CEDAR email: proposals for Arecibo observing time delayed; contributions for GEM-CEDAR joint FG FED session

[Barbara Emery]

This is a generic mailing to the CEDAR community sent 31 May 2011.
Meetings and jobs are listed at http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu under
'Community' as 'Calendar of Meetings' and 'CEDAR related opportunities'.
CEDAR email messages are under 'Community' as 'CEDAR email Newsletters'.
All are in 'Quick Links' on the main page.
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(1) Proposals for observing time at Arecibo Radio Observatory extended to 2 June 
(probably).
 From Sixto Gonzalez (sixto at naic.edu) and David Hysell (david.hysell at cornell.edu).

(2) Dayside FACs and Energy Deposition (FED FG) Joint GEM-CEDAR Meeting - call 
for contributions.
 From Delores Knipp (delores.knipp at gmail.com).
See also 
http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/FG:_Dayside_FACs_and_Energy_Deposition 
and http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2011_Workshop:Main

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(1) Proposals for observing time at Arecibo Radio Observatory extended to 2 June 
(probably).
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 From Sixto Gonzalez (sixto at naic.edu) and David Hysell (david.hysell at cornell.edu).

The deadline for proposals for observing time at the Arecibo Radio Observatory 
was to have been June 1st. Because of an unplanned internet outage at the 
observatory, the proposal deadline has been extended by one day. Should the 
outage continue longer than expected, the deadline may be extended further, but 
investigators should plan on submitting proposals by the 2nd.

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(2) Dayside FACs and Energy Deposition (FED FG) Joint GEM-CEDAR Meeting - call 
for contributions.
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 From Delores Knipp (delores.knipp at gmail.com).

We would like to invite contributions to the Dayside FAC and Energy Deposition 
(FED) focus group at the upcoming GEM-CEDAR workshop in Santa-Fe on June 27-July 
1, 2011.  This will be the second year in which special sessions on this topic 
have been held. The effort focuses on explaining the relation between enhanced 
dayside Poynting flux and field-aligned currents, sources of field-aligned 
currents in the solar wind and magnetosphere and their impacts in the 
ionosphere-thermosphere system.  The Focus Group goals and other information are at:

http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/FG:_Dayside_FACs_and_Energy_Deposition

The FED focus group will hold two sessions.
Both sessions have been tentatively scheduled on Tuesday Jun 28 (10-12 and 
1:30-3:30). The sessions will cover data, theory, and modeling aspects of the 
following topics:

Dayside Poynting Flux, Joule Heating and Their Relation to Field Aligned Currents
Particle Energy Deposition on the Dayside
Dissipation of Magnetospheric Energy in the Dayside Thermosphere
Thermospheric Density Enhancements and Traveling Atmo/Ionospheric Disturbances
Solar Wind Drivers for Extreme Dayside Poynting Flux Events

The sessions will be held in a joint workshop with CEDAR.  We anticipate a full 
slate of presentations and want to encourage a presentation style in which each 
speaker will
be allotted time for a 3-4 slides, in order to ensure enough time for 
discussion.  At least one of the slides should deal with unresolved issues. 
Speakers are encouraged to end
their presentation with outstanding questions that can be addressed jointly.

If you have not already done so, please send the title(s) and session(s) of your 
contribution(s) to us at your earliest convenience at the email addresses listed 
below.

Also note that some of the Dayside FED events have been added to the GEM-CEDAR 
challenge events and will get additional attention in the Challenge sessions 
(see meeting agenda for details at 
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2011_Workshop:Main).

Delores Knipp (delores.knipp at gmail.com)
Stefan Eriksson (eriksson at lasp.colorado.edu)
Geoff Crowley (gcrowley at astraspace.net)
Herb Carson (herbert.c.carlson at gmail.com)

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