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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleague,</p>
<div class="">We would like to invite you to participate in the <b class="">GEM-CEDAR Modeling Challenge Meeting</b> scheduled for <b class="">Thursday, June 28th 2018, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (at Zia/Eldorado).</b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">Topics for discussions and tentative agenda:</b><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333332061767578px; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/assessment/forum-topics.php" class="">Ionosphere
Working Team</a></span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Report of </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/assessment/" class="">International
Forum on Space Weather Modeling Capabilities Assessment</a></span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">: Ludger Scherliess (USU)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333332061767578px; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Validation
of modeled ionospheric properties during geomagnetic storms: </span><span class="" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic';">
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- Global & Regional TEC: Ludger Scherliess (USU)<span lang="ZH-CN" class="" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic';">
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- foF2 and TEC: Ja Soon Shim (CUA/NASA/GSFC) <o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333332061767578px; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Validation
of modeled ionospheric climatology: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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- foF2 and hmF2: Ioanna Tsagouri (NOA) and Larisa Goncharenko (MIT) <span lang="ZH-CN" class="" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic';">
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- Resolving the effects of lower atmospheric variability on NmF2/HmF2 with TIME-GCM: McArthur Jones (NRL)</p>
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<span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333332061767578px; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">GPS
TEC measurements: Anthea Coster (MIT)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333332061767578px; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Discussion:</span><span class="" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic';">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt -0.5in 5pt 0.75in;">- Data collections<span lang="ZH-CN" class="" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic';">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt -0.5in 5pt 0.75in;">- Preparation of the data for model-data comparison<span lang="ZH-CN" class="" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic';">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt -0.5in 5pt 0.75in;">- Future plans and action items<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please let us know if you are interested in participating in this session. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to your participation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">Ja Soon Shim</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">Ludger Scherliess</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">Ioanna Tsagouri</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">Endawoke Yizengaw </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">Larisa Goncharenko </div>
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