session 4 (Wed, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include particle seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Again, we will review what are currently available and discuss what are still missing.

*'''Session 5 (Wed, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Wrap-up discussion and plan for future FG activities''".
:In this final session, we will wrap up this year’s FG with more big-picture discussions, and plan for future FG activities for mini-GEM and next year. One important future activity is the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges. Here we solicit short presentations proposing interesting dropout/buildup events for our future challenges.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu
(wtu@lanl.gov) by June 6, 2014. We will review the talks and announce the detailed session agenda before the meeting. Participation in discussions and brief walk-in talks are always welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Jay Albert, Wen Li, and Steve Morley

== Focus Group Proposal ==
[http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM-2013_FG-proposal_assess-rb-models(ims)_Albert-Li-Morley-Tu.pdf Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling] (December 2013)

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2015 Summer Workshop

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Luckymoon761: /* [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- Quantitative Modeling of Radiation Belt Dynamics: Overview and Challenges
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- Van Allen Probes: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM, Salon 2):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Jian Yang: RCM-E simulation of energetic electron injections during an idealized storm
:5. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:6. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II
:9. Quintin Schiller: A novel technique to apply electron lifetimes to radial diffusion models

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:15 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:3. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:4. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:15-03:00 PM)
:5. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:7. Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

The two SIMIC sessions on Tuesday afternoon will focus mainly on the chosen events: 2013-03-17 and 2012-11-01 storms

A tentative list of presenters:
<Presentation titles omitted>

# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Lyons/Nishimura/Gallardo (UCLA)
# Bea Gallardo (UCLA)
# Rick Wilder (LASP)
# Margaret Chen (Aerospace)
# Gang Lu (NCAR)
# Jonathan Krall (NRL)
# Lois Smith (Michigan)
# Peter Chi (UCLA)
# Alex Glocer for Mei-Ching Fok (NASA)
# Mike Liemohn and Roxanne Katus (Michigan)
# Yiqun Yu and Vania Jordanova (LANL)
# Elizabeth MacDonald (GSFC)
# Bob Lysak (Univ. Minnesota)
# Mike Schulz
# James Weygand (UCLA)
# Phil Valek (SwRI)
# Doug Cramer (UNH)
# Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9. Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets
:10. Joo Hwang (by David Sibeck) - recent MMS observations of dipolarization fronts

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Continuing the [http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/index.php/2015_Summer_Workshop#.5BFG.5D_Storm-time_Inner_Magnetosphere-Ionosphere_Convection SIMIC session at 1330-1500].

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

Audience Discussion

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Howard Singer'' -- NOAA Agency Report
* ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of NSF AGS Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Foreshock Phenomena

1. Zixu Liu "THEMIS observations of tangential discontinuity-driven foreshock bubbles"

2. Nick Omidi (presented by Jean Berchem) “Impacts of SHFAs on the Magnetosheath & Magnetopause”

3. Hui Zhang "Evolution of HFAs: Cluster Observations"

4. Olga Gutynska “Density enhancements in the magnetosheath: comparison with simulations”

5. Narges Ahmadi “Effects of Electron Anisotropy in Mirror Instability Evolution in the Magnetosheath”

6. David Sibeck “The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Mission”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #1: Magnetopause crossing challenge and additional M&V contributions'''

* Lutz Rastaetter: Overview and initial results from the Magnetopause Crossing Challenge
* Mike Wiltberger: Magnetopause dynamics during the March 17th, 2013 event
* Rob Redmon: The future of GOES: Magnetic field and particle observation and modeling to determine magnetopause crossings
* Mike Liemohn: Assessment of the CCMC Experimental Real-time SWMF-Geospace Results
* Dan Welling: Model skill as a function of solar wind driving.
* Ilja Honkonen: Data / Model comparisons with GUMICS

''' M&V Wrap up: Recent highlights and future plans for Metrics & Validation at GEM'''
* Howard Singer dicussion lead

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====
''Discussions on science and campaigns for the upcoming HSO satellite-ground coordination.''
*Vassilis Angelopoulos (Intro, an overview and THEMIS-MMS coordination, THEMIS plans)
*Toshi Nishimura (a PPT on coordination: times, geometry, tentative assets)
*Marilia Samara (on MMS and ground based?)
*Brian Anderson (AMPERE)
*Eric Donovan (TREx)
*Stephen Mende (AGOs)
*Jo Baker (SuperDARN)
*Yukinaga Miyashita (ERG)
*Naritoshi Kitamura (Geotail)
*Sasha Ukhorsky (Van Allen Probes)
*Marc Lessard (WAIS)
*Peter Chi (ULTIMA)
*Drew Turner, Seth Claudepierre, Jacob Bortnik, Mike Hartinger, Shin Ohtani, Jimmy Raeder, Wen Li, Bill Lotko, Rick Chappell, Liz McDonald, Frank Toffoletto, Paul Cassak (Science comments)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Magnetopause Phenomena

1. Hyunju Connor “Thermospheric heating in the high-latitude dayside regions after the sudden enhancement of solar wind dynamic pressure: OpenGGCM-CTIM results”

2. Denny Oliveira <dennymauricio@gmail.com> “Impact angle control of IP shock geoeffectiveness: results of simulations and observations"

3. Michael Hartinger “The global structure and time evolution of dayside magnetopause surface eigenmodes”

4. Brian Walsh “KH waves at the dayside magnetopause”

5. Chih-Ping Wang “The hot electron enhancement in mid-tail magnetosheath and its dawn-dusk asymmetry”

6. Sun-Hee Lee (Presented by Hui Zhang) “Cold dense plasma observed at the Dayside Magnetopause and their dependence on solar wind and geomagnetic conditions”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #2: ULF Wave Challenge'''

* Seth Claudepierre: ULF Wave Challenge overview and addressable science questions
* Ian Mann: Preliminary challenge time periods based on ground magnetometers
* Peter Chi: Global distribution of ULF power from ULTIMA, and in-situ observations of poloidal waves
* Lutz Rastaetter: Newly developed CCMC analysis tools supporting the ULF Challenge, and initial results
* Colin Komar: ULF power in the BATSRUS model and resonance conditions with electrons
* Scot Elkington: Mode structure calculations
* Seth Claudepierre: a few walk on slides
* Ashar Ali: From Van Allen Probes E & B measurements to radial diffusion coefficients.
* Slava Merkin: ULF waves in the LFM.
* Chih-Ping Wang: Observations (RBSP, THEMIS, Geotail) and simulations (LFM) of a 2-hour ULF wave interval.

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Megan Gillies - Investigating pulsating aurora at low electron energies
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -RBSP/MagEIS observations: Local electron acceleration in the inner radiation belt?

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Ground Signatures

1. Michael Hartinger “The effect of northern-southern hemisphere conductivity asymmetries on ground magnetic responses during a large solar wind transient”

2. Christina Chu “Hot Flow Anomalies at the Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures”

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- Engage in NASA's newest flagship to understand the fundamental process of magnetic reconnection -- Magnetospheric Multiscale

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Topics include overlap with TIMI (role of entropy bubbles in the inner magnetosphere), as well as other topics relevant to both focus groups.

Presenters: <presentation titles omitted>

# Mike Wiltberger
# Mike Henderson(LANL)
# George Khazanov (GSFC)
# Natalia Ganushkina and Stepan Dubyagin
# Sheng-Hsien (Sean) Chen (GSFC)
# Bob Schunk (USU)
# Matina Gkioulidou (JHU/APL)
# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Xueling Shi (VTech)
# Jian Yang (Rice U.)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Drew Turner, (Aerospace)

2. Sasha Ukhorskiy, (JHU/APL), “Proton Acceleration at Injection Fronts in the Inner Magnetosphere”

3. Chih-Ping Wang, (UCLA)

4. Christine Gabrielse, (UCLA)

5. Larry Lyons (UCLA)

6. Jian Yang, (Rice)

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear
:5. Jason Shuster, the microphysics of how electrons are energized by the reconnection process
:6. Yi-Hsin Liu, Orientation of x-line in asymmetric reconnection

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Jodie Barker Ream (UCLA), “Pi2 propagation in global MHD simulations”

2. Aaron Schutza, (Rice), "Thin filament simulations"

3. Roxanne Katus, (Univ. Michigan), “Magnetospheric ion temperature derived from TWINS flux data”

4. John Wygant, (Univ. Minnesota)

5. Zhengwei Cheng, (UNH), , “A case study of the particle carriers of field-aligned currents in the magnetotail during a substorm: Cluster observation.”

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere in the SHIELDS project

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

Audience Discussion

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-14T23:13:20Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- Quantitative Modeling of Radiation Belt Dynamics: Overview and Challenges
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- Van Allen Probes: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM, Salon 2):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Jian Yang: RCM-E simulation of energetic electron injections during an idealized storm
:5. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:6. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II
:9. Quintin Schiller: A novel technique to apply electron lifetimes to radial diffusion models

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:15 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:3. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:4. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:15-03:00 PM)
:5. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:7. Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

The two SIMIC sessions on Tuesday afternoon will focus mainly on the chosen events: 2013-03-17 and 2012-11-01 storms

A tentative list of presenters:
<Presentation titles omitted>

# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Lyons/Nishimura/Gallardo (UCLA)
# Bea Gallardo (UCLA)
# Rick Wilder (LASP)
# Margaret Chen (Aerospace)
# Gang Lu (NCAR)
# Jonathan Krall (NRL)
# Lois Smith (Michigan)
# Peter Chi (UCLA)
# Alex Glocer for Mei-Ching Fok (NASA)
# Mike Liemohn and Roxanne Katus (Michigan)
# Yiqun Yu and Vania Jordanova (LANL)
# Elizabeth MacDonald (GSFC)
# Bob Lysak (Univ. Minnesota)
# Mike Schulz
# James Weygand (UCLA)
# Phil Valek (SwRI)
# Doug Cramer (UNH)
# Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9. Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets
:10. Joo Hwang (by David Sibeck) - recent MMS observations of dipolarization fronts

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Continuing the [http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/index.php/2015_Summer_Workshop#.5BFG.5D_Storm-time_Inner_Magnetosphere-Ionosphere_Convection SIMIC session at 1330-1500].

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

Audience Discussion

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Howard Singer'' -- NOAA Agency Report
* ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of NSF AGS Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Foreshock Phenomena

1. Zixu Liu "THEMIS observations of tangential discontinuity-driven foreshock bubbles"

2. Nick Omidi (presented by Jean Berchem) “Impacts of SHFAs on the Magnetosheath & Magnetopause”

3. Hui Zhang "Evolution of HFAs: Cluster Observations"

4. Olga Gutynska “Density enhancements in the magnetosheath: comparison with simulations”

5. Narges Ahmadi “Effects of Electron Anisotropy in Mirror Instability Evolution in the Magnetosheath”

6. David Sibeck “The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Mission”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #1: Magnetopause crossing challenge and additional M&V contributions'''

* Lutz Rastaetter: Overview and initial results from the Magnetopause Crossing Challenge
* Mike Wiltberger: Magnetopause dynamics during the March 17th, 2013 event
* Rob Redmon: The future of GOES: Magnetic field and particle observation and modeling to determine magnetopause crossings
* Mike Liemohn: Assessment of the CCMC Experimental Real-time SWMF-Geospace Results
* Dan Welling: Model skill as a function of solar wind driving.
* Ilja Honkonen: Data / Model comparisons with GUMICS

''' M&V Wrap up: Recent highlights and future plans for Metrics & Validation at GEM'''
* Howard Singer dicussion lead

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====
''Discussions on science and campaigns for the upcoming HSO satellite-ground coordination.''
*Vassilis Angelopoulos (Intro, an overview and THEMIS-MMS coordination, THEMIS plans)
*Toshi Nishimura (a PPT on coordination: times, geometry, tentative assets)
*Marilia Samara (on MMS and ground based?)
*Brian Anderson (AMPERE)
*Eric Donovan (TREx)
*Stephen Mende (AGOs)
*Jo Baker (SuperDARN)
*Yukinaga Miyashita (ERG)
*Naritoshi Kitamura (Geotail)
*Sasha Ukhorsky (Van Allen Probes)
*Marc Lessard (WAIS)
*Peter Chi (ULTIMA)
*Drew Turner, Seth Claudepierre, Jacob Bortnik, Mike Hartinger, Shin Ohtani, Jimmy Raeder, Wen Li, Bill Lotko, Rick Chappell, Liz McDonald, Frank Toffoletto, Paul Cassak (Science comments)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Magnetopause Phenomena

1. Hyunju Connor “Thermospheric heating in the high-latitude dayside regions after the sudden enhancement of solar wind dynamic pressure: OpenGGCM-CTIM results”

2. Denny Oliveira <dennymauricio@gmail.com> “Impact angle control of IP shock geoeffectiveness: results of simulations and observations"

3. Michael Hartinger “The global structure and time evolution of dayside magnetopause surface eigenmodes”

4. Brian Walsh “KH waves at the dayside magnetopause”

5. Chih-Ping Wang “The hot electron enhancement in mid-tail magnetosheath and its dawn-dusk asymmetry”

6. Sun-Hee Lee (Presented by Hui Zhang) “Cold dense plasma observed at the Dayside Magnetopause and their dependence on solar wind and geomagnetic conditions”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #2: ULF Wave Challenge'''

* Seth Claudepierre: ULF Wave Challenge overview and addressable science questions
* Ian Mann: Preliminary challenge time periods based on ground magnetometers
* Peter Chi: Global distribution of ULF power from ULTIMA, and in-situ observations of poloidal waves
* Lutz Rastaetter: Newly developed CCMC analysis tools supporting the ULF Challenge, and initial results
* Colin Komar: ULF power in the BATSRUS model and resonance conditions with electrons
* Scot Elkington: Mode structure calculations
* Seth Claudepierre: a few walk on slides
* Ashar Ali: From Van Allen Probes E & B measurements to radial diffusion coefficients.
* Slava Merkin: ULF waves in the LFM.
* Chih-Ping Wang: Observations (RBSP, THEMIS, Geotail) and simulations (LFM) of a 2-hour ULF wave interval.

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Megan Gillies - Investigating pulsating aurora at low electron energies
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -RBSP/MagEIS observations: Local electron acceleration in the inner radiation belt?

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Ground Signatures

1. Michael Hartinger “The effect of northern-southern hemisphere conductivity asymmetries on ground magnetic responses during a large solar wind transient”

2. Christina Chu “Hot Flow Anomalies at the Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures”

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- Engage in NASA's newest flagship to understand the fundamental process of magnetic reconnection -- Magnetospheric Multiscale

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Topics include overlap with TIMI (role of entropy bubbles in the inner magnetosphere), as well as other topics relevant to both focus groups.

Presenters: <presentation titles omitted>

# Mike Wiltberger
# Mike Henderson(LANL)
# George Khazanov (GSFC)
# Natalia Ganushkina and Stepan Dubyagin
# Sheng-Hsien (Sean) Chen (GSFC)
# Bob Schunk (USU)
# Matina Gkioulidou (JHU/APL)
# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Xueling Shi (VTech)
# Jian Yang (Rice U.)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Drew Turner, (Aerospace)

2. Sasha Ukhorskiy, (JHU/APL), “Proton Acceleration at Injection Fronts in the Inner Magnetosphere”

3. Chih-Ping Wang, (UCLA)

4. Christine Gabrielse, (UCLA)

5. Larry Lyons (UCLA)

6. Jian Yang, (Rice)

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear
:5. Jason Shuster, the microphysics of how electrons are energized by the reconnection process
:6. Yi-Hsin Liu, Orientation of x-line in asymmetric reconnection

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Jodie Barker Ream (UCLA), “Pi2 propagation in global MHD simulations”

2. Aaron Schutza, (Rice), "Thin filament simulations"

3. Roxanne Katus, (Univ. Michigan), “Magnetospheric ion temperature derived from TWINS flux data”

4. John Wygant, (Univ. Minnesota)

5. Zhengwei Cheng, (UNH), , “A case study of the particle carriers of field-aligned currents in the magnetotail during a substorm: Cluster observation.”

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere in the SHIELDS project

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

Audience Discussion

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-14T23:12:48Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- Quantitative Modeling of Radiation Belt Dynamics: Overview and Challenges
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- Van Allen Probes: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM, Salon 2):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Jian Yang: RCM-E simulation of energetic electron injections during an idealized storm
:5. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:6. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II
:9. Quintin Schiller: A novel technique to apply electron lifetimes to radial diffusion models

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:15 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:3. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:4. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:15-03:00 PM)
:5. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:7. Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

The two SIMIC sessions on Tuesday afternoon will focus mainly on the chosen events: 2013-03-17 and 2012-11-01 storms

A tentative list of presenters:
<Presentation titles omitted>

# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Lyons/Nishimura/Gallardo (UCLA)
# Bea Gallardo (UCLA)
# Rick Wilder (LASP)
# Margaret Chen (Aerospace)
# Gang Lu (NCAR)
# Jonathan Krall (NRL)
# Lois Smith (Michigan)
# Peter Chi (UCLA)
# Alex Glocer for Mei-Ching Fok (NASA)
# Mike Liemohn and Roxanne Katus (Michigan)
# Yiqun Yu and Vania Jordanova (LANL)
# Elizabeth MacDonald (GSFC)
# Bob Lysak (Univ. Minnesota)
# Mike Schulz
# James Weygand (UCLA)
# Phil Valek (SwRI)
# Doug Cramer (UNH)
# Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9. Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets
:10. Joo Hwang (by David Sibeck) - recent MMS observations of dipolarization fronts

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Continuing the [http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/index.php/2015_Summer_Workshop#.5BFG.5D_Storm-time_Inner_Magnetosphere-Ionosphere_Convection SIMIC session at 1330-1500].

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

Audience Discussion

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Howard Singer'' -- NOAA Agency Report
* ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of NSF AGS Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Foreshock Phenomena

1. Zixu Liu "THEMIS observations of tangential discontinuity-driven foreshock bubbles"

2. Nick Omidi (presented by Jean Berchem) “Impacts of SHFAs on the Magnetosheath & Magnetopause”

3. Hui Zhang "Evolution of HFAs: Cluster Observations"

4. Olga Gutynska “Density enhancements in the magnetosheath: comparison with simulations”

5. Narges Ahmadi “Effects of Electron Anisotropy in Mirror Instability Evolution in the Magnetosheath”

6. David Sibeck “The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Mission”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #1: Magnetopause crossing challenge and additional M&V contributions'''

* Lutz Rastaetter: Overview and initial results from the Magnetopause Crossing Challenge
* Mike Wiltberger: Magnetopause dynamics during the March 17th, 2013 event
* Rob Redmon: The future of GOES: Magnetic field and particle observation and modeling to determine magnetopause crossings
* Mike Liemohn: Assessment of the CCMC Experimental Real-time SWMF-Geospace Results
* Dan Welling: Model skill as a function of solar wind driving.
* Ilja Honkonen: Data / Model comparisons with GUMICS

''' M&V Wrap up: Recent highlights and future plans for Metrics & Validation at GEM'''
* Howard Singer dicussion lead

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====
''Discussions on science and campaigns for the upcoming HSO satellite-ground coordination.''
*Vassilis Angelopoulos (Intro, an overview and THEMIS-MMS coordination, THEMIS plans)
*Toshi Nishimura (a PPT on coordination: times, geometry, tentative assets)
*Marilia Samara (on MMS and ground based?)
*Brian Anderson (AMPERE)
*Eric Donovan (TREx)
*Stephen Mende (AGOs)
*Jo Baker (SuperDARN)
*Yukinaga Miyashita (ERG)
*Naritoshi Kitamura (Geotail)
*Sasha Ukhorsky (Van Allen Probes)
*Marc Lessard (WAIS)
*Peter Chi (ULTIMA)
*Drew Turner, Seth Claudepierre, Jacob Bortnik, Mike Hartinger, Shin Ohtani, Jimmy Raeder, Wen Li, Bill Lotko, Rick Chappell, Liz McDonald, Frank Toffoletto, Paul Cassak (Science comments)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Magnetopause Phenomena

1. Hyunju Connor “Thermospheric heating in the high-latitude dayside regions after the sudden enhancement of solar wind dynamic pressure: OpenGGCM-CTIM results”

2. Denny Oliveira <dennymauricio@gmail.com> “Impact angle control of IP shock geoeffectiveness: results of simulations and observations"

3. Michael Hartinger “The global structure and time evolution of dayside magnetopause surface eigenmodes”

4. Brian Walsh “KH waves at the dayside magnetopause”

5. Chih-Ping Wang “The hot electron enhancement in mid-tail magnetosheath and its dawn-dusk asymmetry”

6. Sun-Hee Lee (Presented by Hui Zhang) “Cold dense plasma observed at the Dayside Magnetopause and their dependence on solar wind and geomagnetic conditions”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #2: ULF Wave Challenge'''

* Seth Claudepierre: ULF Wave Challenge overview and addressable science questions
* Ian Mann: Preliminary challenge time periods based on ground magnetometers
* Peter Chi: Global distribution of ULF power from ULTIMA, and in-situ observations of poloidal waves
* Lutz Rastaetter: Newly developed CCMC analysis tools supporting the ULF Challenge, and initial results
* Colin Komar: ULF power in the BATSRUS model and resonance conditions with electrons
* Scot Elkington: Mode structure calculations
* Seth Claudepierre: a few walk on slides
* Ashar Ali: From Van Allen Probes E & B measurements to radial diffusion coefficients.
* Slava Merkin: ULF waves in the LFM.
* Chih-Ping Wang: Observations (RBSP, THEMIS, Geotail) and simulations (LFM) of a 2-hour ULF wave interval.

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Megan Gillies - Investigating pulsating aurora at low electron energies
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -RBSP/MagEIS observations: Local electron acceleration in the inner radiation belt?

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Ground Signatures

1. Michael Hartinger “The effect of northern-southern hemisphere conductivity asymmetries on ground magnetic responses during a large solar wind transient”

2. Christina Chu “Hot Flow Anomalies at the Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures”

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- Engage in NASA's newest flagship to understand the fundamental process of magnetic reconnection -- Magnetospheric Multiscale

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Topics include overlap with TIMI (role of entropy bubbles in the inner magnetosphere), as well as other topics relevant to both focus groups.

Presenters: <presentation titles omitted>

# Mike Wiltberger
# Mike Henderson(LANL)
# George Khazanov (GSFC)
# Natalia Ganushkina and Stepan Dubyagin
# Sheng-Hsien (Sean) Chen (GSFC)
# Bob Schunk (USU)
# Matina Gkioulidou (JHU/APL)
# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Xueling Shi (VTech)
# Jian Yang (Rice U.)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Drew Turner, (Aerospace)

2. Sasha Ukhorskiy, (JHU/APL), “Proton Acceleration at Injection Fronts in the Inner Magnetosphere”

3. Chih-Ping Wang, (UCLA)

4. Christine Gabrielse, (UCLA)

5. Larry Lyons (UCLA)

6. Jian Yang, (Rice)

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear
:5. Jason Shuster, the microphysics of how electrons are energized by the reconnection process
:6. Yi-Hsin Liu, Orientation of x-line in asymmetric reconnection

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Jodie Barker Ream (UCLA), “Pi2 propagation in global MHD simulations”

2. Aaron Schutza, (Rice), "Thin filament simulations"

3. Roxanne Katus, (Univ. Michigan), “Magnetospheric ion temperature derived from TWINS flux data”

4. John Wygant, (Univ. Minnesota)

5. Zhengwei Cheng, (UNH), , “A case study of the particle carriers of field-aligned currents in the magnetotail during a substorm: Cluster observation.”

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere in the SHIELDS project

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

Audience Discussion

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-14T23:12:21Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- Quantitative Modeling of Radiation Belt Dynamics: Overview and Challenges
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- Van Allen Probes: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Jian Yang: RCM-E simulation of energetic electron injections during an idealized storm
:5. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:6. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II
:9. Quintin Schiller: A novel technique to apply electron lifetimes to radial diffusion models

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:15 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:3. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:4. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:15-03:00 PM)
:5. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:7. Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

The two SIMIC sessions on Tuesday afternoon will focus mainly on the chosen events: 2013-03-17 and 2012-11-01 storms

A tentative list of presenters:
<Presentation titles omitted>

# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Lyons/Nishimura/Gallardo (UCLA)
# Bea Gallardo (UCLA)
# Rick Wilder (LASP)
# Margaret Chen (Aerospace)
# Gang Lu (NCAR)
# Jonathan Krall (NRL)
# Lois Smith (Michigan)
# Peter Chi (UCLA)
# Alex Glocer for Mei-Ching Fok (NASA)
# Mike Liemohn and Roxanne Katus (Michigan)
# Yiqun Yu and Vania Jordanova (LANL)
# Elizabeth MacDonald (GSFC)
# Bob Lysak (Univ. Minnesota)
# Mike Schulz
# James Weygand (UCLA)
# Phil Valek (SwRI)
# Doug Cramer (UNH)
# Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9. Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets
:10. Joo Hwang (by David Sibeck) - recent MMS observations of dipolarization fronts

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Continuing the [http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/index.php/2015_Summer_Workshop#.5BFG.5D_Storm-time_Inner_Magnetosphere-Ionosphere_Convection SIMIC session at 1330-1500].

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

Audience Discussion

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Howard Singer'' -- NOAA Agency Report
* ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of NSF AGS Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Foreshock Phenomena

1. Zixu Liu "THEMIS observations of tangential discontinuity-driven foreshock bubbles"

2. Nick Omidi (presented by Jean Berchem) “Impacts of SHFAs on the Magnetosheath & Magnetopause”

3. Hui Zhang "Evolution of HFAs: Cluster Observations"

4. Olga Gutynska “Density enhancements in the magnetosheath: comparison with simulations”

5. Narges Ahmadi “Effects of Electron Anisotropy in Mirror Instability Evolution in the Magnetosheath”

6. David Sibeck “The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Mission”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #1: Magnetopause crossing challenge and additional M&V contributions'''

* Lutz Rastaetter: Overview and initial results from the Magnetopause Crossing Challenge
* Mike Wiltberger: Magnetopause dynamics during the March 17th, 2013 event
* Rob Redmon: The future of GOES: Magnetic field and particle observation and modeling to determine magnetopause crossings
* Mike Liemohn: Assessment of the CCMC Experimental Real-time SWMF-Geospace Results
* Dan Welling: Model skill as a function of solar wind driving.
* Ilja Honkonen: Data / Model comparisons with GUMICS

''' M&V Wrap up: Recent highlights and future plans for Metrics & Validation at GEM'''
* Howard Singer dicussion lead

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====
''Discussions on science and campaigns for the upcoming HSO satellite-ground coordination.''
*Vassilis Angelopoulos (Intro, an overview and THEMIS-MMS coordination, THEMIS plans)
*Toshi Nishimura (a PPT on coordination: times, geometry, tentative assets)
*Marilia Samara (on MMS and ground based?)
*Brian Anderson (AMPERE)
*Eric Donovan (TREx)
*Stephen Mende (AGOs)
*Jo Baker (SuperDARN)
*Yukinaga Miyashita (ERG)
*Naritoshi Kitamura (Geotail)
*Sasha Ukhorsky (Van Allen Probes)
*Marc Lessard (WAIS)
*Peter Chi (ULTIMA)
*Drew Turner, Seth Claudepierre, Jacob Bortnik, Mike Hartinger, Shin Ohtani, Jimmy Raeder, Wen Li, Bill Lotko, Rick Chappell, Liz McDonald, Frank Toffoletto, Paul Cassak (Science comments)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Magnetopause Phenomena

1. Hyunju Connor “Thermospheric heating in the high-latitude dayside regions after the sudden enhancement of solar wind dynamic pressure: OpenGGCM-CTIM results”

2. Denny Oliveira <dennymauricio@gmail.com> “Impact angle control of IP shock geoeffectiveness: results of simulations and observations"

3. Michael Hartinger “The global structure and time evolution of dayside magnetopause surface eigenmodes”

4. Brian Walsh “KH waves at the dayside magnetopause”

5. Chih-Ping Wang “The hot electron enhancement in mid-tail magnetosheath and its dawn-dusk asymmetry”

6. Sun-Hee Lee (Presented by Hui Zhang) “Cold dense plasma observed at the Dayside Magnetopause and their dependence on solar wind and geomagnetic conditions”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #2: ULF Wave Challenge'''

* Seth Claudepierre: ULF Wave Challenge overview and addressable science questions
* Ian Mann: Preliminary challenge time periods based on ground magnetometers
* Peter Chi: Global distribution of ULF power from ULTIMA, and in-situ observations of poloidal waves
* Lutz Rastaetter: Newly developed CCMC analysis tools supporting the ULF Challenge, and initial results
* Colin Komar: ULF power in the BATSRUS model and resonance conditions with electrons
* Scot Elkington: Mode structure calculations
* Seth Claudepierre: a few walk on slides
* Ashar Ali: From Van Allen Probes E & B measurements to radial diffusion coefficients.
* Slava Merkin: ULF waves in the LFM.
* Chih-Ping Wang: Observations (RBSP, THEMIS, Geotail) and simulations (LFM) of a 2-hour ULF wave interval.

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Megan Gillies - Investigating pulsating aurora at low electron energies
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -RBSP/MagEIS observations: Local electron acceleration in the inner radiation belt?

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Ground Signatures

1. Michael Hartinger “The effect of northern-southern hemisphere conductivity asymmetries on ground magnetic responses during a large solar wind transient”

2. Christina Chu “Hot Flow Anomalies at the Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures”

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- Engage in NASA's newest flagship to understand the fundamental process of magnetic reconnection -- Magnetospheric Multiscale

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Topics include overlap with TIMI (role of entropy bubbles in the inner magnetosphere), as well as other topics relevant to both focus groups.

Presenters: <presentation titles omitted>

# Mike Wiltberger
# Mike Henderson(LANL)
# George Khazanov (GSFC)
# Natalia Ganushkina and Stepan Dubyagin
# Sheng-Hsien (Sean) Chen (GSFC)
# Bob Schunk (USU)
# Matina Gkioulidou (JHU/APL)
# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Xueling Shi (VTech)
# Jian Yang (Rice U.)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Drew Turner, (Aerospace)

2. Sasha Ukhorskiy, (JHU/APL), “Proton Acceleration at Injection Fronts in the Inner Magnetosphere”

3. Chih-Ping Wang, (UCLA)

4. Christine Gabrielse, (UCLA)

5. Larry Lyons (UCLA)

6. Jian Yang, (Rice)

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear
:5. Jason Shuster, the microphysics of how electrons are energized by the reconnection process
:6. Yi-Hsin Liu, Orientation of x-line in asymmetric reconnection

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Jodie Barker Ream (UCLA), “Pi2 propagation in global MHD simulations”

2. Aaron Schutza, (Rice), "Thin filament simulations"

3. Roxanne Katus, (Univ. Michigan), “Magnetospheric ion temperature derived from TWINS flux data”

4. John Wygant, (Univ. Minnesota)

5. Zhengwei Cheng, (UNH), , “A case study of the particle carriers of field-aligned currents in the magnetotail during a substorm: Cluster observation.”

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere in the SHIELDS project

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

Audience Discussion

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-14T23:11:57Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM, Salon 2):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- Quantitative Modeling of Radiation Belt Dynamics: Overview and Challenges
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- Van Allen Probes: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Jian Yang: RCM-E simulation of energetic electron injections during an idealized storm
:5. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:6. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II
:9. Quintin Schiller: A novel technique to apply electron lifetimes to radial diffusion models

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:15 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:3. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:4. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:15-03:00 PM)
:5. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:7. Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

The two SIMIC sessions on Tuesday afternoon will focus mainly on the chosen events: 2013-03-17 and 2012-11-01 storms

A tentative list of presenters:
<Presentation titles omitted>

# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Lyons/Nishimura/Gallardo (UCLA)
# Bea Gallardo (UCLA)
# Rick Wilder (LASP)
# Margaret Chen (Aerospace)
# Gang Lu (NCAR)
# Jonathan Krall (NRL)
# Lois Smith (Michigan)
# Peter Chi (UCLA)
# Alex Glocer for Mei-Ching Fok (NASA)
# Mike Liemohn and Roxanne Katus (Michigan)
# Yiqun Yu and Vania Jordanova (LANL)
# Elizabeth MacDonald (GSFC)
# Bob Lysak (Univ. Minnesota)
# Mike Schulz
# James Weygand (UCLA)
# Phil Valek (SwRI)
# Doug Cramer (UNH)
# Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9. Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets
:10. Joo Hwang (by David Sibeck) - recent MMS observations of dipolarization fronts

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Continuing the [http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/index.php/2015_Summer_Workshop#.5BFG.5D_Storm-time_Inner_Magnetosphere-Ionosphere_Convection SIMIC session at 1330-1500].

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

Audience Discussion

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Howard Singer'' -- NOAA Agency Report
* ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of NSF AGS Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Foreshock Phenomena

1. Zixu Liu "THEMIS observations of tangential discontinuity-driven foreshock bubbles"

2. Nick Omidi (presented by Jean Berchem) “Impacts of SHFAs on the Magnetosheath & Magnetopause”

3. Hui Zhang "Evolution of HFAs: Cluster Observations"

4. Olga Gutynska “Density enhancements in the magnetosheath: comparison with simulations”

5. Narges Ahmadi “Effects of Electron Anisotropy in Mirror Instability Evolution in the Magnetosheath”

6. David Sibeck “The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Mission”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #1: Magnetopause crossing challenge and additional M&V contributions'''

* Lutz Rastaetter: Overview and initial results from the Magnetopause Crossing Challenge
* Mike Wiltberger: Magnetopause dynamics during the March 17th, 2013 event
* Rob Redmon: The future of GOES: Magnetic field and particle observation and modeling to determine magnetopause crossings
* Mike Liemohn: Assessment of the CCMC Experimental Real-time SWMF-Geospace Results
* Dan Welling: Model skill as a function of solar wind driving.
* Ilja Honkonen: Data / Model comparisons with GUMICS

''' M&V Wrap up: Recent highlights and future plans for Metrics & Validation at GEM'''
* Howard Singer dicussion lead

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====
''Discussions on science and campaigns for the upcoming HSO satellite-ground coordination.''
*Vassilis Angelopoulos (Intro, an overview and THEMIS-MMS coordination, THEMIS plans)
*Toshi Nishimura (a PPT on coordination: times, geometry, tentative assets)
*Marilia Samara (on MMS and ground based?)
*Brian Anderson (AMPERE)
*Eric Donovan (TREx)
*Stephen Mende (AGOs)
*Jo Baker (SuperDARN)
*Yukinaga Miyashita (ERG)
*Naritoshi Kitamura (Geotail)
*Sasha Ukhorsky (Van Allen Probes)
*Marc Lessard (WAIS)
*Peter Chi (ULTIMA)
*Drew Turner, Seth Claudepierre, Jacob Bortnik, Mike Hartinger, Shin Ohtani, Jimmy Raeder, Wen Li, Bill Lotko, Rick Chappell, Liz McDonald, Frank Toffoletto, Paul Cassak (Science comments)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Magnetopause Phenomena

1. Hyunju Connor “Thermospheric heating in the high-latitude dayside regions after the sudden enhancement of solar wind dynamic pressure: OpenGGCM-CTIM results”

2. Denny Oliveira <dennymauricio@gmail.com> “Impact angle control of IP shock geoeffectiveness: results of simulations and observations"

3. Michael Hartinger “The global structure and time evolution of dayside magnetopause surface eigenmodes”

4. Brian Walsh “KH waves at the dayside magnetopause”

5. Chih-Ping Wang “The hot electron enhancement in mid-tail magnetosheath and its dawn-dusk asymmetry”

6. Sun-Hee Lee (Presented by Hui Zhang) “Cold dense plasma observed at the Dayside Magnetopause and their dependence on solar wind and geomagnetic conditions”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #2: ULF Wave Challenge'''

* Seth Claudepierre: ULF Wave Challenge overview and addressable science questions
* Ian Mann: Preliminary challenge time periods based on ground magnetometers
* Peter Chi: Global distribution of ULF power from ULTIMA, and in-situ observations of poloidal waves
* Lutz Rastaetter: Newly developed CCMC analysis tools supporting the ULF Challenge, and initial results
* Colin Komar: ULF power in the BATSRUS model and resonance conditions with electrons
* Scot Elkington: Mode structure calculations
* Seth Claudepierre: a few walk on slides
* Ashar Ali: From Van Allen Probes E & B measurements to radial diffusion coefficients.
* Slava Merkin: ULF waves in the LFM.
* Chih-Ping Wang: Observations (RBSP, THEMIS, Geotail) and simulations (LFM) of a 2-hour ULF wave interval.

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Megan Gillies - Investigating pulsating aurora at low electron energies
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -RBSP/MagEIS observations: Local electron acceleration in the inner radiation belt?

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Ground Signatures

1. Michael Hartinger “The effect of northern-southern hemisphere conductivity asymmetries on ground magnetic responses during a large solar wind transient”

2. Christina Chu “Hot Flow Anomalies at the Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures”

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- Engage in NASA's newest flagship to understand the fundamental process of magnetic reconnection -- Magnetospheric Multiscale

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Topics include overlap with TIMI (role of entropy bubbles in the inner magnetosphere), as well as other topics relevant to both focus groups.

Presenters: <presentation titles omitted>

# Mike Wiltberger
# Mike Henderson(LANL)
# George Khazanov (GSFC)
# Natalia Ganushkina and Stepan Dubyagin
# Sheng-Hsien (Sean) Chen (GSFC)
# Bob Schunk (USU)
# Matina Gkioulidou (JHU/APL)
# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Xueling Shi (VTech)
# Jian Yang (Rice U.)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Drew Turner, (Aerospace)

2. Sasha Ukhorskiy, (JHU/APL), “Proton Acceleration at Injection Fronts in the Inner Magnetosphere”

3. Chih-Ping Wang, (UCLA)

4. Christine Gabrielse, (UCLA)

5. Larry Lyons (UCLA)

6. Jian Yang, (Rice)

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear
:5. Jason Shuster, the microphysics of how electrons are energized by the reconnection process
:6. Yi-Hsin Liu, Orientation of x-line in asymmetric reconnection

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Jodie Barker Ream (UCLA), “Pi2 propagation in global MHD simulations”

2. Aaron Schutza, (Rice), "Thin filament simulations"

3. Roxanne Katus, (Univ. Michigan), “Magnetospheric ion temperature derived from TWINS flux data”

4. John Wygant, (Univ. Minnesota)

5. Zhengwei Cheng, (UNH), , “A case study of the particle carriers of field-aligned currents in the magnetotail during a substorm: Cluster observation.”

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere in the SHIELDS project

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

Audience Discussion

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-13T03:40:39Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- Van Allen Probes: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Jian Yang: RCM-E simulation of energetic electron injections during an idealized storm
:5. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:6. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II
:9. Quintin Schiller: A novel technique to apply electron lifetimes to radial diffusion models

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:15 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:3. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:4. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:15-03:00 PM)
:5. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:7. Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

The two SIMIC sessions on Tuesday afternoon will focus mainly on the chosen events: 2013-03-17 and 2012-11-01 storms

A tentative list of presenters:
<Presentation titles omitted>

# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Lyons/Nishimura/Gallardo (UCLA)
# Rick Wilder (LASP)
# Margaret Chen (Aerospace)
# Gang Lu (NCAR)
# Jonathan Krall (NRL)
# Lois Smith (Michigan)
# Peter Chi (UCLA)
# Alex Glocer for Mei-Ching Fok (NASA)
# Mike Liemohn and Roxanne Katus (Michigan)
# Yiqun Yu and Vania Jordanova (LANL)
# Elizabeth MacDonald (GSFC)
# Bob Lysak (Univ. Minnesota)
# Mike Schulz
# James Weygand (UCLA)
# Jerry Goldstein (SwRI)
# Jimmy Raeder (UNH)
# Dave Sibeck (GSFC)
# Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Continuing the [http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/index.php/2015_Summer_Workshop#.5BFG.5D_Storm-time_Inner_Magnetosphere-Ionosphere_Convection SIMIC session at 1330-1500].

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

Audience Discussion

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Howard Singer'' -- NOAA Agency Report
* ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of NSF AGS Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Foreshock Phenomena

1. Zixu Liu "THEMIS observations of tangential discontinuity-driven foreshock bubbles"

2. Nick Omidi (presented by Jean Berchem) “Impacts of SHFAs on the Magnetosheath & Magnetopause”

3. Hui Zhang "Evolution of HFAs: Cluster Observations"

4. Olga Gutynska “Density enhancements in the magnetosheath: comparison with simulations”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #1: Magnetopause crossing challenge and additional M&V contributions'''

* Lutz Rastaetter: Overview and initial results from the Magnetopause Crossing Challenge
* Mike Wiltberger: Magnetopause dynamics during the March 17th, 2013 event
* Rob Redmon: The future of GOES: Magnetic field and particle observation and modeling to determine magnetopause crossings
* Mike Liemohn: Assessment of the CCMC Experimental Real-time SWMF-Geospace Results
* Dan Welling: Model skill as a function of solar wind driving.
* Ilja Honkonen: Data / Model comparisons with GUMICS

''' M&V Wrap up: Recent highlights and future plans for Metrics & Validation at GEM'''
* Howard Singer dicussion lead

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====
''Discussions on science and campaigns for the upcoming HSO satellite-ground coordination.''
*Vassilis Angelopoulos (Intro, an overview and THEMIS-MMS coordination, THEMIS plans)
*Toshi Nishimura (a PPT on coordination: times, geometry, tentative assets)
*Marilia Samara (on MMS and ground based?)
*Brian Anderson (AMPERE)
*Eric Donovan (TREx)
*Stephen Mende (AGOs)
*Jo Baker (SuperDARN)
*Yukinaga Miyashita (ERG)
*Naritoshi Kitamura (Geotail)
*Sasha Ukhorsky (Van Allen Probes)
*Marc Lessard (WAIS)
*Peter Chi (ULTIMA)
*Drew Turner, Seth Claudepierre, Jacob Bortnik, Mike Hartinger, Shin Ohtani, Jimmy Raeder, Wen Li, Bill Lotko, Rick Chappell, Liz McDonald, Frank Toffoletto, Paul Cassak (Science comments)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Magnetopause Phenomena

1. Hyunju Connor “Thermospheric heating in the high-latitude dayside regions after the sudden enhancement of solar wind dynamic pressure: OpenGGCM-CTIM results”

2. Denny Oliveira <dennymauricio@gmail.com> “Impact angle control of IP shock geoeffectiveness: results of simulations and observations"

3. Michael Hartinger “The global structure and time evolution of dayside magnetopause surface eigenmodes”

4. Chih-Ping Wang “The hot electron enhancement in mid-tail magnetosheath and its dawn-dusk asymmetry”

5. Sun-Hee Lee (Presented by Hui Zhang) “Cold dense plasma observed at the Dayside Magnetopause and their dependence on solar wind and geomagnetic conditions”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #2: ULF Wave Challenge'''

* Seth Claudepierre: ULF Wave Challenge overview and addressable science questions
* Ian Mann: Preliminary challenge time periods based on ground magnetometers
* Peter Chi: Global distribution of ULF power from ULTIMA, and in-situ observations of poloidal waves
* Lutz Rastaetter: Newly developed CCMC analysis tools supporting the ULF Challenge, and initial results
* Colin Komar: ULF power in the BATSRUS model and resonance conditions with electrons
* Scot Elkington: Mode structure calculations
* Seth Claudepierre: a few walk on slides
* Ashar Ali: From Van Allen Probes E & B measurements to radial diffusion coefficients.
* Slava Merkin: ULF waves in the LFM.
* Chih-Ping Wang: Observations (RBSP, THEMIS, Geotail) and simulations (LFM) of a 2-hour ULF wave interval.

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Megan Gillies - Investigating pulsating aurora at low electron energies
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -RBSP/MagEIS observations: Local electron acceleration in the inner radiation belt?

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Ground Signatures

1. Michael Hartinger “The effect of northern-southern hemisphere conductivity asymmetries on ground magnetic responses during a large solar wind transient”

2. Christina Chu “Hot Flow Anomalies at the Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures”

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Topics include overlap with TIMI (role of entropy bubbles in the inner magnetosphere), as well as other topics relevant to both focus groups.

Presenters: <presentation titles omitted>

# Mike Wiltberger
# Mike Henderson(LANL)
# George Khazanov (GSFC)
# Natalia Ganushkina and Stepan Dubyagin
# Sheng-Hsien (Sean) Chen (GSFC)
# Bob Schunk (USU)
# Matina Gkioulidou (JHU/APL)
# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Xueling Shi (VTech)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Drew Turner, (Aerospace)

2. Sasha Ukhorskiy, (JHU/APL), “Proton Acceleration at Injection Fronts in the Inner Magnetosphere”

3. Chih-Ping Wang, (UCLA)

4. Christine Gabrielse, (UCLA)

5. Larry Lyons (UCLA)

6. Jian Yang, (Rice)

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Jodie Barker Ream (UCLA), “Pi2 propagation in global MHD simulations”

2. Aaron Schutza, (Rice), "Thin filament simulations"

3. Roxanne Katus, (Univ. Michigan), “Magnetospheric ion temperature derived from TWINS flux data”

4. John Wygant, (Univ. Minnesota)

5. Zhengwei Cheng, (UNH), , “A case study of the particle carriers of field-aligned currents in the magnetotail during a substorm: Cluster observation.”

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere in the SHIELDS project

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

Audience Discussion

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-13T03:39:45Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- Van Allen Probes: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Jian Yang: RCM-E simulation of energetic electron injections during an idealized storm
:5. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:6. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II
:9. Quintin Schiller: A novel technique to apply electron lifetimes to radial diffusion models

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:15 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:3. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:4. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:15-03:00 PM)
:5. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:7. Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

The two SIMIC sessions on Tuesday afternoon will focus mainly on the chosen events: 2013-03-17 and 2012-11-01 storms

A tentative list of presenters:
<Presentation titles omitted>

# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Lyons/Nishimura/Gallardo (UCLA)
# Rick Wilder (LASP)
# Margaret Chen (Aerospace)
# Gang Lu (NCAR)
# Jonathan Krall (NRL)
# Lois Smith (Michigan)
# Peter Chi (UCLA)
# Alex Glocer for Mei-Ching Fok (NASA)
# Mike Liemohn and Roxanne Katus (Michigan)
# Yiqun Yu and Vania Jordanova (LANL)
# Elizabeth MacDonald (GSFC)
# Bob Lysak (Univ. Minnesota)
# Mike Schulz
# James Weygand (UCLA)
# Jerry Goldstein (SwRI)
# Jimmy Raeder (UNH)
# Dave Sibeck (GSFC)
# Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Continuing the [http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/index.php/2015_Summer_Workshop#.5BFG.5D_Storm-time_Inner_Magnetosphere-Ionosphere_Convection SIMIC session at 1330-1500].

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

Audience Discussion

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Howard Singer'' -- NOAA Agency Report
* ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of NSF AGS Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Foreshock Phenomena

1. Zixu Liu "THEMIS observations of tangential discontinuity-driven foreshock bubbles"

2. Nick Omidi (presented by Jean Berchem) “Impacts of SHFAs on the Magnetosheath & Magnetopause”

3. Hui Zhang "Evolution of HFAs: Cluster Observations"

4. Olga Gutynska “Density enhancements in the magnetosheath: comparison with simulations”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #1: Magnetopause crossing challenge and additional M&V contributions'''

* Lutz Rastaetter: Overview and initial results from the Magnetopause Crossing Challenge
* Mike Wiltberger: Magnetopause dynamics during the March 17th, 2013 event
* Rob Redmon: The future of GOES: Magnetic field and particle observation and modeling to determine magnetopause crossings
* Mike Liemohn: Assessment of the CCMC Experimental Real-time SWMF-Geospace Results
* Dan Welling: Model skill as a function of solar wind driving.
* Ilja Honkonen: Data / Model comparisons with GUMICS

''' M&V Wrap up: Recent highlights and future plans for Metrics & Validation at GEM'''
* Howard Singer dicussion lead

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====
''Discussions on science and campaigns for the upcoming HSO satellite-ground coordination.''
*Vassilis Angelopoulos (Intro, an overview and THEMIS-MMS coordination, THEMIS plans)
*Toshi Nishimura (a PPT on coordination: times, geometry, tentative assets)
*Marilia Samara (on MMS and ground based?)
*Brian Anderson (AMPERE)
*Eric Donovan (TREx)
*Stephen Mende (AGOs)
*Jo Baker (SuperDARN)
*Yukinaga Miyashita (ERG)
*Naritoshi Kitamura (Geotail)
*Sasha Ukhorsky (Van Allen Probes)
*Marc Lessard (WAIS)
*Peter Chi (ULTIMA)
*Drew Turner, Seth Claudepierre, Jacob Bortnik, Mike Hartinger, Shin Ohtani, Jimmy Raeder, Wen Li, Bill Lotko, Rick Chappell, Liz McDonald, Frank Toffoletto, Paul Cassak (Science comments)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Magnetopause Phenomena

1. Hyunju Connor “Thermospheric heating in the high-latitude dayside regions after the sudden enhancement of solar wind dynamic pressure: OpenGGCM-CTIM results”

2. Denny Oliveira <dennymauricio@gmail.com> “Impact angle control of IP shock geoeffectiveness: results of simulations and observations"

3. Michael Hartinger “The global structure and time evolution of dayside magnetopause surface eigenmodes”

4. Chih-Ping Wang “The hot electron enhancement in mid-tail magnetosheath and its dawn-dusk asymmetry”

5. Sun-Hee Lee (Presented by Hui Zhang) “Cold dense plasma observed at the Dayside Magnetopause and their dependence on solar wind and geomagnetic conditions”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #2: ULF Wave Challenge'''

* Seth Claudepierre: ULF Wave Challenge overview and addressable science questions
* Ian Mann: Preliminary challenge time periods based on ground magnetometers
* Peter Chi: Global distribution of ULF power from ULTIMA, and in-situ observations of poloidal waves
* Lutz Rastaetter: Newly developed CCMC analysis tools supporting the ULF Challenge, and initial results
* Colin Komar: ULF power in the BATSRUS model and resonance conditions with electrons
* Scot Elkington: Mode structure calculations
* Seth Claudepierre: a few walk on slides
* Ashar Ali: From Van Allen Probes E & B measurements to radial diffusion coefficients.
* Slava Merkin: ULF waves in the LFM.
* Chih-Ping Wang: Observations (RBSP, THEMIS, Geotail) and simulations (LFM) of a 2-hour ULF wave interval.

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Megan Gillies - Investigating pulsating aurora at low electron energies
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -RBSP/MagEIS observations: Local electron acceleration in the inner radiation belt?

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Ground Signatures

1. Michael Hartinger “The effect of northern-southern hemisphere conductivity asymmetries on ground magnetic responses during a large solar wind transient”

2. Christina Chu “Hot Flow Anomalies at the Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures”

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Topics include overlap with TIMI (role of entropy bubbles in the inner magnetosphere), as well as other topics relevant to both focus groups.

Presenters: <presentation titles omitted>

# Mike Wiltberger
# Mike Henderson(LANL)
# George Khazanov (GSFC)
# Natalia Ganushkina and Stepan Dubyagin
# Sheng-Hsien (Sean) Chen (GSFC)
# Bob Schunk (USU)
# Matina Gkioulidou (JHU/APL)
# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Xueling Shi (VTech)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Drew Turner, (Aerospace)

2. Sasha Ukhorskiy, (JHU/APL), “Proton Acceleration at Injection Fronts in the Inner Magnetosphere”

3. Chih-Ping Wang, (UCLA)

4. Christine Gabrielse, (UCLA)

5. Larry Lyons (UCLA)

6. Jian Yang, (Rice)

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Jodie Barker Ream (UCLA), “Pi2 propagation in global MHD simulations”

2. Aaron Schutza, (Rice), "Thin filament simulations"

3. Roxanne Katus, (Univ. Michigan), “Magnetospheric ion temperature derived from TWINS flux data”

4. John Wygant, (Univ. Minnesota)

5. Zhengwei Cheng, (UNH), , “A case study of the particle carriers of field-aligned currents in the magnetotail during a substorm: Cluster observation.”

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere in the SHIELDS project

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

Audience Discussion

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-13T03:38:44Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- Van Allen Probes: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Jian Yang: RCM-E simulation of energetic electron injections during an idealized storm
:5. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:6. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II
:9. Quintin Schiller: A novel technique to apply electron lifetimes to radial diffusion models

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:00 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm
:3. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:00-03:00 PM)
:4. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:5. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

The two SIMIC sessions on Tuesday afternoon will focus mainly on the chosen events: 2013-03-17 and 2012-11-01 storms

A tentative list of presenters:
<Presentation titles omitted>

# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Lyons/Nishimura/Gallardo (UCLA)
# Rick Wilder (LASP)
# Margaret Chen (Aerospace)
# Gang Lu (NCAR)
# Jonathan Krall (NRL)
# Lois Smith (Michigan)
# Peter Chi (UCLA)
# Alex Glocer for Mei-Ching Fok (NASA)
# Mike Liemohn and Roxanne Katus (Michigan)
# Yiqun Yu and Vania Jordanova (LANL)
# Elizabeth MacDonald (GSFC)
# Bob Lysak (Univ. Minnesota)
# Mike Schulz
# James Weygand (UCLA)
# Jerry Goldstein (SwRI)
# Jimmy Raeder (UNH)
# Dave Sibeck (GSFC)
# Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Continuing the [http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/index.php/2015_Summer_Workshop#.5BFG.5D_Storm-time_Inner_Magnetosphere-Ionosphere_Convection SIMIC session at 1330-1500].

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

Audience Discussion

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Howard Singer'' -- NOAA Agency Report
* ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of NSF AGS Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Foreshock Phenomena

1. Zixu Liu "THEMIS observations of tangential discontinuity-driven foreshock bubbles"

2. Nick Omidi (presented by Jean Berchem) “Impacts of SHFAs on the Magnetosheath & Magnetopause”

3. Hui Zhang "Evolution of HFAs: Cluster Observations"

4. Olga Gutynska “Density enhancements in the magnetosheath: comparison with simulations”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #1: Magnetopause crossing challenge and additional M&V contributions'''

* Lutz Rastaetter: Overview and initial results from the Magnetopause Crossing Challenge
* Mike Wiltberger: Magnetopause dynamics during the March 17th, 2013 event
* Rob Redmon: The future of GOES: Magnetic field and particle observation and modeling to determine magnetopause crossings
* Mike Liemohn: Assessment of the CCMC Experimental Real-time SWMF-Geospace Results
* Dan Welling: Model skill as a function of solar wind driving.
* Ilja Honkonen: Data / Model comparisons with GUMICS

''' M&V Wrap up: Recent highlights and future plans for Metrics & Validation at GEM'''
* Howard Singer dicussion lead

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====
''Discussions on science and campaigns for the upcoming HSO satellite-ground coordination.''
*Vassilis Angelopoulos (Intro, an overview and THEMIS-MMS coordination, THEMIS plans)
*Toshi Nishimura (a PPT on coordination: times, geometry, tentative assets)
*Marilia Samara (on MMS and ground based?)
*Brian Anderson (AMPERE)
*Eric Donovan (TREx)
*Stephen Mende (AGOs)
*Jo Baker (SuperDARN)
*Yukinaga Miyashita (ERG)
*Naritoshi Kitamura (Geotail)
*Sasha Ukhorsky (Van Allen Probes)
*Marc Lessard (WAIS)
*Peter Chi (ULTIMA)
*Drew Turner, Seth Claudepierre, Jacob Bortnik, Mike Hartinger, Shin Ohtani, Jimmy Raeder, Wen Li, Bill Lotko, Rick Chappell, Liz McDonald, Frank Toffoletto, Paul Cassak (Science comments)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Magnetopause Phenomena

1. Hyunju Connor “Thermospheric heating in the high-latitude dayside regions after the sudden enhancement of solar wind dynamic pressure: OpenGGCM-CTIM results”

2. Denny Oliveira <dennymauricio@gmail.com> “Impact angle control of IP shock geoeffectiveness: results of simulations and observations"

3. Michael Hartinger “The global structure and time evolution of dayside magnetopause surface eigenmodes”

4. Chih-Ping Wang “The hot electron enhancement in mid-tail magnetosheath and its dawn-dusk asymmetry”

5. Sun-Hee Lee (Presented by Hui Zhang) “Cold dense plasma observed at the Dayside Magnetopause and their dependence on solar wind and geomagnetic conditions”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #2: ULF Wave Challenge'''

* Seth Claudepierre: ULF Wave Challenge overview and addressable science questions
* Ian Mann: Preliminary challenge time periods based on ground magnetometers
* Peter Chi: Global distribution of ULF power from ULTIMA, and in-situ observations of poloidal waves
* Lutz Rastaetter: Newly developed CCMC analysis tools supporting the ULF Challenge, and initial results
* Colin Komar: ULF power in the BATSRUS model and resonance conditions with electrons
* Scot Elkington: Mode structure calculations
* Seth Claudepierre: a few walk on slides
* Ashar Ali: From Van Allen Probes E & B measurements to radial diffusion coefficients.
* Slava Merkin: ULF waves in the LFM.
* Chih-Ping Wang: Observations (RBSP, THEMIS, Geotail) and simulations (LFM) of a 2-hour ULF wave interval.

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Megan Gillies - Investigating pulsating aurora at low electron energies
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -RBSP/MagEIS observations: Local electron acceleration in the inner radiation belt?

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Ground Signatures

1. Michael Hartinger “The effect of northern-southern hemisphere conductivity asymmetries on ground magnetic responses during a large solar wind transient”

2. Christina Chu “Hot Flow Anomalies at the Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures”

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Topics include overlap with TIMI (role of entropy bubbles in the inner magnetosphere), as well as other topics relevant to both focus groups.

Presenters: <presentation titles omitted>

# Mike Wiltberger
# Mike Henderson(LANL)
# George Khazanov (GSFC)
# Natalia Ganushkina and Stepan Dubyagin
# Sheng-Hsien (Sean) Chen (GSFC)
# Bob Schunk (USU)
# Matina Gkioulidou (JHU/APL)
# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Xueling Shi (VTech)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Drew Turner, (Aerospace)

2. Sasha Ukhorskiy, (JHU/APL), “Proton Acceleration at Injection Fronts in the Inner Magnetosphere”

3. Chih-Ping Wang, (UCLA)

4. Christine Gabrielse, (UCLA)

5. Larry Lyons (UCLA)

6. Jian Yang, (Rice)

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Jodie Barker Ream (UCLA), “Pi2 propagation in global MHD simulations”

2. Aaron Schutza, (Rice), "Thin filament simulations"

3. Roxanne Katus, (Univ. Michigan), “Magnetospheric ion temperature derived from TWINS flux data”

4. John Wygant, (Univ. Minnesota)

5. Zhengwei Cheng, (UNH), , “A case study of the particle carriers of field-aligned currents in the magnetotail during a substorm: Cluster observation.”

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere in the SHIELDS project

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

Audience Discussion

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2015 Summer Workshop

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'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- Van Allen Probes: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Jian Yang: RCM-E simulation of energetic electron injections during an idealized storm
:5. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:6. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:7. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:8. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:9. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II
:10. Quintin Schiller: A novel technique to apply electron lifetimes to radial diffusion models

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:00 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm
:3. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:00-03:00 PM)
:4. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:5. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

The two SIMIC sessions on Tuesday afternoon will focus mainly on the chosen events: 2013-03-17 and 2012-11-01 storms

A tentative list of presenters:
<Presentation titles omitted>

# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Lyons/Nishimura/Gallardo (UCLA)
# Rick Wilder (LASP)
# Margaret Chen (Aerospace)
# Gang Lu (NCAR)
# Jonathan Krall (NRL)
# Lois Smith (Michigan)
# Peter Chi (UCLA)
# Alex Glocer for Mei-Ching Fok (NASA)
# Mike Liemohn and Roxanne Katus (Michigan)
# Yiqun Yu and Vania Jordanova (LANL)
# Elizabeth MacDonald (GSFC)
# Bob Lysak (Univ. Minnesota)
# Mike Schulz
# James Weygand (UCLA)
# Jerry Goldstein (SwRI)
# Jimmy Raeder (UNH)
# Dave Sibeck (GSFC)
# Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Continuing the [http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/index.php/2015_Summer_Workshop#.5BFG.5D_Storm-time_Inner_Magnetosphere-Ionosphere_Convection SIMIC session at 1330-1500].

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

Audience Discussion

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Howard Singer'' -- NOAA Agency Report
* ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of NSF AGS Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Foreshock Phenomena

1. Zixu Liu "THEMIS observations of tangential discontinuity-driven foreshock bubbles"

2. Nick Omidi (presented by Jean Berchem) “Impacts of SHFAs on the Magnetosheath & Magnetopause”

3. Hui Zhang "Evolution of HFAs: Cluster Observations"

4. Olga Gutynska “Density enhancements in the magnetosheath: comparison with simulations”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #1: Magnetopause crossing challenge and additional M&V contributions'''

* Lutz Rastaetter: Overview and initial results from the Magnetopause Crossing Challenge
* Mike Wiltberger: Magnetopause dynamics during the March 17th, 2013 event
* Rob Redmon: The future of GOES: Magnetic field and particle observation and modeling to determine magnetopause crossings
* Mike Liemohn: Assessment of the CCMC Experimental Real-time SWMF-Geospace Results
* Dan Welling: Model skill as a function of solar wind driving.
* Ilja Honkonen: Data / Model comparisons with GUMICS

''' M&V Wrap up: Recent highlights and future plans for Metrics & Validation at GEM'''
* Howard Singer dicussion lead

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====
''Discussions on science and campaigns for the upcoming HSO satellite-ground coordination.''
*Vassilis Angelopoulos (Intro, an overview and THEMIS-MMS coordination, THEMIS plans)
*Toshi Nishimura (a PPT on coordination: times, geometry, tentative assets)
*Marilia Samara (on MMS and ground based?)
*Brian Anderson (AMPERE)
*Eric Donovan (TREx)
*Stephen Mende (AGOs)
*Jo Baker (SuperDARN)
*Yukinaga Miyashita (ERG)
*Naritoshi Kitamura (Geotail)
*Sasha Ukhorsky (Van Allen Probes)
*Marc Lessard (WAIS)
*Peter Chi (ULTIMA)
*Drew Turner, Seth Claudepierre, Jacob Bortnik, Mike Hartinger, Shin Ohtani, Jimmy Raeder, Wen Li, Bill Lotko, Rick Chappell, Liz McDonald, Frank Toffoletto, Paul Cassak (Science comments)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Magnetopause Phenomena

1. Hyunju Connor “Thermospheric heating in the high-latitude dayside regions after the sudden enhancement of solar wind dynamic pressure: OpenGGCM-CTIM results”

2. Denny Oliveira <dennymauricio@gmail.com> “Impact angle control of IP shock geoeffectiveness: results of simulations and observations"

3. Michael Hartinger “The global structure and time evolution of dayside magnetopause surface eigenmodes”

4. Chih-Ping Wang “The hot electron enhancement in mid-tail magnetosheath and its dawn-dusk asymmetry”

5. Sun-Hee Lee (Presented by Hui Zhang) “Cold dense plasma observed at the Dayside Magnetopause and their dependence on solar wind and geomagnetic conditions”

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====
'''Session #2: ULF Wave Challenge'''

* Seth Claudepierre: ULF Wave Challenge overview and addressable science questions
* Ian Mann: Preliminary challenge time periods based on ground magnetometers
* Peter Chi: Global distribution of ULF power from ULTIMA, and in-situ observations of poloidal waves
* Lutz Rastaetter: Newly developed CCMC analysis tools supporting the ULF Challenge, and initial results
* Colin Komar: ULF power in the BATSRUS model and resonance conditions with electrons
* Scot Elkington: Mode structure calculations
* Seth Claudepierre: a few walk on slides
* Ashar Ali: From Van Allen Probes E & B measurements to radial diffusion coefficients.
* Slava Merkin: ULF waves in the LFM.
* Chih-Ping Wang: Observations (RBSP, THEMIS, Geotail) and simulations (LFM) of a 2-hour ULF wave interval.

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Megan Gillies - Investigating pulsating aurora at low electron energies
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -RBSP/MagEIS observations: Local electron acceleration in the inner radiation belt?

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

Topic: Ground Signatures

1. Michael Hartinger “The effect of northern-southern hemisphere conductivity asymmetries on ground magnetic responses during a large solar wind transient”

2. Christina Chu “Hot Flow Anomalies at the Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures”

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Topics include overlap with TIMI (role of entropy bubbles in the inner magnetosphere), as well as other topics relevant to both focus groups.

Presenters: <presentation titles omitted>

# Mike Wiltberger
# Mike Henderson(LANL)
# George Khazanov (GSFC)
# Natalia Ganushkina and Stepan Dubyagin
# Sheng-Hsien (Sean) Chen (GSFC)
# Bob Schunk (USU)
# Matina Gkioulidou (JHU/APL)
# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Xueling Shi (VTech)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Drew Turner, (Aerospace)

2. Sasha Ukhorskiy, (JHU/APL), “Proton Acceleration at Injection Fronts in the Inner Magnetosphere”

3. Chih-Ping Wang, (UCLA)

4. Christine Gabrielse, (UCLA)

5. Larry Lyons (UCLA)

6. Jian Yang, (Rice)

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====
1. Jodie Barker Ream (UCLA), “Pi2 propagation in global MHD simulations”

2. Aaron Schutza, (Rice), "Thin filament simulations"

3. Roxanne Katus, (Univ. Michigan), “Magnetospheric ion temperature derived from TWINS flux data”

4. John Wygant, (Univ. Minnesota)

5. Zhengwei Cheng, (UNH), , “A case study of the particle carriers of field-aligned currents in the magnetotail during a substorm: Cluster observation.”

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere in the SHIELDS project

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

Audience Discussion

FG: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

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''Focus Group Leaders:''
* Jay Albert (jay.albert@us.af.mil)
* Wen Li (moonli@atmos.ucla.edu)
* Steve Morley (smorley@lanl.gov)
* Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com)

==2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda==
The 2015 GEM session aganda for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/7/73/GEM_QARBM_talk_schedule_2015_v07.pdf

We hope to have time at the end of each session for open discussions and please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!

== 2015 GEM Announcement ==
We would like to solicit short presentations relevant to the following five sessions, including four independent sessions and one joint session with the “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG.

*'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results''".
:We solicit short presentations discussing the models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles.

*'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models, including ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles.

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include seed particle populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc.

*'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities''".
:We have sent out a survey to the RB community regarding the selection of interesting RB “dropout” and “buildup” events and we will discuss the survey results. You are also welcome to propose potentially interesting events relevant to our “dropout” and “buildup” challenges. At last, we will wrap up and plan for future FG activities.

*'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG''".
:Since the two FGs have common interest in understanding how plasma waves are generated and how much they influence the radiation belt dynamics, we call for short presentations that address the coupled effects between important plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere and the changes in the energetic particle dynamics.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com) by June 7th, 2015. Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Wen Li, Jay Albert, and Steve Morley
== 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges ==
The event candidates for the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges are posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/5/5d/GEMfocusgroupevents_%281%29.pdf

Please send your feedback to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com).

== 2014 Mini-GEM Session ==
'''Time:''' 02:20-04:10 PM, Sunday, December 14, 2014

'''Location:''' Franciscan II Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

'''Schedule:'''

'''Part 1 (2:20 – 3:40pm): 14 contributed talks (5 min each):'''

*1. Lauren Blum -- Rapid MeV electron precipitation and storm-time radiation belt dynamics

*2. Drew Turner -- Understanding energetic electron injections at L <= 4 using multipoint observations

*3. Joachim Birn -- Ion and electron source populations

*4. Ganjushkina, Natalia -- Modeling of low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere

*5. Adam Kellerman -- Quantitative analysis of magnetic field models by comparing with THEMIS, GOES, RBSP field data

*6. Xin Tao -- An efficient and positivity-preserving method for modeling radiation belt diffusion processes

*7. Anthony Chan -- Results from modeling drift-shell splitting effects in a fully-3D diffusion code

*8. Scot Elkington -- K2: Global simulations of the October 2, 2013 RBSP storm

*9. Wen Li -- Characteristics of plasmaspheric hiss wave spectrum and their effects on energetic electron dynamics

*10. Danny Summers -- Observation of plasmaspheric hiss emissions

*11. Yoshi Omura -- Nonlinear wave growth theory for discrete hiss emissions in the plasmasphere

*12. O.V. Agapitov -- Non-linear electric field spikes in the outer radiation belt and their role in particle dynamics

*13. J.F. Drake -- Development of a bursty precipitation front with intense localized parallel electric fields driven by oblique whistler waves in the Earth’s outer radiation belts

*14. Justin H. Lee -- Application of ion composition methods to investigate observations, modeling, and effects of EMIC waves

'''Part 2 (3:40 – 4:10pm): Planning for the “RB dropout” and “RB buildup” Challenges'''

== 2014 GEM Session Schedule ==
The 2014 session schedule for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/1b/2014_session_schedule_posted.pdf

We will have time at the end of each session for open discussions. Please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!
== 2014 GEM Announcement ==
At this year's GEM Summer Workshop we will start a new Focus Group on "Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling". The goals of our FG are to bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

Five sessions have been planned for the upcoming GEM workshop:

*'''Session 1 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Joint Session with Radiation Belts & Wave Modeling focus group''".
:In this joint session, the RBWM FG (finishing this year) will wrap up their accomplishments in the past 5 years and then set up the stage for our introduction of the new FG of Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. We will discuss the remaining open questions in RB modeling and connect them to our FG goals and challenges.

*'''Session 2 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Review existing RB models and discuss where we are and what are needed''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations discussing the existing models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. In general, we welcome talks that not only showcase their results, but also include discussions like: "Mechanism ____ is evidently necessary, though not sufficient since ___." We will discuss questions such as: what are "standard" RB codes not doing well enough? vs. What are we not doing at all but probably should be?

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models. The topics will cover ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles. We will review the available wave models and discuss what are still missing for RB modeling.

*'''Session 4 (Wed, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include particle seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Again, we will review what are currently available and discuss what are still missing.

*'''Session 5 (Wed, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Wrap-up discussion and plan for future FG activities''".
:In this final session, we will wrap up this year’s FG with more big-picture discussions, and plan for future FG activities for mini-GEM and next year. One important future activity is the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges. Here we solicit short presentations proposing interesting dropout/buildup events for our future challenges.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu
(wtu@lanl.gov) by June 6, 2014. We will review the talks and announce the detailed session agenda before the meeting. Participation in discussions and brief walk-in talks are always welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Jay Albert, Wen Li, and Steve Morley

== Focus Group Proposal ==
[http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM-2013_FG-proposal_assess-rb-models(ims)_Albert-Li-Morley-Tu.pdf Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling] (December 2013)

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'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:5. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:6. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II
:9. Quintin Schiller: A novel technique to apply electron lifetimes to radial diffusion models

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:00 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm
:3. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:00-03:00 PM)
:4. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:5. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

The two SIMIC sessions on Tuesday afternoon will focus mainly on the chosen events: 2013-03-17 and 2012-11-01 storms

A tentative list of presenters:
<Presentation titles omitted>

# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Lyons/Nishimura/Gallardo (UCLA)
# Rick Wilder (LASP)
# Margaret Chen (Aerospace)
# Gang Lu (NCAR)
# Jonathan Krall (NRL)
# Lois Smith (Michigan)
# Peter Chi (UCLA)
# Alex Glocer for Mei-Ching Fok (NASA)
# Mike Liemohn and Roxanne Katus (Michigan)
# Yiqun Yu and Vania Jordanova (LANL)
#. Elizabeth MacDonald (GSFC)
#. Bob Lysak (Univ. Minnesota)
#. Mike Schulz
#. James Weygand (UCLA)
# Jerry Goldstein (SwRI)
# Jimmy Raeder (UNH)
# Dave Sibeck (GSFC)
# Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Continuing the [http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/index.php/2015_Summer_Workshop#.5BFG.5D_Storm-time_Inner_Magnetosphere-Ionosphere_Convection SIMIC session at 1330-1500].

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

Audience Discussion

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of the Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

Topics include overlap with TIMI (role of entropy bubbles in the inner magnetosphere), as well as other topics relevant to both focus groups.

Presenters: <presentation titles omitted>

# Mike Wiltberger
# Mike Henderson(LANL)
# George Khazanov (GSFC)
# Natalia Ganushkina and Stepan Dubyagin
# Sheng-Hsien (Sean) Chen (GSFC)
# Bob Schunk (USU)
# Matina Gkioulidou (JHU/APL)
# Shin Ohtani (JHU/APL)
# Xueling Shi (VTech)

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

Audience Discussion

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere in the SHIELDS project

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

Audience Discussion

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-11T22:35:27Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:5. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:6. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II
:9. Quintin Schiller: A novel technique to apply electron lifetimes to radial diffusion models

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:00 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm
:3. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:00-03:00 PM)
:4. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:5. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. QARBM FG leaders: Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of the Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-11T22:34:02Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Yukinaga Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler
*Walk-ins welcome.

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:5. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:6. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Elizabeth Roy - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

General short presentations (01:30-02:00 PM)

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm
:3. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms

"Dropout" and "Buildup" Challenges (02:00-03:00 PM)
:4. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:5. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:6. QARBM FG leaders: Open discussions and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of the Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

FG: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

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''Focus Group Leaders:''
* Jay Albert (jay.albert@us.af.mil)
* Wen Li (moonli@atmos.ucla.edu)
* Steve Morley (smorley@lanl.gov)
* Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com)

==2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda==
The 2015 GEM session aganda for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/7/72/GEM_QARBM_talk_schedule_2015_v06.pdf

We hope to have time at the end of each session for open discussions and please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!

== 2015 GEM Announcement ==
We would like to solicit short presentations relevant to the following five sessions, including four independent sessions and one joint session with the “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG.

*'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results''".
:We solicit short presentations discussing the models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles.

*'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models, including ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles.

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include seed particle populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc.

*'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities''".
:We have sent out a survey to the RB community regarding the selection of interesting RB “dropout” and “buildup” events and we will discuss the survey results. You are also welcome to propose potentially interesting events relevant to our “dropout” and “buildup” challenges. At last, we will wrap up and plan for future FG activities.

*'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG''".
:Since the two FGs have common interest in understanding how plasma waves are generated and how much they influence the radiation belt dynamics, we call for short presentations that address the coupled effects between important plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere and the changes in the energetic particle dynamics.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com) by June 7th, 2015. Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Wen Li, Jay Albert, and Steve Morley
== 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges ==
The event candidates for the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges are posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/5/5d/GEMfocusgroupevents_%281%29.pdf

Please send your feedback to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com).

== 2014 Mini-GEM Session ==
'''Time:''' 02:20-04:10 PM, Sunday, December 14, 2014

'''Location:''' Franciscan II Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

'''Schedule:'''

'''Part 1 (2:20 – 3:40pm): 14 contributed talks (5 min each):'''

*1. Lauren Blum -- Rapid MeV electron precipitation and storm-time radiation belt dynamics

*2. Drew Turner -- Understanding energetic electron injections at L <= 4 using multipoint observations

*3. Joachim Birn -- Ion and electron source populations

*4. Ganjushkina, Natalia -- Modeling of low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere

*5. Adam Kellerman -- Quantitative analysis of magnetic field models by comparing with THEMIS, GOES, RBSP field data

*6. Xin Tao -- An efficient and positivity-preserving method for modeling radiation belt diffusion processes

*7. Anthony Chan -- Results from modeling drift-shell splitting effects in a fully-3D diffusion code

*8. Scot Elkington -- K2: Global simulations of the October 2, 2013 RBSP storm

*9. Wen Li -- Characteristics of plasmaspheric hiss wave spectrum and their effects on energetic electron dynamics

*10. Danny Summers -- Observation of plasmaspheric hiss emissions

*11. Yoshi Omura -- Nonlinear wave growth theory for discrete hiss emissions in the plasmasphere

*12. O.V. Agapitov -- Non-linear electric field spikes in the outer radiation belt and their role in particle dynamics

*13. J.F. Drake -- Development of a bursty precipitation front with intense localized parallel electric fields driven by oblique whistler waves in the Earth’s outer radiation belts

*14. Justin H. Lee -- Application of ion composition methods to investigate observations, modeling, and effects of EMIC waves

'''Part 2 (3:40 – 4:10pm): Planning for the “RB dropout” and “RB buildup” Challenges'''

== 2014 GEM Session Schedule ==
The 2014 session schedule for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/1b/2014_session_schedule_posted.pdf

We will have time at the end of each session for open discussions. Please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!
== 2014 GEM Announcement ==
At this year's GEM Summer Workshop we will start a new Focus Group on "Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling". The goals of our FG are to bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

Five sessions have been planned for the upcoming GEM workshop:

*'''Session 1 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Joint Session with Radiation Belts & Wave Modeling focus group''".
:In this joint session, the RBWM FG (finishing this year) will wrap up their accomplishments in the past 5 years and then set up the stage for our introduction of the new FG of Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. We will discuss the remaining open questions in RB modeling and connect them to our FG goals and challenges.

*'''Session 2 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Review existing RB models and discuss where we are and what are needed''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations discussing the existing models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. In general, we welcome talks that not only showcase their results, but also include discussions like: "Mechanism ____ is evidently necessary, though not sufficient since ___." We will discuss questions such as: what are "standard" RB codes not doing well enough? vs. What are we not doing at all but probably should be?

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models. The topics will cover ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles. We will review the available wave models and discuss what are still missing for RB modeling.

*'''Session 4 (Wed, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include particle seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Again, we will review what are currently available and discuss what are still missing.

*'''Session 5 (Wed, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Wrap-up discussion and plan for future FG activities''".
:In this final session, we will wrap up this year’s FG with more big-picture discussions, and plan for future FG activities for mini-GEM and next year. One important future activity is the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges. Here we solicit short presentations proposing interesting dropout/buildup events for our future challenges.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu
(wtu@lanl.gov) by June 6, 2014. We will review the talks and announce the detailed session agenda before the meeting. Participation in discussions and brief walk-in talks are always welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Jay Albert, Wen Li, and Steve Morley

== Focus Group Proposal ==
[http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM-2013_FG-proposal_assess-rb-models(ims)_Albert-Li-Morley-Tu.pdf Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling] (December 2013)

File:GEM QARBM talk schedule 2015 v06.pdf

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Luckymoon761:

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-11T17:04:54Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:5. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:6. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Emma's student - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm
:3. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:4. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:5. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chairs: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of the Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-11T17:03:48Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:5. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:6. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Emma's student - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chairs: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm
:3. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:4. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:5. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chair: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of the Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-11T17:03:28Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:5. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:6. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Emma's student - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chair: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm
:3. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:4. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:5. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chair: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of the Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-11T17:03:13Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chairs: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chair: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:5. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:6. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Emma's student - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chair: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm
:3. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:4. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:5. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chair: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of the Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-11T17:03:02Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

'''June 14-19 2015'''

'''Viceroy Hotels, Resorts & Residences, Snowmass, Colorado'''

Below is a ''fluid'' list of speakers provided by the GEM Workshop Coordinator and Focus Groups. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the nature of the GEM Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

All other information about the 2015 Summer Workshop can be found at the [http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html GEM Meeting Coordinator Website].

== Monday, June 15 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MPS tutorial''' by ''Toshi Nishimura'' -- Fast flow channels in the magnetotail and auroral oval: Reconnection, substorm and beyond
* '''GSM tutorial''' by ''Alex Glocer'' -- Global modeling of the space environment system

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances ====

* Hui Zhang: Transient phenomena at tail Bow shock and magnetopause
* Sheng-Hsien Chen: K-H at the magnetopause and waves at LLBL
* Denny Oliveria: Tail response to interplanetary shocks
* Tim Stubbs (presented by David Sibeck): Mid-tail structure
* Rob Fear: Magnetotail structure associated with transpolar arcs
* Peter Chi: Ion cyclotron waves at the Moon and their connection to the plasma sheet and the lunar exosphere
* Ivan Vasko:Geotail observations in mid and distant tail
* Andrei Runov: Reconnection in the mid-tail
* John Lyon: LFM simulation of bubble formation in mid-tail during growth phase
* Joe Borovsky: The role of mid-tail in Geospace Systems Science

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models'''

* Bob Schunk: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 1 (15 min)
* Vince Eccles: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 2 (15 min)
* Abdallah Barakat: Generalized Polar Wind Models of GEM Storms, 3 (15 min)
* Dan Welling: Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models (20 min)
* Katie Garcia-Sage: MFLFM Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Simulation Results (20 min)
* Bill Lotko: Overview of Recent LFM Modeling and Thoughts for the Future (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Larry Lyons: Review--Hybrid scenario
*Mike Henderson: Review--Inside-out scenario
*Larry Kepko: Review--Outside-in scenario
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Phil Pritchett: Comments from modeler
*Joachim Birn: Comments from modeler
*Misha Sitnov: Comments from modeler
*Mostafa El-Alaoui: Comments from modeler

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results”

''Chairs: Weichao Tu and Steve Morley''

:1. Mary Hudson: Recent simulation of the 'St Patrick's Day storm'
:2. Alexander Drozdov: The VERB code modeling of the St. Patrick’s day Storm
:3. Dan Baker: Impenetrable Barrier during March 17 2015 storm
:4. Allison Jaynes: Fast diffusion of ultra-relativistic electrons: 17 March 2015 storm event
:5. Thiago Brito: Simulations on Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation Response to ULF Waves
:6. Drew Turner: Storm-time analysis of RB
:7. Xinlin Li: Deep Injections of 10s – 100s of keV electrons (RBSP observations)
:8. Jay Albert: Modeling “peculiar” pitch angle distributions with MS waves

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Merged Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Models Compared to Observations'''

* Dan Welling: Merged Ionos-Magnetosphere Models for GEM Storms (15 min)
* Lynn Kistler: Cluster Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Joe Borovsky: LANL Measurement/Model Comparisons During GEM Storms (20 min)
* Stein Haaland: The Estimation of Cold Plasma Outflow During Storms (20 min)
* Discussion

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Robert McPherron: Point Processes: Association of Lists
*Nadine Kalmoni: Auroral dispersion relation
*Kyle Murphy: tools and methods
*Eric Donovan: Circle grams

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling”

''Chair: Wen Li and Jay Albert''

:1. Ashar Ali: Radial Diffusion Coefficients Using E and B Field Data from the Van Allen Probes
:2. Seth Claudepierre: Advertisement for the GEM ULF Wave Challenge
:3. Xinlin Li: Relation between ULF and radial diffusion of RB electrons
:4. Lauren Blum: The relationship between EMIC waves and radiation belt electron precipitation
:5. Wen Li: Global distribution of chorus wave intensity using the statistical model and POES technique
:6. Jay Albert: Nonlinear wave-particle interaction
:7. Qianli Ma: Evaluation of electron scattering due to typical magnetosonic waves using analytical formula
:8. Lunjin Chen: The effect of bounce resonance with magnetosonic waves on the radiation belt electrons
:9. Oleksiy Agapitov: Storm-induced energization and losses of radiation belt electrons: Effects of wave obliquity

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''Inter-Model Comparison for GEM Storm Periods and New Measurements'''

* Continued Discussion of Merged Models and Measurements Comparison
* Naritoshi Kitamura: Ion Outflow Topics (20 min)
* Roger Varney: Hysteresis Effects in Coupled MFLFM-IPWM Models (15 min)
* Barbara Giles: Initial Plasma Measurements from MMS (20 min)
* Jonathan Krall: Ion Fluxes Into and Out of a Model Plasmasphere During Storm and Plasmasphere Refilling During Quiet Time (20 min)

==== [FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms ====
*Ohtani/Motoba: Event presentation
*Miyashita: Event presentation
*Murphy/Mann/Rae: Event presentation
*Nishimura/Lyons: Event presentation
*Vassilis Angelopoulos: HSO
*FG learders: Future planning

== Tuesday, June 16 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Weichao Tu'' -- title
* '''IMAG tutorial''' by ''Seth Claudepierre'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' “Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling”

''Chair: Jay Albert and Weichao Tu''

:1. Natalia Ganushkina: Low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere
:2. Mick Denton: An empirical model of electron and ion fluxes derived from observations at geosynchronous orbit
:3. Alex Boyd: Quantifying the Radiation Belt Seed Population During the Van Allen Probes Era
:4. Oleksiy Agapitov: Time Domain Structures: generation mechanisms and effects for electrons
:5. Xiangrong Fu: Double layers associated with electron/ion acoustic waves
:6. Zhao Li: 3D test-particle simulation of the 17-18 March, 2013 CME-shock driven storm
:7. James McCollough: DSX is still happening
:8. Alex Crew: New results from FIREBIRD II

==== [FG] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM ====

'''General Discussion of Modeling and Observations and Focus Group Planning'''

* Yuri Omelchenko: Global Multiscale Magnetospheric Simulations: HYPERS (15 min)
* John Wygant: The Powering of Highly Efficient Poynting Flux-Driven Wind Using Polar Spacecraft Measurements (15 min)
* Bruce Fritz: Ion Upflow Dependence on Ionospheric Density and Solar Photoionization (15 min)
* Bill Peterson: A New Look at DE-1 Escaping Ion Observations at Non-Storm Times (10 min) -- Accompanying poster by Kristina Lu

==== [FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====
*Shin Ohtani - Morphological mapping based on the stability of the magnetotail
*Emma Spanswick - Riometer injection
*Emma's student - Open-closed boundary
*Jiang Liu - Current wedge structuring
*Chao Yue - 3-D magnetic field modeling

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling ====
'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' “RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities”

''Chair: Steve Morley and Wen Li''

:1. Yuri Shprits: Recent results of the reanalysis
:2. Shri Kanekal and Dan Baker: Electron bursts during 17 March 2015 storm
:3. Brian Kress: Observations and modeling of rebuilding during storms
:4. Drew Turner: Candidate “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events
:5. QARBM FG leaders: Discussion of “Dropout” and “Buildup” challenge events and plan for future FG activities

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Vassilis Angelopoulos (TIMI), Pontus Brandt (TIMI), John Lyon (TIMI), Frank Toffoletto (TIMI), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene Setting talks
:1. Joachim Birn
:2. Jim Drake

Contributed talks
:1. Slava Merkin - magnetotail stability in the presence of B_z minimum
:2. Misha Sitnov - new class of equilibria taking into account dipole field and B_z hump
:3. Misha Sitnov - temperature increase at dipolarization fronts
:4. Haoming Liang (w/Ashour-Abdalla and Walker) - oxygen effects on dipolarization fronts
:5. Ying Zou - imager observations of PBI triggering by polar cap structures
:6. Toshi Nishimura - MHD simulation of nightside localized reconnection triggering by lobe flow channels
:7. Yu Lin - global hybrid simulation of the storm-time magnetotail and reconnection flux ropes
:8. Phil Pritchett - instability of current sheets with a localized accumulation of magnetic flux
:9.Phil Pritchett - structure of reconnection flow jets

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' “Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG”

''Chair: Jichun Zhang and Weichao Tu

:1. Wen Li: Quantitative simulation of radiation belt electron dynamics using 3D diffusion code
:2. Yuri Shprits: Combined Convective and Diffusive Simulation: VERB-4D Results
:3. Xiangrong Fu: Modeling EMIC wave generation from ring current ions
:4. Anthony Saikin: The geomagnetic condition dependence of the spatial distributions of EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes
:5. Jacob Bortnik: Generation of chorus waves in a lab plasma
:6. Xin An: Linear excitation of whistler waves
:7. Shuo Wu: Hybrid Code Simulations of Whistler Waves in Compressed Dipole Field
:8. Chih-ping Wang: Multi-point observation of ULF waves

==== [FG] Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Time Lags in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions”

speakers will include

Mick Denton: mass transport

Bob McPherron: physical interpretation of time lags

Roger Varney: ionospheric outflow

Shin Ohtani: circuit timescales

Bob Clauer: ionospheric convection

== Wednesday, June 17 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''Agency report''' by ''Vladimir Papitashvili'' -- Introduction
* '''Agency report''' by ''Janet Kozyra'' -- NSF GEM Program
* '''Agency report''' by ''Bill Lotko'' -- Overview of the Portfolio Review and Discussion

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "wave-particle interactions"

June 17, Wednesday 10:30-12:15pm

# Mark Engebretson (Challenge event) - Van Allen probes, NOAA, and ground observations of an intense Pc 1 wave event extending 12 hours in MLT and its resulting depletion of the outer radiation belt
# Justin Lee (Challenge event) - Discussion of Wave-Particle Interactions during the 18-22 Feb 2014 Storm
# Michael Hartinger -The effect of azimuthal wave number on ULF wave-particle interactions
# Chen Zhou - Excitation of Dayside Chorus Waves due to Magnetic Field Line Compression in Response to Interplanetary Shocks
# Homayon Aryan - The distribution of plasmaspheric Hiss and Chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere as functions of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters
# Robert Allen - Statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster
# Konstantin Gamayunov - Multiscale nature of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave development in Earth’s magnetosphere
# Vania Jordanova - RAM-SCB simulations of plasma wave dynamics
# Adam Kellerman - Forecasting the Earth’s radiation environment with GREEP and VERB: a synthesis of empirical- and physics-based modeling across multiple energies and spatial regions

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] HSO coordination ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
* Topic: "plasma-field coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm

# Lois Smith - Plasmaspheric Suprathermal Heating from Cyclotron Resonance with Equatorial Noise
# Raluca Ilie - Calculating the Inductive electric fields in the terrestrial magnetosphere
# Samuel Califf - Van Allen Probes observations of SAPS during the 28 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
# Hong Zhao - The evolution of ring current ion energy density and energy content during geomagnetic storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements
# Jichun Zhang - “Trunk-like” heavy ion structures observed by the Van Allen Probes
# Cristian Ferradas - Ion nose spectral structures observed by the Van Allen Probes

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] Metrics and Validation ====

==== [Special] SPEDAS Software ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions ====
*Topic: "magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling"

June 17 Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm

# Dan Welling - Relationship between ionospheric outflow and the ring current
# George Khazanov - Superthermal Electrons Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling in the Regions of Diffuse Aurora
# Ryan Mcgranaghan - Modes of high-latitude conductance variability derived from DMSP F6-F8 and F16-F18 energetic electron precipitation observations: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis
# Alexa Halford (challenge event) - BARREL Observations of long period precipitation on Jan 26th 2013
# Jichun Zhang (challenge event) - EMIC waves and associated relativistic electron precipitation on 25-26 January 2013
# Yiqun Yu (challenge event) - Modeling ionospheric electron precipitation due to wave particle interactions in the ring current during the 25-26 January 2013 event
# Yi-Jiun Su (challenge event) -

==== [FG] Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Metrics and Validation ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection), Tim Guild (Metrics), Masha Kuznetsova (Metrics), Lutz Rastaetter (Metrics), Aaron Ridley (Metrics), Howard Singer (Metrics)

:1. Discussion of finding the electron diffusion region (with MMS)
:2. Discussion of PIC simulations into CCMC
:3. Liang Wang - Integrating a multi-fluid moment code into OpenGGCM

==== [Special] TDAS demo ====

== Thursday, June 18 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''SWMI tutorial''' by ''Robert Fear'' -- Flux transfer events: Looking ahead to MMS
* '''Student-invited tutorial''' by ''Barbara Giles'' -- title

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Analysis of Extreme Events”

Surja Sharma: overview talk

Jeff Love: Dst statistics

Slava Merkin: ionospheric turbulence

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] (Joint) Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions + Storm-time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection ====

=== 1330-1500: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] (Joint) Geospace Systems Science + Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Joe Borovsky (Systems), Bill Lotko (Systems), Vadim Uritsky (Systems), Juan Valdivia (Systems), Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

Scene setting talks
:1. Binzheng Zhang
:2. Colin Komar

Contributed talks
:1. Misha Sitnov - tearing stability criterion'
:2. Bill Lotko - effects of auroral (low-altitude) field-aligned potential drops on nightside reconnection and energy flow in MI coupling

==== [FG] Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques ====

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

=== 1530-1700: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Systems-Science Tools, Methodologies, and Results”

Jacob Bortnik: Machine learning

Konstantin Gamayunov: System-based approach to EMIC waves

Delores Knipp: Estimating uncertainty in DMSP Poynting

Lutz Rastatter: Modeling joule heat in the ionosphere

==== [FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ====

''Chairs: Paul Cassak (Reconnection), Yi-Hsin Liu (Reconnection), Andrei Runov (Reconnection), Brian Walsh (Reconnection)

:1. Colby Haggerty, heating during reconnection
:2. Shan Wang - Electron heating during magnetotail reconnection: deriving the heating coefficient and effects of unloading
:3. Rick Wilder, moving X-line in cusp
:4. Paul Cassak, asymmetric reconnection with flow shear

==== [FG] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions ====

== Friday, June 19 ==

=== 0815-1000: Plenary Session ===

* '''MIC tutorial''' by ''Stein Haaland'' -- Cold ion outflow from the polar cap

=== 1030-1215: Splinter Sessions ===

==== [FG] Geospace Systems Science ====

“Behavior of the Geospace System”

Jonathan Krall: SAMI3 simulations of M-I-T coupling

Wen Li: solar wind and the radiation belts

Vania Jordanova: multiple connections in the magnetosphere

Joe Borovsky: behavior modes from global correlation analysis

FG: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

2015-06-11T04:43:36Z

Luckymoon761:

''Focus Group Leaders:''
* Jay Albert (jay.albert@us.af.mil)
* Wen Li (moonli@atmos.ucla.edu)
* Steve Morley (smorley@lanl.gov)
* Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com)

==2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda==
The 2015 GEM session aganda for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/d/d3/GEM_QARBM_talk_schedule_2015_v05_.pdf

We hope to have time at the end of each session for open discussions and please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!

== 2015 GEM Announcement ==
We would like to solicit short presentations relevant to the following five sessions, including four independent sessions and one joint session with the “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG.

*'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results''".
:We solicit short presentations discussing the models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles.

*'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models, including ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles.

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include seed particle populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc.

*'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities''".
:We have sent out a survey to the RB community regarding the selection of interesting RB “dropout” and “buildup” events and we will discuss the survey results. You are also welcome to propose potentially interesting events relevant to our “dropout” and “buildup” challenges. At last, we will wrap up and plan for future FG activities.

*'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG''".
:Since the two FGs have common interest in understanding how plasma waves are generated and how much they influence the radiation belt dynamics, we call for short presentations that address the coupled effects between important plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere and the changes in the energetic particle dynamics.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com) by June 7th, 2015. Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Wen Li, Jay Albert, and Steve Morley
== 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges ==
The event candidates for the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges are posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/5/5d/GEMfocusgroupevents_%281%29.pdf

Please send your feedback to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com).

== 2014 Mini-GEM Session ==
'''Time:''' 02:20-04:10 PM, Sunday, December 14, 2014

'''Location:''' Franciscan II Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

'''Schedule:'''

'''Part 1 (2:20 – 3:40pm): 14 contributed talks (5 min each):'''

*1. Lauren Blum -- Rapid MeV electron precipitation and storm-time radiation belt dynamics

*2. Drew Turner -- Understanding energetic electron injections at L <= 4 using multipoint observations

*3. Joachim Birn -- Ion and electron source populations

*4. Ganjushkina, Natalia -- Modeling of low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere

*5. Adam Kellerman -- Quantitative analysis of magnetic field models by comparing with THEMIS, GOES, RBSP field data

*6. Xin Tao -- An efficient and positivity-preserving method for modeling radiation belt diffusion processes

*7. Anthony Chan -- Results from modeling drift-shell splitting effects in a fully-3D diffusion code

*8. Scot Elkington -- K2: Global simulations of the October 2, 2013 RBSP storm

*9. Wen Li -- Characteristics of plasmaspheric hiss wave spectrum and their effects on energetic electron dynamics

*10. Danny Summers -- Observation of plasmaspheric hiss emissions

*11. Yoshi Omura -- Nonlinear wave growth theory for discrete hiss emissions in the plasmasphere

*12. O.V. Agapitov -- Non-linear electric field spikes in the outer radiation belt and their role in particle dynamics

*13. J.F. Drake -- Development of a bursty precipitation front with intense localized parallel electric fields driven by oblique whistler waves in the Earth’s outer radiation belts

*14. Justin H. Lee -- Application of ion composition methods to investigate observations, modeling, and effects of EMIC waves

'''Part 2 (3:40 – 4:10pm): Planning for the “RB dropout” and “RB buildup” Challenges'''

== 2014 GEM Session Schedule ==
The 2014 session schedule for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/1b/2014_session_schedule_posted.pdf

We will have time at the end of each session for open discussions. Please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!
== 2014 GEM Announcement ==
At this year's GEM Summer Workshop we will start a new Focus Group on "Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling". The goals of our FG are to bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

Five sessions have been planned for the upcoming GEM workshop:

*'''Session 1 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Joint Session with Radiation Belts & Wave Modeling focus group''".
:In this joint session, the RBWM FG (finishing this year) will wrap up their accomplishments in the past 5 years and then set up the stage for our introduction of the new FG of Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. We will discuss the remaining open questions in RB modeling and connect them to our FG goals and challenges.

*'''Session 2 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Review existing RB models and discuss where we are and what are needed''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations discussing the existing models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. In general, we welcome talks that not only showcase their results, but also include discussions like: "Mechanism ____ is evidently necessary, though not sufficient since ___." We will discuss questions such as: what are "standard" RB codes not doing well enough? vs. What are we not doing at all but probably should be?

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models. The topics will cover ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles. We will review the available wave models and discuss what are still missing for RB modeling.

*'''Session 4 (Wed, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include particle seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Again, we will review what are currently available and discuss what are still missing.

*'''Session 5 (Wed, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Wrap-up discussion and plan for future FG activities''".
:In this final session, we will wrap up this year’s FG with more big-picture discussions, and plan for future FG activities for mini-GEM and next year. One important future activity is the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges. Here we solicit short presentations proposing interesting dropout/buildup events for our future challenges.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu
(wtu@lanl.gov) by June 6, 2014. We will review the talks and announce the detailed session agenda before the meeting. Participation in discussions and brief walk-in talks are always welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Jay Albert, Wen Li, and Steve Morley

== Focus Group Proposal ==
[http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM-2013_FG-proposal_assess-rb-models(ims)_Albert-Li-Morley-Tu.pdf Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling] (December 2013)

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-11T03:19:51Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-11T03:19:19Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

FG: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

2015-06-11T03:17:57Z

Luckymoon761: /* 2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda */

''Focus Group Leaders:''
* Jay Albert
* Wen Li
* Steve Morley
* Weichao Tu

==2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda==
The 2015 GEM session aganda for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/d/d3/GEM_QARBM_talk_schedule_2015_v05_.pdf

We hope to have time at the end of each session for open discussions and please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!

== 2015 GEM Announcement ==
We would like to solicit short presentations relevant to the following five sessions, including four independent sessions and one joint session with the “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG.

*'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results''".
:We solicit short presentations discussing the models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles.

*'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models, including ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles.

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include seed particle populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc.

*'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities''".
:We have sent out a survey to the RB community regarding the selection of interesting RB “dropout” and “buildup” events and we will discuss the survey results. You are also welcome to propose potentially interesting events relevant to our “dropout” and “buildup” challenges. At last, we will wrap up and plan for future FG activities.

*'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG''".
:Since the two FGs have common interest in understanding how plasma waves are generated and how much they influence the radiation belt dynamics, we call for short presentations that address the coupled effects between important plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere and the changes in the energetic particle dynamics.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com) by June 7th, 2015. Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Wen Li, Jay Albert, and Steve Morley
== 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges ==
The event candidates for the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges are posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/5/5d/GEMfocusgroupevents_%281%29.pdf

Please send your feedback to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com).

== 2014 Mini-GEM Session ==
'''Time:''' 02:20-04:10 PM, Sunday, December 14, 2014

'''Location:''' Franciscan II Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

'''Schedule:'''

'''Part 1 (2:20 – 3:40pm): 14 contributed talks (5 min each):'''

*1. Lauren Blum -- Rapid MeV electron precipitation and storm-time radiation belt dynamics

*2. Drew Turner -- Understanding energetic electron injections at L <= 4 using multipoint observations

*3. Joachim Birn -- Ion and electron source populations

*4. Ganjushkina, Natalia -- Modeling of low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere

*5. Adam Kellerman -- Quantitative analysis of magnetic field models by comparing with THEMIS, GOES, RBSP field data

*6. Xin Tao -- An efficient and positivity-preserving method for modeling radiation belt diffusion processes

*7. Anthony Chan -- Results from modeling drift-shell splitting effects in a fully-3D diffusion code

*8. Scot Elkington -- K2: Global simulations of the October 2, 2013 RBSP storm

*9. Wen Li -- Characteristics of plasmaspheric hiss wave spectrum and their effects on energetic electron dynamics

*10. Danny Summers -- Observation of plasmaspheric hiss emissions

*11. Yoshi Omura -- Nonlinear wave growth theory for discrete hiss emissions in the plasmasphere

*12. O.V. Agapitov -- Non-linear electric field spikes in the outer radiation belt and their role in particle dynamics

*13. J.F. Drake -- Development of a bursty precipitation front with intense localized parallel electric fields driven by oblique whistler waves in the Earth’s outer radiation belts

*14. Justin H. Lee -- Application of ion composition methods to investigate observations, modeling, and effects of EMIC waves

'''Part 2 (3:40 – 4:10pm): Planning for the “RB dropout” and “RB buildup” Challenges'''

== 2014 GEM Session Schedule ==
The 2014 session schedule for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/1b/2014_session_schedule_posted.pdf

We will have time at the end of each session for open discussions. Please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!
== 2014 GEM Announcement ==
At this year's GEM Summer Workshop we will start a new Focus Group on "Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling". The goals of our FG are to bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

Five sessions have been planned for the upcoming GEM workshop:

*'''Session 1 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Joint Session with Radiation Belts & Wave Modeling focus group''".
:In this joint session, the RBWM FG (finishing this year) will wrap up their accomplishments in the past 5 years and then set up the stage for our introduction of the new FG of Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. We will discuss the remaining open questions in RB modeling and connect them to our FG goals and challenges.

*'''Session 2 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Review existing RB models and discuss where we are and what are needed''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations discussing the existing models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. In general, we welcome talks that not only showcase their results, but also include discussions like: "Mechanism ____ is evidently necessary, though not sufficient since ___." We will discuss questions such as: what are "standard" RB codes not doing well enough? vs. What are we not doing at all but probably should be?

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models. The topics will cover ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles. We will review the available wave models and discuss what are still missing for RB modeling.

*'''Session 4 (Wed, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include particle seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Again, we will review what are currently available and discuss what are still missing.

*'''Session 5 (Wed, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Wrap-up discussion and plan for future FG activities''".
:In this final session, we will wrap up this year’s FG with more big-picture discussions, and plan for future FG activities for mini-GEM and next year. One important future activity is the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges. Here we solicit short presentations proposing interesting dropout/buildup events for our future challenges.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu
(wtu@lanl.gov) by June 6, 2014. We will review the talks and announce the detailed session agenda before the meeting. Participation in discussions and brief walk-in talks are always welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Jay Albert, Wen Li, and Steve Morley

== Focus Group Proposal ==
[http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM-2013_FG-proposal_assess-rb-models(ims)_Albert-Li-Morley-Tu.pdf Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling] (December 2013)

File:GEM QARBM talk schedule 2015 v05 .pdf

2015-06-11T03:17:37Z

Luckymoon761:

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-10T20:56:28Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions */

FG: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

2015-06-10T19:05:14Z

Luckymoon761: /* 2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda */

''Focus Group Leaders:''
* Jay Albert
* Wen Li
* Steve Morley
* Weichao Tu

==2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda==
The 2015 GEM session aganda for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/3/37/GEM_QARBM_talk_schedule_2015_v04.pdf

We hope to have time at the end of each session for open discussions and please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!

== 2015 GEM Announcement ==
We would like to solicit short presentations relevant to the following five sessions, including four independent sessions and one joint session with the “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG.

*'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results''".
:We solicit short presentations discussing the models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles.

*'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models, including ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles.

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include seed particle populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc.

*'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities''".
:We have sent out a survey to the RB community regarding the selection of interesting RB “dropout” and “buildup” events and we will discuss the survey results. You are also welcome to propose potentially interesting events relevant to our “dropout” and “buildup” challenges. At last, we will wrap up and plan for future FG activities.

*'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG''".
:Since the two FGs have common interest in understanding how plasma waves are generated and how much they influence the radiation belt dynamics, we call for short presentations that address the coupled effects between important plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere and the changes in the energetic particle dynamics.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com) by June 7th, 2015. Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Wen Li, Jay Albert, and Steve Morley
== 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges ==
The event candidates for the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges are posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/5/5d/GEMfocusgroupevents_%281%29.pdf

Please send your feedback to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com).

== 2014 Mini-GEM Session ==
'''Time:''' 02:20-04:10 PM, Sunday, December 14, 2014

'''Location:''' Franciscan II Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

'''Schedule:'''

'''Part 1 (2:20 – 3:40pm): 14 contributed talks (5 min each):'''

*1. Lauren Blum -- Rapid MeV electron precipitation and storm-time radiation belt dynamics

*2. Drew Turner -- Understanding energetic electron injections at L <= 4 using multipoint observations

*3. Joachim Birn -- Ion and electron source populations

*4. Ganjushkina, Natalia -- Modeling of low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere

*5. Adam Kellerman -- Quantitative analysis of magnetic field models by comparing with THEMIS, GOES, RBSP field data

*6. Xin Tao -- An efficient and positivity-preserving method for modeling radiation belt diffusion processes

*7. Anthony Chan -- Results from modeling drift-shell splitting effects in a fully-3D diffusion code

*8. Scot Elkington -- K2: Global simulations of the October 2, 2013 RBSP storm

*9. Wen Li -- Characteristics of plasmaspheric hiss wave spectrum and their effects on energetic electron dynamics

*10. Danny Summers -- Observation of plasmaspheric hiss emissions

*11. Yoshi Omura -- Nonlinear wave growth theory for discrete hiss emissions in the plasmasphere

*12. O.V. Agapitov -- Non-linear electric field spikes in the outer radiation belt and their role in particle dynamics

*13. J.F. Drake -- Development of a bursty precipitation front with intense localized parallel electric fields driven by oblique whistler waves in the Earth’s outer radiation belts

*14. Justin H. Lee -- Application of ion composition methods to investigate observations, modeling, and effects of EMIC waves

'''Part 2 (3:40 – 4:10pm): Planning for the “RB dropout” and “RB buildup” Challenges'''

== 2014 GEM Session Schedule ==
The 2014 session schedule for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/1b/2014_session_schedule_posted.pdf

We will have time at the end of each session for open discussions. Please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!
== 2014 GEM Announcement ==
At this year's GEM Summer Workshop we will start a new Focus Group on "Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling". The goals of our FG are to bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

Five sessions have been planned for the upcoming GEM workshop:

*'''Session 1 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Joint Session with Radiation Belts & Wave Modeling focus group''".
:In this joint session, the RBWM FG (finishing this year) will wrap up their accomplishments in the past 5 years and then set up the stage for our introduction of the new FG of Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. We will discuss the remaining open questions in RB modeling and connect them to our FG goals and challenges.

*'''Session 2 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Review existing RB models and discuss where we are and what are needed''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations discussing the existing models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. In general, we welcome talks that not only showcase their results, but also include discussions like: "Mechanism ____ is evidently necessary, though not sufficient since ___." We will discuss questions such as: what are "standard" RB codes not doing well enough? vs. What are we not doing at all but probably should be?

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models. The topics will cover ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles. We will review the available wave models and discuss what are still missing for RB modeling.

*'''Session 4 (Wed, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include particle seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Again, we will review what are currently available and discuss what are still missing.

*'''Session 5 (Wed, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Wrap-up discussion and plan for future FG activities''".
:In this final session, we will wrap up this year’s FG with more big-picture discussions, and plan for future FG activities for mini-GEM and next year. One important future activity is the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges. Here we solicit short presentations proposing interesting dropout/buildup events for our future challenges.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu
(wtu@lanl.gov) by June 6, 2014. We will review the talks and announce the detailed session agenda before the meeting. Participation in discussions and brief walk-in talks are always welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Jay Albert, Wen Li, and Steve Morley

== Focus Group Proposal ==
[http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM-2013_FG-proposal_assess-rb-models(ims)_Albert-Li-Morley-Tu.pdf Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling] (December 2013)

FG: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

2015-06-10T19:01:44Z

Luckymoon761: /* 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges */

''Focus Group Leaders:''
* Jay Albert
* Wen Li
* Steve Morley
* Weichao Tu

==2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda==
The 2015 GEM session aganda for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/3/37/GEM_QARBM_talk_schedule_2015_v04.pdf

We may have time at the end of each session for open discussions and please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!

== 2015 GEM Announcement ==
We would like to solicit short presentations relevant to the following five sessions, including four independent sessions and one joint session with the “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG.

*'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results''".
:We solicit short presentations discussing the models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles.

*'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models, including ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles.

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include seed particle populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc.

*'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities''".
:We have sent out a survey to the RB community regarding the selection of interesting RB “dropout” and “buildup” events and we will discuss the survey results. You are also welcome to propose potentially interesting events relevant to our “dropout” and “buildup” challenges. At last, we will wrap up and plan for future FG activities.

*'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG''".
:Since the two FGs have common interest in understanding how plasma waves are generated and how much they influence the radiation belt dynamics, we call for short presentations that address the coupled effects between important plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere and the changes in the energetic particle dynamics.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com) by June 7th, 2015. Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Wen Li, Jay Albert, and Steve Morley
== 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges ==
The event candidates for the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges are posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/5/5d/GEMfocusgroupevents_%281%29.pdf

Please send your feedback to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com).

== 2014 Mini-GEM Session ==
'''Time:''' 02:20-04:10 PM, Sunday, December 14, 2014

'''Location:''' Franciscan II Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

'''Schedule:'''

'''Part 1 (2:20 – 3:40pm): 14 contributed talks (5 min each):'''

*1. Lauren Blum -- Rapid MeV electron precipitation and storm-time radiation belt dynamics

*2. Drew Turner -- Understanding energetic electron injections at L <= 4 using multipoint observations

*3. Joachim Birn -- Ion and electron source populations

*4. Ganjushkina, Natalia -- Modeling of low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere

*5. Adam Kellerman -- Quantitative analysis of magnetic field models by comparing with THEMIS, GOES, RBSP field data

*6. Xin Tao -- An efficient and positivity-preserving method for modeling radiation belt diffusion processes

*7. Anthony Chan -- Results from modeling drift-shell splitting effects in a fully-3D diffusion code

*8. Scot Elkington -- K2: Global simulations of the October 2, 2013 RBSP storm

*9. Wen Li -- Characteristics of plasmaspheric hiss wave spectrum and their effects on energetic electron dynamics

*10. Danny Summers -- Observation of plasmaspheric hiss emissions

*11. Yoshi Omura -- Nonlinear wave growth theory for discrete hiss emissions in the plasmasphere

*12. O.V. Agapitov -- Non-linear electric field spikes in the outer radiation belt and their role in particle dynamics

*13. J.F. Drake -- Development of a bursty precipitation front with intense localized parallel electric fields driven by oblique whistler waves in the Earth’s outer radiation belts

*14. Justin H. Lee -- Application of ion composition methods to investigate observations, modeling, and effects of EMIC waves

'''Part 2 (3:40 – 4:10pm): Planning for the “RB dropout” and “RB buildup” Challenges'''

== 2014 GEM Session Schedule ==
The 2014 session schedule for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/1b/2014_session_schedule_posted.pdf

We will have time at the end of each session for open discussions. Please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!
== 2014 GEM Announcement ==
At this year's GEM Summer Workshop we will start a new Focus Group on "Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling". The goals of our FG are to bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

Five sessions have been planned for the upcoming GEM workshop:

*'''Session 1 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Joint Session with Radiation Belts & Wave Modeling focus group''".
:In this joint session, the RBWM FG (finishing this year) will wrap up their accomplishments in the past 5 years and then set up the stage for our introduction of the new FG of Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. We will discuss the remaining open questions in RB modeling and connect them to our FG goals and challenges.

*'''Session 2 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Review existing RB models and discuss where we are and what are needed''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations discussing the existing models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. In general, we welcome talks that not only showcase their results, but also include discussions like: "Mechanism ____ is evidently necessary, though not sufficient since ___." We will discuss questions such as: what are "standard" RB codes not doing well enough? vs. What are we not doing at all but probably should be?

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models. The topics will cover ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles. We will review the available wave models and discuss what are still missing for RB modeling.

*'''Session 4 (Wed, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include particle seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Again, we will review what are currently available and discuss what are still missing.

*'''Session 5 (Wed, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Wrap-up discussion and plan for future FG activities''".
:In this final session, we will wrap up this year’s FG with more big-picture discussions, and plan for future FG activities for mini-GEM and next year. One important future activity is the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges. Here we solicit short presentations proposing interesting dropout/buildup events for our future challenges.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu
(wtu@lanl.gov) by June 6, 2014. We will review the talks and announce the detailed session agenda before the meeting. Participation in discussions and brief walk-in talks are always welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Jay Albert, Wen Li, and Steve Morley

== Focus Group Proposal ==
[http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM-2013_FG-proposal_assess-rb-models(ims)_Albert-Li-Morley-Tu.pdf Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling] (December 2013)

File:GEMfocusgroupevents (1).pdf

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Luckymoon761:

FG: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

2015-06-10T18:50:50Z

Luckymoon761: /* 2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda */

''Focus Group Leaders:''
* Jay Albert
* Wen Li
* Steve Morley
* Weichao Tu

==2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda==
The 2015 GEM session aganda for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/3/37/GEM_QARBM_talk_schedule_2015_v04.pdf

We may have time at the end of each session for open discussions and please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!

== 2015 GEM Announcement ==
We would like to solicit short presentations relevant to the following five sessions, including four independent sessions and one joint session with the “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG.

*'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results''".
:We solicit short presentations discussing the models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles.

*'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models, including ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles.

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include seed particle populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc.

*'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities''".
:We have sent out a survey to the RB community regarding the selection of interesting RB “dropout” and “buildup” events and we will discuss the survey results. You are also welcome to propose potentially interesting events relevant to our “dropout” and “buildup” challenges. At last, we will wrap up and plan for future FG activities.

*'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG''".
:Since the two FGs have common interest in understanding how plasma waves are generated and how much they influence the radiation belt dynamics, we call for short presentations that address the coupled effects between important plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere and the changes in the energetic particle dynamics.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com) by June 7th, 2015. Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Wen Li, Jay Albert, and Steve Morley
== 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges ==
The event candidates for the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges are posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/13/GEMfocusgroupevents.pdf

Please send your feedback to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com).
== 2014 Mini-GEM Session ==
'''Time:''' 02:20-04:10 PM, Sunday, December 14, 2014

'''Location:''' Franciscan II Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

'''Schedule:'''

'''Part 1 (2:20 – 3:40pm): 14 contributed talks (5 min each):'''

*1. Lauren Blum -- Rapid MeV electron precipitation and storm-time radiation belt dynamics

*2. Drew Turner -- Understanding energetic electron injections at L <= 4 using multipoint observations

*3. Joachim Birn -- Ion and electron source populations

*4. Ganjushkina, Natalia -- Modeling of low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere

*5. Adam Kellerman -- Quantitative analysis of magnetic field models by comparing with THEMIS, GOES, RBSP field data

*6. Xin Tao -- An efficient and positivity-preserving method for modeling radiation belt diffusion processes

*7. Anthony Chan -- Results from modeling drift-shell splitting effects in a fully-3D diffusion code

*8. Scot Elkington -- K2: Global simulations of the October 2, 2013 RBSP storm

*9. Wen Li -- Characteristics of plasmaspheric hiss wave spectrum and their effects on energetic electron dynamics

*10. Danny Summers -- Observation of plasmaspheric hiss emissions

*11. Yoshi Omura -- Nonlinear wave growth theory for discrete hiss emissions in the plasmasphere

*12. O.V. Agapitov -- Non-linear electric field spikes in the outer radiation belt and their role in particle dynamics

*13. J.F. Drake -- Development of a bursty precipitation front with intense localized parallel electric fields driven by oblique whistler waves in the Earth’s outer radiation belts

*14. Justin H. Lee -- Application of ion composition methods to investigate observations, modeling, and effects of EMIC waves

'''Part 2 (3:40 – 4:10pm): Planning for the “RB dropout” and “RB buildup” Challenges'''

== 2014 GEM Session Schedule ==
The 2014 session schedule for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/1b/2014_session_schedule_posted.pdf

We will have time at the end of each session for open discussions. Please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!
== 2014 GEM Announcement ==
At this year's GEM Summer Workshop we will start a new Focus Group on "Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling". The goals of our FG are to bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

Five sessions have been planned for the upcoming GEM workshop:

*'''Session 1 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Joint Session with Radiation Belts & Wave Modeling focus group''".
:In this joint session, the RBWM FG (finishing this year) will wrap up their accomplishments in the past 5 years and then set up the stage for our introduction of the new FG of Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. We will discuss the remaining open questions in RB modeling and connect them to our FG goals and challenges.

*'''Session 2 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Review existing RB models and discuss where we are and what are needed''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations discussing the existing models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. In general, we welcome talks that not only showcase their results, but also include discussions like: "Mechanism ____ is evidently necessary, though not sufficient since ___." We will discuss questions such as: what are "standard" RB codes not doing well enough? vs. What are we not doing at all but probably should be?

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models. The topics will cover ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles. We will review the available wave models and discuss what are still missing for RB modeling.

*'''Session 4 (Wed, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include particle seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Again, we will review what are currently available and discuss what are still missing.

*'''Session 5 (Wed, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Wrap-up discussion and plan for future FG activities''".
:In this final session, we will wrap up this year’s FG with more big-picture discussions, and plan for future FG activities for mini-GEM and next year. One important future activity is the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges. Here we solicit short presentations proposing interesting dropout/buildup events for our future challenges.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu
(wtu@lanl.gov) by June 6, 2014. We will review the talks and announce the detailed session agenda before the meeting. Participation in discussions and brief walk-in talks are always welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Jay Albert, Wen Li, and Steve Morley

== Focus Group Proposal ==
[http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM-2013_FG-proposal_assess-rb-models(ims)_Albert-Li-Morley-Tu.pdf Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling] (December 2013)

File:GEM QARBM talk schedule 2015 v04.pdf

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Luckymoon761:

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-10T18:42:36Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions */

2015 Summer Workshop

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Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

2015 Summer Workshop

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2015 Summer Workshop

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Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

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Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

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Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-10T18:40:23Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions */

2015 Summer Workshop

2015-06-10T18:40:00Z

Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

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Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

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Luckymoon761: /* [FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling */

FG: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

2015-06-10T18:15:31Z

Luckymoon761: /* 2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda */

''Focus Group Leaders:''
* Jay Albert
* Wen Li
* Steve Morley
* Weichao Tu

==2015 GEM Summer Workshop Agenda==
The 2015 GEM session aganda for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/8/87/GEM_QARBM_talk_schedule_2015_v03.pdf

We may have time at the end of each session for open discussions and please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!

== 2015 GEM Announcement ==
We would like to solicit short presentations relevant to the following five sessions, including four independent sessions and one joint session with the “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG.

*'''Session 1 (Mon, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Radiation Belt (RB) observations and modeling results''".
:We solicit short presentations discussing the models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles.

*'''Session 2 (Mon, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models, including ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles.

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:We solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include seed particle populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc.

*'''Session 4 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''RB "dropout" and "buildup" challenges and Planning for future activities''".
:We have sent out a survey to the RB community regarding the selection of interesting RB “dropout” and “buildup” events and we will discuss the survey results. You are also welcome to propose potentially interesting events relevant to our “dropout” and “buildup” challenges. At last, we will wrap up and plan for future FG activities.

*'''Session 5 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Joint session with “Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions” FG''".
:Since the two FGs have common interest in understanding how plasma waves are generated and how much they influence the radiation belt dynamics, we call for short presentations that address the coupled effects between important plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere and the changes in the energetic particle dynamics.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com) by June 7th, 2015. Thank you very much in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Wen Li, Jay Albert, and Steve Morley
== 2015 GEM 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges ==
The event candidates for the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges are posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/13/GEMfocusgroupevents.pdf

Please send your feedback to Weichao Tu (tuweichao@gmail.com).
== 2014 Mini-GEM Session ==
'''Time:''' 02:20-04:10 PM, Sunday, December 14, 2014

'''Location:''' Franciscan II Room, Westin San Francisco Market Street

'''Schedule:'''

'''Part 1 (2:20 – 3:40pm): 14 contributed talks (5 min each):'''

*1. Lauren Blum -- Rapid MeV electron precipitation and storm-time radiation belt dynamics

*2. Drew Turner -- Understanding energetic electron injections at L <= 4 using multipoint observations

*3. Joachim Birn -- Ion and electron source populations

*4. Ganjushkina, Natalia -- Modeling of low energy electrons in the inner magnetosphere

*5. Adam Kellerman -- Quantitative analysis of magnetic field models by comparing with THEMIS, GOES, RBSP field data

*6. Xin Tao -- An efficient and positivity-preserving method for modeling radiation belt diffusion processes

*7. Anthony Chan -- Results from modeling drift-shell splitting effects in a fully-3D diffusion code

*8. Scot Elkington -- K2: Global simulations of the October 2, 2013 RBSP storm

*9. Wen Li -- Characteristics of plasmaspheric hiss wave spectrum and their effects on energetic electron dynamics

*10. Danny Summers -- Observation of plasmaspheric hiss emissions

*11. Yoshi Omura -- Nonlinear wave growth theory for discrete hiss emissions in the plasmasphere

*12. O.V. Agapitov -- Non-linear electric field spikes in the outer radiation belt and their role in particle dynamics

*13. J.F. Drake -- Development of a bursty precipitation front with intense localized parallel electric fields driven by oblique whistler waves in the Earth’s outer radiation belts

*14. Justin H. Lee -- Application of ion composition methods to investigate observations, modeling, and effects of EMIC waves

'''Part 2 (3:40 – 4:10pm): Planning for the “RB dropout” and “RB buildup” Challenges'''

== 2014 GEM Session Schedule ==
The 2014 session schedule for the “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” FG is posted at:
http://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawikiwiki/images/1/1b/2014_session_schedule_posted.pdf

We will have time at the end of each session for open discussions. Please join us for the interesting talks and exciting discussions!
== 2014 GEM Announcement ==
At this year's GEM Summer Workshop we will start a new Focus Group on "Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling". The goals of our FG are to bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of radiation belt modeling by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

Five sessions have been planned for the upcoming GEM workshop:

*'''Session 1 (Tue, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Joint Session with Radiation Belts & Wave Modeling focus group''".
:In this joint session, the RBWM FG (finishing this year) will wrap up their accomplishments in the past 5 years and then set up the stage for our introduction of the new FG of Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling. We will discuss the remaining open questions in RB modeling and connect them to our FG goals and challenges.

*'''Session 2 (Tue, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Review existing RB models and discuss where we are and what are needed''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations discussing the existing models for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. In general, we welcome talks that not only showcase their results, but also include discussions like: "Mechanism ____ is evidently necessary, though not sufficient since ___." We will discuss questions such as: what are "standard" RB codes not doing well enough? vs. What are we not doing at all but probably should be?

*'''Session 3 (Tue, 03:30-05:00 PM):''' "''Various magnetospheric wave characteristics and their global distribution required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations focusing on characterizing various wave properties that are required as inputs to RB models. The topics will cover ULF waves, chorus and hiss, EMIC waves, magnetosonic waves, etc., and their effects on RB particles. We will review the available wave models and discuss what are still missing for RB modeling.

*'''Session 4 (Wed, 10:30-12:15 PM):''' "''Seed populations, plasma density, and magnetic field configuration required in RB modeling''".
:In this session, we solicit short presentations specifying other required inputs for driving RB simulations, which include particle seed populations, plasma density, magnetic field configuration, last closed drift shell, etc. Again, we will review what are currently available and discuss what are still missing.

*'''Session 5 (Wed, 01:30-03:00 PM):''' "''Wrap-up discussion and plan for future FG activities''".
:In this final session, we will wrap up this year’s FG with more big-picture discussions, and plan for future FG activities for mini-GEM and next year. One important future activity is the 'RB dropout' and 'RB buildup' Challenges. Here we solicit short presentations proposing interesting dropout/buildup events for our future challenges.

If you would like to present in any of these sessions, please send your talk title and the relevant session number to Weichao Tu
(wtu@lanl.gov) by June 6, 2014. We will review the talks and announce the detailed session agenda before the meeting. Participation in discussions and brief walk-in talks are always welcomed.

Thank you in advance for your contributions!

Weichao Tu, Jay Albert, Wen Li, and Steve Morley

== Focus Group Proposal ==
[http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/pdf/GEM-2013_FG-proposal_assess-rb-models(ims)_Albert-Li-Morley-Tu.pdf Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling] (December 2013)