CEDAR email: CEDAR 2014 Workshop proposals; Arecibo status; meetings in Massachusetts and China

Barbara Emery emery at ucar.edu
Fri Jan 31 15:32:43 MST 2014


This is a generic mailing to the CEDAR community sent 31 January 2014.
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) Solicitations for CEDAR Workshops due Friday 14 March.
 From Sharon Vadas (vasha at cora.nwra.com) and Barbara Emery <emery at 
ucar.edu>.
See also http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Workshop:Guidelines

(2) Arecibo telescope repairs from earthquake probably finished in 
mid-March.
 From Sixto Gonzalez <sixto at naic.edu> and Fernando Camilo <fcamilo at 
usra.edu>.

(3) Third Real-Time-IRI Task Force Meeting (Monday, 19 May) and Fourteenth
International GIRO Forum (IGF2014) (20-23 May) at UMass Lowell.
 From <Bodo.Reinisch at digisonde.com>.
See also http://www.digisonde.com/IGF

(4) Call for papers due 15 Feb: (HGE01) Ionospheric, Magnetospheric and 
High Energy
Effects of Lightning Session at 31st General Assembly and Scientific
Symposium of International Union of Radio Science (URSI), August 17-23, 
2014, Beijing, China.
From: Ningyu Liu (nliu at fit.edu), Victor Pasko (vpasko at psu.edu), Martin 
Fullekrug (M.Fullekrug at bath.ac.uk).
See also http://www.chinaursigass.com/ and http://www.ursi.org/en/gass.asp#H

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(1) Solicitations for CEDAR Workshops due Friday 14 March.
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 From Sharon Vadas (vasha at cora.nwra.com) and Barbara Emery <emery at 
ucar.edu>.

The CEDAR Science Steering Committee solicits workshop session proposals
for the June 24-28 meeting in Seattle, WA <font color=red>DUE FRIDAY, 
MARCH 14</font>
via the workshop proposal form 
[http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Special:CEDAR_Workshop_Proposal_Form?yr=2014 
on-line].

These sessions should support the goals of the NSF CEDAR program.  New 
in 2014 is an opportunity to propose a "Grand Challenge Workshop."  These
will be high-profile workshops addressing key problems in CEDAR science. 
Grand Challenge Workshops selected by the CSSC will receive 
higher-capacity rooms
and assigned tutorial speakers in the plenary sessions.  Grand Challenge 
Workshops
will furthermore run for 2-4 years, depending on the selection by the CSSC.

All sessions should address the science priorities in the field of aeronomy
and space physics for the upcoming decade described by the recent Decadal
Survey for Solar and Space Physics from the National Academy of Sciences 
(NAS)
(see http://sites.nationalacademies.org/ssb/currentprojects/ssb_056864 
and the [[media:NAS_2012_Decadal_Brief_Report.pdf | NAS Report in 
Brief]] and also the [[media:Decadal_CSSC_Briefing_v2.pdf | 2013-2022 
Decadal Briefing to the CSSC]]).  Sessions should identify a particular 
science challenge and outline an approach
to meet it.  Successful sessions will address  1) how the associated 
questions
will be addressed, 2) what resources exist, are planned, or are needed, and
3) how progress should be measured.  The justification for the sessions 
should
also relate to the 
[http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Community:CEDAR_Strategic_Plan 
on-line final (June 2011) version of the CEDAR strategic plan with the 
addendum from November 2013].

Please see further details in the
[http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Workshop:Guidelines 
Guidelines for Workshop Conveners].

Workshop contributors should be apprised of the session goals and
encouraged to contribute directly to the effort. Workshop reports
will be required within 60 days of the end of the workshop and will
be archived on their individual workshop pages on the CEDAR wiki for
the 2014 CEDAR Workshop.

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(2) Arecibo telescope repairs from earthquake probably finished in 
mid-March.
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 From Sixto Gonzalez <sixto at naic.edu> and Fernando Camilo <fcamilo at 
usra.edu>.

Dear Arecibo users,

Based on our current best estimates, we expect to have the telescope 
back in full
operations around mid-March. It's possible that this date will change as 
we proceed
further with the repair, and we will  keep you informed of any changes.

Fernando Camilo, on behalf of Bob Kerr.

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(3) Third Real-Time-IRI Task Force Meeting (Monday, 19 May) and Fourteenth
International GIRO Forum (IGF2014) (20-23 May) at UMass Lowell.
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 From <Bodo.Reinisch at digisonde.com>.

The Fourteenth International GIRO Forum (IGF2014) will be hosted by Lowell
Digisonde International in cooperation with UMass Lowell’s Center for 
Atmospheric
Research. The forum is planned for the period 20-23 May 2014.

During the Forum, on Wednesday afternoon, we will celebrate the Life and 
Legacy
of Dr. Klaus Bibl who passed away at age 93 on 20 September 2013.

The “Third Real-Time-IRI Task Force Meeting” will precede the IGF on 
Monday,
19 May 2014 at the same venue. Visit http://www.digisonde.com/IGF for
registration, agenda, and more information.

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(4) Call for papers due 15 Feb: (HGE01) Ionospheric, Magnetospheric and 
High Energy
Effects of Lightning Session at 31st General Assembly and Scientific
Symposium of International Union of Radio Science (URSI), August 17-23, 
2014, Beijing, China.
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From: Ningyu Liu (nliu at fit.edu), Victor Pasko (vpasko at psu.edu), Martin 
Fullekrug (M.Fullekrug at bath.ac.uk).

Joint Session Organized by Commissions H, G and E: Ionospheric, 
Magnetospheric and High Energy  Effects of Lightning

The recent discovery that lightning discharges can cause energetic 
radiation, relativistic particles, and transient luminous events has 
marked a profound advance in our understanding of the Earth's 
atmospheric electrodynamic behavior. This session explores these novel 
processes and their impact on the near-Earth environment. The session 
solicits contributions that advance knowledge in the areas of the global 
atmospheric electric circuit, lightning physics, transient luminous 
events, energetic radiation, relativistic particles, and their impact on 
the Earth's upper atmosphere and the magnetosphere. Interdisciplinary 
studies which emphasize the connection between atmospheric layers and 
the relation between lightning-related effects and climate change are 
particularly welcome.

One page abstract of 200-500 words is sufficient for submissions of a 
manuscript to commission H sessions but authors may submit full papers 
of up to 4 pages if they wish to do so.  The Commission H requires full 
papers for submissions to the Young Scientist and Student paper 
competitions.

The DEADLINE for receipt of abstracts, for application for Awards for 
Young Scientists, and  for Student paper competition is FEBRUARY 15, 2014

The web page http://www.chinaursigass.com/ contains general information 
and abstract submission instructions and guidelines.

The final Commission H program is available at 
http://www.ursi.org/en/gass.asp#H

Conveners:

Ningyu Liu, Department of Physics and Space Sciences,
150 W. University Blvd,
Melbourne, Florida 32901, U.S.A.,
Tel: (321) 674-7348; e-mail: nliu at fit.edu

Victor Pasko, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Communications and Space Sciences Laboratory,
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802-2706, U.S.A.,
Tel: (814) 865-3467; e-mail: vpasko at psu.edu

Martin Fullekrug, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering,
Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science,
University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom,
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 386330; e-mail: M.Fullekrug at bath.ac.uk

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