SCOSTEP/PRESTONEWSLETTER
Vol. 25, October 2020

Inside this issue

Article 1:

Croatian Activities in Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Article 1:
Croatian Activities in
Solar-Terrestrial Physics

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Article 2:
Space Weather Data
from FORMOSAT-7/
COSMIC-2 mission

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Highlight onYoung Scientists 1:
McArthur Jones Jr.
/ USA

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Upcoming Meetings

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Announcement 1:
SCOSTEP/PRESTO
Grants for Year 2021
- Guidelines for application for campaigns -8Announcement 2:
SCOSTEP/PRESTO
Grants for Year 2021
- Guidelines for application for meetings -9Announcement 3:
Application guidelines
for SCOSTEP capacity
building funds

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SCOSTEP Awards Announcements

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Dragan Rosa1 and Mateja Dumbović2
1Laboratory Zagreb Astronomical Observatory,
Zagreb, Croatia
2Hvar Observatory, Faculty of Geodesy, Universityof Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaT

he solar-terrestrial research in Croatia covers the full Sun-to-Earth chain
and encompass both long-term and shortterm effects, i.e. space climate and space
weather alike.

Regular solar observations are performed at Hvar Observatory in white

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light and H-alpha using a double solar
telescope (Figure 1). Studies of phenomena in the lower solar atmosphere and thelong-term solar activity as well as empirics-based solar cycle prediction are performed in a close collaboration with the
Department of Physics of the Universityof Rijeka.

Figure 1. Double solar (white-light and H-alpha) telescope of the Hvar Observatory.

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var Observatory researchers in addition study
properties of solar eruptions and interplanetarytransients. The group uses an observational approach aswell as empirical and analytical modelling, which resulted in several space weather tools available at theirwebsite http://oh.geof.unizg.hr, as well as other space
weather services such as NASA’s Community Coordinated Modelling Centre (CCMC) and ESA’s Space Situational Awareness (SSA) portal. Most of these tools
are a result of a particularly strong collaboration withthe solar and heliospheric group at the University ofGraz. Moreover, the tools are regularly used in thespace weather forecasts through services such as
CCMC’s CME Scoreboard and VarSITI/ISEST/
MiniMax24. Hvar Observatory was very active in theprevious SCOSTEP program VarSITI and organized
two VarSITI/ISEST workshops (Figure 2).

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var Observatory has a strong collaboration with
Zagreb Astronomical Observatory (ZAO) jointly
studying interplanetary disturbances and their galactic
cosmic ray imprints – Forbush decreases. Scientists
from ZAO focus on the study of morphology and kinematics of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs)
and solar wind high speed streams. They are also activein the theoretical research of Solar differential rotationand Solar dynamo.

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AO maintains two instruments used for space
weather research: one of the Space Environmental
Viewing and Analysis Network (SEVAN) particle detectors (Figure 3) and a Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance (SID) monitor. SEVAN detector is also used forresearch of new high-energy phenomena originated interrestrial atmosphere – Thunderstorm Ground Enhancements (TGEs).

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Figure 2. A group photo from the VarSITI/ISEST
workshop at Hvar 2018.

AO has a strong collaboration with Kanzelhöhe
Observatory from Austria and Aragats Space Environmental Center (ASEC) of the Alikhanyan Physics
Institute, Armenia. A strong collaboration exists alsowith the Geophysics department of the Faculty of Science at the University of Zagreb, especially regarding
the research on the response of the Earths magnetosphere to different conditions at the Sun and in the interplanetary space. Scientific cooperation with the Facultyof Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb has recently been established regrding thedetection and data analysis of the SEVAN and SID detectors. ZAO is also active in organization of solarterrestrial related meetings such as IHY-ISWI Regional
Meeting Heliophysical phenomena and Earth’s environment, Sibenik, Croatia 2009, as well as smaller scientific workshops (Figure 4).

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Figure 4. Austro-Croatian workshop held at Zagreb
Observatory in December 2018 with participants from
Hvar Observatory, Zagreb Observatory, University ofGraz, University of Zagreb-Faculty of Science/
Geophysics department and SKOLTECH (Russia).

Figure 3. SEVAN Particle Detector for Solar Physics
and Space Weather research placed on Zagreb
Astronomical Obsevatory.

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Article 2:

Space Weather Data from FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 mission

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ORMOSAT-7/COMISC-2 (F7/C2) is a joint Taiwan(National Space Organization, NSPO) and UnitedStates (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA) space program, consisting of six identical
micro-satellites in 24° low-inclination orbits. This follow-on mission of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC waslaunched on 25 June 2019, and provides unprecedented
three-dimensional observations of the low-latitude atmosphere and ionosphere to achieve the mission goalsof operational weather forecast, space weather monitoring, and meteorological and ionospheric research.

Chi-Yen Lin

cludes a retarding potential analyzer (RPA) and ion drift
meter (DM), providing in-situ observations of ion density, composition, temperature and velocity.

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he neutral atmosphere data and part of the ionospheric data are available for users at Taiwan Analysis Center for COSMIC (TACC) and U.S. COSMIC
Data Analysis and Archive Center (CDAAC). The ionospheric data include the Abel inversion electron density
profiles from RO-TEC, with currently about 4000-5000
profiles per day spread over equatorial and low-latitude
regions. Despite such larger number of occultations it isoften necessary to combine multiple days of F7/C2
measurements to examine global ionospheric features.
To improve the spatial coverage, an operational data
assimilation system called Global Ionospheric Specification (GIS) has been developed making use of the F7/
C2 RO and ground based GNSS slant TECs, adopting
Gauss-Markov Kalman filter approach (Lin et al.,2017). GIS provides hourly global electron density profiles with 2.5° by 5° horizontal (in latitude/longitude)
and 20 km vertical resolution. An example GIS map at2000 UT on 23 August 2020 at 300 km altitude is given
in Fig-2. It displays global variations of ionosphere,
showing the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) peaks
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he main payloads are Tri-band GNSS Receiver System (TGRS), RF beacon, and Ion Velocity Meter(IVM) (Fig-1). TGRS includes precise orbit determination (POD) and radio occultation (RO) antennas, supporting GPS CA, L1, L2, and L5 signal receptions, withcapability of tracking Galileo and GLONASS. The satellites were launched to an initial orbit of 720 km altitude followed by sequential descending to mission orbit
at 550 km for constellation separation. Currently fivesatellites have descended to 550 km and more than 4000
occultation daily soundings have achieved. RF beacon
antenna transmits 400, 965, and 2200 MHz signals forground receivers worldwide to monitor ionosphere scintillation and total electron content (TEC). The IVM in-

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Charles Lin1, P.K. Rajesh1 and Chi-Yen Lin2
1Department of Earth Science, National Cheng Kung
University, Tainan, Taiwan
2Center for Astronautical Physics and Engineering, National
Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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Figure 1. Artistic view of FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 in space.

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Figure 2. GIS electron density at 2000 UT on 23 August 2020 at 300 km. The white dotted line denotes magnetic
equator. F7/C2 track (solid yellow line), and RO tangent locations (red lines) and GPS stations (green dots) areover plotted. nRO gives the number of RO events during the 1-hour period, and nGPS denotes the number GPS
stations used.

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Figure 3. GIS map at global constant local time frame on consecutive days of 1-3 September 2020. The black line
denotes the magnetic equator.

RO electron density and GIS have been carried out by
Lin et al. (2020).

tation Process System (http://tacc.cwb.gov.tw/v2/en/
trops_download.html).

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Referencesig-3 displays global constant local time maps ofelectron density at 300 km altitude at 1400 LT, on
consecutive days of 1-3, September 2020. Distinct longitudinal wave-4 structure could be noted approximately
centered over 120°W, 30°W, 80°E, and 175°E longitudes showing clear day-to-day variability driven by thelower atmospheric forcing. Such global density maps
revealing the longitudinal variability previously required
20-45 days combination of RO data.

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he RO aided product with hourly latency could beapplied for studies of space weather effects and thevertical coupling of atmosphere-ionosphere. GIS data
are available for community at National Cheng Kung
University web-platform (http://
formosat7.earth.ncku.edu.tw) and Taiwan Radio Occul-

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Lin, C. Y., Matsuo, T., Liu, J. Y., Lin, C. H., Huba, J.
D., Tsai, H. F., & Chen, C. Y. (2017). Data assimilationof ground-based GPS and radio occultation total electron content for global ionospheric specification. Journalof Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122, 10,876–
10,886. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024185.
Lin, C. Y., Lin, C. H., Liu, J. Y., Rajesh, P. K., Matsuo,T., Chou, M. Y., Tsai, H. F., & Yeh, W. H. (2020). The
Early Results and Validation of FORMOSAT-7/
COSMIC-2 Space Weather Products: Global Ionospheric Specification and Ne-Aided Abel Electron Density
Profile. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028028.

Article

Highlight on Young Scientists 1:

Whole Atmosphere Coupling Embodied by Trace
Species Variability during Atmospheric Dynamical
Disturbances

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McArthur
Jones Jr.

on the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite, coupled with model simulations by the NCAR Thermosphere-IonosphereMesosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIME-GCM) a new model of atomic hydrogen (H)variability in response to SSWs/MCs emerged. The advantage of employing TIME-GCM is that it can be constrained to the meteorological forcing from below, butalso extends up through the thermosphere to the edge ofthe exosphere (exobase), allowing one to probe almost
the entire atmospheric column. Figure 1 presents TIME-

Meeting Reportn important source of meteorological variability inthe middle atmosphere is the sudden stratosphericwarming (SSW) whereby the polar stratosphere candramatically warm in mid-winter. It is known that these
SSW events are accompanied by coolings in the mesosphere (mesospheric coolings: MC) and other perturbations even higher in altitude. It has only recently been
appreciated that these perturbations in temperature areaccompanied by perturbations in composition, and using data from the Sounding of the Atmosphere with
Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument

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McArthur (Mack) Jones Jr.
Space Science Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA

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Figure 1. Comparison of SABER zonal mean atomic hydrogen (TOP) mixing ratio in January 2013 with the TIME
-GCM (BOTTOM) for the same period. The TIME-GCM was constrained by a numerical weather prediction
model in the stratosphere and mesosphere and exhibits a sudden stratospheric warming, the onset of which isindicated by the black vertical line, while the magenta vertical line indicates the onset of the mesospheric cooling.
The contour lines in both data and model buckle upwards indicating reductions in H. The horizontal wide line in
the bottom panel is simply a fiducial.

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Figure 2. Change in the neutral constituents during the warming compared with before the warming calculated by
TIME-GCM. The composition data represent calculated zonal and diurnal averages for the results averaged forJanuary 8th – 22nd (during, defined by the existence of easterlies in the stratosphere) minus the preceding 16 day
period ending January 5th (pre SSW). The contour interval is every 10% with decreases (such as with the H at 100
km at 60-90N) indicated by dashed white lines. The figure shows the polar depletions in H (RIGHT) andenhancements in molecular nitrogen (LEFT) are mirrored by opposite changes at mid and low latitudes.

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GCM simulations showing that the model can reproduce the observed depletions in polar mesospheric H.
SABER also observed similar H depletions occurredwith the other SSWs (e.g., 2006 and 2009), but were notseen in a meteorologically quiet year such as 2014. Figure 2 shows that the perturbations associated with the
SSW/MC composition variations extend both equatorward and up throughout the full vertical domain of
the model. Additional, diagnostic runs of the TIMEGCM show that these variations in light trace species
are due to both changes in small scale gravity waves
and also changes in large scale semidiurnal tidal oscillations of the thermosphere driven during SSW/MC
events. A more detailed discussion on SSW/MC effects

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on light chemical species, including depletions in atomic oxygen and helium, and ionospheric effects please
ready our article published in JGR: Space Physics(https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/
abs/10.1029/2020JA028331)
Reference:
Jones, M., Siskind, D. E., Drob, D. P., McCormack, J.
P., Emmert, J. T., Dhadly, M. S., et al. (2020). Couplingfrom the middle atmosphere to the exobase: Dynamical
disturbance effects on light chemical species. Journal ofGeophysical Research: Space Physics, 125,e2020JA028331. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028331.

Upcoming meetings related to SCOSTEPArticleDate

LocationContact Information

AGU Fall Meeting 2020 (mostly virtual)Dec. 7-11, 2020

San Francisco, CA,USA

https://www.agu.org/fall-meeting

43rd COSPAR Scientific AssemblyJan. 28-Feb. 4,
2021

Sydney, Australia

https://www.cospar2020.org/

School on Describing and Analyzing Solar
Data for a better prediction of Space Weath- Feb. 14-18, 2021
er

Kigali, Rwanda

https://ur.ac.rw/?School-onDescribing-and-Analyzing-SolarData-for-a-better-prediction-ofSpaceEGU General Assembly 2021

Vienna, Austria

https://www.egu2021.eu/

Apr. 25-30, 2021

Aug. 1-6, 2021

Suntec, Singapore

IAU 2021 General AssemblyAug. 16-27, 2021

Busan, Korea

http://www.iauga2021.org/

IAGA 2021

Aug. 22-27, 2021

Hyderabad, India

http://www.iaga-iaspeiindia2021.in/

The 30th IUPAP General Assembly

Oct. 20-22, 2021

Beijing, China

AGU Fall Meeting 2021

Dec. 13-17, 2021

New Orleans, LA,USASCOSTEP’s 15th Quadrennial SolarTerrestrial Physics Symposium (STP-15)

Feb. 21-25, 2022

Alibag, India

EGU General Assembly 2022

Apr. 3-8, 2022

Vienna, Austria

COSPAR 2022

Jul. 16-24, 2022

Athens, Greece

AOGS 2022

Aug. 14-19, 2022

Melbourne, Australia

AGU Fall Meeting 2022

Dec. 12-16, 2022

Chicago, IL, USA

IUGG 2023

In July, 2023

Berlin, Germany

AGU Fall Meeting 2023

Dec. 11-15, 2023

San Francisco, CA,USA

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AOGS 2021

https://www.asiaoceania.org/
aogs2021/public.asp?
page=home.html

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Conference

https://www.agu.org/fall-meeting

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http://
www.cosparathens2022.org/

https://www.agu.org/fall-meetinghttps://www.agu.org/fall-meeting

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Please send the information of upcoming meetings to the newsletter editors.

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ArticleAnnouncement 1:

SCOSTEP/PRESTO Grants for Year 2021
- Guidelines for application for campaigns -Highlight on Young Scientists

Ramon E. Lopez1 and Patricia Doherty2
1PRESTO chair, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
2PRESRO Scientific Secretary, Institute for Scientific Research (ISR),
Boston College, Boston, MA, USAS

Patricia
Doherty

COSTEP/PRESTO provides support for organizing
international scientific campaigns which could beeither:e) period when the coordinated investigations will
be performed, participating institutions, coordinator, andpoint of contact information.

coordinated observations during a specified period,orf) anticipated participation and demographics ofthe participants

coordinated investigations of specified past eventsor periods.

g) requested funding amount and how the funding
will be used.

hese campaign activities should be strictly related to
one or more PRESTO Pillars and contr ibute to
PRESTO activities. The campaign activity should beinternational and interdisciplinary.

h) list of other confirmed or addressed sponsors,
and their approved or expected contribution.

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COSTEP/PRESTO funding for campaigns is typically up to $5K. It is assumed that the instrumentation and equipment necessary for the campaign isalready present. This gr ant can be used to cover , fully or partially, the following expenses:●

Upcoming Meetings●in case of campaign observations: organization andlogistics of the observations, travel expenses of theobservational team.
in case of coordinated investigations (e.g., campaign data analysis for past events): communications, software, travel expenses for a meeting tosummarize the results (either stand-alone or a dedicated session in a related meeting), cost for online
meetings

How to prepare and submit your proposal

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1) Proposals can only be submitted by SCOSTEP members included in SCOSTEP-all mailing list. To join the
SCOSTEP-all mailing list, please contact the SCOSTEPSecretariat, Ms. Patricia Doherty (patricia.doherty atbc.edu).
2) Proposal should include the following information:a) description of the planned activityb) how the activity is related to the PRESTO and
its Pillarsc) how it furthers capacity buildingd) when and where the campaign observations will
be carried, participating observers, coordinator, andpoint of contact information

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SCOSTEP/PRESTO NewsletterVol. 25i) The length of the proposal should be no morethan 2 pages.
3) Please contact relevant PRESTO Pillar co-leaders on
your proposal and explain the relevance of your proposal to the PRESTO activity. Proposals for markedlyinterdisciplinary activities can be explained directly to
PRESTO chair/co-chairs.
4) Send your proposal to the SCOSTEP Secretariat, Ms.
Patricia Doherty (patricia.doherty at bc.edu) by December 1, 2020.
Conditions associated with a successful grant application are1) After the deadline, the decision of acceptance/
rejection of the pr oposal will be made by the PRESTO chair/co-chairs and the PRESTO Pillar co-leaders.

2) A final scientific report on the activity to be submitted to the appropriate Pillar co-leaders as well as thechairs of PRESTO within 30 days of completion of theactivity. The final report will eventually appear on the
SCOSTEP/PRESTO website and newsletters.
3) A financial report including the breakdown of expenses and the names of the supported participants to besubmitted to the SCOSTEP Secretariat, Ms. Patricia
Doherty (patricia.doherty at bc.edu).

4) Links to materials to be added to the SCOSTEP
website and to be then freely available to all in the
SCOSTEP/PRESTO community (e.g. data, models, virtual observatories, presentations, press releases, publications, etc.).
5) The support by SCOSTEP/PRESTO to be acknowledged in the r elated pr esentations, publications, etc.

ArticleAnnouncement 2:

SCOSTEP/PRESTO Grants for Year 2021
- Guidelines for application for meetings -SCOSTEP/PRESTO provides support for organizing
international scientific meetings (conferences, symposia, workshops) which are strictly related to one ormore PRESTO Pillars and contribute to PRESTO activities. Since SCOSTEP has dedicated funding for capacity
building activity, please send requests for supporting
schools directly to SCOSTEP President and Secretariat.

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Cost for preparation of online meeting, such aszoom license, archiving recorded presentations,etc.
registration fee waivers
travel expenses, visa payment, accommodation andper diem of selected participants.

1) Proposals can only be submitted by SCOSTEP members included in SCOSTEP-all mailing list. To join the
SCOSTEP-all mailing list, please contact the SCOSTEPSecretariat, Ms. Patricia Doherty (patricia.doherty atbc.edu).
2) Proposal should include the following information:a) description of the planned activityb) when and where it will occur and point of contact informationc) meeting’s web page (if any).

e) anticipated attendance and demographics of theparticipantsi) The length of the proposal should be no morethan 2 pages.
3) Please contact relevant PRESTO Pillar co-leaders on
your proposal and explain the relevance of your proposal to the PRESTO Pillar activity. Proposals of markedly interdisciplinary activities can be explained directly
to PRESTO chair/co-chairs.

4) Send your proposal to the SCOSTEP Secretariat, Ms.
Patricia Doherty (patricia.doherty at bc.edu) by December 1, 2020.
Conditions associated with a successful grant application are:1) After the deadline, the decision of acceptance/
rejection of the pr oposal will be made by the PRESTO chair/co-chairs and the PRESTO Pillar co-leaders.
2) A final scientific report on the activity to be submitted to the appropriate Pillar co-leaders as well as to thechairs of PRESTO within 30 days of completion of theactivity. The final report will eventually appear on the
SCOSTEP/PRESTO website and newsletters.
3) A financial report including the breakdown of expenses and the names of the supported participants to besubmitted to the SCOSTEP Secretariat, Ms. Patricia
Doherty (patricia.doherty at bc.edu).
4) Links to materials to be added to the SCOSTEP
website and to be then freely available to all in the
PRESTO community (e.g. presentations, virtual observatories, press releases, publications, etc.).
5) The support by SCOSTEP/PRESTO to be acknowledged in the meeting announcement, sign boar ds,
program book, etc.

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Pillar(s)h) list of other confirmed or addressed sponsors,
and their approved or expected contribution.

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How to prepare and submit your proposal

Patricia
Doherty

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SCOSTEP/PRESTO funding for one meeting is typically $3K, but no more than $5K. We urge candidates toraise additional funding for their meetings from othersources. This grant is limited to the usage of covering,fully or partially, the following expenses:

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Lopez

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Ramon E. Lopez1 and Patricia Doherty2
1PRESTO chair, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
2SCOSTEP Scientific Secretary, Institute for Scientific Research (ISR),
Boston College, Boston, MA, USAf) how it will enhance capacity buildingg) requested funding amount and how the funding
will be used.

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Contact address of PRESTO Officers

ArticlePRESTO chair/co-chairs
chairRamon Edgardo Lopez

relopez at uta.edu

co-chair

Eugene Rozanov

eugene.rozanov at pmodwrc.ch

co-chair

Jie Zhangjzhang7 at gmu.edu

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Pillar 1. Sun, interplanetary space and geospaceco-leader

Allison Jaynes

allison-n-Jaynes at uiowa.edu

co-leader

Emilia Kilpua

emilia.kilpua at helsinki.fi

co-leaderSpiros Patsourakos

spatsourakos at gmail.com, spatsour at cc.uoi.gr

Pillar 2. Space weather and the Earth’s atmosphereco-leader

Loren Changloren at ncu.edu.tw

co-leader

Duggirala Pallamraju

raju at prl.res.in

co-leader

Nick Pedatella

nickp at ucar.edu

Pillar 3. Solar activity and its influence on the climate of the Earth System

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Odele Coddington

Odele.Coddington at lasp.colorado.edu

co-leader

Jie Jiangjiejiang at buaa.edu.cn

co-leader

Stergios Misios

smisios at noa.gr

SCOSTEP headquarters
President

Kazuo Shiokawa

shiokawa at nagoya-u.jp

Vice President

Daniel Marshmarsh at ucar.edu

Vice President

Nat Gopalswamy

Nat.Gopalswamy at nasa.gov

Scientific Secretary

Patricia Doherty

patricia.doherty at bc.edu

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ArticleAnnouncement 3:

Application guidelines for SCOSTEP capacity building funds

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COSTEP provides support for organizing schools
for capacity building of students and young scientists in solar-terrestrial physics by (1) providing small
funding for the participants and by (2) endorsing lecturers for the school from SCOSTEP Science Disciplinary
Representatives, National Adherents, and other
SCOSTEP-related officers. SCOSTEP capacity building funds for school is typically up to US$5000. This
grant can be used to cover, fully or partially, the following expenses:●

Patricia
Doherty

The proposal should include the following information in no more than 2 pagesa) description of the planned school, including when andwhere it will occur and point of contact information, as
well as, the school’s web page (if any).
b) how the activity is related to SCOSTEPc) anticipated attendance and their countries of affiliation

travel expenses, visa payment, accommodation andper diem of selected participants.

d) requested funding amount and how the funding will
be usedregistration fee waiverse) request of endorsement of lecturers in SCOSTEP (ifany)

How to submit a proposal
1) Proposals can only be submitted by scientists registered in the SCOSTEP-all mailing lists. To join the
SCOSTEP-all mailing list, please contact to the
SCOSTEP Secretariat.

SCOSTEP President: Dr. Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa at
nagoya-u.jp)
SCOSTEP Secretariat: Ms. Patricia Doherty(patricia.doherty at bc.edu)f) list of other confirmed or addressed sponsors
Conditions associated with a successful grant application are:
1) A final scientific report on the activity to be submitted to the SCOSTEP President and Science Secretariat
within 30 days of completion of the activity. The final
report will eventually appear on the SCOSTEP website
and newsletters.

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SCOSTEP Secretariat.

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Kazuo
Shiokawa

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Kazuo Shiokawa1 and Patricia Doherty2
1SCOSTEP President, Center for International Collaborative Research (CICR),
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE),
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
2SCOSTEP Scientific Secretary, Institute for Scientific Research (ISR),
Boston College, Boston, MA, USA

2) A financial report including the breakdown of expenses and the names of the supported participants to besubmitted to the SCOSTEP Secretariat.
3) The support by SCOSTEP should be acknowledgedin the school announcements, sign boards, web pages,
program book, etc.

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ArticleAnnouncement 4:2020 SCOSTEP Awards Announcements

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Kazuo Shiokawa1 and Patricia Doherty2
1SCOSTEP President, Center for International Collaborative Research (CICR),
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE),
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
2SCOSTEP Scientific Secretary, Institute for Scientific Research (ISR),
Boston College, Boston, MA, USAS

COSTEP is pleased to announce the winners of theDistinguished Scientist, Distinguished Young Scientist and Distinguished Service Awards for 2020. Theseawards recognize the societal importance of studies in
the field of solar-terrestrial physics and give credit toscientists who contribute significantly to these studies
and to SCOSTEP activities. The awards include:
SCOSTEP Distinguished Scientist Award

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This award is given to recognize an outstanding contribution of a scientist to solar-terrestrial physics
SCOSTEP Distinguished Young Scientist Award

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Patricia
DohertyT

he SCOSTEP awards are given biennially. The firstDistinguished Science Awards were awarded in
2014. The first Distinguished Service Award was given
in 2013. The Award Statutes and Procedures are placedon the SCOSTEP web site section “Awards” (http://
www.bc.edu/scostep/programs/awards).

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ward nomination packages (nomination letters andnominee’s curriculum vitae) were received for anumber of nominees. After careful consideration, the
SCOSTEP Awards Committee selected the following
finalists:
SCOSTEP Distinguished Scientist Award:
Professor Qiugang Zong, Peking University

This award is given to young scientists who haveachieved considerable success in solar-terrestrial physics and have taken an active part in SCOSTEP-related
activities

SCOSTEP Distinguished Young Scientist Award:
Dr. Mateja Dumbović, University of Zagreb

SCOSTEP Distinguished Service AwardSCOSTEP Distinguished Service Award:
Dr. Sunanda Basu, NSF (retired)This award is given to recognize unique contributions to
SCOSTEP-related activities, to realization of its programs and events. This award is nominally made in odd
years. Since no award was made in 2019, it may bemade retroactively in 2020.

Congratulations to the award winners!

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SCOSTEP 2020 Distinguished Scientist AwardSCOSTEP is pleased to announce that the2020 Distinguished Scientist Award is given toHighlight on Young Scientists

Professor Qiugang Zong
Peking University, Beijing, China

Qiugang
Zong

Citation: For breakthroughs in identifying particle acceleration mechanisms and in unifying fundamental magnetic structures in space plasmas, and for many significant contributions to space physics for over 25 years.

Ps well as his many scientific contributions, Professor Zong has been instrumental in recruiting andtraining a young, vibrant team of students who havegone on to become faculty members at major universities, e.g., UCLA, UC Berkeley, U Michigan. As a resultof Professor Zong's leadership, the space science group
at Peking University (PKU) has emerged as one of theProfessor Zong is also very active in service to thespace science community and has organized AGU
Chapman conferences and sessions for workshops hosted by the AGU, EGU, and AOGS. He has also served asa Guest Editor of JASTP, and as an editor of Geoscience
Letters and Earth & Planetary Physics. He has also
served as an Associate Editor for JGR and President of
the Solar & Planetary Section of AOGS.

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rofessor Zong has impeccable scientific credentials
and he is internationally recognized and renownedfor his contributions to space physics for over 25 years.
His role in planning and participating in space science
missions in China and Europe is widely recognized.
Outside of China, in his area of specialization, Professor
Zong is one of the most respected space physicists of his
generation. It is an esteemed honor to present the 2020
SCOSTEP Distinguished Scientist Award to Professor
Qiugang Zong.

Upcoming MeetingsAleading research groups worldwide in space physics,
especially in energetic particle measurements and thedesign and building of energetic particle detectors. At
PKU Professor Zong is the consummate professional,
fully committed to the pursuit of scientific excellence,
and advancing the careers of the many highly qualified
people under his wing. Professor Zong’s knowledge andexperience are, without a doubt, crucial to the future
success of China's emergence as a major space-faring
nation.

Meeting Reportrofessor Qiugang Zong’s contributions to space science are widely known in the international spacescience community and evident through his extensive
publication record in AGU scientific journals. Professor
Zong's scientific findings demonstrate exceptional physical insight into the behavior of energetic particles andultra-low-frequency (ULF) wave-particle interactions inEarth's magnetosphere and radiation belts. A specialtyof Professor Zong is the analysis of multi-spacecraft
data, a notoriously difficult endeavor in which practicalexperience in the design and exploitation of spacecraft
instrumentation are required to significantly advanced
basic knowledge of geospace. Professor Zong is at theforefront of science through his co-investigator status on
the Geotail, Cluster and Double Star missions. His science has been recognized through international awards
such as the European Space Agency (ESA)"Outstanding Scientist Award," the "Special Cluster
Award," and the NASA–Cluster science team "Group
Achievement Award." At the EGU meeting in Vienna in
May 2020, Professor Zong received the prestigious"Hannes Alfvén Award" in recognition of his twentyfive years record of excellence in space science.

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SCOSTEP 2020 Distinguished Young Scientist AwardSCOSTEP is pleased to announce that the2020 Distinguished Young Scientist Award is given toHighlight on Young Scientists

Dr. Mateja Dumbović
Hvar Observatory, University of Zagreb, Croatia

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Citation: For outstanding contributions to solar, solar-terrestrial and space weather physics; and for ambitious
efforts and services for the scientific community.

Dr. Mateja Dumbović has performed significant scientific studies on different aspects of solarterrestrial sciences, covering both observational andtheoretical approaches. Her most important contributions are on the modeling and observational study ofcosmic ray modulations and Forbush decreases causedby coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and co-rotating interacting regions (CIRs), on drag-based modeling of theinterplanetary CME propagation and on their geoeffectivity. These various important aspects of solar andspace weather physics have been addressed by Dr.
Dumbović in thorough and multi-variant approaches,
including observations analysis and in-situ and remotesensing data by theoretical modeling, and by developing
tools relevant for space weather forecasting. In her
young career, she has already published 26 papers (8 asfirst author) in high-impact international peer-reviewed
journals.

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r. Dumbović did her undergraduate and PhD studies at the University of Zagreb under the supervision of Prof. Bojan Vršnak. Within her PhD study,
which she defended in 2015, she was closely involvedin the EU project COMESEP (COronal Mass Ejections
and Solar Energetic Particles: forecasting the space
weather impact), where she provided important scientific contributions on statistically modelling the geoeffectivity of coronal mass ejections, and implementing
these results as one of the COMESEP warning tools.
Based on her PhD, she was awarded the L’OréalUNESCO national fellowship “For Women in Science”.

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She was co-developer of the drag-based model (DBM)
for the interplanetary propagation of CMEs, which she
later enhanced toward ensemble modeling (DBEM).
The DBEM model is now implemented and running as
an online forecast tool within ESA’s Space Situational
Awareness Space Weather Program.

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fter her PhD, Dr. Dumbović was awarded a prestigious Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions individual
fellowship of the EU H2020 program, to perform a project on “Forbush decrease model for expanding CMEs
affecting Earth and Mars (ForbMod) at the University ofGraz, Austria.

In addition to her scientific contributions, Dr. Dumbović is active in community engagement in the field ofsolar-terrestrial sciences as a frequent peer-reviewer in a
number of prestigious journals and as a member of 3
NASA review panels. The community engagement efforts are also evident in her activities to organize various
international conferences as a member of the LOC and
SOC, including the SCOSTEP/VarSITI/ISEST Workshops (International Study of Earth-affecting Solar
Transients) in Hvar in the years 2013 and 2018. She wasalso an observing scientist of the day for the MiniMax24/ISEST campaign of the SCOSTEP VarSITI(2014-2018) and PRESTO (2020-2024) scientific programs. It is with admiration and honor that we present
the 2020 SCOSTEP Distinguished Young Scientist
Award to Dr. Mateja Dumbović.

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SCOSTEP 2020 Distinguished Service AwardSCOSTEP is pleased to announce that the2020 Distinguished Service Award is given toHighlight on Young Scientists

Dr. Sunanda Basu
National Science Foundation (Retired)
Visiting Research Scholar, Boston College

SunandaBasu

Citation: For selfless service over nearly three decades towards promoting SCOSTEP science, together withpromoting, encouraging, and recognizing the talent in solar terrestrial sciences across the globe.

Dbrought together ground-based facilities worldwide to
draw a global picture of space weather activity. Sunanda was a member of the Long-Range Planning Committee that created CAWSES program and then served as
Chair of the Science Steering Committee. As part of
CAWSES in 2006, Sunanda supported a first everworldwide virtual conference in Sun-Earth system science to kick off an international investigation of extreme space weather, promote science capacity building
in developing countries, provide a resource for students
worldwide, and celebrate the spirit of exploration andcollaboration in science that fueled the International
Geophysical Year 50 years prior. By the final day, theconference had logged 272 registered participants from
20 countries and more than 120,000 total hits.

Ds the examples above demonstrate, Dr. Basu has
contributed tirelessly to SCOTEP programs overthe past 30 years recognizing that space weather is experienced worldwide and that scientific talent knows nogeophysical boundaries. It is with gratitude and honorthat we present the 2020 SCOSTEP Service Award to
Dr. Sunanda Basu.

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inally, Dr. Basu’s efforts in building capacity for
science worldwide were focused on inspiring andsupporting scientific talent) our greatest asset for scientific progress.

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r. Basu has served SCOSTEP in various programs
and in various roles since 1990. In the STEP program, she chaired one of the working groups and served
as guest editor of papers that this group produced. 1n
1998, she served on the steering committee to develop
the S-RAMP program and spearheaded an international
campaign in 1999 called Space Weather Month which

Meeting Reportr. Sunanda Basu is recognized for her selfless service, over a period of thirty years, rendered for the
benefit of the scientific community working in sciences
related to SCOSTEP. Over these years, Dr. Basu participated passionately in several roles, such as (i) active
researcher working on several topics of SCOSTEP science, (ii) leader of working groups wherein she led theresearchers on focused solar-terrestrial problems, (iii)
science management wherein she interfaced with various working groups, (iv) fundraiser for the success ofmajor SCOSTEP programs, (v) encouragement of human resources in SCOSTEP sciences (with a special
emphasis on gender balance and global participation),and (vi) outreach and popularization of SCOSTEP science. She has been a true champion in promoting, encouraging, and recognizing the talent in solar terrestrial
sciences across the globe. Some aspects of her contributions are briefly mentioned below to highlight her commitment, dedication, care, concern, and service to the
SCOSTEP science and SCOSTEP programs.

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The purpose of the The purpose of the SCOSTEP/PRESTO newsletter is to promote communication among scientists related to solar-terrestrial
physics and the SCOSTEP’s PRESTO program.
The editors would like to ask you to submit the following articles to the SCOSTEP/PRESTO newsletter.
Our newsletter has five categories of the articles:
1. Articles— Each article has a maximum of 500 words length and four figures/photos (at least two figures/photos).
With the writer’s approval, the small face photo will be also added.
On campaign, ground observations, satellite observations, modeling, etc.

2. Meeting reports—Each meeting report has a maximum of 150 words length and one photo from the meeting.
With the writer’s approval, the small face photo will be also added.
On workshop/conference/ symposium report related to SCOSTEP/PRESTO
3. Highlights on young scientists— Each highlight has a maximum of 300 words length and two figures.
With the writer’s approval, the small face photo will be also added.
On the young scientist’s own work related to SCOSTEP/PRESTO
4. Announcement— Each announcement has a maximum of 200 words length.
Announcements of campaign, workshop, etc.
5. Meeting schedule
Category 3 (Highlights on young scientists) helps both young scientists and SCOSTEP/PRESTO members to know each other. Please contact
the editors if you know any recommended young scientists who are willing to write an article on this category.
TO SUBMIT AN ARTICLE
Articles/figures/photos can be emailed to the Newsletter Secretary, Ms. Mai Asakura (asakura_at_isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp). If you have any questions or problem, please do not hesitate to ask us.
SUBSCRIPTION - SCOSTEP MAILING LISTThe PDF version of the SCOSTEP/PRESTO Newsletter is distributed through the SCOSTEP-all mailing list. If you want to be included in themailing list to receive future information of SCOSTEP/PRESTO, please send e-mail to “patricia.doherty_at_bc.edu” or “sean.oconnell.2 atbc.edu” (replace “_at_” by “@”) with your name, affiliation, and topic of interest to be included.

Editors:

Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa_at_nagoya-u.jp)
SCOSTEP President,
Center for International Collaborative Research (CICR),
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University,
Nagoya, Japan

Patricia H. Doherty (patricia.doherty_at_bc.edu)
SCOSTEP Scientific Secretary,
Boston College, Boston, MA, USA

Ramon Lopez (relopez_at_uta.edu)
PRESTO chair,
University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA

Newsletter Secretary:

Mai Asakura (asakura_at_isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp)
Center for International Collaborative Research (CICR),
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University,
Nagoya, Japan

PRESTO co-chairs
and Pillar co-leaders:

Eugene Rozanov (co-chair), Jie Zhang (co-chair), Allison Jaynes (Pillar 1 co-leader), Emilia Kilpua (Pillar 1 co-leader), Spiros Patsourakos (Pillar 1 co-leader), Loren Chang (Pillar 2 co-leader),Duggirala Pallamraju (Pillar 2 co-leader), Nick Pedatella (Pillar 2 co-leader), Odele Coddington(Pillar 3 co-leader), Jie Jiang (Pillar 3 co-leader), and Stergios Misios (Pillar 3 co-leader)

SCOSTEP Bureau:

Kazuo Shiokawa (President), Daniel Marsh (Vice President), Nat Goplaswamy (Past President),
Patricia Doherty (Scientific Secretary), Aude Chambodut (WDS), Jorge Chau (URSI), KyungSuk Cho (IAU), Yoshizumi Miyoshi (COSPAR), Renata Lukianova (IAGA/IUGG), Peter
Pilewskie (IAMAS), Annika Seppälä (SCAR), and Prasad Subramanian (IUPAP)
web site: www.bc.edu/scostep.

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