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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Please join us for discussions on our GEM-CEDAR Modeling Challenge on Sunday, December 9 at mini-GEM Workshop:</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Date: Sunday, December 9, 2018</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Time: 3:30-5:00 pm</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Location: Washington Room of the Hilton Alexandria Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">In the meeting, we will first report outcomes of the validation studies performed by Ionosphere-Working Teams of the International Forum for Space Weather Modeling Capabilities Assessment that is facilitated
by the Community Coordinated Modeling Center. Then, we will</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span class="s2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">focus on</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">scintillations
and neutral winds. </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Presentations and topics for discussion: </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Ionosphere-Working Group Report</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">overview:</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ludger Scherliess (USU)</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="li5" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">foF2/TEC during storms: Ja Soon Shim (GSFC/CUA)</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="li3" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span class="s2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">foF2/hmF2 climatology:</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ioanna Tsagouri (NOA)/Larisa Goncharenko (MIT)</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="li5" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">scintillation: Endawoke</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></span><span class="s2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Yizengaw (BC) </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Scintillations at Middle Latitudes - Keith Groves (BC)</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Neutral Wind Modeling and hmF2 Dynamics - Patrick Dandenault (JHU/APL)</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Future Plans and Action Items</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">We hope to see you there.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Best regards,</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Ja Soon Shim</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Ludger Scherliess</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Ioanna Tsagouri</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Endawoke Yizengaw</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Masha Kuznetsova</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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