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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear<span> </span>Colleagues,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">We are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract to (SA018) session titled "</span><b><i><span style="color:black">Recent Advances in the Study of Ionospheric Irregularities Using Ground-and Space-Based Measurements</span></i></b><span style="color:black">" that will be held at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting in Washington D.C., 10-14 December. </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is on </span><b><span style="color:black"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">1 August 2018</span></span></b><span style="color:black">, 11:59 P.M. EDT.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Here is the link to abstract submission: <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/abstract-submissions/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://fallmeeting.agu.org/20<wbr>18/abstract-submissions/</span></a> <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please see the detail information of the session below.</font><font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size:11pt"><span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">-----------------------------</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Full Session Description: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">-----------------------------</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background:white">Session ID#: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background:white"><span style="text-decoration-style:init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><span style="font-size:inherit">  </span></b></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Periyadan T. Jayachandran</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-size:inherit">, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada and</span><span style="font-size:inherit"> </span><b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Anthony J. Mannucci</span></b><span style="font-size:inherit">, NASA, Pasadena, CA, United States</span><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:12.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">-----------------------------</span><span> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt"> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thank you for your attention,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are looking forward to your participation and to discussion your fantastic work in Washington D.C.<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kind regards,<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Aramesh Seif<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:small;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Also on behalf of prof. Periyadan T. Jayachandran and Dr. Anthony J. Mannucci</font><font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size:11pt"><span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> 

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