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3. Models for the New Millennium: A CEDAR/GEM Initiative
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From: Maura Hagan (hagan@jabba.hao.ucar.edu)
      Dick Wolf (wolf@alfven.rice.edu)

ANNOUNCING...       Models for the New Millennium
                       A CEDAR/GEM Initiative

A series of interactive discussions will take place during the CEDAR and
GEM workshops, which will be held consecutive weeks in Colorado in June. We
hope to formulate a plan for a Chapman Conference on this topic and to
develop a proposal to submit to AGU. The focus will be the identification
of challenges anticipated in the further development of large-scale
numerical models, including assimilative models, of the magnetosphere,
ionosphere, thermosphere, and middle atmosphere. During each session a
small number of invited speakers will briefly overview the state-of-the-art
in modelling these regimes and identify key areas that should be addressed
to motivate workshop discussion. Workshop participants should come prepared
to address any relevant topic. These may involve, but are not limited to,
scientific objectives, observational constraints on models, parameterization
of sub-grid-scale effects, the evolution of computer architectures, and
emerging numerical techniques.

At the CEDAR Workshop in Boulder, the session on this topic is scheduled
for 1 to 3 pm on Friday, June 12. At the GEM Workshop in Snowmass, the
relevant sessions are scheduled for 10:15-12:00 and 1:30-2:30 on Monday,
June 15.

Information about the CEDAR and GEM Workshops can be obtained from the
appropriate web pages:
     http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/research/tiso/cedar/98/conf98.html
or
     http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/workshop.html

If you would like to be included in a new mailing list for the CEDAR/GEM
Initiative, please contact Maura Hagan at the email address given below. If
you would like to make a prepared contribution at one of the sessions,
please contact either Maura Hagan (CEDAR session) or Dick Wolf (GEM
sessions).

Maura Hagan
hagan@ncar.ucar.edu

Dick Wolf
wolf@alfven.rice.edu