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    <p class="MsoNormal">Please join two CEDAR workshops for a
      discussion of how to
      best address the challenges of predicting space weather in the
      sessions:</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <blockquote>
      <p class="MsoNormal">Space Weather Observations Network:
        Ionospheric Disturbances
        - </p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Monday 4:00 PM to
        6:00 PM </p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Tuesday 10:00 AM to
        12:00 PM</p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Room: Mesa B/Hilton</p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> </p>
      <p class="MsoNormal">Space Weather Observations Network:
        Thermospheric Expansion
        – </p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Tuesday
        1:30 PM to 3:30 PM </p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Wednesday
        1:30 to 3:30</p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Room:
        Mesa
        B/Hilton</p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    </blockquote>
    <p class="MsoNormal">The workshops are an opportunity for the CEDAR
      community to
      put forward its ideas regarding the instrumentation that is
      required to enable
      prediction of space weather. The community will be asked to
      address five
      questions:</p>
    <p class="normal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
        "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
        EN-US"> </span></p>
    <p class="normal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
        "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
        EN-US">1) What are the goals of prediction?<span
          style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
        </span>(ie., spatial and temporal scales, cadence, precision,
        etc.)</span></p>
    <p class="normal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
        "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
        EN-US">2) What gaps in understanding must be filled to enable
        predictive
        simulations? </span></p>
    <p class="normal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
        "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
        EN-US">3) What modeling advances are needed for prediction? </span></p>
    <p class="normal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
        "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
        EN-US">4) What observations are necessary to provide the basis
        for
        understanding and modeling?</span></p>
    <p class="normal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
        "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
        EN-US">5) What instrumentation is necessary to provide those
        observations?</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Each question will be addressed in short
      presentations
      followed by audience discussion. A list of confirmed speakers
      follows at the
      end of this email. There will be a Google Document open on the
      screen for
      editing in real-time to capture the discussions. </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">We invite contributions of brief (5 minute)
      thought
      provoking talks that directly address any of the five questions. </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Bill Bristow, Seebany Datta-Barua, Eric
      Donovan, David
      Fritts, David Hysell, Bill Lotko, Elizabeth McDonald, Jonathan
      Makela, Therese
      Moretto-Jorgenson, Jade Morton, Aaron Ridley, Josh Semeter, Jeff
      Thayer, and
      Shasha Zou</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Confirmed Speakers:<br>
    </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Ionospheric Disturbances:</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">1) What are the
        goals of predicting ionospheric disturbances?</span><span
        style="font-size:
        10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Rob
        Steenburgh <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Jade
        Morton</span><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">2) What gaps in
        understanding must be filled to enable predictive simulations?</span><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Dave
        Hysell</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Hyunju
        Conner</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">3) What modeling
        advances are needed for prediction and specification?</span><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Tzu
        Wei Fang </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span
        style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Joe
        Huba</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times
        New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">4) What
        observations are necessary to provide the basis for
        understanding and modeling?
      </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
        Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span></span><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">5) What
        instrumentation is necessary to provide those observations?</span><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Bill
        Bristow</span><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span
        style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Seebany
        Datta-Barua</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Thermospheric Expansion:</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">1) What are the
        goals of predicting thermospheric expansion?</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Eric
        Sutton </span><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">2) What gaps in
        understanding must be filled to enable predictive simulations?</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span
        style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Liying
        Qian</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">3) What modeling
        advances are needed for prediction?</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Aaron
        Ridley </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span
        style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Hanli
        Liu</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">4) What
        observations are necessary to provide the basis for
        understanding and modeling?
      </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Tomoko
        Matsuo</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">5) What
        instrumentation is necessary to provide those observations? </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span
        style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Mark
        Conde </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Dave
        Fritz</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span>Jeff
        Thayer</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 

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Bill Bristow
Professor of Electrical Engineering

Geophysical Institute
903 Koyukuk Dr
Fairbanks, AK  99775

Phone: 907-474-7357
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