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Colleagues,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">The URSI
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium will be held from 19-26
August in Montreal, Canada. The Commission G (Ionospheric Radio and
Propagation) programme is now open for papers, with a closing date of <b>30 January 2017</b>. Full details are
at </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.ursi2017.org/"><span style="color:rgb(9,80,208)" lang="EN-US">http://www.ursi2017.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica"> .</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">We invite
you to submit an abstract to our session <b>GNSS
Applications in Radio Science</b>:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as
the Global Positioning System (GPS), Galileo, and Beidou rely on L band
trans-ionospheric radio signals for positioning, navigation, and timing
(PNT). Such signals are susceptible to ionospheric propagation effects
(i.e. phase advance, group delay) that can alter the received signal
properties at the receiver. Thus, the ionosphere can affect PNT
services. Conversely, the variations in signal properties can be used to
probe the ionosphere. <br></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica"><br></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">This session welcomes papers on: ionospheric
science in order to improve future GNSS services; on ionospheric effects on
current GNSS services; and on the use of GNSS signals of opportunity for
ionospheric remote sensing. Of particular interest are papers on the new GNSS
signals that are now available (i.e. Galileo E5a/E5b and GPS L5).</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica"><br></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">The submission site is at <a href="http://www.ursi2017.org/side_program/scientific_program/call_for_submissions_e.shtml">http://www.ursi2017.org/side_program/scientific_program/call_for_submissions_e.shtml</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica"><a href="http://www.ursi2017.org/side_program/scientific_program/call_for_submissions_e.shtml"><br></a>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">The abstract deadline is approaching quickly, so we
encourage you to submit your papers as soon as possible. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Other Commission G
sessions and joint sessions are listed at the end of this email. Please feel
free to circulate this email to any of your colleagues who may be interested.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Matthew Angling, Session Chair</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Seebany
Datta-Barua, Session Chair, Commission G Early Career Representative </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Commission G Sessions:</span></p>
</div><ul><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Tutorial: “Will We Ever be Able to Model and Forecast the Ionosphere Well
Enough to Support the Needs of the Radio Wave Users?”</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Data
Assimilation Modeling</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">International
Reference Ionosphere – Improvement, Validation and Usage</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Advances in
Irregularities and Scintillation Studies</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Incoherent
Scatter Radar</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Design and
Application of HF and OTH Radar Systems</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Ionospheric
Space Weather</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">GNSS
Applications in Radio Science</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Improvement
of GNSS Radio Occultation Techniques</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Radio Studies
of Mid and Low Latitude Aeronomy</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">International
Beacon Satellite Studies</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Open Session
and Recent Results</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">Commission G joint sessions:</span></p>
<ul><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">GEH: Seismo
Electromagnetics (Lithosphere-Atmosphere- Ionosphere Coupling) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">GF: Radio
Studies on Polar Aeronomy</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">GH: Meteors,
Collisional EMPs, and Other Highly-Transient Space Plasma Events</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">GH: Plasma
Instabilities in the Ionosphere</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">GHJ: Workshop
on Extreme Space Weather Environments</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">EFGH: Natural
Electromagnetic Noise and Radio Sensing Applications in Terrestrial and
Planetary Environments</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">EFGHJ: One-Day
Workshop on RFI Mitigation and Characterization</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">HG: Active
Experiments</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">HGE: Atmospheric,
Ionospheric, Magnetospheric and High Energy Effects of Lightning Discharges</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">JEFGH: Characterization
and Mitigation of Radio Frequency Interference</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "times new roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica">JG: Ionospheric
Models and their Validation</span></li></ul>
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