<div dir="ltr"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt" id="docs-internal-guid-09b213f3-fabf-a459-ee64-f21cae7b6e1e"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">2016 Workshop:Joint Announcement</span></font></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><font size="4"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The CEDAR-GEM Joint Meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 19-24, 2016</span></b></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Call to Propose Joint Workshops (due April 1st, 2016)<br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">In 2016 the annual CEDAR (Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions) and GEM (Geospace Environment Modeling) workshops will be held as a Joint Meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the interests of promoting meaningful scientific interaction and collaboration in areas of common interest significant portions of their scientific, student, poster, and social programs were merged. A CEDAR-GEM joint planning committee has been established to facilitate the coordination of the shared activities. The members of the committee are listed at the end of this notice. Please direct questions regarding the joint planning committee to any member.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The CEDAR and GEM meetings both conduct topical workshops that are focused on particular research objectives. The traditions differ in that GEM workshops are usually organized by the coordinators of empanelled Focus Groups of several years duration while CEDAR workshops are proposed and approved annually in the lead up to the meeting. With this notice we encourage members of both communities to begin to develop and propose joint workshops with GEM and CEDAR co-conveners. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The following links may be helpful.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><a href="http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/GEM_Focus_Groups" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,102,187);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/GEM_Focus_Groups</span></a><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> gives a listing of the current GEM focus groups and their leaders.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><a href="http://cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2015_Workshop:Workshop_Schedule" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,102,187);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">http://cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2015_Workshop:Workshop_Schedule</span></a><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> gives a listing of CEDAR workshop themes and their conveners from the 2015 meeting. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">This cross-listing is not meant to be restrictive; attendees may propose novel and promising themes for joint sessions. Research areas that do not lend themselves to integration will be organized and conducted in the usual way by the CEDAR and GEM organizing committees, where the CEDAR workshops will use the same workshop form as the joint CEDAR-GEM workshops.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Joint and CEDAR workshops must be proposed by </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Friday, April 1st</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">. We are requesting that you provide justification for your proposed joint (or CEDAR only) workshop, a brief description, and at least the beginning of a list of conveners. Workshops will be accepted and scheduled probably in May.  In order to propose a joint session or a CEDAR only session please complete the form at </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><a href="http://cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Special:CedarGEMWorkshops?yr=2016" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Special:CedarGEMWorkshops?yr=2016</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Looking forward to an exciting meeting in Santa Fe!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Respectfully,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The CEDAR-GEM Joint Planning Committee members:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:20px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">CEDAR</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Josh Semeter (chair CSSC) <a href="mailto:jls@bu.edu">jls@bu.edu</a> </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Kendra Greb (UCAR for CEDAR organization) <a href="mailto:kgreb@ucar.edu">kgreb@ucar.edu</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Yue Deng (CSSC) <a href="mailto:yuedeng@uta.edu">yuedeng@uta.edu</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Barbara Emery](ex-officio CSSC and UCAR, CEDAR organizer) <a href="mailto:emery@ucar.edu">emery@ucar.edu</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Astrid Maute (CSSC and CEDAR organizer) <a href="mailto:maute@ucar.edu">maute@ucar.edu</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Philip Erickson (CEDAR) <a href="mailto:pje@haystack.mit.edu">pje@haystack.mit.edu</a></span></p></li></ul><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:20px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">GEM</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Mike Wiltberger (chair GEM) <a href="mailto:wiltbemj@ucar.edu">wiltbemj@ucar.edu</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Bob Clauer (GEM organizer) <a href="mailto:rclauer@vt.edu">rclauer@vt.edu</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Matina Gkioulidou (GEM) <a href="mailto:malamati.gkioulidou@jhuapl.edu">malamati.gkioulidou@jhuapl.edu</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Elizabeth MacDonald (GEM) <a href="mailto:elizabeth.a.macdonald@nasa.gov">elizabeth.a.macdonald@nasa.gov</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Shin Ohtani (GEM) <a href="mailto:shin.ohtani@jhuapl.edu">shin.ohtani@jhuapl.edu</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:40px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Zhonghua Xu (GEM organizer) <a href="mailto:zxu77@vt.edu">zxu77@vt.edu</a></span></p></li></ul></ul><br></div>