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Volume 21 (May 2019)

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Article 1. A. Belov, A. Abunin, E. Eroshenko, M. Abunina, V. Yanke, V. Oleneva Virtual Laboratory for the comprehensive analysis of Forbush-Effects and Interplanetary Disturbances … … … … … … … … ..	...1
Article 2. A. Belinskaya, A. Kovalev, O. Fedotova, N. Semakov Ionosphere and Magnetic Data - Klyichi (IMD–K) … … … … … … … … … … ..	...3
Highlight of young scientist 1: G. Sindhuja/ India … … … … … … … … .. .	...6
Highlight of young scientist 2: Evgenii A. Shirokov/ Russia … … … … … … ..	...8
Highlight of young scientist 3: Xin An/ USA … … … … … … … … … … .. .	...9
Highlight of young scientist 4: Sanchita Pal/ India … … … … … … … … …	..11
Meeting Report 1: 2019 African Geophysical Society Conference on Space Weather, Cairo, Egypt, 25÷28 March 2019 / Ayman Mahrous / … … … … ..	..14
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..14
Short News 1: Predictability of the Variable Solar Terrestrial Coupling (PRESTO): The New Scientific Program of SCOSTEP, Nat Gopalswamy (President, SCOSTEP) … … … … … … … … … … …	..15
Short News 2: Acknowledgements, K. Shiokawa, K. Georgieva (VarSITI co-chairs)	..17

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Volume 20 (December 2018) (updated on 18.12.2018)

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Article 1. F.-J. Lübken, U. Berger, G. Baumgarten Noctilucent Clouds and Climate Change … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..	...1
Article 2. C. M. Wrasse, C. A. O. B. Figueiredo, H. Takahashi, J. V. Bageston Stable Auroral Red (SAR) Arc Observed at King George Island in 2017 .. ..	...3
Article 3. Q. Hu, Y. Chen Database of Small-scale Magnetic Flux Ropes in the Solar Wind … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	...4
Highlight of young scientist 1: Aramesh Seif/ Canada … … … … … … … .. .	...6
Highlight of young scientist 2: Karin Dissauer/ Austria … … … … … … … …	...8
Meeting Report 1: ISEST 2018 Workshop, Hvar Observatory, Zagreb, Croatia September 24÷28, 2018 / Bojan Vršnak / … … … … … … … … … …	..10
Meeting Report 2: The 15^th International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy (ISEA-15), Ahmedabad, India October 22÷26, 2018 / Duggirala Pallamraju / … … … … … … … … … … … … … .. .	..10
Meeting Report 3: The 7^th Brazilian Symposium on Space Geophysics and The 7^th Brazilian Symposium on Space Geophysics and Aeronomy, Santa Maria, Brazil November 7÷9, 2018 / José Valentin Bageston / … … .	..11
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..11

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Volume 19 (October 2018)

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Article 1. Kanya Kusano Project for Solar-Terrestrial Environment Prediction (PSTEP) … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..	...1
Article 2. Katya Georgieva VarSITI Discussion on "Solar Variability and Sunspot Indices" … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	...4
Highlight of young scientist 1: Thai Trinh/ Germany … … … … … … … … .	...6
Highlight of young scientist 2: Deepak K. Karan/ India … … … … … … … ..	...8
Highlight of young scientist 3: Chenglong Shen/ China … … … … … … … .	..10
Meeting Report 1: HEPPA-SOLARIS Workshop 2018, Roanoke, Virginia, USA June 11÷14, 2018 / Scott Bailey & B. Thurairajah / … … … … … … … .	..12
Meeting Report 2: 7^th IAGA/ICMA/SCOSTEP Workshop on Vertical Coupling in the Atmosphere-Ionosphere System, Potsdam, Germany July 2÷6, 2018 / Petra Koucká-Knížová / … … … … … … … … … … ..	..12
Meeting Report 3: 45^th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods, Kiruna, Sweden August 27÷31, 2018 / Tima Sergienko / …	..13
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..13

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Volume 18 (June 2018)

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Article 1. I. Mann, S. Nozawa EISCAT_3D Radar for Studies of the Polar Ionosphere and Magnetosphere … … … … … … … … … … ..	...1
Article 2. R.F. Pinto, A.P. Rouillard Solar Wind Research with Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe: Data Tools, Models and Strategies … … … …	...3
Article 3. WDS Scientific Committee Towards Trusted Data Services: World Data System & Certification … … … … … … … … … … … ..	...5
Article 4. Olga E. Malandraki An Introduction on ISEST (International Study of Earth-Affecting Solar Transients) Working Group on Solar Energetic Particles … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..	...7
Highlight of young scientist 1: Gunter Stober/ Germany, Canada … … … … ..	..11
Highlight of young scientist 2: Sneha Yadav/ India … … … … … … … … ..	..13
Highlight of young scientist 3: Ashley Greeley/ USA … … … … … … … … ..	..15
Meeting Report 1: The 8^th Workshop on VLF/ELF Remote Sensing of Ionospheres and Magnetospheres (VERSIM), Apatity, Russia, 19÷23 March 2018 / Andrei Demekhov / … … … … … … … … … …	..17
Meeting Report 2: 41^st Annual Seminar "Physics of the Auroral Phenomena", Apatity, Russia, 12÷16 March 2018 / Irina Despirak / … … … … … … ..	..17
Meeting Report 3: 4^th International ANGWIN Workshop: Exploration of the High-latitude Upper Atmosphere Wave Dynamics, São José dos Campos, Brazil, 24÷26 April 2018 / Hisao Takahashi / … … ..	..18
Meeting Report 4: 10^th Workshop on Long-term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere, Hefei, China, 14÷18 May 2018 / Tao Li, Jia Yue / … … … ..	..18
Meeting Report 5: 10^th Workshop "Solar Influences on the Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Atmosphere", Primorsko, Bulgaria, 4÷8 June 2018 / Boian Kirov / … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .	..19
Meeting Report 6: VI International Conference "Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Safety" (AIS-2018), Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad, Russia, 3÷9 June 2018 / M.G. Golubkov, M.V. Klimenko, O.P. Borchevkina / … … … … … ..	..19
Meeting Report 7: DKIST Critical Science Plan Workshop 5, Newcastle upon Thyne, UK, 9÷11 April 2018 / Eamon Scullion / … … … … ..	..20
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..21

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Volume 17 (April 2018)

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Article 1. H. Liu, S. C. Solomon, D. R. Marsh, N. M. Pedatella Introducing the NCAR Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with Thermosphere and Ionosphere Extension (WACCM‒X 2.0) … … ..	...1
Article 2. D.V. Kotov, V. Truhlik, P.G. Richards, M.O. Shulha, O.V. Bogomaz, I.F. Domnin Coordinated investigations of topside H⁺ ions: new results for inner magnetosphere … … … … … … … … … … ..	...3
Article 3. G. M. Muntean, D. Besliu-Ionescu, V. Dobrica Complex catalogue of high speed streams and geomagnetic storms during solar cycle 24 (2009÷2016) … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .. ..	...5
Highlight of young scientist 1: Jian Du/ USA … … … … … … … … … … ..	...7
Highlight of young scientist 2: Diana Besliu-Ionescu/ Romania … … … … ... ..	...9
Highlight of young scientist 3: Emma Douma/ New Zealand … … … … … ... ..	..11
Highlight of young scientist 4: Lauri Holappa/ Finland, USA … … … … … ... ..	..12
Meeting Report 1: Promoting a new generation of Chinese-American collaboration in space, Guangzhou, China, 23÷24 January 2018 / Ryan McGranaghan / … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..	..14
Meeting Report 2: 13-th conference "Plasma Physics in the Solar System", Moscow, Russia, 12÷16 February 2018 / Yuri Yermolaev / … … … … … ..	..14
Meeting Report 3: Dynamic Sun II: Solar Magnetism from Interior to the Corona, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 12÷16 February 2018 / V. Fedun, S. Shelyag, E. Scullion, & A. K. Srivastava / … … … … .. ..	..15
Meeting Report 4: International School on Equatorial and low-latitude ionosphere (ISELION 2018), Siem Reap, Cambodia, 5÷9 March 2018 / C. Y. Yatini & K. Shiokawa / … … … … … … … … … … … .. ..	..15
Meeting Report 5: IAU Symposium 340, Jaipur, India, 18÷24 February 2018 / Dipankar Banerjee / … … … … … … … … … … … … … ... ..	..16
Meeting Report 6: Particle Dynamics in the Earth’s Radiation Belts, Cascais, Portugal 4÷9 March 2018 / Dipankar Banerjee / … … … … … ..	..16
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..17

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Volume 16 (January 2018)

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Article 1. I. Usoskin, A. Mishev, S. Tuohino, A. Ibragimov A new database of radiation doses at commercial flight altitudes due to solar particle storms is linked to GLE database … … … … … … … … … … ..	...1
Article 2. Spiros Patsourakos ISEST Working Group 5: Bs Challenge … … … .	...4
Article 3. G. Karapetyan, T. Karapetyan, Z. Asaturyan Database of Directivity Functions of Neutron Monitors … … … … … … … … … … .. ..	...6
Highlight of young scientist 1: Jackson McCormick/ USA … … … … … ... .. ..	..10
Highlight of young scientist 2: Mateja Dumbović/ Austria … … … … … ... .. ..	..11
Meeting Report 1: IRI 2017 Workshop, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, 13÷17 November 2017 / Dieter Bilitza / … … … … … … … … … … ..	..13
Meeting Report 2: ISEST Workshop in 2017, Jeju, Korea, 18÷22 September 2017 / J. Zhang & K. Cho / … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..	..13
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..14
Short News 1: Continuation of the German ROMIC project, Franz-Josef Lübken	..15

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Volume 15 (October 2017)

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Article 1. J. Qi, H. Qiu Solar Irradiance Monitor on-board FengYun 3 Meteorological Satellites … … … … … … … … … … … … ..	...1
Article 2. Feza Arikan Space Weather Studies of IONOLAB Group … … … ..	...3
Article 3. J. Lastovicka, G. Beig, M. DeLand, C. Jacobi, P. Keckhut, M. Mlynczak, L. Qian Progress reached by ROSMIC WG3 "Trends in Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere" … … … … … … … … … … … ..	...6
Highlight of young scientist 1: Julia K. Thalmann/ Austria … … … … … ... ..	..10
Highlight of young scientist 2: Sushant S. Mahajan/ USA … … … … … ... ..	..11
Meeting Report 1: The Second VarSITI General Symposium, Irkutsk, Russia, 10÷15 July 2017 / Kazuo Shiokawa / … … … … … … … … … … …	..13
Meeting Report 2: International Capacity Building School on "Advanced Concepts in Solar-Terrestrial Coupling in the Context of Space Weather", Irkutsk, Russia 9÷14 July 2017 / D. Nandi, L. Kashapova / …	..13
Meeting Report 3: LPMR workshop, Kühlungsborn, Germany, 18÷22 Sep 2017 / Franz-Josef Lübken / … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ...	..14
Meeting Report 4: 2nd International School on Equatorial and Low-Latitude Ionosphere (ISELLI-2), Ota, Nigeria, 11÷15 September 2017 / K. Shiokawa, B. Rabiu / … … … … … … … … … … … … … ...	..14
Meeting Report 5: IAU Symposium 335, Exeter, UK, 17÷21 July 2017 / Claire Foullon / … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ...	..15
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..15
Short News 1: Effort towards the Next Scientific Program of SCOSTEP, Nat Gopalswamy, (President, SCOSTEP) … … … … … … … … … … …	..16
Short News 2: SCOSTEP's 14th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP 14) July 9÷13, 2018, York University, Toronto, Canada … ...	..18

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Volume 14 (July 2017)

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Article 1. Y. Zheng , M. M. Kuznetsova, M. L. Mays, A. A. Pulkkinen, C. Wiegand and CCMC team The Community Coordinated Modeling Center: A Hub & A Community Resource … … … … … … … … … … ..	...1
Article 2. David Webb, Nariaki Nitta ISEST Working Group 4 Campaign Events Studies … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	...3
Article 3. Y. I. Yermolaev, N. S. Nikolaeva Catalog of large‑scale solar wind phenomena during 1976÷2016 … … … … … … … … … … ...	...6
Article 4. A. Belov, A. Abunin, E. Eroshenko, M. Abunina, V. Yanke, V. Oleneva Database on the Forbush-effects and interplanetary disturbances to study Earth–affecting solar transients … … … … … … … ...	...8
Highlight of young scientist 1: Sneha A. Gokani/ India … … … … … … … ...	..11
Highlight of young scientist 2: Oluwafisayo Owolabi/ Nigeria … … … … … ...	..13
Highlight of young scientist 3: Claudia Martinez-Calderon/ Japan … … … … ..	..14
Meeting Report 1: ROMIC workshop, Kühlungsborn, Germany, 11÷12 May 2017 / Franz-Josef Lübken / … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ...	..16
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..17

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Volume 13 (May 2017)

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Article 1. I. Shinohara and ERG project group Arase (ERG) Launch … … … …	...1
Article 2. Leif Svalgaard Digitization of 29,296 Drawings of Sunspots on the Solar Disk made at the Zürich Observatory since 1883 … … … …	...4
Highlight of young scientist 1: Ryan McGranaghan/ USA … … … … … … …	...6
Highlight of young scientist 2: Ville Maliniemi/ Finland … … … … … … … …	...8
Meeting Report 1: 40th Annual Seminar Physics of the auroral phenomena, Apatity, Russia, 13÷17 March 2017 / Irina Despirak / … … … … … … …	..10
Meeting Report 2: The 10 Years Neutron Monitor Data Base Workshop, Athens, Greece, 20÷23 March 2017 / Helen Mavromichalaki / … … … … .	..10
Meeting Report 3: Summary report of Data Analysis Workshop on Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) and Radio Bursts Mekelle, Ethiopia, 19÷25 Feb 2017 / Gebregiorgis Abraha / … … … … … … … … … …	..11
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..12
Short News 1: "MiniMAX": Julia K. Thalmann received EGU Arne Richter Award … …	..13

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Volume 12 (February 2017)

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Article 1. Bojan Vrsnak An introduction on ISEST (International Study of Earth-Affecting Solar Transients) Working Group on Theory … …	...1
Article 2. David Long, David Pérez-Suárez A Database of global “EIT waves” identified by the Coronal Pulse Identification and Tracking Algorithm (CorPITA) … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	...3
Article 3. V.A. Pilipenko, O.V. Kozyreva, M.J. Engebretson, A.A. Soloviev ULF Wave Power Index for Space Weather and Geophysical Applications … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	...4
Highlight of young scientist 1: Christina Kay/ USA … … … … … … … … …	...7
Highlight of young scientist 2: Daniela Wenzel/ Germany … … … … … … …	...8
Highlight of young scientist 3: David Pisa/ Czech Republic … … … … … … …	...9
Meeting Report 1: IAU Symposium 327: Fine Scale Structure and Dynamics of the Solar Atmosphere, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 9÷14 October 2016 / Santiago Vargas Dominguez / … … … … … … … … … … … …	..10
Meeting Report 2: ISEE Workshop on: Ionospheric plasma bubble seeding and development, Nagoya, Japan,29 Nov 02÷Dec 2016 / Hisao Takahashi /	..10
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..12

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Volume 11 (November 2016)

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Article 1. Libo Liu, Baiqi Ning Observations and Research Interest on Space Weather at Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, /SEE, ISEST, ROSMIC … … … … … …	...1
Article 2. Duggirala Pallamraju, Stanley Solomon Role of the Sun and the Middle atmosphere/thermosphere/ionosphere in Climate /ROSMIC… … …	...3
Article 3. Fang Shen An Introduction on ISEST (International Study of Earth-Affecting Solar Transients) Working Group on Simulation /ISEST …	...4
Highlight of young scientist 1: Jean Uwamahoro/ Rwanda /ISEST … … … …	...6
Highlight of young scientist 2: Jie Jiang/ China /SEE … … … … … … … ... ...	...7
Meeting Report 1: 6th Workshop on Vertical Coupling in the Atmosphere-Ionosphere System, Taipei Taiwan, July 25÷29, 2016 / Loren C. Chang /ROSMIC … … … … … … … … … … … … …	...8
Meeting Report 2: International Symposium on Recent Observations and Simulations of the Sun-Earth System III, ISROSES-III Golden Sands, Bulgaria, September 11÷16, 2016 / Vania K. Jordanova /ISEST, SPeCIMEN… … … … … … … … … …	...8
Meeting Report 3: International Symposium on the Whole Atmosphere (ISWA), Tokyo, Japan, September 14÷16, 2016 / Kaoru Sato /ROSMIC … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	...9
Meeting Report 4: 9th IAGA - ICMA/IAMAS - ROSMIC/VarSITI/SCOSTEP workshop on "Long-Term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere" IAP, Kühlungsborn, Germany, September 19÷23, 2016 / Franz-Josef Lübken /ROSMIC … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	...9
Meeting Report 5: 7th VLF/ELF Remote Sensing of Ionospheres and Magnetospheres Workshop, Hermanus, South Africa, September 19÷24, 2016 / Jacob Bortnik /SPeCIMEN … … … … … … … … …	..10
Meeting Report 6: 14th Hvar Astrophysical Colloquium "Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics: Now and in the Future", Hvar, Croatia, September 26÷30, 2016 / Domagoj Ruzdjak /SEE, ISEST	..11
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..12
Short News 1: New Co-leaders of SPeCIMEN Shri Kanekal and Yoshizumi Miyoshi … … … … … … … … … … …	..13
Short News 2: SCOSTEP Town Hall meeting December 12, 2016 "Future Directions in Solar-Terrestrial Physics" Marianna Shepherd ...	..13

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Volume 10 (July 2016)

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Article 1. ROSMIC’s Coupling by Dynamics Working Group … … … … … …	...1
Article 2. New Funding Opportunity at NSF of Relevance to VarSITI … … …	...3
Highlight of young scientist 1: Xin Cheng/ China … … … … … … … ... ... ...	...4
Highlight of young scientist 2: Neethal Thomas/ India … … … … … … … …	...5
Highlight of young scientist 3: B. Olufemi Adebesin/ Nigeria, USA … … … … …	...6
Meeting Report 1: Space Climate School and Space Climate Symposium 30 March ÷ 7 April 2016, Levi, Finland … … … … … … … … … …	...7
Meeting Report 2: 3rd International Science Workshop Antarctic Gravity Wave Instrument Network (ANGWIN) 12÷14 April 2016, Cambridge, UK	...7
Meeting Report 3: Session of Extreme Space Weather Events EGU 2016 April 17÷22, 2016, Vienna, Austria … … … … … … … … … … …	...8
Meeting Report 4: German Research Program ROMIC in Külungsborn, Germany, 2÷3 May 2016 … … … … … … … … …	...8
Meeting Report 5: JpGU2016 Space Weather, Space Climate and VarSITI session 22÷23 May 2016, Makuhari, Japan.. … … … … … … … …	...9
Meeting Report 6: The First VarSITI General Symposium 6÷10 June 2016, Albena, Bulgaria … … … … … … … … … … …	...9
Meeting Report 7: The 6th International HEPPA-SOLARIS Workshop 13÷17 June, 2016, Helsinki, Finland … … … … … … … … … …	..10
Upcoming Meetings… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..11
Short News 1: Request for Information: Future Directions in Solar Terrestrial Physics … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …	..12
Short News 2: SCOSTEP Awards 2016 … … … … … … … … … … … …	..13

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Volume 9 (April 2016)

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Article 1. ISEST (International Study of Earth-Affecting Solar Transients) Working Group on Data – An Introduction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...1
Article 2. SPEDAS Common Data Analysis Software for Solar-Terrestrial Physics Community ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...2
Highlight of young scientist 1: Toshi Nishimura/ USA ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...6
Highlight of young scientist 2: Stergios Misios/ Greece ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...7
Meeting Report 1: SCOSTEP/COSPAR/ILWS 2016 Workshop “Science for Space Weather” 24-29 January 2016, Goa, India .. ... ... ... ... ...	...8
Meeting Report 2: 3rd International Annual Conference of the Nigerian Geophysical Society Kwara State, Nigeria, 2–5 February, 2016.. ... ... ...	...8
Meeting Report 3: Solar activity in the following decades, ISSI/VarSITI Forum on future evolution of solar activity 01–03 March 2016, ISSI, Bern, Switzerland .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...9
Meeting Report 4: IAGA-IV Symposium “Influence of short and long term solar variability on climate”, Hurghada, Egypt, 20–24 March 2016.. ...	...9
Upcoming Meetings... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Short News 1: Trend workshop in Kühlungsborn 19–23 September 2016... ...	..11
Short News 2: International Astronomical Union Symposium 328 17–21 October 2016, Maresias, SP, Brazil... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..11

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Volume 8 (January 2016)

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Article 1. Activity of ROSMIC WG3 “Trends in Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere“ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...1
Article 2. Multi -Application Solar Telescope (MAST) at the Udaipur Solar Observatory, India ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...4
Highlight of young scientist 1: Lauren W. Blum/ USA ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...6
Highlight of young scientist 2: Israel Silber/ Israel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...7
Highlight of young scientist 3: Hong Gao/ China ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...8
Meeting Report 1: International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy (ISEA‑14)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Meeting Report 2: ISEST (International Study of Earth-affecting Solar Transients) Workshop... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Meeting Report 3: International Conference on ‘Solar Variability and Its Helio-spheric Effects’... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..11
Meeting Report 4: SCOSTEP/VarSITI Outreach Event during the Fall AGU in San Francisco... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..11
Upcoming Meetings... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..12
Short News 1: Obituary for Prof. Dr. Karin Labitzke ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..13

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Volume 7 (October 2015)

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Article 1. Kanzelhöhe Observatory Austria: ESA-SSA Expert Service Center for Solar Weather - real-time detection of flares and filaments ... ...	...1
Article 2. Results of WG1 Activity in 2015 Inside ROSMIC Project ... ... ... ...	...3
Highlight of young scientist 1: Christine Gabrielse/USA ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...6
Meeting Report 1: Unsolved Problems of Magnetospheric Physics Workshop...	...8
Meeting Report 2: Report on the 2015 African Geophysical Society Conference ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...8
Meeting Report 3: CSPM-2015 "Graund-based Solar Observations in the Space Instrumentation Era"... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...9
Meeting Report 4: International School on Equatorial and Low-Latitude Ionosphere (ISELLI)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...9
Meeting Report 5: SCOSTEP-WDS Workshop on “Global Data Activities for the Research of Solar-Terrestrial Variability”... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Upcoming Meetings... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..11
Short News 1: NASA’s Living with a Star (LWS) program Announces the Selection of Proposals Related to SCOSTEP/VarSITI Projects ... ...	..12

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Volume 6 (July 2015)

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Article 1. Space Weather Research Activity in National Space Agency (ANGKASA) Malaisia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...1
Highlight of young scientist 1: Shin Toriumi/Japan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...3
Highlight of young scientist 2: Drew Turner/USA ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..	...5
Highlight of young scientist 3: Fazlul I. Laskar/Germany ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...6
Meeting Report 1: ROMIC (Role Of the Middle atmosphere In Climate) Seminar... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...8
Meeting Report 2: “Energetic Particle Precipitation into the Atmosphere: Sources and Atmospheric Impact” symposium at 26th IUGG General Assembly on 26 June 2015, in Prague ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...8
Meeting Report 3: International Conference on Superflares and Activity of the Sun in the Cycle Formation Epoch 28 April-1 May 2015 Katsrin & Tel Aviv, Israel... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...9
Meeting Report 4: Symposium A15: “Long-term trends in the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and ionosphere” at IUGG June 22-July 2, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...9
Meeting Report 5: Session A4: “Geospace over and related to the Arctic Region” at ISAR-4 (International Symposium on Arctic Research-4), April 27-30, 2015, Toyama, Japan... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Upcoming Meetings... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..11

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Volume 5 (May 2015)

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Article 1. Operational Space Weather Forecasting Services in National Space Science Center of China ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...1
Article 2. Space and Atmospheric Communication and Informatics Research Group in Thailand ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...4
Article 3. Metadata Database and Data Analysis Software at the Upper Atmospheric Data Developed by the Inter-university Upper Atmosphere Global Observation NETwork (IUGONET) Project ... ...	...5
Highlight of young scientist 1: Bidya Binay Karak/Sweden ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...9
Highlight of young scientist 2: Ernest P. Macalalad/Taiwan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Meeting Report 1: The International School on Equatorial and Low–Latitude Ionosphere (ISELION)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..12
Meeting Report 2: The 2nd Annual Conference of the Nigerian Geophysical Society (NGS) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..12
Meeting Report 3: Sun-Climate Connections Conference Kiel, 16–19 March, 2015... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..13
Upcoming Meetings... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..14
Short News 1: Announcement of Opportunity: The SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS) program ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..15

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Volume 4 (January 2015)

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Article 1. CASSIOPE Enhanced Polar Outflow Probe (e-POP) ... ... ... ... ... ...	...1
Article 2. A roadmap for better understanding of space weather to shield society ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...2
Article 3. Preliminary Observations of the Magnetometer Installed at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...4
Highlight of young scientist 1: Aaron Hendry ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...5
Meeting Report 1: The 2^nd International ANGWIN Workshop... ... ... ... ... ...	...6
Meeting Report 2: The 12^th International Conference on Substorms (ICS-12)	...6
Meeting Report 3: XVIII All-Russian Annual Conference... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...7
Meeting Report 4: 2^nd TOSCA Training School... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...7
Meeting Report 5: International school on Space Weather, GNSS, GIS, internet and data base... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...8
Upcoming Meetings... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...9
Short News 1: The EGU General Assembly 2015 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ...	..10
Short News 2: NCAR Advanced Study Program Summer Colloquium: Climate, Space Climate, and Couplings Between ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Short News 3: NASA Living with a Star (LWS) Program Announces Support for SCOSTEP/VarSITI Projects ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Short News 4: UN/COPUOS Space Weather Report is available ... ... ... ... ...	..11
Short News 5: Workshop on ‘Global Data Activities for the Study of Solar-Terrestrial Variability’ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..11

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Volume 3 (October 2014)

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Article 1. The Swarm mission: Understanding the space environment in the changing Earth's magnetic field ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...1
Article 2. Contributions of the Nobeyama Radioheliograph to VarSITI ... ... ...	...3
Article 3. Collaboration between ICSU World Data System and SCOSTEP/VarSITI ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...5
Article 4. The creation of the database of images of old analogue magnetograms of Geophysical Observatory "Paratunka", Kamchatka, Russia, 1967-2006 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...7
Highlight of young scientist 1: Masafumi Shoji ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...9
Meeting Report 1: VarSITI Session at AOGS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Meeting Report 2: 5th IAGA/ICMA/CAWSES Workshop... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Meeting Report 3: 14th European Solar Physics Meeting... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..11
Meeting Report 4: VarSITI Lunch-Time Meeting at COSPAR 2014... ... ... ... ...	..11
Meeting Report 5: Geospace Revisited Upcoming Meetings ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..12
Short News: 2015 UN/Japan Workshop on Space Weather ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..13

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Volume 2 (July 2014)

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Article 1. Coordinated investigations of solar, planetary radio emission, Solar Wind and Earth's ionosphere carried out in Ukraine witth the word's largest radio telescopes. … … … … … … … … … … … …	…1
Article 2. Instalation of RENOIR at the Oukaïmeden Observatory, Morocco …	…3
Highlight of young scientist 1: Wen Li … … … … … … … ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...5
Highlight of young scientist 2: Tigran Karapetyan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...6
Highlight of young scientist 3: Famil Mustafa ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...7
Meeting Report 1: HEPPA/SOLARIS 2014... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...9
Meeting Report 2: SEE/VarSITI kick-off meeting and BBC-SWS meeting ... ...	...9
Meeting Report 3: VarSITI Session at AGS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Meeting Report 4: VarSITI Session at JpGU... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Meeting Report 5: Kick-off meeting of German ROSMIC project ... ... ... ... ...	..11
Meeting Report 6: An African School on Space Science... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..11
Upcoming Meetings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..12
Short News: Interest of the BBCSWS Regional Network to join VarSITI ...	..13
From the Editorial Board ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..14

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Volume 1(April 2014)

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Article 1. Introducing VarSITI ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...1
Article 2. Project SEE ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...2
Article 3. Project ISEST/MiniMax24 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...3
Article 4. Project SPeCIMEN ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...5
Article 5. Project ROSMIC ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...7
Article 6. From the SCOSTEP President ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	...9
Short News 1. EGU Town Hall Meeting ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Short News 2. STP-13 announcement ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..10
Upcoming Meetings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..11
From the Editorial Board ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	..12

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