<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear Colleagues, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please be aware of IAGA Session A17, “Auroral Processes”.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span class="">The IAGA meeting will be in Cape Town, South Africa from 27 August to 1 September 2017. </span>The IAGA abstract submission <b class="">deadline is on 12 March 2017.</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><span class="">More information can be found at <a href="http://www.iapso-iamas-iaga2017.com/index.php" class="">http://www.iapso-iamas-iaga2017.com/index.php</a></span></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><span class="">Sincerely, </span></div><div class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="">David Knudsen, </span>Colin Forsyth, Mark Conde</div><div class="">Convenors</div></div></div></div><div class=""><div id="t3-mainbody" class="container t3-mainbody" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; padding: 20px 15px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 1204px !important;"><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div id="t3-content" class="t3-content col-xs-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding: 20px 0px; float: left; width: 1204px;"><div class="clearfix item-page" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><article itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><header class="article-header clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h1 class="article-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(83, 83, 83); padding-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.iapso-iamas-iaga2017.com/index.php/2016-05-15-22-51-06/scientific-programme-2/iaga-sessions/104-a17-auroral-processes-div-ii-div-iii" itemprop="url" title="A17 - Auroral Processes (DIV II – DIV III)" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">A17 - Auroral Processes (DIV II – DIV III)</font></a></h1></header><section class="article-content clearfix" itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: justify;" class="">Convenor: David Knudsen (Canada)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Co-Convenor: Colin Forsyth (UK), Mark Conde (USA)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: justify;" class="">The auroral ionosphere and the field lines that thread it define a region of greatly enhanced energy transfer between the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere. Decades of in-situ measurements and centuries of ground-based observations have led to identification of key aspects of auroral physics, including the connection between auroral arcs and field-aligned currents, electric potential drops parallel to the geomagnetic field, and the role of ionospheric conductivity in determining the frequency and intensity of auroral arcs. However, there remains no widely-accepted, self-consistent theory able to account for the generation, morphology, particle acceleration and energy flux characterizing even the most common auroral forms.</p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: justify;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: justify;" class="">This session will provide a forum for new theoretical, experimental, and simulation results pertaining to all auroral phenomena. Critical reviews of the current state of understanding of the discipline are also encouraged.</p></section></article></div></div></div></div><footer id="t3-footer" class="t3-footer wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: auto; clear: both; border-top-style: none; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; min-width: 1204px !important;"><section class="t3-copyright" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); padding: 40px 0px 80px; text-align: center;"><div class="container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; width: 1204px !important;"><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="copyright col-xs-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; width: 1204px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="custom" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: justify;" class="">COPYRIGHT © 2017. 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