[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 27, Number 61

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 27, Number 61
Dec.22,2017

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Table of Contents

1. JOB OPENING: Magnetospheric Physics Program Officer – Deadline extended till Jan 17, 2018

2. JOB OPENING: Faculty Position in Solar-Terrestrial Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology

3. Heliophysics Summer School 2018

4. MEETING: 2nd URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting (URSI AT-RASC), May 28-June 1, 2018, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Abstract Submission Deadline, January 10, 2018

5. SESSION: Call for Abstracts EGU 2018 ST3.3/2.13 Validation and Verification of Magnetospheric and Ionospheric Models

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1. JOB OPENING: Magnetospheric Physics Program Officer – Deadline extended till Jan 17, 2018
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From: Michael Wiltberger (mwiltber at nsf.gov)

We are extending the application deadline for the next Program Director for Magnetospheric Physics Program in the Geospace Section, Division of Atmopsheric and Geospace Sciences, Directorate for Geosciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF) to January 17, 2018.  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. 

NSF Program Directors bear the primary responsibility for carrying out the Foundation’s overall mission to support innovative and merit-evaluated activities in fundamental research and education that contribute to the nation’s technological strength, security and welfare. To fulfill these responsibilities in the Geospace Section requires a broad understanding of the science needs and opportunities in the Geospace Sciences; a commitment to high standards; receptivity to a breadth of new ideas; and good judgment. In this process, you will get unique opportunities to influence, and help lead, the direction of research and infrastructure investments in Geospace sciences. In turn, the experiences this provides, and the knowledge gained in the process, will contribute to your professional development and to your understanding of best practices at NSF and the community it serves.

Appointment to this position may be on a career civil service appointment or rotator position.  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/ .   Applicants interested in the rotator position can find more information at https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/484516500.  Applicants interested in the career civil service position can find more information at   https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/484515800

For questions or further information please feel free to contact Michael Wiltberger (mwiltber at nsf.gov) or Search Committee Chair (JMERIWET at nsf.gov) 


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2. JOB OPENING: Faculty Position in Solar-Terrestrial Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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From: Andrew Gerrard (gerrard at njit.edu)

A tenure-track faculty position is available within the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) and the Physics Department at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).  This position is for a “Terrestrial/Upper Atmosphere/Geospace Physicist”, though all applications will be considered.  Appointment will be made at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor of Physics, and is anticipated to start in Fall 2018. 

The CSTR is an international leader in ground- and space-based solar and terrestrial physics, with central interests in understanding the effects of the Sun on the geospace environment.  CSTR operates the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) and Owens Valley Solar Array (OVSA) in CA, the Jeffer Observatory at Jenny Jump State Forest in NJ, and the Automated Geophysical Observatories (AGOs) distributed across the Antarctic ice shelf.  The Center also manages a large number of geospace instruments at South Pole, McMurdo, and Palmer Stations, Fabry-Perot interferometers in South America, and various other instruments across the United States.  CSTR is also a PI organization in the NASA Van Allen Probes mission, the hosts the Polar Engineering Development Center, and houses the Space Weather Research Laboratory (SWRL), which conducts scientific research in the area of space weather with the mission to understand and forecast the magnetic activity of the Sun and its potential influence on Earth.  Such instrumentation and data resources enable frontier scientific studies spanning from the Sun’s surface, into the Sun’s extended atmosphere, and onwards into Earth’s atmosphere.  At present there are 21 tenure track/tenured faculty in the NJIT Physics Department – including 5 members which comprise CSTR (Bin, Cao, Gerrard, Gary, Wang).  CSTR also has 3 Distinguished Research Professors (Fleishman, Goode, Lanzerotti), 10+ Research Professors, 11+ Research Engineers, 2 Administrative Assistants, and a number of post-doctoral fellows and Ph.D. graduate students. For a full overview of NJIT's program in solar and terrestrial physics, please visit http://centers.njit.edu/cstr/.

Applicants for the position are required to have a Ph.D. in Physics or closely related discipline, as well as relevant scientific and leadership experience.  Full consideration will be given to all applications received before January 15, 2018 [Note extension from previous postings]. Applications should be submitted online at jobs.njit.edu (req #36) (as Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor of Physics).  Please include a resume, a brief statement of your interest in collaborations as part of CSTR, your research goals, and the names of three to five references.

To build a diverse workforce, NJIT encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women. EEO employer.


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3. Heliophysics Summer School 2018
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From: Susanne Demaree (sdemaree at ucar.edu)

Heliophysics Summer School
“Comparative Heliophysics”
24-31 July 2018 - Boulder, CO 

Application Deadline: 23 February

Applications are invited for the 2018 Heliophysics Summer School, which will be held in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. Students will learn about the exciting science of heliophysics as a broad, coherent discipline that reaches in space from the Earth’s troposphere to the depths of the Sun, and in time from the formation of the solar system to the distant future.

The 2018 Summer School will focus on the foundations of heliophysics while exploring connections to adjacent disciplines from the perspective of our local cosmos: stars like the Sun, planets like those in the solar system (including exoplanets), and formation histories not too dissimilar from those that are relevant to understanding the formation, evolution, and present state of our immediate space environment.

The Heliophysics Summer School focuses on the physics of space weather events that start at the Sun and influence atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere of Earth and their counterparts around the other planets throughout the solar system. The solar system offers a wide variety of conditions under which the interaction of bodies with a plasma environment
can be studied, while the rich variety of exoplanet systems being discovered and modeled offers an even richer ground to explore. Similarly rich is the variety of activity phenomena seen on stars like the Sun: where our limited lifespan offers us only a direct view of solar activity for its present-day evolutionary status, comparative stellar astrophysics enables us to effectively study solar conditions for ensembles of thousands of years of solar time, and thereby to explore solar and heliospheric activity in distant past and future.

The school will be based on lectures, laboratories, and recitations from world experts, and will draw material from the five textbooks: Heliophysics I-IV, published by Cambridge University Press, and textbook V, available online with free access.

Approximately 35 students will be selected through a competitive process organized by the UCAR Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science. The school lasts for eight days, and each participant receives full travel support for airline tickets, lodging and per diem costs.

Student Application Requirement

• Currently enrolled as a graduate student in any phase of training, or first or second year postdoctoral fellow.

• Major in physics with an emphasis on astrophysics, geophysics, plasma physics, and space physics, or experienced in at least one of these areas.

• Pursuing a career in heliophysics or astrophysics.

For additional information on this program and instructions on how to apply, please visit the Heliophysics website at: https://cpaess.ucar.edu/heliophysics/summer-school .

For further assistance, call (303) 497-1605 or e-mail cpaess-apply at ucar.edu


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4. MEETING: 2nd URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting (URSI AT-RASC), May 28-June 1, 2018, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Abstract Submission Deadline, January 10, 2018
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From: Wen Li (wenli77 at bu.edu)

The newly established triennial URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC) is the 3rd URSI flagship conference besides the triennial URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium and the triennial AP-RASC conference. The deadline of the paper submission to this 2nd URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference is January 10, 2018. The full details can be found at http://www.atrasc.com/homepage.php 

At the occasion of AT-RASC 2018, Young Scientists Awards will be set up to assist young scientists to attend the AT-RASC. Student Paper Competition will be held and the prizes will be awarded to the winners with certificates and checks during the meeting. 

The 2nd AT-RASC will have an open scientific program covered by ten Commissions of URSI, two of which are closely related to the GEM program. The special sessions in Commission G and H are listed below, and the full program is listed http://www.atrasc.com/papersubmission.php.  

Commission G: Ionospheric Radio and Propagation
S-G1    Ionospheric impact on remote sensing: challenges and opportunities
S-G2    Progress in ionospheric modeling and data assimilation
S-G3    Advances and challenges in the use of GNSS in ionospheric monitoring
S-G4    Advances in space-born GNSS receiver techniques for monitoring the topside ionosphere
S-G5    Ionospheric response to the solar eclipse of 2017
S-G6    New advances in scintillation monitoring
S-G7    Sensor networks for ionospheric weather nowcast
S-GH    Meteors, collisional EMPs, and other highly-transient space plasma events
S-GE    Global Electric Circuit and the Ionosphere

Commission H: Waves in Plasmas
S-H1    Six years of Van Allen probe field and particle data: unexpected findings and advances in modeling wave-particle interactions in the Earth’s inner magnetosphere
S-H2    Recent progress in geospace research revealed by the ARASE(ERG) satellite and multi-point ground-based observations
S-HG    Radio science for space weather science and operations


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5. SESSION: Call for Abstracts EGU 2018 ST3.3/2.13 Validation and Verification of Magnetospheric and Ionospheric Models
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From: Gabor FACSKO, Andrey SAMSONOV, Ilja HONKONEN, Katherine GARCIA-SAGE (facsko.gabor at csfk.mta.hu)

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018 Vienna, Austria, 8–13 April 2018

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 10 January 2018, 13:00 CET

ST3.3/2.13 Validation and verification of magnetospheric and ionospheric models
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/27258

Numerous empirical and numerical models are used to study the ionosphere and the magnetosphere; furthermore they also play a fundamental role in space weather forecasting. However the accuracy of these models is limited and depends on both the physics relevant to a particular region as well as the model implementation. Two approaches can help to better understand model constraints: comparison between numerical and empirical models, furthermore comparison between numerical models and ground-based and spacecraft observations.

This session will provide a forum to present and discuss the latest results of model validation and verification. All types of models are welcome, e.g. empirical, fluid, hybrid kinetic and fully kinetic models. The purpose of this session is to collect various models from Europe and other countries; furthermore to give an overview of their capabilities and accuracy.


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