MMS Community Science Workshop #5

• NCTS Clearance is required for this meeting because it is a conference. Clearance request page to appear soon here.

• Breakout sessions for the MMS SWT and other team meetings will be held on Monday 21 Oct.
• US Government per diem rates apply for lodging, meals and incidentals.
  
  
  

AGU Sessions of Interest:

• SM028 Multi-scale investigations of fundamental plasma processes by in-situ observations and simulations     
• SM017 Interactive Visualizations of Magnetic Reconnection: Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Observations and Simulations     ← eLightning!
• SM018 Kinetic effects in solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling during extreme magnetic storms     
• SM020 Magnetic reconnection – connecting ideas from observations, experiments and models.     
  
• SM009 Dayside Magnetospheric Interactions     
• SM019 Magnetic Reconnection on the Dayside the Resulting Ionospheric Signatures     
  
• SH004 Collisionless Shock Waves in Astrophysical Plasmas     
• SM010 Do Intrinsic Magnetic Fields Shield Planetary Atmospheres From Escaping?     
  
• SH013 Kappa Distributions and Turbulence: Theory and Applications in space plasmas     
• SH030 Turbulence, Waves, and Magnetic Reconnection from Magnetohydrodynamic to Kinetic Scales     
• SH031 Turbulent energization and dissipation:  Insights from multispacecraft observations from Cluster and MMS to Helioswarm, Debye and beyond.     
• SM012 Explosive Magnetotail Activity: Studies throughout the Solar System during the Spaceflight Era     
• SM022 Magnetosphere - Plasmasphere - Ionosphere Coupling: Transport of Ionospheric Ions to the Magnetosphere and their Consequences     
• SM032 Panel Discussion: The Impact of Cold Ions and Cold Electrons on the Magnetospheric System     
  

2019 MMS Science Telecon: Tuesdays, 11:00 Eastern US

10:00 am | Central Time |

July 9: Hosted by MMS FPI Team → meeting link: https://swri15.webex.com/swri15/j.php?MTID=mfdf90471b979ccbdc0bcb3fd832234e5

1.5 hrs

MMS Senior Review inputs: Williams, Cohen, Hesse1, Hesse2 , Delaware

Schedule:
(Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov)
1st Tue. Mission Ops and Science led by Burch, Moore, Torbert or delegatee
2nd Tue. Fields Discussion led by Torbert, Ergun, or delegatee
3rd Tue. Plasma Discussion led by Giles or delegatee
4th Tue. Energetic Particles Discussion led by Mauk or delegatee 
5th Tue., (if any) Break 

(Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec)
1st Tue. Mission Ops and Science led by Burch, Moore, Torbert or delegatee
2nd Tue. Composition Discussion led by Fuselier or delegatee
3rd Tue. Theory/Modeling Discussion led by Hesse or delegatee 
4th Tue. Any Contributed Science, led by Torbert or delegatee
5th Tue., (if any) Break 

MMS Science Working Team Meeting, 2019 --> Joint with NSF GEM Workshop

23-28 June 2019, Santa Fe, NM – GEM Website  – MMS SWT details page

(CEDAR-GEM joint meeting on June 22nd, Student day on June 23rd, regular GEM week on June 24th - 28th)

• Yes!  Register for GEM and you are good to go for the MMS SWT. 
• Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 15th, 2019 by midnight at the end of the day
• Late Registration Starts: May 16th, 2019
• Deadline for poster submissions: May 31, 2019

Initial thoughts toward the MMS Senior Review: Williams, Cohen, Hesse1, Hesse2 , Delaware

MMS Community Science Workshop #4

• Correction: NCTS Clearance is no longer required for this meeting because it is domestic.

• Contract travelers from the same institution should share rental vehicles.
• Actual lodging expenses will be reimbursed only for 19-22 Feb.

2018 Fall AGU Sessions:

Fall 2018 AGU - December 10 - 14, Washington DC Convention Center
SM012: Multi-scale Investigations of fundamental plasma processes by in-situ observations and simulations
Session Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/47120 

Fall 2018 MMS SWT/SWG Meeting 22-25 Oct. 2018

22-25 Oct. 2018, SWT/SWG Meeting, Location: Schloss Seggau near Graz, Austria: Agenda
22 October 2018: Team Splinters
23-25 October 2018: SWT/SWG

NOTES:
NCTS requests are not necessary for this meeting, since it is an "operational" or project meeting and not a conference.
The conference "registration fee" is actually a meal ticket, to be claimed as "meals and incidentals" in your travel vouchers.  

Meeting web site link is:
http://www.iwf.oeaw.ac.at/konferenz/seggau-2018/home/

MMS Community Science Workshop #3 12-14 Jun 2018, Bergen, Norway

9-10 June 2018: MMS Outreach Event: VilVite Center, Bergen

11 June 2018: Team Splinter meetings in the afternoon Agenda TBS

12-14 June 2018, Location: University of Bergen, Update: Web Site (Abstracts, Transportation, Lodging, Meals, NEW: Workshop Program), NCTS Requests (or use NCTS link to right)

6-8 June 2018, FPI Team Meeting: Hosted by Benoit Lavraud at the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Toulouse, France.  PLEASE INDICATE YOUR INTEREST IN ATTENDING AT: https://doodle.com/poll/nyzn3x3pe8v58cxa . There is the option "If need be" = "50-50 chance I come".

MMS-Related Sessions at the TESS 2018, 20-24 May 2018, Leesburg, VA

Web site: Triennial Earth-Sun Summit

Coupling processes in Geospace during enhanced solar wind driving

Space Physics of Star-Planet Interactions

NCTS Requests (#32661-18)

MMS-Related Sessions at the EGU 2018

ST2.8 Observations and simulations of multi-scale magnetospheric phenomena

ST2.5 Mass, Momentum, and Energy Transport through boundaries in the magnetosphere

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/sessionprogramme

NCTS Sign-up:

Winter 2018 MMS SWT/SWG Meeting

NEW: 27 Feb.-1 Mar. 2018, SWT/SWG Meeting: Location: Omni La Mansión del Rio Hotel, San Antonio, TX: Web Site, Agenda (v10)

Did you miss the hotel deadline for the SWT meeting in San Antonio?  Pat Reiff (reiff@rice.edu) has an extra room in case anyone needs the special rate.

2017 Fall AGU Sessions:

Fall 2017 AGU - December 11 - 15
SM011: Magnetic Reconnection and Related Phenomena in Geospace
Session Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session23465

SM012: Plasma Energization during Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
Session Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session25997

SM013: Physics of magnetic reconnection beyond 2D laminar models in space and in the laboratory
Session Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session24892

Fall 2017 MMS SWT/SWG Meeting after Int'l Conference on Substorms (25-29 Sep. 2017)

1 - 4 Oct. 2017, SWT/SWG Meeting: Location: Portland ME Regency Hotel: Agenda (v6,v7,v8,v9); Web Site: http://swri-eos.sr.unh.edu/mmsswt (user: mms; pwd: mmsswt)
Deadlines: hotels: 2017-08-30; meeting registration 2017-09-01 

Sunday: Am travel / SWG and splinters
Monday: Team Splinters; Program status
Tuesday: Science
Wednes: Science

25-29 Sep. 2017, ICS: Location: Sheraton Harborside Hotel, Portsmouth, NH, Web Site (http://ics13.unh.edu)

MMS Community Science Workshop #2 (and SWT/SWG Splinters)

NEW: drop off your presentation files at this link: Presentation File Drop

5 June 2017: SWT Team Splinter meetings in the morning, continue early pm, SWG meet in parallel, Plenary session after the break. SWT/SWG Meeting Agenda (v2,v3)

NEW: ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 20 April 2017
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN; Early bird deadline 1 May 2017.
6-8 June 2017, Location: LASP, CU Boulder, CO: Web Site (Abstracts, Transportation, Lodging, Meals, Workshop Program Agenda, Titles),

Millennium Harvest House is offering Govt. Rate as of 2 Feb 2017 (you have to select that option and bring docs) https://www.millenniumhotels.com

Joint JpGU-AGU

20-25 May 2017 @ Makuhari Messe, Bhiba, Japan
MMS Session:  20 May 2017
P-EM13: "Exploring space plasma processes with Magnetospheric Multiscale mission"

European Geosciences Union General Assembly

23–28 April 2017

ST 2.2 Abstract Submission Page (deadline 11 January 2017)

Winter 2017 Science Working Group / Team (SWG/SWT) Meeting

28 Feb. - 2 Mar. 2017, Location: Marriott Hotel, Key West, FL, Logistics (Transportation: Miami or Key West, Lodging: Marriott, Fairfield, or 24 North, Meals etc: Registration),

NEW Meeting Agenda (v1,v2,v3,v4,v5,v6a,v7b,v8e)

Splinter Meetings: 27 Feb. or 3 March, by request to Christine Williams at SwRIdotorg.

MMS Extended Mission (Senior Review) Proposal

Summer/Fall 2016 First MMS Community Science Workshop 

Recommendedtobookrooms ASAP! See Hotels link:  

6 Sep. SWT/ 7-9 Sept. 2016 Workshop, UCLA, CA: Logistics (Hotels, Transportation, Meals, etc.), SWT Meeting Agenda (v1,v2,v3),
NEW: Workshop Program (v1,v2,v4)

Note: a waiver has been issued raising the per diem for this meeting to $199 in some cases, per this link.

Spring 2016 Science Working Group / Team (SWG/SWT) Meeting

13-17 June 2016, Uppsala, Sweden: Logistics (Hotels, Transportation, Meals),

Agenda (v4,v5,v6,v7,v8)

NEW: Drop presentation files here: SWT Meeting 2016-06

JGR Special Issue on MMS

Opening date: 15 Dec. 2016

Closing date: 15 May 2017?

List of topics submitted as candidate papers

MMS News (For the latest on MMS, see our facebook page and twitter feed)

SROI - Orbits