CALL FOR PAPERS

COSPAR D2.3/E3.3 Symposium: Solar Variability and Climate Change

October 10 - 12, 2002
George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, USA

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Representatives:

This special event will take place during the 34th Scientific Assembly of COSPAR/World Space Congress 2002, Houston, TX, USA, October 10-19, 2002. The purpose of this 2.5-day long COSPAR Symposium (October 10-12, 2002) is to couple the studies of solar variability and its effect on climate changes on time scales of millenia to decades. We call for papers which will summarize past, on-going and future measurements, modeling efforts and understanding the underlying processes of solar variability and climate changes.

Important Deadlines:

1. Deadline for receipt of COSPAR abstracts: ABSOLUTE FINAL DEADLINE is May 13, 2002 - no abstracts sent after May 13, 2002 will be accepted.
   Abstracts should be sent to COSPAR with a copy to the Main Scientific Organizer (see instructions on the COSPAR web page)
2. Deadline for Financial Support Application: May 1, 2002 Application form together with scientific abstract should be sent to the Main Science Organizer and a copy to COSPAR
3. Deadline for Pre-Registration: August 16, 2002
4. Deadline for Hotel Reservation: To take advantage of the special WSC * 2002 rates, please book your reservation by SEPTEMBER 12, 2002. Rooms will be held while availability lasts and no later than September 12, 2002. After this date, World Space Congress * 2002 room blocks will be released and hotels may charge higher rates. All changes in hotel reservations should be made through WSC * 2002 Housing Bureau by September 30, 2002. After that date please contact the hotels directly.

Detailed information about abstract submission, deadlines, grant requests, etc... can be found in the COSPAR Information Bulletin, Number 151, August 2001 issue and also at the COSPAR-website:

http://www.copernicus.org/COSPAR/COSPAR.html

The Scientific Organizing Committee consists of:

The editors of the Conference volume:

Please note that participants should rely on their own national sources to finance travel/living expenses. In exceptional cases, PARTIAL SUPPORT, as a rule to a maximum amount of US$1,000 may be available to those participants who are unable to obtain sufficient funding. Please visit the above COSPAR website for further details.