<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Presentations solicited for VGEM Session of interest:<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Merged Modeling and Measurement of Injection Ionospheric Plasma into the Magnetosphere and Its Effects (M3-I2)<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The Earth’s ionosphere is a significant source of plasma to the magnetosphere and a strong influence on the dynamics of the geospace environment. The ionospheric source is contributing plasma to the plasmasphere, the plasma sheet, and the ring current and through wave-particle interactions is playing a major role in the formation and dynamics of the radiation belts. Hence, understanding of the strength and dynamics of the ion upflow/outflow particles up into the magnetosphere is of critical importance to understanding how the magnetosphere is populated and influenced by these initially low-energy particles.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">In this session, we invite presentations that improve understanding of:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">the influences of low-altitude ionosphere-thermosphere conditions on ion upflow/outflow into the magnetosphere;<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">the energization processes of the ion upflow/outflow; and<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">the effects of ion outflow population on magnetospheric dynamics. <o:p class=""></o:p></li></ol><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Papers on data, theory, and modeling are invited. Please plan on ~10-12 min presentations, depending on demand. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">This session has a strong interrelationship with other GEM Focus Groups – such as the Impact of the Cold Plasma in Magnetospheric Physics (CP) group – and so we invite coordinating presentations and attendance between the several sessions.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">M3-I2 - Session 1<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Wednesday 7/22 1:00-2:30<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Scene Setting Presentation: Overview of progress and next stages for merged modeling<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Contributed Talks: listing is tbd, please send your idea/contribution<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">M3-I2 - Session 2<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Wednesday 7/22 3:00-4:30<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Scene Setting Presentation: Observations Required for Experimental Progress<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Contributed Talks: listing is tbd, please send your idea/contribution<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Please also plan to attend the sessions on Cold Plasma (CP) on Thursday, 7/23, which will feature similar subjects of great interest to us all. Please see the VGEM schedule posted to: <a href="https://gemworkshop.org/pages/gem2020/gem2020schedule.php" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://gemworkshop.org/pages/gem2020/gem2020schedule.php</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Please see additional information on the VGEM meeting at <a href="https://gemworkshop.org/pages/gem2020/gem2020schedule.php" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">https://gemworkshop.org/pages/gem2020/gem2020schedule.php</span></a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Let us know how you would like to contribute!<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Shasha, Rick, and Barbara</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class="">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class="">Shasha Zou</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class="">Associate Professor</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class="">Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering (CLaSP)</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class="">University of Michigan</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class="">1431 Space Research Building, 2455 Hayward St.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class="">Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class="">(office) 734-936-8184</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="http://clasp.engin.umich.edu/people/shashaz" class="">http://clasp.engin.umich.edu/people/shashaz</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></body></html>