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Colleagues,<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
special issue on “Layered Phenomena in the Mesopause Region” is now accepting
manuscript submissions. The scope of this special issue is to present recent advances
in our understanding of ice layers in the region of the mesopause and the
environment in which they form. We welcome submissions on all relevant topics
including but not limited to – Observations of the MLT including NLC, PMC,
PMSE, PMWE; ice cloud microphysics; GWs, PWS, tides and other instabilities to
understand the dynamics of the MLT; airglow and radiation; Long term trends and
solar cycle variations of the MLT.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Manuscript
submission information:<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">** The submission website for this journal is located at <u><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><a href="https://www.editorialmanager.com/JASTP/default.aspx" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://www.editorialmanager.com/JASTP/default.aspx</a></span></u><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">**To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for
inclusion in the special issue authors should select <b>VSI:LPMR-14</b>
when they reach the <b>“Article Type”</b> step in the submission process. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">**Deadline: 1 October 2020<span></span></span></p>
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look forward to seeing your submissions.<span></span></span></p>
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