Ørsted Newsletter #1, 2000 (January 20)

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  1. OIST Meeting - First Announcement and Call for Papers

1. OIST Meeting - First Announcement and Call for Papers

From: Pascale Ultré-Guérard, CNES (Pascale.Ultre-Guerard@cnes.fr)

The next OIST meeting will be hosted by CNES and held in Grasse, near Nice (25 km) on May 2-4, 2000, (just after the EGS XXV General Assembly in Nice, April 25-29). This first announcement contain information on the organization, objectives, logistics and the agenda for the meeting and also instructions for abstracts.

THE ØRSTED SATELLITE

Twenty years after the MAGSAT mission, the Ørsted satellite was launched with a Delta II rocket from the Vandenberg basis in California on 23 February 1999. The Ørsted satellite is equipped with instruments for taking very accurate measurements of the Earth's magnetic field (scalar and tri-axial magnetometers), the high-energy charged-particle environment and for remote sensing of the atmosphere and ionosphere using the GPS occultation technique. Ørsted is in a Low Earth Orbit with an inclination of 96.5°, a perigee at 638 km and an apogee at 849 km. The orbital plane is slowly drifting in local time, from an initial time of 14:02 LT to 8:20 at the end of the projected 14-month operational period. The principal aim of the mission is to accurately map the Earth's magnetic field as caused by internal sources and to characterize current systems in space.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

This meeting will be the first to be held after the launch of the Ørsted satellite. The objectives are: All of the scientific topics covered by the Ørsted mission will be discussed: the geomagnetic field of internal and external origins, electrical conductivity of the mantle, atmosphere and ionosphere sounding, etc. Other suggestions are welcome. This meeting is open to Ørsted co-investigators and to all scientists involved in the Ørsted mission.

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Sponsorship: The workshop is being organized by CNES.

ORGANIZATION

Scientific committee:

Chairpersons:

Members: Organizing committee:

Chairperson:

Members:
Abstracts and submission of papers:
Oral and Poster sessions will be organized. The number of oral presentations will be limited to fit the schedule. The breakdown between poster and oral presentations will be made by the scientific committee and shown in the final announcement.
Instruction for preparing abstracts
Authors are invited to comply with the following writing, typing and layout instructions: All abstracts should be sent to by March 15, 2000

- by mail (paper copy and disk or ZIP cartridge (in WinWord format for PC) send to:

AGENCE DAG - 25, rue Saint Guilhem - 31400 TOULOUSE - France

- by e-mail (as an attached WinWord file for PC) send to: Contact@dag.fr

PROGRAMME

The final programme will be included with the last announcement.

AGENDA

Deadline for abstracts: March 15 2000
Last announcement: Beginning April
Deadline for hotel registration: April 5th

GENERAL INFORMATION

Venue:
The meeting will take place at
"le Mas du Calme"

51-53, chemin de la Tourache - 06130 Grasse
Phone: 33(0)4.92.42.40.50 - Fax: 33(0)4.92.42.40.55
Accommodation:
All participants are requested to stay at the "Mas du Calme" where the workshop will take place or at the "La Louisiane" (10 min from the "Mas du Calme"). Due to the organization of a special event in Grasse (the "Fête de la Rose") during this period, participants are highly recommended to book in advance. Special rates will be offered to participants: Additional support will be provided to participants from French State organizations that sponsor the Workshop (CNES, CNRS, Universities).
How to get to Grasse:
The usual way to go to Grasse is to take the plane from Paris to Nice. Grasse is about 25 km from Nice and about 17 km from Cannes There are two airports: International airport: NICE COTE D'AZUR Airport: CANNES LA BOCCA Further information on the programme, accommodation, and a local map will be included in the final announcement to will be issued by beginning of April.
Lunches, Coffee breaks:
Lunches and coffee breaks will be served daily in the restaurant Dinners are not included in this meeting. Participants will be free to dine at Mas du Calme, or in other downtown restaurants.
Weather:
The weather is normally fine on the French Riviera in May, The temperature is usually between 17° C and 26° C.
Shuttles:
Shuttles will be provided every evening from the "Mas du Calme" to downtown Grasse , and from "La Louisiane" to downtown Grasse. Shuttle busses will be made available between the Nice-Cannes airports and railways stations (SNCF) if enough participants request them.
Workshop Secretariat:
During the meeting, an administrative secretariat will provide all facilities (transparencies, photocopies, etc.)

REGISTRATION

Registration and Hotel Reservation forms are available from contact@dag.fr on the Web site : http://www.dag.fr (from January 31).

TRAVEL SUPPORT

A limited amount of travel support is available. Contact Pascale.Ultre-Guerard@cnes.fr for information.

CONTACTS

Further information may be obtained from:
Joëlle Guinle, CNES
Département Expositions-Colloques
18, avenue Edouard Belin
31401 Toulouse cedex 4 - France
Phone : 33 5 61 27 4018
Fax : 33 561 28 29 39
E-mail : joelle.guinle@cnes.fr

Anne Jullian, Agence DAG
25, rue Saint Guilhem
31400 Toulouse, France
Phone : 33 5 61 25 15 00
Fax : 33 5 61 25 16 00
E-mail : contact@dag.fr