<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 class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Dear Colleagues,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class="">To augment the impact of the Heliophysics 2050 Workshop (May 3-7) on the community’s pre-decadal preparation, NASA is supporting additional opportunities for community coordination.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class="">1. Pre-Workshop, NASA is encouraging preparatory discussions so that the In-Workshop discussions are as productive as possible.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class="">2. Post-Workshop, NASA is encouraging follow-on discussions that can take threads that arise at the Workshop and further develop them as part of decadal survey white paper preparation.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class="">A pre-workshop group to discuss <b class="">ITM science</b> topics is now meeting weekly, in the lead up to Helio2050. There is an expectation that the group will have follow-on meetings post-Helio2050 through the Decadal Survey white paper submission process.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Topic lists:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;"><i class="">Low-latitude and equatorial ITM (Forcing from above and below): <b class="">April 1st 2 pm EST</b></i><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;"><i class="">Mid- to high-latitude ITM (Forcing from above and below)</i><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;"><i class="">Cross-latitude and multi-scale interaction</i><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;"><i class="">Mesosphere-lower thermosphere coupling</i><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;"><i class="">System sciences for ITM </i><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;"><i class="">Model development, data assimilation and machine learning</i></li></ul></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class="">In order to participate (meetings are via Zoom, editing a shared google document), please register at the following Google form:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSeDF3Yr36Ht6muFavtpMUsVBOK8OJCwmTN12c5bK_8roBAjew%2Fviewform&data=04%7C01%7Cdouglas.e.rowland%40nasa.gov%7C36b78ac5ed0642c5435808d8f2d111f5%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C637526327052060993%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=zoEgdFetxSu7EOIG%2FNfuajiDblnC7ZJesN9OvCAUVUo%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
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