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!
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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…)
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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GEM now and then
2014
• Current Research Areas
1991
• Boundary Layer
Campaign
– Dayside, including
boundary layers &
–
plasma/energy entry
(Dayside)
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– Inner Magnetosphere and
storms (IMS)
– Tail, including plasma
–
sheet and
substorms (Tail)
– Magnetosphereionosphere coupling,
aurora (MIC)
– Geospace General
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Model (GGCM)
WG 1: Boundary Magnetic
& Electric Fields
WG 2: Particle Entry,
Boundary Structure &
Transport
WG 3: Current Systems &
Mapping
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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
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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
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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)
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2014 GEM Summer Workshop
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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
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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
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