<div dir="ltr"><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear CEDAR community,</font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">we would like to invite you to attend the<b> virtual Geospace Discovery Science (GDS) workshop </b></font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>8-10 February from </b></font></span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>9-11 AM MT and 2-4 PM MT</b> each day.</font></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><br></pre>

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<pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Summary: </b>Three new space missions, COSMIC-2, GOLD and ICON, in collaboration with a </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">growing network of ground-based observatories, provide remarkable avenues for new </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">investigations of the geospace system. These new capabilities present an unprecedented </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">opportunity and a revitalized capacity for solving significant outstanding problems in </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">near-Earth space weather. The two NASA missions, ICON and GOLD, observe the </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">thermosphere and ionosphere using optical and in-situ instruments. The international </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">COSMIC-2 mission comprises a constellation of six satellites that map the ionosphere </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">using GPS radio occultation, in-situ measurements, and beacon signals for space to ground </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">measurements. Enhanced ground-based observatories, cubesats, and other satellite </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">constellations, also provide essential new measurements. Combining these tools to </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">effectively address questions in ion-neutral coupling and upper-atmosphere dynamics </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">requires a comprehensive scientific strategy for broad community participation. </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Workshop presentations discuss the space-based missions, complementary ground-based </font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">observations, modeling, and data synthesis.</font></span></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background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Fazlul Laskar and Quan Gan (<a href="mailto:Fazlul.Laskar@lasp.colorado.edu">Fazlul.Laskar@lasp.colorado.edu</a>;
<a href="mailto:Quan.Gan@lasp.colorado.edu">Quan.Gan@lasp.colorado.edu</a>)</font></span></p>

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<pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Link to 2021 Workshop: </span><a href="https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/geoicongold-2021" style="color:blue">https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/geoicongold-2021</a></font></pre><pre style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Link to previous workshop: </span><a href="https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/geogoldicon" style="color:blue">https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/geogoldicon</a><span style="color:black"></span></font></pre>

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