<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 style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Dear Colleagues, </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We would like to invite you to participate in the <a href="http://cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2019_Workshop:GEM_CEDAR_Global_Modeling_Challenge" class="">GEM-CEDAR Global Modeling Challenge Session</a> scheduled for <b class="">Friday, June 21, 2019, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">To date the <a href="https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/assessment/forum-topics.php" class="">ionosphere/thermosphere model validation efforts</a> carried out under the umbrella of the “<a href="https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/assessment" class="">International Forum for Space Weather Capabilities Assessment</a>” has made much progress. Based on this success our efforts for this year will focus on ionospheric disturbances including their observations and modeling efforts.</span></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Specifically, our focus for this year will be TEC disturbances and Scintillation Studies.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Topics for presentations and discussions:</b> </span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">TEC disturbances: Larisa Goncharenko, MIT Haystack Observatory </span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">GPS TEC and Scintillations: Anthea Coster, MIT Haystack Observatory </span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Scintillation Effects on Satellite Navigation : Seebany Datta-Barua, Illinois Institute of Technology</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Statistical analysis of the high latitude scintillation using CHAIN data during the 24</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><sup class="">th</sup></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> solar cycle: Anton Kashcheyev, Univ. of New Brunswick</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Mid-Latitude Irregularities: Joe Huba, Syntek Technologies</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Modeling ESF and bubbles with SAMI3: Kate Zawdie, NRL </span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Discussions </span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Data collections</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Preparation of the data for model-data comparison</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Future plans and action items</span></li>
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</ul><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Hope you will join us for this exciting session. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Best regards,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Ja Soon Shim</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Katherine Garcia-Sage</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Ludger Scherliess</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Ioanna Tsagouri </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Endawoke Yizengaw</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Masha Kuznetsova</span></div></body></html>