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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Dear SCOSTEP colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">We are pleased to announce that the next SCOSTEP/PRESTO Online Seminar by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Dr. Christine Gabrielse will be held via online as below. To join the seminar,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">please register via the zoom addresses as below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Ramon Lopez, PRESTO Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">13-1th SCOSTEP/PRESTO Online Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Title: Mesoscales and their Contribution to the Global Response: A Focus on the Magnetotail Transition Region and Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Author: Dr. Christine Gabrielse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Affiliation: The Aerospace Corporation, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Date/time: May 18 (Thu), 2022, 22:00-23:00 UT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_LBlCq-1ZSyiXRQ3pSyBVgg&data=05%7C01%7Crelopez%40uta.edu%7Cdf71728bd9be4b2032cf08da2d62eb2c%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C1%7C0%7C637872200136799154%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rb9JbER0mkGJ0wLhLFB7D%2FahZcG016WY1aFLZ4Qsmr8%3D&reserved=0">https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_LBlCq-1ZSyiXRQ3pSyBVgg&data=05%7C01%7Crelopez%40uta.edu%7Cdf71728bd9be4b2032cf08da2d62eb2c%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C1%7C0%7C637872200136799154%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rb9JbER0mkGJ0wLhLFB7D%2FahZcG016WY1aFLZ4Qsmr8%3D&reserved=0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Abstract:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">How do mesoscale phenomena contribute to the global response of the system?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">This question has risen to the forefront of the space physics community in recent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">years, and has been the topic of a Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Focus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Group since 2017. Specifically, community members have been studying if and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">how much mesoscale transport in the tail contributes to the more global response<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">at the dipole-stretched transition region with respect to magnetic flux and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">dipolarization, particle transport and injections, and the substorm current wedge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">How this relates to the coupled ionosphere is also an important consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">This talk will summarize some results that were compiled to answer this question,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">and poses more questions to the audience to consider with regards to further<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">understanding how mesoscale phenomena contribute to the system global response.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dr. Ramon E. Lopez<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Distinguished Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Member, U.T. System & U.T. Arlington Academy of Distinguished Teachers<br>
Department of Physics<br>
University of Texas at Arlington<br>
Arlington, TX 76019<br>
817-272-0386<br>
<a href="mailto:relopez@uta.edu"><span style="color:black">relopez@uta.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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