<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Friends and Colleagues</div><div><br></div><div>We would like to call your attention to the last reminder of the deadline for paper submission to ASR special issue which is 31 March, 2017.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Announcement of a Special Issue of Advances in Space Research on</div><div><br></div><div>Studies on Mesosphere, Thermosphere and Ionosphere from Equatorial to Mid Latitudes - Recent Investigations and Improvements</div><div><span style="white-space:pre"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space:pre"> </span><br></div><div>Papers are invited for a special topical issue of Advances in Space Research (ASR) entitled "Studies on Mesosphere, Thermosphere and Ionosphere from Equatorial to Mid Latitudes - Recent Investigations and Improvements".</div><div><br></div><div>The main objective of this ASR special issue is to highlight the recent advances in the field of equatorial, low- and mid-latitude mesosphere, thermosphere and ionosphere from theoretical, observational and simulations studies. The ASR special issue is open to all scientists who have an appropriate scientific paper related to various aspects in this area that include: Short-term, long-term and space-time variability of the mesosphere, thermosphere and ionosphere; Coupling between high-, mid- and low-latitude ionospheric processes; Equatorial electrodynamics (EEJ, EIA, ESF etc.,); F-region multi-layer stratification; Ionospheric irregularities, scintillations and loss-of-locks; Magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions; Space weather effects on the ionosphere; St. Patrick’s day storm; Nowcasting/forecasting, modelling of the ionosphere, data assimilation techniques and ionospheric tomography; Satellite and ground based observational techniques. We welcome high quality and relevant manuscripts from all scientists in the upper atmosphere community.</div><div><br></div><div>Papers must be submitted electronically to <a href="http://ees.elsevier.com/asr">http://ees.elsevier.com/asr</a>. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion into the special issue, authors must select "Special Issue: Recent advances in MTI " when they reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process. </div><div><br></div><div>Submitted papers must be written in English and they should include full affiliation postal addresses for all authors. Only full-length papers will be considered for publication, subject to peer review by a minimum of two reviewers. There are no page limits although the length of the paper should be appropriate for the material being presented. While the deadline for submissions is 31 March 2017, papers will be published electronically as soon as they are accepted. The printed issue will be assembled within a reasonable time with late papers being printed in regular issues of ASR. All articles will be typeset at no cost to the author; there is a nominal charge for printing color figures although there is no charge for color figures on the electronic version.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr. Venkatesh Kavutarapu (<a href="mailto:venkatkau@gmail.com">venkatkau@gmail.com</a>) and Dr. Michael Pezzopane (<a href="mailto:michael.pezzopane@ingv.it">michael.pezzopane@ingv.it</a>) are the Guest Editors for this special issue. Questions can be directed to Drs. Kavutarapu and Pezzopane or to the Co-Editor for Special Issues, Dr. Peggy Ann Shea (<a href="mailto:sssrc@msn.com">sssrc@msn.com</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>The general format for submission of papers can be found on the ASR Elsevier web site at </div><div><a href="http://www.journals.elsevier.com/advances-in-space-research/">http://www.journals.elsevier.com/advances-in-space-research/</a></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify">With best regards</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:19.2px">Dr. K. Venkatesh (Guest Editor, ASR Special issue)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:19.2px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dr. M. Pezzopane (Guest Editor, ASR Special issue)</span></p></div>
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