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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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We invite your participation in Symposium <b>3.8 “Recent Advances
in Observations and Modeling of the Ring Current System”</b> of
the upcoming IAGA-IASPEI Joint Scientific Assembly during 22-27
August 2021, which will be held on a fully virtual platform. <br>
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The abstract submission deadline is <b>15 April 2021</b>. <br>
More information can be found at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.iaga-iaspei-india2021.in">http://www.iaga-iaspei-india2021.in</a>.
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<b>Description:</b> The dynamics of energetic particles forming the
ring current populations, the main signature of a geomagnetic storm,
have been studied for many decades. However, the development of
predictive ring current models and the forecast of severe
geomagnetic storms remain challenging due to gaps in our
understanding of the complex and strongly coupled
magnetosphere-ionosphere system. The ring current populations
interact with the surrounding plasmasphere and radiation belts and
with the outer magnetosphere and ionosphere through a variety of
physical processes leading to particle injections, acceleration, and
loss. Coordinated multi-satellite and ground based observations
combined with numerical modeling are essential to understand these
processes. This session invites presentations on research advancing
our knowledge of ring current dynamics and its coupling with the
magnetosphere and ionosphere, as well as capabilities for their
nowcast and forecast. <br>
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With best regards from your conveners,<br>
Vania Jordanova, Ioannis Daglis, Yiqun Yu and Yoshizumi Miyoshi<br>
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Dr. Vania K. Jordanova Tel: +1 505 667 9908
Space Science and Applications, MS B241 Fax: +1 505 665 7395
Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663 E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vania@lanl.gov">vania@lanl.gov</a>
Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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