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--</style><span style="font-family:Times;
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        CEDAR Community members,</span><span
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        would like to remind the CEDAR community of the upcoming
        deadline for
        nominations for the <b>2018 CEDAR Prize lecture and
          Distinguished lecture</b>,
        both of which are due by <font size="+2"><b>28 February 2018</b></font>. 
        The text of the original call for
        the two nominations is below.</span><span
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        style="font-family:Times;
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        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Lynn
        Harvey & Ludger Scherliess </span><span
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        style="font-family:Times;
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        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">=======Distinguished
        Lecture=======</span><span
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Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
        New Roman""></span></p>
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        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The <b>CEDAR
          Distinguished Lecture</b> was instituted in 2009 to recognize
        individuals within
        the CEDAR community that have made sustained professional
        contributions to
        CEDAR. This distinguished award refers to a long-term, sustained
        body of work
        over a period greater than 10 years, that has helped shape the
        CEDAR program
        through research and service. The recipient of the award
        presents an invited
        plenary lecture at the annual CEDAR workshop in June on a topic
        of their
        choice.</span><span
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Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
        New Roman""></span></p>
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        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
        CEDAR Distinguished Lecture is open to non-U.S. citizens as well
        as U.S.
        citizens, provided a strong connection to the CEDAR community
        can be
        demonstrated. The nomination should be based on significant
        research and
        service to the CEDAR community sustained over a period of at
        least ten years
        prior to the June CEDAR workshop.</span><span
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        Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:
        Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">A
        nomination consists of two items:</span><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:
        Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">1. 
        Name of nominee; and</span><span
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        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
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    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">2. 
        A maximum 2-page statement detailing the sustained research and
        service to the
        CEDAR community justifying the nomination.</span><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:
        Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:
        Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Nominations
        for the 2018 CEDAR Distinguished Lecture should be emailed to <u>Lynn
          Harvey</u> (<u><a href="mailto:lynn.harvey@lasp.colorado.edu"><span
              style="color:purple">lynn.harvey@lasp.colorado.edu</span></a></u>)
        and Ludger
        Scherliess (<a href="mailto:ludger.scherliess@usu.edu"><span
            style="color:purple">ludger.scherliess@usu.edu</span></a>).
        Nominations will be considered by the full CEDAR Science
        Steering Committee and
        are due 28 February 2018.</span><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><br
          clear="all">
        =======Prize Lecture===================================</span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
        New Roman";
        mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
        New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The <b>CEDAR
          Prize lecture</b> was instituted in 1989 and honors a recent
        outstanding
        science contribution of importance to the CEDAR community. The
        recipient of the
        award presents an invited plenary lecture at the annual CEDAR
        workshop in June
        on the research contribution for which they were nominated. </span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
        New Roman";
        mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
        New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:
        Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
        CEDAR Prize Lecture is open to non-U.S. citizens as well as U.S.
        citizens,
        provided a strong connection to the CEDAR community can be
        demonstrated. The
        nomination should be based on significant research reported in a
        peer-reviewed
        publication(s) within the four years prior to the June CEDAR
        workshop.</span><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
        New Roman";
        mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
        New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:
        Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">A
        nomination consists of three items:</span><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:
        Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">1. 
        Name of nominee;</span><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:
        "Times New
Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
        New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">2. 
        Paper citation(s); and</span><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">3. 
        A maximum 1-page statement of why the research is important and
        relevant to the
        CEDAR community by, for example, relating the contribution to
        the Strategic
        Thrusts detailed in the <a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu_wiki_index.php_Community-3ACEDAR-5FStrategic-5FPlan&d=DwMDaQ&c=OCIEmEwdEq_aNlsP4fF3gFqSN-E3mlr2t9JcDdfOZag&r=TkB-m5Qo329TNpc8uaCwVQ&m=pj1901A_wTQnRQ7KDt1OnRE_47NqxUhW-eu0X7tybyk&s=TPMtnSjg6wFX-xlDWRi8HeuThFAoNo3U_ewT7eVXQTw&e="><span
            style="color:windowtext">CEDAR: The New Dimension, Strategic
            Vision</span></a> document.</span><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
        New Roman";
        mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
        New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:
        Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-family:Times;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Nominations
        for the 2018 CEDAR Prize Lecture should be emailed to <u>Lynn
          Harvey</u> (<u><a href="mailto:lynn.harvey@lasp.colorado.edu"><span
              style="color:purple">lynn.harvey@lasp.colorado.edu</span></a></u>)
        and Ludger Scherliess (<a
          href="mailto:ludger.scherliess@usu.edu"><span
            style="color:purple">ludger.scherliess@usu.edu</span></a>).
        Nominations will be
        considered by the full CEDAR Science Steering Committee and are
        due 28 February
        2018.</span><span
        style="mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:
        "Times New
Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
        New Roman""></span></p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
V. Lynn Harvey
Research Scientist
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
3665 Discovery Drive
Boulder, CO  80303
tel: 303-492-2920
fax: 303-735-3737
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lynn.harvey@lasp.colorado.edu">lynn.harvey@lasp.colorado.edu</a></pre>
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