[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 25, Number 48

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 25, Number 48
November 19, 2015

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Table of Contents

1. Reconnection in the Magnetosphere GEM Mini-Conference Session Announcement
2. JOB OPENING: Space Scientist at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

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1. Reconnection in the Magnetosphere GEM Mini-Conference Session Announcement
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From: Paul Cassak (Paul.Cassak at mail.wvu.edu)

There will be a Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere session at the GEM Mini-Conference the Sunday before the upcoming AGU meeting.  The session is currently scheduled for 3:30-5:00pm in the Gold Rush A room.  (Please check the GEM website for updates.)  The planned style for this year's GEM Mini-Conference is to spend about 40 minutes on each of two topics with an open discussion format: (1) microscale aspects of magnetospheric reconnection: dissipation scale physics, and (2) meso/macroscale aspects of magnetospheric reconnection: flux and energy transport, interaction with the background media.  We have chosen this format to encourage interaction with a goal of making genuine progress on these topics.  There will be no planned talks.  Of course, people can show relevant slides as discussion dictates.  In any remaining time, there will be an opportunity to give brief talks (literally 2 slides in the GEM style) on topics relevant to the focus group.  As a reminder, the GEM format is quite different than the AGU format, and the organizers will not allow extended AGU-style presentations.  If you would like to be added to the list, please email Paul.Cassak at mail.wvu.edu.  We will accommodate as many as we can.

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you in San Francisco,

Paul, Andrei, Brian, and Yi-Hsin


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2. JOB OPENING: Space Scientist at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
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From: Howard J. Singer (howard.singer at noaa.gov)

This is a federal civil service position.

The successful applicant will work to develop, maintain, validate, and transition space weather models to operations to support space weather products and services. This job will require expertise in space weather modeling, including magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models. It will require extensive experience developing and running numerical models on supercomputers.

Space Scientist
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/416379300

Department: Department Of Commerce
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Hiring Organization: National Weather Service
Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): 1 vacancies - Boulder, Colorado
Salary: $89,580.00 to $137,613.00 / 
Series and Grade: GS-1330-13/14
Open Period: Monday, November 2, 2015 to Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Position Information: Permanent - Full Time
Who May Apply: US Citizens and Status Candidates


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