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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dear colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We invite you to participate in the CEDAR mini-workshop on “<b>Evaluation of state-of-the-art models from meso- to planetary scales to assess the impact of data assimilation from the ground into geospace</b>”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#385723;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#385723;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">This session invites short presentations to (1) assess the state of the art of community models in terms of their ability
to realistically represent variability across the range of spatial and temporal scales that are present in the middle and upper atmosphere; (2) quantify the benefits of data and data assimilation techniques toward improving modeled variability of and predictions
in the thermosphere and ionosphere. The short presentations should be focused on advantages and benefits of existing and upcoming observational datasets, regardless of whether they are space borne or ground based. Presentations including theoretical work,
modelling, data assimilation, and observational data analysis are all encouraged. An expected outcome of this workshop is a community-motivated discussion of the necessary observations, their coverage and quality for use in modern data assimilation systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">If you wish to give a presentation in this workshop, please contact one of the conveners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Fabrizio Sassi: <a href="mailto:fabrizio.sassi@nasa.gov">
fabrizio.sassi@nasa.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Nicholas Pedatella: <a href="mailto:nickp@ucar.edu">
nickp@ucar.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Guiping Liu: <a href="mailto:guiping.liu@nasa.gov">
guiping.liu@nasa.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sarah McDonald: <a href="mailto:sarah.mcdonald@nrl.navy.mil">
sarah.mcdonald@nrl.navy.mil</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Fazlul Laskar: <a href="mailto:Fazlul.Laskar@lasp.colorado.edu">
Fazlul.Laskar@lasp.colorado.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chih-Ting Hsu: <a href="mailto:chihting@ucar.edu">
chihting@ucar.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Haonan Wu: <a href="mailto:haonanw@g.clemson.edu">
haonanw@g.clemson.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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