[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 26, Number 39

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 26, Number 39
Sep.26,2016

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Table of Contents

1. SPEDAS/MMS Plug-ins Webinar: September 28

2. MEETING: International Conference on Substorms (ICS13), First Circular

3. Post-doctoral Position in Space Physics: UCLA 

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1. SPEDAS/MMS Plug-ins Webinar: September 28
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From: Eric Grimes (egrimes at igpp.ucla.edu)

Dear Space Physics community

The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis Software (SPEDAS) development team would like to invite you to participate in a Webex presentation we'll be holding later this month.

On Wednesday September 28 at 10am Pacific, we'll be hosting a session focusing on using SPEDAS to analyze MMS data, with an emphasis on MMS particle tools. For more information on the MMS plug-in in SPEDAS, please see: http://spedas.org/wiki/index.php?title=MMS

If there are any particular questions or topics of general interest that you'd like to see covered, please send your suggestions to Eric Grimes, egrimes at igpp.ucla.edu, and we'll try to work them in.

See below for the agenda and Webex connection info.

Eric Grimes, Jim Lewis, Vassilis Angelopoulos and the SPEDAS team

MMS Plug-ins Session:  Analyzing MMS data with SPEDAS

Time: September 28, 10am-12pm Pacific Daylight Time
URL: https://uclaigpp.webex.com/uclaigpp
Meeting name = MMS Plug-ins webinar
Password = R3c0nnect!
Phone to use: 1-888-921-8686
Conference ID/pass = 3107947090 and press # International callers dial: 001-678-259-1049

Tentative agenda:
1) Introduction to FPI, HPCA load routines, standard keywords
2) Loading and Plotting the Particle Data
3) Spectra from the Particle Distributions
4) Particle Slices (2D/3D slices)
5) Questions


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2. MEETING: International Conference on Substorms (ICS13), First Circular
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From: Jimmy Raeder (J.Raeder at unh.edu)

The 13th International Conference on Substorms (ICS13) will be held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, September 25-29, 2017.  Concurrent THEMIS and MMS Science Working Group meetings are tentatively planned.

The meeting venue will be the Portsmouth Sheraton hotel.  Portsmouth is located on the New Hampshire seacost about one hour north of Boston.

The meeting web site (http://ics13.unh.edu/) provides further information.  Instructions for registration, abstract submission, and travel support applications will be published in the second circular in January 2017.

The Science Organizing Committee is as follows:

Jimmy Raeder, University of New Hampshire, USA
Elizaveta Antonova, Moscow State University, Russia
Jim Burch, SWRI, USA
Lasse Clausen, Univ. of Oslo, Norway
Eric Donovan, University of Calgary, Canada
Stefan Eriksson, Univ of Colorado, USA
Yasong Ge, Chines Academy of Sciences, China
Mike Henderson, Los Alamos National Lab, USA
Larry Kepko, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Jim LaBelle, Dartmouth College, USA
Marc Lessard, University of New Hampshire, USA
Dag Lorentzen, UNIS, Norway
Steve Milan, University of Leicester, UK
Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Japan
Kyle Murphy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Rumi Nakamura, University of Graz, Austria
David Sibeck, GSFC, USA
Yasunobu Ogawa, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan
Laurianne Palin, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Sweden
Minna Palmroth, Finland
Evgeny Panov, University of Graz, Austria
Andrei Runov, Univ of California Los Angeles, USA

and the Local Organizing Committee is:

Jimmy Raeder, UNH, EOS/Space Science Center
Doug Cramer, UNH, EOS/Space Science Center
James W. LaBelle, Dartmouth College, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Marc R. Lessard, UNH, EOS/Space Science Center

We are looking forward to welcome the substorm community in New Hampshire next year!


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3. Post-doctoral Position in Space Physics: UCLA 
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From: Larry Lyons, Toshi Nishimura (larry at atmos.ucla.edu)

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position in Space Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences beginning as early as Nov. 1, 2016.   The research project involves system-wide evaluation and description of plasma flow and energetic particle inputs to the ionosphere and thermosphere at meso-scale (~50 km and 500 km) using multiple data sources, such as radar arrays, high-resolution all-sky auroral imager arrays, ground magnetometers, and low-altitude spacecraft. A major goal of the project is to understand and specify roles of meso-scale convection and precipitation to the magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling system. The successful applicant will create a quantitative description of meso-scale structures that can be used in coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere modeling that the team will develop. The successful applicant should collaborate with other team members of this project on evaluation of the effects of the meso-scale structures in the full system, and should present and publish outcomes in relevant meetings and journals. 

Ph.D. in a field associated with Space Physics by the start date of appointment is required.  The candidate should have a strong background in data analyses and software development in Space Physics, as well as good presentation and publication skills. Prior experience in the physics of the Earth’s ionosphere and thermosphere is preferred, but applications are solicited from the entire Space Physics community, given strong interests in this project.
Applications are due by November 1, 2016, but the position will remain open until filled. The appointment start can be negotiated to a later date. The appointment will be made on a yearly basis and can be renewed up to 5 years, subject to annual performance reviews and continued funding of the current grant. The initial appointment will be made through UCLA, but the work location may change to one of the key collaborators’ institutes. Salary will be commensurate with experience according to the university salary scaling. Benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage are included in the compensation package. Questions on the position and application can be made by email to Prof. Larry Lyons (larry at atmos.ucla.edu) cc’d to Dr. Toshi Nishimura (toshi at atmos.ucla.edu). 

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy please follow this link: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct.


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