2011 Joint CEDAR-GEM Summer Workshop

By: Nathaniel Frissell on: Wed., June 15, 2011 11:03 PM EDT (8765 Reads)

June 26 - July 1, 2011
Santa Fe, NM

Official Website: http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2011_Workshop:Main

Schedule of VT Participation: 2011 GEM VT Program.docx

VT SuperDARN professors, students, and post-docs alike are busily preparing for the upcoming joint CEDAR-GEM workshop.

The Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) and Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) will hold a joint summer workshop from June 26 – July 1, 2011 at the Santa Fe Convention Center in Santa Fe, NM. The theme of this year's workshop is “Exploring Connections in the Geospace System.”

CEDAR is a focused Global Change program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) which began operation in 1986. The CEDAR community uses coordinated experimental diagnostic techniques, theory, and modeling to accomplish its goals. CEDAR has a primary research objective to understand changes in the atmosphere on time scales related to both solar and human influences. Much of the scientific research pursued by CEDAR focuses on the ionosphere and regions closer to the Earth.

Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) is a broad-based, community-initiated research program on the physics of the Earth's magnetosphere and the coupling of the magnetosphere to the atmosphere and to the solar wind. The purpose of the GEM program is to support basic research into the dynamical and structural properties of geospace, leading to the construction of a global Geospace General Circulation Model (GGCM) with predictive capability. The strategy for achieving GEM goals is to undertake a series of campaigns and focus groups, in both theory and observational modes, each focusing on particular aspects of the geospace environment. The GEM community is also funded by the NSF.

The research goals of CEDAR and GEM meet at the ionosphere and are connected by the Earth's magnetic fields. During the 2011 joint meeting, both communities will come together to share ideas and help each other attain their research goals. Throughout the week, scientists will share ideas with each other through talks, posters, and social engagements. This workshop is especially friendly to students, as it features a student-only workshop on Sunday, June 26th.

More information on the 2011 CEDAR-GEM Joint Workshop may be found at the workshop's official website: http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2011_Workshop:Main.

2011 Joint CEDAR-GEM Summer Workshop

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