<html><body><div style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16px; font-size: 14.66px;"><span style='font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.33px;'>Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16px; font-size: 14.66px;"><span style='font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.33px;'><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16px; font-size: 14.66px;"><span style='font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.33px;'>This is to bring to your attention the following session at the AGU Fall Meeting, which will be held in Washington D.C., Dec. 10-14, 2018. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16px; font-size: 14.66px;"><span style='font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.33px;'><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><strong style='font-family: " times new roman",serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;'><span style='color: #000000; font-family: "'>Session ID:</span></strong><span style='color: #000000; font-family: "'> 48925 </span><span style='color: #000000; font-family: "'><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style='color: #000000; font-family: "'> <strong><span style='font-family: "'>Session Title:</span></strong> SA019. The Interactions, Dynamics, and Energetics in the Andes (IDEA) <br> <strong><span style='font-family: "'>Section/Focus Group:</span></strong> SPA-Aeronomy <span> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style='color: #000000; font-family: "'><span><br></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style='font-family: "'>Gravity waves have been known to play an important role in the dynamics and energetics in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (MLT) region.<span> </span>Airglow has been routinely observed to monitor gravity wave activity.<span> </span>Thus investigating how these waves interact with the airglow layers is crucial to a better understanding of the underlying physical and chemical processes and energy budget. The Andes has the longest continental mountain range in the world and has been identified as a hot spot for mountain wave and convective wave activity. Thus, the region is well suited for gravity wave studies.<span> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style='font-family: "'><span> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style='color: #464646; font-family: "'>Abstract submission</span><span style='color: #464646; font-family: "'> site <b>will close on Aug. 1, 23:59 EDT</b>.<span> </span></span><span style='font-family: "'>Presentations on the recent advances in the study of gravity wave dynamics and energetics, airglow chemistry, gravity wave-airglow interactions with new instrumentation or numerical modeling for the MLT region in the Andes or in the wave active regions are particularly welcome.<span> </span></span><span style='color: #464646; font-family: "'></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style='font-family: "'><span><br></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style='color: #464646; font-family: "'>Session Conveners:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style='color: #464646; font-family: "'><br></span></p><b><span style='color: #464646; font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; line-height: 16px;'>Tai-Yin Huang </span></b><span style='color: #464646; font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; line-height: 16px;'>(<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT616_ZmEmailObjectHandler" style="color: #003d79; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">tuh4@psu.edu</span><b>)| </b>Penn State Penn State Lehigh Valley<b><br> Julio Urbina </b>(</span><span class="object"><span style='color: #003d79; font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; line-height: 16px;'><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT617_ZmEmailObjectHandler" style="color: #003d79; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">jurbina@engr.psu.edu</span></span><span style='color: #003d79; font-family: " georgia",serif; font-size: 14.66px; line-height: 16px;'>)</span></span><b><span style='color: #464646; font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; line-height: 16px;'> | </span></b><span style='color: #464646; font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; line-height: 16px;'>The Pennsylvania State University<b><br> Fabio Vargas </b>(</span><span class="object"><span style='color: #003d79; font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; line-height: 16px;'><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT618_ZmEmailObjectHandler" style="color: #003d79; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">fvargas@illinois.edu</span>)</span></span><b><span style='color: #464646; font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; line-height: 16px;'> | </span></b><span style='color: #464646; font-family: " arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; line-height: 16px;'>University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign</span><br></div><br style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Best,</div><br style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Tai-Yin Huang</div></div><br><div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><strong>**************************** </strong></span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Dr. Tai-Yin Huang, 黃泰瑩 </strong></span><br><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><strong>Professor of Physics, </strong></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><strong>Penn State Lehigh Valley</strong></span></span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 11pt;"><strong><a title="IDEA" href="https://sites.psu.edu/idea/" target="_blank">Interactions, Dynamics, and Energetics in the Andes (IDEA)</a></strong></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 11pt;"><strong><a title="IESE" href="http://sites.psu.edu/iesepslv/" target="_blank">Integrated Energy Solutions for Entrepreneurs (IESE)</a></strong></span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Twitter: @TaiyinH</strong></span></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>