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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Dear WRF Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>On behalf of the workshop organizing committee, I invite you to attend the MultiCore 8 Workshop (MC8) to be held on September 18-19, 2018 at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Mesa Laboratory, Boulder, CO.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>The workshop seeks to facilitate open discussion of applications of new high performance computing technologies in the next generation of weather, climate, and earth-system models. A description of the goals of the workshop, past programs, and details on how to register can be found at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'><a href="https://www2.cisl.ucar.edu/events/workshops/multicore-workshop/2018/2018-multicore-8-workshop"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www2.cisl.ucar.edu/events/workshops/multicore-workshop/2018/2018-multicore-8-workshop</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>We have two exciting keynote presenters and a program of 30 minute presentations selected from attendee submissions as well as a poster session. The deadline to submit a title and short abstract is July 31<sup>st</sup> (next week) so please don’t delay.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>We hope to see student and early career attendees and </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>can provide travel support up to a set amount for a limited number of out-of-town students/early-career presenters. Please forward this announcement if you have an exceptional student in mind. Awards will be based on availability of funds and merit of the submission as determined by the program committee. Please have your nominee include your name in their submission as indicated on the registration form.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>We hope to see you at the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>John Michalakes, for the rest of MC8 organizing committee:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Jed Brown (U. Colorado): <a href="mailto:jed.brown@colorado.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>jed.brown@colorado.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Ilene Carpenter (Cray Inc.): <a href="mailto:icarpenter@cray.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>icarpenter@cray.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Sunita Chandrasekaran (U. Delaware): </span><span class=gmail-msohyperlink><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'><a href="mailto:schandra@udel.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>schandra@udel.edu</span></a></span></u></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>John Dennis (NCAR): </span><span class=gmail-msohyperlink><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'><a href="mailto:dennis@ucar.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>dennis@ucar.edu</span></a></span></u></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'> Bryan Flynt (ESRL): </span><span class=gmail-msohyperlink><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'><a href="mailto:bryan.flynt@noaa.gov"><span style='color:#0563C1'>bryan.flynt@noaa.gov</span></a></span></u></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Mark Govett (ESRL): <a href="mailto:mark.w.govett@noaa.gov"><span style='color:#0563C1'>mark.w.govett@noaa.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Hans Johansen (LBL): <a href="mailto:hjohansen@lbl.gov"><span style='color:#0563C1'>hjohansen@lbl.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Richard Loft (NCAR): <a href="mailto:loft@ucar.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>loft@ucar.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Christopher Maynard (UK Met Office): <a href="mailto:christopher.maynard@metoffice.gov.uk"><span style='color:#0563C1'>christopher.maynard@metoffice.gov.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>John Michalakes (UCAR/NRL): <a href="mailto:michalak@ucar.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>michalak@ucar.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Andreas Mueller (ECMWF): <a href="mailto:andreas.mueller@ecmwf.int"><span style='color:#0563C1'>andreas.mueller@ecmwf.int</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>