CEDAR email: Shape the future of polar geospace research: Hybrid workshop GEOSCOPR October 18-20 in Arlington VA

[Zhonghua Xu]

Dear colleagues,

We invite current and future polar researchers to a hybrid workshop,
“GEOSCOPR - Geospace Exploration and Observation with Scientific
COllaboration in Polar Regions, towards IPY 2032”, on October 18-20 in
Arlington VA to help address the current challenges and shape the future of
polar geospace research.

Antarctic measurements have been crucial in shaping our understanding of
the dynamics of the polar atmosphere and ionosphere, their connections with
the magnetosphere and solar wind, and the causes and consequences of
north-south hemisphere asymmetries in the coupled system. Recent studies
suggest that more measurements are needed in this sparsely sampled region,
not less. However, many Antarctic geospace measurements that the space
weather research community has come to rely on (e.g., southern hemisphere
TEC accessed via MADRIGAL, magnetic field accessed via SuperMAG) are
increasingly under threat for decommissioning and removal (
https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-cancels-or-curtails-half-its-antarctic-research-projects),
and support for future experiments is very uncertain (
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23117/nsf23117.jsp?org=NSF).

We encourage users of Antarctic measurements to attend this workshop,
including modelers/data assimilators, as a major goal is to break down
barriers between the user community and instrument operators to coordinate
measurement campaigns that best address the user community needs. The
workshop will culminate in a report to NSF, with objectives including: (1)
identification of high level geospace/space weather research goals in the
next 10 years, (2) near-term plans for instrument deployments, (3)
identification of new collaborations (including interdisciplinary
collaborations across the geosciences), (4) coordination to advocate for
polar measurement projects that span multiple countries/programs.

There is NO registration fee for the workshop and a few travel supports
available for students and early-career researchers. We encourage all to
register before Oct 8th, 2023, especially for in-person participants. More
details can be found at the workshop website
https://register.cpe.vt.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=6741765
.

We look forward to seeing you at the workshop!

Zhonghua Xu (zxu77 at vt.edu), Michael Hartinger (mhartinger at spacescience.org),
Hyomin Kim (hyomin.kim at njit.edu)


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Zhonghua Xu
Ph.D. in Space Physics
Research Assistant Professor
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Resident at
National Institute of Aerospace
100 Exploration Way
Hampton, VA 23666

PHONE: 435-363-5404
Email: zxu77 at vt.edu
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