<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-993acd35-7fff-557f-2ea2-ac76ec0595eb"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We invite current and future polar researchers to a hybrid workshop, “GEOSCOPR</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Geospace Exploration and Observation with Scientific COllaboration in Polar Regions, towards IPY 2032</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">”, on October 18-20 in Arlington VA to help address the current challenges and shape the future of polar geospace research. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Antarctic measurements have been crucial in shaping our understanding of the dynamics of the polar atmosphere and ionosphere, their connections with the magnetosphere and solar wind, and the causes and consequences of north-south hemisphere asymmetries in the coupled system. Recent studies suggest that more measurements are needed in this sparsely sampled region, not less. However, many Antarctic geospace measurements that the space weather research community has come to rely on (e.g., southern hemisphere TEC accessed via MADRIGAL, magnetic field accessed via SuperMAG) are increasingly under threat for decommissioning and removal </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(</span><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-cancels-or-curtails-half-its-antarctic-research-projects" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-cancels-or-curtails-half-its-antarctic-research-projects</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), and support for future experiments is very uncertain (</span><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23117/nsf23117.jsp?org=NSF" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23117/nsf23117.jsp?org=NSF</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We encourage users of Antarctic measurements to attend this workshop, including modelers/data assimilators, as a major goal is to break down barriers between the user community and instrument operators to coordinate measurement campaigns that best address the user community needs. The workshop will culminate in a report to NSF, with objectives including: (1) identification of high level geospace/space weather research goals in the next 10 years, (2) near-term plans for instrument deployments, (3) identification of new collaborations (including interdisciplinary collaborations across the geosciences), (4) coordination to advocate for polar measurement projects that span multiple countries/programs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There is NO registration fee for the workshop and a few travel supports available for students and early-career researchers. We encourage all to register before Oct 8th, 2023, especially for in-person participants. More details can be found at the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> workshop website</span><a href="https://register.cpe.vt.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=6741765" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://register.cpe.vt.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=6741765</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> . </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We look forward to seeing you at the workshop!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zhonghua Xu (</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:zxu77@vt.edu">zxu77@vt.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), Michael Hartinger (</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:mhartinger@spacescience.org">mhartinger@spacescience.org</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), Hyomin Kim (<a href="mailto:hyomin.kim@njit.edu">hyomin.kim@njit.edu</a>)</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div>Zhonghua Xu</div><div dir="ltr">Ph.D. in Space Physics<br><div>Research Assistant Professor</div><div>Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering</div><div>Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University</div><div>Blacksburg, VA 24061</div><div><br></div><div>Resident at</div><div>National Institute of Aerospace</div><div>100 Exploration Way</div><div>Hampton, VA 23666</div><div><br></div><div>PHONE: 435-363-5404</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:zxu77@vt.edu" target="_blank">zxu77@vt.edu</a><br></div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div></div></div></div></div>