<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues, </span><span style="color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We cordially invite you to present your research at the 19^th AOGS annual meeting. The meeting will be held virtually from <b>August 1^st – August 5^th, 2022</b>.  Abstract submissions are open and due </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">February 23^rd, 2022</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">.  More information can be found on the AOGS meeting’s website: <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.asiaoceania.org%2Faogs2022%2Fpublic.asp%3Fpage%3Dhome.asp&data=04%7C01%7Ctuh4%40psu.edu%7C3592e35c16794265ac5b08d9ea0b5f77%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637798156961457091%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=f80iycOnlnoET1jlrbE6dzXwsQExN6lcGNN1xU3MUtw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2022/public.asp?page=home.asp</a>. Besides, we also have a call-for-paper in MDPI-Atmosphere special issue: <b>Future Trends of Our Atmospheric Electric Environments</b> <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2Fjournal%2Fatmosphere%2Fspecial_issues%2Fatmospheric_environment_trend&data=04%7C01%7Ctuh4%40psu.edu%7C3592e35c16794265ac5b08d9ea0b5f77%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637798156961457091%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=QP0p0DM3s2GM5SBLl%2Br%2FmIF36MAJlhtfpTas7aAMjh8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/atmospheric_environment_trend</a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Deadline for manuscript submissions: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">March 1st 2023</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Session description for <b>AS41-Atmospheric Electricity: Thunderstorms, Lightning and Transient Luminous Events and Their Effects on the Ionosphere</b></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.asiaoceania.org%2Faogs2022%2Fpublic.asp%3Fpage%3Dsessions_and_conveners.asp&data=04%7C01%7Ctuh4%40psu.edu%7C3592e35c16794265ac5b08d9ea0b5f77%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637798156961457091%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=zfSJMS0sZJ6WwEtEzuRzfP0owMF9yp23U3gu7riV6NI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2022/public.asp?page=sessions_and_conveners.asp</a></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dr Cheng-Ling Kuo (National Central University)</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof Tai-Yin Huang (Penn State Lehigh Valley)</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dr Mitsuteru Sato (Hokkaido University)</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Presentations are invited on the topics related to all atmospheric electricity and physically-coupled processes associated with electromagnetic and hydrodynamic drivers in the atmosphere, such as Transient Luminous Events (TLE), thunderstorms, lightning, gravity waves, and etc. These atmospheric drivers manifest their effects and impacts on the middle and upper atmosphere through atmospheric transport processes, TLE-related perturbations in the middle/upper atmosphere, temperature changes, gas concentration variations, chemical changes, and coupling processes from the lower atmosphere to the near-earth space environment. We invite the presentations dealing with the thunderstorm dynamics, lightning statistical studies, observation/campaign reports on transient luminous events, or airglow/aurora camera monitor for tide and gravity wave phenomena. The statistical/case studies on global/regional or rural/city for lightning/TLEs/TGF trends responding to severe weather conditions or climates changes are of special interest.</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">===================================================================================</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">MDPI-Atmosphere special issue: <b>Future Trends of Our Atmospheric Electric Environments</b></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Special Issue "Future Trends of Our Atmospheric Electric Environments"</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2Fjournal%2Fatmosphere%2Fspecial_issues%2Fatmospheric_environment_trend&data=04%7C01%7Ctuh4%40psu.edu%7C3592e35c16794265ac5b08d9ea0b5f77%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637798156961457091%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=QP0p0DM3s2GM5SBLl%2Br%2FmIF36MAJlhtfpTas7aAMjh8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/atmospheric_environment_trend</a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Global climate models have suggested that the frequency of thunderstorms and their intensity are likely to increase in the future. Cloud electrification through microphysics processes should clarify the relationship between faster updrafts and lightning frequency. The meteorology and climatology reanalysis with observation and numerical modeling will improve forecasting of a severely convective system. We should further inspect their causes and effects on lightning activities, transient luminous events (TLEs), and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs). Further, some atmosphere drivers, such as their radiated energy and gravity waves, may be involved in coupling with the middle and upper atmosphere through atmospheric transport processes, lightning-related perturbations in the middle/upper atmosphere, temperature changes, gas concentration variations, chemical changes, and coupling processes from the lower atmosphere to the near-earth space environment. We invite papers on topics related to thunderstorms, lightning, and transient luminous events. Enhancing our understanding of future trends or climate change for our atmospheric electric environment is of great interest. This also includes findings dealing with thunderstorm dynamics, lightning statistical studies, observation/campaign on transient luminous events, or airglow/aurora monitoring for tide and gravity wave phenomena. Statistical/case studies on global/regional or rural/urban for lightning/TLEs/TGF trends responding to severe weather conditions or climates changes are of particular interest.</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Guest Editors</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof. Dr. Cheng-Ling Kuo</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof. Dr. Sato Mitsuteru</p></div>