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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;font-family:Calibri;display:inline"><div style="font:10pt tahoma"><div style="background:rgb(245,245,245)"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:small">Dear Colleagues,</span></div></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;font-family:Calibri;display:inline"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="float:none;display:inline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">We would like to invite you to consider submitting your abstract to the Fall AGU session:<span> </span></font><font color="#0000ff" size="4">SA001 "</font></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><span style="float:none;font-weight:400;text-align:center;display:inline;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Advances in Equatorial Thermosphere and Ionosphere Studies</span>”</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">.<span> </span></span><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">Abstracts are due</font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><b><font color="#0000ff"><span class="gmail-m_-1465374772699456437m_4970070626339340383gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px solid rgb(100,100,100)"><span class="gmail-m_-1465374772699456437m_4970070626339340383gmail-aQJ">1 August 2018</span></span>.</font></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br><b>Session Description:</b></span><font color="#000000"><span> </span> </font></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"> </span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">This session focuses on understanding the dynamic and coupling processes of the thermosphere and ionosphere at equatorial latitudes both during quiet and storm times, and addresses the current progress and understanding, as well as future challenges. This includes equatorial ionospheric response to geomagnetic storms, storm-time penetration and disturbance dynamo electric fields, equatorial spread F/plasma bubbles, scintillation and its effects on communication and navigation systems, equatorial electrojet, vertical coupling of the atmosphere and ionosphere, forcing from below (planetary waves, tides, gravity waves, etc.) and induced ionospheric disturbances such as TIDs, and longitudinal variations of thermospheric and ionospheric parameters. We welcome observational, theoretical, and modeling studies that advance our understanding and enable us to better forecast the low-latitude thermospheric and ionospheric behaviors, especially during geomagnetic storms. Presentations on the new instrument and observational methods are also encouraged.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"> </span></font></div></div><div><div style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">You may go here (</font><span style="font-size:small;float:none;color:rgb(0,0,255);display:inline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/44597" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm<wbr>18/prelim.cgi/Session/44597</a></span><font color="#000000">) to submit your abstract.</font></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best regards,</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12px">C</font><span style="font-size:12px">onveners: Chaosong Huang,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"> <span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Huixin Liu,<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Elvira Astafyeva,<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">Endawoke</span><span> </span>Yizengaw</span></span></font></div></div></div></div></div>
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