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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>First Announcement
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Workshop on C/NOFS
Results and Equatorial Dynamics <br>
May 18-20, 2010<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The next C/NOFS Science Workshop will be held May 18 –
20, 2010 in Breckenridge, Colorado. The goal of this meeting is to address
questions related to the equatorial ionosphere, how it is driven from above by
the solar wind and from below by the troposphere and mesosphere. Results from
the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) satellite, as
well as other ground and space instruments, will be presented. In particular,
data from new missions or instruments such as RAIDS will also provide important
insights into the dynamics of the Ionosphere-Thermosphere (IT) system. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The C/NOFS satellite was launched on 16 April 2008 into an
equatorial orbit with an apogee of 850 km and perigee of 400 km. The C/NOFS
mission is to forecast the ionospheric electron density profile and the
presence of ionospheric irregularities that adversely impact communication and
navigation systems. Initial C/NOFS results have provided a unique opportunity
to study the equatorial ionosphere during this unusually quiet solar minimum. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The scientific sessions will bring together the C/NOFS PIs
and Guest Investigators, theoreticians, data analysts, and equatorial
ionospheric physicists in a workshop setting that includes both invited and contributed
talks, posters, and panel discussions. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>A call for abstracts (due April 16) and specifics on hotel
reservations will appear in the second announcement. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Session topics include: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* Solar wind effects, Penetration E-fields,
disturbance dynamo <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>* Neutral
atmosphere, planetary waves, tides, stratospheric warmings and their influence
on the equatorial ionosphere <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* Plasma waves, scintillation, irregularity
formation and evolution <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* Models and simulation <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* Future space weather missions related to
equatorial irregularities and electron density <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* Space weather applications: forecast,
specification, and validation <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>For additional information contact the Organizing Committee:
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<p class=MsoNormal>Odile de La Beaujardière, Rebecca Bishop, Scott Budzien,
Bela Fejer, Louise Gentile, Cheryl Huang, Dave Hysell, Jeffrey Klenzing, Linda
Krause, Patrick Roddy, Eric Sutton <o:p></o:p></p>
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