
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear Colleagues,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We would like to invite the CEDAR community to propose new Grand Challenge (GC) topics to be initiated at the 2019 CEDAR Workshop. Grand Challenges highlight topics that will have a large impact on the CEDAR research community, with the workshops serving as a focal point for coordinated efforts. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Contrary to a typo in the previous email, Grand Challenges are not limited to ground based instruments, although related proposals are welcome!<br class=""><br class="">A list of current and past GC workshops can be found at: <a href="http://cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Workshop:Cedar_Grand_Challenge_workshop" target="_blank" class="">http://cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Workshop:Cedar_Grand_Challenge_workshop</a><br class=""><br class="">Proposals for a Grand Challenge workshop can be submitted online before 15 February, 2019 at: </div><div class=""><a href="https://cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2019_Workshop:Main#Workshop_proposals_.28GC_workshops_due_by_15_February.2C_2hr-workshops_due_by_15_March.29" target="_blank" class="">https://cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2019_Workshop:Main#Workshop_proposals_.28GC_workshops_due_by_15_February.2C_2hr-workshops_due_by_15_March.29</a><br class=""><br class="">In the proposal, please provide the following information: <br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">- </span>An explanation of why the proposed topic is compelling and likely to have an impact on a large segment of the CEDAR research community.<br class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">- </span>Information on how the proposed topic aligns with the goals of the CEDAR strategic plan.<br class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span> Well-defined objectives for the GC workshop and metrics to assess success.<br class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span> Justification for why the objectives require coordinated workshops over multiple years and a plan for what the GCW will accomplish in each year.<br class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span> Proposed topics for the plenary tutorial talk.<br class=""><br class="">At least one new Grand Challenge workshop will be selected. GC workshops can be proposed for up to 3 years and be will be granted 4-hours of workshop time and one 45 minute plenary tutorial slot at each CEDAR meeting during their term.</div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">We look forward to receiving your proposals and seeing you at this year’s CEDAR Workshop!<br class=""></div></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Sincerely, on behalf of the CEDAR Science Steering Committee,</div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Loren Chang <<a href="mailto:loren@ncu.edu.tw" class="">loren@ncu.edu.tw</a>></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Roger Varney <<a href="mailto:roger.varney@sri.com" class="">roger.varney@sri.com</a>></div></div></div></div></div><div class="">

<div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><br class="">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br class="">Loren C. Chang, Ph.D.<br class="">Associate Professor<br class="">Upper Air Dynamics Laboratory<br class="">Institute of Space Science</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Center for Astronautical Physics and Engineering<br class="">National Central University<br class="">Jhongli, Taiwan<br class=""><br class="">張起維 <br class="">副教授<br class="">國立中央大學 太空科學研究所</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">太空科學科技中心<br class="">高空動力實驗室<br class=""><br class="">Website: <a href="http://www.ss.ncu.edu.tw/~uadl" class="">http://www.ss.ncu.edu.tw/~uadl</a><br class=""><a href="mailto:loren@g.ncu.edu.tw" class="">E-mail: loren@g.ncu.edu.tw</a><br class="">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div>

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