GEM Focus Groups

1. GGCM Metrics and Validation (2005 - 2010, RA: GGCM)
2. GGCM Modules and Methods (2005 - 2010, RA: GGCM)
3. Foreshock, Bowshock, Magnetosheath (2004 - 2009, RA: Dayside)
4. Plasma Entry and Transport into and within the Magnetotail (2006 - 2011, RA: Tail)
5. Dayside Magnetopause Reconnection (2004 - 2009, RA: Dayside)
6. Cusp Physics (2006-2010, RA: Dayside)
7. MIC Electrodynamics (2003 - 2008, RA: MIC)
8. Near Earth Magnetosphere: plasma, fields, and coupling (2007 - 2012, RA: IMS, Tail)
9. Space Radiation Climatology (2006 - 2011, RA: IMS, see also FG9 google email group)
10. Diffuse Auroral Precipitation (2006 - 2011, RA: MIC, IMS)
11. Plasmasphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (2008 - 2013, RA: IMS)
12. Substorm Expansion Onset: The First 10 Minutes (2008 - 2013, RA: Tail)
13. Modes of Solar WInd-Magnetosphere Energy Transfer (2008 - 2013, RA: Tail)

(RA: Research Area)

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GEM Planning Activities

1. Geospace System - Proposal to initiate a new GGCM focus group
2. A Focus Group proposal on The Magnetosheath
3. A Focus Group proposal on Inner Magnetospheric Plasma Waves
4. A Focus Group proposal on Dayside Field-Aligned Currents and Energy Deposition
5. A Focus Group proposal on Physical Models of the Radiation Belts
6. A Focus Group proposal on GGCM Metrics and Validation (2nd phase)
7. A Focus Group proposal on Magnetic Reconnection Modules in Global Modeling of the Magnetosphere