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<div><span></span><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);"> </span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">We are pleased to announce that we are accepting abstract submissions </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif;">to our session at AOGS (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"><a href="https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2024/public.asp?page=home.asp" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif;">https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2024/public.asp?page=home.asp</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif;">) in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do (23rd-28th June 2024).Our session, ST30, is entitled "<u>Monitoring Space Weather and Geospace Hazards with the International Meridian Circle Program</u>." <b>The abstract submission deadline is January 2, 2024.</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">***********************************************************************</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Session Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif;">Earth's ecosystems and human activities are threatened by a broad spectrum of hazards of major importance for the safety of ground infrastructures, space systems and space flight: solar activity, atmospheric and climatic disturbances, space weather, earthquakes, changes in the geomagnetic field, fluctuations of the global electric circuit. Monitoring and understanding these major hazards to better predict and mitigate their effects is one of the greatest scientific and operational challenges of the 21st century. Since these diverse hazards all leave specific imprints on the ionosphere and middle-upper atmosphere (IMUA) and the Magnetosphere-ionosphere-Themersphere coupling system (MIT), they can be detected by means of a global network of instruments monitoring solar activity, interplanetary space, IMUA and MIT. The objective of the International Meridian Circle Program (IMCP), an international cooperative project proposed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is to coordinate the deployment, integration, operation and concurrent data analysis of a global network of this type. <br><br></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif;">In this session, we solicit contributions that deal with ground-based observations to provide systematic solar activity and space weather monitoring, relevant or irrelevant to the IMCP efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif;">We particularly welcome presentations describing new observational capabilities as well as potential plans for new facility and instrument deployments, along various latitudinal chains including but not limited to the meridian circles of 120</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif;">°<span lang="EN-US">E-60</span>°<span lang="EN-US">W and 30</span>°<span lang="EN-US">E-150</span>°<span lang="EN-US">W. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif;">We also encourage presentations of space missions, theoretical research as well as modelling and advanced data assimilation developments that will enhance the science return from the coordinated global networks of scientific instruments.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Session conveners:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif;">* Prof Qing-He Zhang (Shandong University/NSSC, <a href="mailto:zhangqinghe@sdu.edu.cn" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">zhangqinghe@sdu.edu.cn</a>)<br>Prof Michel Blanc (Institute for Research in Astrophysics and Planetology, <a href="mailto:michel.blanc@irap.omp.eu" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">michel.blanc@irap.omp.eu</a> )<br>Dr Geonhwa Jee (Korea Polar Research Institute, <a href="mailto:ghjee@kopri.re.kr" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">ghjee@kopri.re.kr</a>)<br>Dr Jiuhou Lei (University of Science and Technology of China, <a href="mailto:leijh@ustc.edu.cn" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">leijh@ustc.edu.cn</a>)<br>Dr Yuichi Otsuka (Nagoya University, <a href="mailto:otsuka@isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">otsuka@isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp</a> )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">***********************************************************************</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">As we believe in fostering collaboration and promoting diverse perspectives, we welcome submissions from researchers at all career stages, including early-career scientists and students. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">We kindly invite you to share this information with your colleagues and friends.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif;">Looking forward to seeing you in person at the meeting!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">For further information, feel free to contact me (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"><a href="mailto:lwren@spaceweather.ac.cn" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span style="color: black;">lwren@spaceweather.ac.cn</span></a>)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">and the session conveners.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);"> </span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', Tahoma; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Liwen Ren<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 微软雅黑, sans-serif; color: gray;"> </span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin: 0cm; font-family: 等线; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><hr size="1" width="210" noshade="" align="left" style="width: 157.5pt;"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif;">International Meridian Circle Program(IMCP) Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif;">National Space Science Center(NSSC), Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif;">Beijing, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: 等线; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei UI', sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:lwren@spaceweather.ac.cn" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">lwren@spaceweather.ac.cn</a></span></p></div><blockquote style="margin-Top: 0px; margin-Bottom: 0px; margin-Left: 0.5em"><div>
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