[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 26, Number 27
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THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 26, Number 27
Jul.19,2016
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Table of Contents
1. Program Director (Rotator) Opportunity at NSF: Magnetospheric Physics
2. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Heliophysics Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters
3. AGU Fall Meeting Session SM010: Geospace Research from Polar Environments
4. AGU Fall Meeting Session SM001: A century of ring current investigations: The quest to predict it
5. AGU Fall Meeting Session SA012: Geomagnetic Storms and Substorms and the SAPS Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Science Challenge
6. AGU Fall Meeting Session SM 014: Ion Upflow/Outflow Physics and Their Effects on the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System
7. AGU Fall Meeting Session GP008: Geomagnetically Induced Current (GIC) Hazards and Impacts
8. AGU Fall Meeting Session SA004: Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere (AIM) Coupling Phenomena and Processes: New Observations and Understanding
9. AGU Fall Meeting Session SM004: Assessing the National Space Weather Action Plan: Implications for Space Weather Research
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1. Program Director (Rotator) Opportunity at NSF: Magnetospheric Physics
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From: Therese Moretto Jorgensen (tjorgens at nsf.gov)
Janet Kozyra’s outstanding service as Program Director for the Magnetospheric Physics Program in the Geospace Section of NSF’s Division of Atmopsheric and Geospace Sciences will soon be coming to an end. Consequently, we are seeking her successor. We are looking for an experienced magnetosphere scientist with a flair for scientific leadership and an interest in community service, who is excited about the opportunity to work with us to maintain an excellent magnetospheric research program and shape the investment in magnetosphere science at NSF. In return, the position offers a unique chance to experience the inner workings of federal research programs and to influence the future development of Geospace science at NSF. A starting date around December 1, 2016 would be ideal but a slightly later date can also be arranged. Rotator assignments are typically of 2-3 year duration.
Rotator positions can be either Intergovernmental Personnel Assignment (IPA) or Visiting Scientist, Engineer, and Educator (VSEE) assignments. For more information regarding rotator assignments and eligibility, visit our website at https://www.nsf.gov/careers/rotator/ . Fed Temp employment is also a possibility. For more details about the requirements for the position, see the full text of the current Dear Colleague Letter announcing Rotator opportunities in the Geospace Science Section at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/ags15001/ags15001.jsp .
Consideration of interested applicants will begin September 1, 2016, and will continue until selection is made. Individuals interested in applying for this position should send a current CV and letter of interest by email to:
Therese Moretto Jorgensen, Geospace Section Head
National Science Foundation
Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
Email: tjorgens at nsf.gov
Phone: (703) 292-4729
Questions about the position can be directed to the above or to the current Program Director for Magnetospheric Physics, Janet Kozyra:
Email: jkozyra at nsf.gov
Phone: (703) 292-4690
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2. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Heliophysics Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters
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From: Peg Luce (peg.luce at nasa.gov)
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has one immediate opening for an experienced scientist to fill a Program Scientist position within the Heliophysics Division. The incumbent will manage major research and analysis and advanced technology programs, as well as represent the scientific interests of several current and future NASA missions within SMD. The incumbent will participate in developing budgets for major agency initiatives, program plans for data analysis and science operations, and long-range strategic plans for SMD. This position is an excellent opportunity for an experienced scientist to affect positively the future of Heliophysics in the U.S.
Applicants are expected to be able to succeed in a demanding work environment and to demonstrate a high degree of initiative. Applicants should be familiar with the U.S. grants programs and possess an ability to communicate effectively with the stakeholders in SMD activities, including the scientific community, educators, the media and others. Salary is competitive with senior scientists at universities and NASA Centers.
Open to all U.S. citizens: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/444644900
Open to civil servants in the U.S. government: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/444644400
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3. AGU Fall Meeting Session SM010: Geospace Research from Polar Environments
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From: Hyomin Kim (NJIT), Andrew Gerrard (NJIT), Mike Ruhoniemi (Virginia Tech), Peter Chi (UCLA) (hmkim at njit.edu)
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit an abstract to our AGU Fall 2016 Meeting session titled “SM010: Geospace Research from Polar Environments”. The abstract submission site is now open and the deadline for all submissions is Wednesday, 3 August 23:59 EDT.
Session ID: 13285
Session Title: SM010. Geospace Research from Polar Environments
Section/Focus Group: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics (SM)
Cross-Listing(s):
AE - Atmospheric and Space Electricity
SA - SPA-Aeronomy
SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Conveners: Hyomin Kim (NJIT), Andrew Gerrard (NJIT), Mike Ruhoniemi (Virginia Tech), Peter Chi (UCLA)
The uniqueness of polar regions for conducting geospace research has been acknowledged for decades. This is because instrumentation located at high-latitudes allows access to a natural laboratory for studying the Earth’s atmosphere, its space environment, and solar-generated interplanetary structures. Such research includes the study of aurora, induced electrical currents, space weather, geomagnetic fields, ionospheric processes, temperature and winds in the neutral atmosphere, and atmospheric waves, all of which improve our understanding of the mechanisms which couple solar processes to the terrestrial environment. This session solicits papers on recent advances in space physics and aeronomy focusing on the polar regions. Inter-hemispheric and conjugacy studies, as well as studies incorporating polar observations in the global context, are also welcome due to the advancement in these fields in recent years.
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4. AGU Fall Meeting Session SM001: A century of ring current investigations: The quest to predict it
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From: Vania Jordanova (vania at lanl.gov)
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit an abstract to the Fall AGU session
SM001: A century of ring current investigations: The quest to predict it
Session Description: The Earth’s inner magnetosphere is a highly dynamic system, coupled through a complex set of physical processes to the outer magnetosphere and the ionosphere. The largest variations in the inner magnetospheric plasma and fields occur during geomagnetic storms and are related to the intensification of the ring current, the magnetically trapped charged particles circling Earth mostly inside geosynchronous orbit. The mechanisms for particle injection in this space environment and their subsequent trapping or loss have been studied for many years; however, their theoretical evaluation and implementation in numerical models predicting the creation and demise of the ring current remain challenging. Measurements from past and on-going space missions such as, Van Allen Probes, THEMIS, Cluster, and others are of extreme importance for probing the inner magnetosphere. This session invites papers that fill the gaps in our understanding of ring current dynamics as part of the highly coupled inner magnetosphere system.
The session is cross-listed among Aeronomy, Solar and Heliospheric Physics, and Nonlinear Geophysics. The session ID is 12509.
The submission deadline is 3 August. Click here to submit an abstract to this session:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session12509
Session Conveners:
Vania Jordanova, LANL
Raluca Ilie, University of Michigan
Colin Komar, NASA GSFC
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5. AGU Fall Meeting Session SA012: Geomagnetic Storms and Substorms and the SAPS Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Science Challenge
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From: Naomi Maruyama (naomi.maruyama at noaa.gov)
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit an abstract to our Fall AGU session:
SA012 "Geomagnetic Storms and Substorms and the SAPS Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Science Challenge: Towards a Synthesis of Observations, Modeling, and Theory"
Session Description:
Geomagnetic storms and substorms have dramatic consequences for the coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere (M-I-T) system that test our system-level understanding. One particularly well-suited science target is the Sub-Auroral Polarization Stream (SAPS), understood as a band of enhanced poleward-directed (ionosphere) / radially directed (magnetosphere) electric field that has a width of one to several degrees of magnetic latitude and extends across many hours of MLT in the evening sector in regions equatorward of the auroral electron precipitation boundary. This session welcomes presentations that address ionospheric and thermospheric dynamics resulting from M-I-T coupling with specific focus on the cross-domain connections to magnetospheric drivers. Experimental results of particular interest include ground-based and satellite measurements of ionospheric densities, composition, and flows in sub-auroral regions, thermospheric response, optical imaging, and magnetospheric plasma, fields, and currents. Simulations of the coupled system are sought. We welcome comprehensive analyses of events selected in the recent CEDAR-GEM SAPS challenge.
The session is cross-listed in the Aeronomy and Magnetospheric Physics sections. The session ID is 13946.
The submission deadline is 3 August. Click here to submit an abstract to this session:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13946
Conveners:
Naomi Maruyama [NOAA], Stan Sazykin [Rice University], Maria Kuznetsova [CCMC], and Philip J. Erickson [MIT Haystack]
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6. AGU Fall Meeting Session SM 014: Ion Upflow/Outflow Physics and Their Effects on the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System
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From: Vince Eccles, Barbara Giles, Shasha Zou (shashaz at umich.edu)
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to session SM 014 at the 2016 Fall AGU meeting. This session is cross-listed in SPA Aeronomy and SPA Magnetospheric Physics.
Link to the AGU session SM 014: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session12921
SM014:
Ion Upflow/Outflow Physics and Their Effects on the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System
The Earth’s ionosphere is a significant source of plasma to the magnetosphere and a strong influence on the dynamics of the geospace environment. The ionospheric source is contributing plasma to the plasmasphere, the plasma sheet, and the ring current and through wave-particle interactions is playing a major role in the formation and dynamics of the radiation belts. Hence, understanding of the strength and dynamics of the ion upflow/outflow particles up into the magnetosphere is of critical importance to understanding how the magnetosphere is populated and influenced by these initially low-energy particles.
In this session, we invite papers that attempt to improve understanding (1) on the influences of low-altitude ionosphere-thermosphere conditions on ion upflow/outflow into the magnetosphere, (2) on the energization processes of the ion upflow/outflow population for the polar wind, and (3) on the effects of ion outflow population on magnetospheric dynamics. Papers on data, theory, and modeling are invited.
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7. AGU Fall Meeting Session GP008: Geomagnetically Induced Current (GIC) Hazards and Impacts
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From: Zhonghua Xu (ZXU77 at VT.EDU)
Dear Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of session conveners (Jennifer L Gannon, Zhonghua Xu, and Christopher C Balch), I would like to call attention to the session: "GP008: Geomagnetically Induced Current (GIC) Hazards and Impacts" (https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13805) at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA 12-16 December. The abstract submission site is now open and the deadline for all submissions is Wednesday, 3 August 23:59 EDT. (http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/abstract-submissions/). If there are any questions, please feel free to contact with me at zxu77 at vt.edu or any conveners.
GP008: Geomagnetically Induced Current (GIC) Hazards and Impacts
Session ID#: 13805
Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GICs) at the surface of the Earth are caused by the interaction between geomagnetic disturbances in the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling system, and deep Earth conductivity structures. GICs can arise in long conductors, such as the high voltage bulk power transmission system in the United States, and have severe and detrimental impacts on our nation’s critical infrastructure. This session covers the interdisciplinary hazard science behind GICs, including magnetic field specification and prediction, conductivity studies, and monitoring techniques. To connect the science to engineering and operational impacts, we also include studies on the direct effects of GICs on power grid operations and utility assets.
Conveners:
Jennifer L Gannon, Computational Physics Inc. Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Zhonghua Xu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Christopher C Balch, NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Co-Organized with:
Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism, and SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Cross-Listed:
NH - Natural Hazards
SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:
1515 Geomagnetic induction [GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM]
4305 Space weather [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4313 Extreme events [NATURAL HAZARDS]
7904 Geomagnetically induced currents [SPACE WEATHER]
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8. AGU Fall Meeting Session SA004: Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere (AIM) Coupling Phenomena and Processes: New Observations and Understanding
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From: Zhonghua Xu (ZXU77 at VT.EDU)
Dear Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of session conveners (Xinzhao Chu, Mike Hartinger, Tim Fuller-Rowell, and Zhonghua Xu), I would like to call attention to the session: "SA004: Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere (AIM) Coupling Phenomena and Processes: New Observations and Understanding" (https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13325) at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA 12-16 December. The abstract submission site is now open and the deadline for all submissions is Wednesday, 3 August 23:59 EDT. (http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/abstract-submissions/). If there are any questions, please feel free to contact with me at zxu77 at vt.edu or any conveners.
SA004: Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere (AIM) Coupling Phenomena and Processes: New Observations and Understanding
Session ID#: 13325
Deployment of multiple instruments worldwide in recent years, such as lidars, imagers and FPIs for the neutral atmosphere, radars, ionosondes and GPS for the ionosphere, and magnetometer chains and satellites for the magnetosphere, have led to unprecedented observations of the neutral atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere (AIM) with clusters and coordinated efforts. For example, lidars, FPIs and imagers have recently observed neutral metal layers, temperature inversions, large vertical winds, and persistent waves at thermospheric altitudes. These phenomena are potentially driven by metal ion transport and Joule heating due to magnetosphere-ionosphere (MI) coupling, along with terrestrial waves from below; radars, magnetometers, and satellites can monitor these MI phenomena. This provides unique opportunities to connect plasma-neutral coupling research with MI coupling studies, thus enabling this AIM coupling session co-organized by SPA-Aeronomy and SPA-Magnetospheric Physics. We invite presentations using multi-instrument observations and models spanning the AIM system to gain new perspectives on coupling processes.
Primary Convener:
Xinzhao Chu, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:
Michael Hartinger and Zhonghua Xu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Timothy J Fuller-Rowell, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Co-Organized with:
SPA-Aeronomy, and SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Cross-Listed:
A - Atmospheric Sciences
SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:
0358 Thermosphere: energy deposition [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
2427 Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions [IONOSPHERE]
2736 Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
3369 Thermospheric dynamics [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
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9. AGU Fall Meeting Session SM004: Assessing the National Space Weather Action Plan: Implications for Space Weather Research
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From: James McCollough (James.McCollough at us.af.mil)
SM004: Assessing the National Space Weather Action Plan: Implications for Space Weather Research
The National Science and Technology Council released the National Space Weather Action Plan (NSWAP) in October 2015. The NSWAP details implementation steps that have been undertaken by Federal entities as part of the National Space Weather Strategy. This session will provide an update on the status of NSWAP research activities, lessons learned since publication of NSWAP, and a forum for discussion of basic and applied research that is necessary to meet NSWAP objectives. We invite presentations that fall on a broad spectrum from fundamental space weather research to the programmatic issues germane to NSWAP research. Topics related to the space environment that affect power grids, terrestrial and spacecraft communications and navigation, spacecraft operations, and survivability, as well as our ability to forecast these effects, are encouraged.
Co-Organized with:
SPA-Magnetospheric Physics, SPA-Aeronomy, and SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Cross-Listed:
IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics, NH - Natural Hazards, SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
More information can be found at:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session12537.html
Related NSWAP-focused sessions include:
SH019: Space Weather Forecasting: Science, Operations, and Missing Information
PA012: Defining Extreme Space Weather Events
PA037: The National Space Weather Action Plan: Five Benchmarks for Extreme Space Weather Events
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