CEDAR email: URSI special session distribution

[Tim Fuller-Rowell - NOAA Affiliate]

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1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference
May 18-22, 2015, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

Special Session: S-GH "Modeling geospace boundaries and the need for radio
science observations" Chairs: Tim Fuller-Rowell and Aaron Ridley



Session Description: Many of the impacts of ionospheric plasma on
operational systems in Earth's geospace are a consequence of steep
gradients at boundaries. Examples of these boundaries are the the
plasmapause, the edges of plasma bubbles, gradients at the edges of storm
enhanced densities, the polar cap, or the auroral oval. Modeling these
boundaries and their impact requires understanding their source, capturing
the range of physical processes in models, and requires the coupling to the
neutral atmosphere in which the plasma is embedded. It also requires
understanding the response to the forcing from the magnetosphere and the
lower atmosphere. To constrain the ionospheric modeling requires
observations at frequencies from HF, which depend on the plasma for
reflection and communication, to L-band, where the plasma boundaries
present at best a nuisance and at worst a hazard. Papers are requesting
addressing advances in ionospheric modeling, and in particular how modeling
the Geospace system is dependent on radio science measurements for
development, verification, and testing.

We invite you to submit a paper to this Commission G special session, joint
with H, at the 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference, which is one of
the URSI flagship conferences, and which will be held May 18-22, 2015 at
the ExpoMeloneras Convention Centre, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.

. Commission G: Ionospheric Radio and Propagation
. Commission H: Waves in Plasmas

Travel to Gran Canaria from and via Europe is very convenient and
relatively inexpensive. Papers can be submitted through http://www.at-rasc
.com until December 15th, 2014.

We very much look forward to seeing you in Gran Canaria.
Session Chairs Tim Fuller-Rowell and Aaron Ridley
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