Important Info • GEM Poster Competition – Register at http://goo.gl/NbvrE • 2014-2015 GEM Student Representative – If you’re interested in nominating yourself (or someone else) talk to Ian • Check out the student website: http://wwwssc.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/GEM_Student _Forum • Make sure to visit Dawn to pick up your dinner cruise ticket for Wednesday night! June 15, 2014 What is GEM? 0 Welcome! GEM Student Ice-breaker •Fill out the ice-breaker sheet •Complete at least 10 of the 15 questions •Turn it in by 9:55 •Get entered in a drawing for a prize – Mystery gift bag!! (o0o0o00o0o…) June 15, 2014 What is GEM? 1 What is GEM? (Oh baby, don’t hurt me…) Ian Cohen GEM Student Representative University of New Hampshire Acronyms (we love ’em) Geospace Environment Modeling Works on techniques for describing, understanding and predicting how the sun interacts with the near Earth space environment June 15, 2014 ^ Basically, all of this ^ What is GEM? 3 But what is it? • More than just an annual meeting • A community of magnetospheric physics researchers • Most importantly, it’s a funding program within the National Science Foundation (NSF) June 15, 2014 What is GEM? 4 NSF Structure NSF Director Directorates Biological Sciences Geosciences Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences Earth Sciences Atmosphere Geospace NCAR/Facilities CEDAR GEM SHINE Mathematical & Physical Sciences Ocean Sciences Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences Polar Programs Computer & Information Science & Engineering Engineering Education & Human Resources Divisions Sections Programs Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions, est. circa 1985 Solar Heliospheric & INterplanetary Environment, est. circa 1999 June 15, 2014 What is GEM? 5 GEM History • 1986: GEM program proposed to NSF Director • 1988-1991: four planning workshops held – “As humans extend their frontiers beyond the surface of their home planet – moving technological systems, observatories, and colonies into space – accurate predictions of weather and climate in space become increasingly important. New scientific data and theoretical models are required to achieve this predictive capability. Therefore a major new research initiative is proposed entitled Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM).” – Geospace Environment Modeling: A Program of Solar-Terrestrial Research in Global Geosciences – May 1988 • 1991: First GEM campaign (funding) • 1992: First GEM summer workshop June 15, 2014 What is GEM? 6 GEM now and then 2014 • Current Research Areas 1991 • Boundary Layer Campaign – Dayside, including boundary layers & – plasma/energy entry (Dayside) – – Inner Magnetosphere and storms (IMS) – Tail, including plasma – sheet and substorms (Tail) – Magnetosphereionosphere coupling, aurora (MIC) – Geospace General June 15,Circulation 2014 What is GEM? Model (GGCM) WG 1: Boundary Magnetic & Electric Fields WG 2: Particle Entry, Boundary Structure & Transport WG 3: Current Systems & Mapping 7 What makes GEM special • Community-initiated: Run by Steering Committee – Comprised of community scientists – Controls everything except the funding • Focused: Centered on the Earth’s magnetosphere – Coupling to the atmosphere and solar wind – Dynamic properties of geospace • Strategic: Operates via focus groups – Focus on particular aspects of space environment • Ultimate Goal: GGCM with predictive capabilities June 15, 2014 What is GEM? 8 GEM Steering Committee • Voting Members – President: Eric Donovan – President-elect: Mike Wiltberger – At-large members: Robyn Millan, Drew Turner, Jacob Bortnik, Margaret Chen – Research Area Coordinators (Karl-Heinz Trattner, Katariina Nykyri, Anthony Chan, Scot Elkingon, Larry Kepko, Bill Lotko, Marc Lessard, Slava Merkin, Frank Toffoletto) – Meeting Organizer: Bob Clauer • Non-voting members – Agency liaisons (NSF, NOAA, NASA) – Community liaisons (SHINE, CEDAR, CCMC) – National liaisons (Canada, Europe, Japan, China, Korea, Mexico, Argentina, Taiwan, Australia) – Communications Coordinator: Peter Chi – Student representatives: Ian & Roxanne June 15, 2014 What is GEM? 9 Focus Group Years RA Radiation Belts and Wave Modeling 2010 - 2014 IMS The Magnetosheath 2010 - 2014 Dayside Metrics and Validation 2011 - 2015 GGCM The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma – Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM 2011 - 2015 MIC/GGC M Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions 2011 - 2015 2012 - 2016 MIC Tail Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock 2012 - 2016 and Their Ground Signatures Dayside Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere 2013 - 2017 GGCM Storm-Time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection 2013 - 2017 IMS/MIC Geospace Systems Science 2014 - 2018 GGCM Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions 2014 - 2018 IMS Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling 2014 - 2018 IMS Be part of the community! • Communications – GEMwiki: website http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/ – GEM Messenger: electronic newsletter subscribe by emailing Peter Chi <editor@igpp.ucla.edu> • Meetings – Summer Workshop (duh, you’re here!) – Mini-GEM at AGU (Sunday before) June 15, 2014 What is GEM? 11 2014 GEM Summer Workshop • • • • • • • • • • Student Tutorial Day (LEARN!) Reception – 6-9 pm tonight @ Terrace Plenary Tutorials – 8-10 am, Mon-Fri Focus Group Workshops (10 am – 5 pm, Mon-Fri) Student Forum – Tomorrow (Mon) at 5:45 pm (Holley Ballroom) Student Dinner – Tomorrow (Mon) at 6:30 pm (Holley Ballroom) Poster Sessions (6-9 pm, Tue & Thu) Agency update – 8 am, Wed Banquet/Dinner Cruise – Wednesday at 6:30 pm Student invited tutorial – Robyn Millan, Fri June 15, 2014 What is GEM? 12 Thank You! • Questions? • Extra special thanks to Roxanne Katus, Xia Cai, and Lia Kelinsky • Download this and other student tutorials at the GEMwiki Student Forum: http://wwwssc.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/GEM_St udent_Forum June 15, 2014 What is GEM? 13