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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Please join us for a discussion on our <a href="https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/challenges/GEM-CEDAR/" class="">GEM-CEDAR Modeling Challenge </a>on Sunday, December 10 at mini-GEM Workshop.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Date: Sunday, December 10, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Time: 3:30-5:00 pm</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Location: St. Charles Room of the Hilton Garden Inn New Orleans Convention Center </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">We will focus on NmF2 and TEC modeling studies for both disturbed and quiet times.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Tentative presentations and topics for discussion: </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> 1. foF2/TEC response to the March 2013 storm event: Ioanna Tsagouri (NOA) and Ja Soon Shim (GSFC/CUA)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> 2. Ionospheric quiet time climatology during 2012: Larisa Goncharenko (MIT) </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> 3. New developments in Madrigal and its use for TEC studies : Anthea Coster (MIT)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> 4. ROTI/Scintillations: Endawoke Yizengaw (BC) </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> 5. Discussion:</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> </span><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">⁃</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> What is the anticipated outcome
of our ionospheric metric studies?</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> </span><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">⁃</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> How can a proper metrics be chosen
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Please let us know If you are interested in presenting your thoughts and ideas, and you have suggestions or comments on the GEM-CEDAR Modeling Challenge. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Best regards,</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Ja Soon Shim</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Ludger Scherliess</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Ioanna Tsagouri</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Endawoke Yizengaw </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Masha Kuznetsova</span></div>
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