[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 27, Number 1

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 27, Number 1
Jan.05,2017

Announcement submission website: http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/messenger_form/

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Table of Contents

1. MEETING: Fundamental Physical Processes in Solar-Terrestrial Research and Their Relevance to Planetary Physics 2018, 7-13 January 2018, Kona, Hawaii

2. Call for Papers for a Special JASTP Issue "Dynamics of the Sun-Earth System: Recent Observations and Predictions" (ISROSES-III)

3. Post-doctoral Position in Space Physics at UIUC

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1. MEETING: Fundamental Physical Processes in Solar-Terrestrial Research and Their Relevance to Planetary Physics 2018, 7-13 January 2018, Kona, Hawaii
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From: Hui Zhang, Tony Lui, Qiugang Zong (hzhang14 at alaska.edu)

A conference on Fundamental Physical Processes in Solar-Terrestrial Research and Their Relevance to Planetary Physics will be held from 7 to 13 January 2018 in Kona, Hawaii.  The main theme of this conference is to focus on understanding the variability of space plasma phenomena, encompassing those related to the Sun and all planets within our solar system. 

Variability of space plasma environment is the norm rather than the exception. The cause of this variability is still under active research. In the interplanetary medium, plasma parameters change continually, permeated by plasma waves, shocks, turbulence, co-rotating interaction regions, and coronal mass ejections that agitate the environment. Such disturbances in the solar wind can lead to geomagnetic storms, which do not seem to produce relativistic electrons in the radiation belt according to their intensity. The ionosphere has variability that impacts severely radio communications. Its outflows during geomagnetic active periods can modify dramatically the magnetospheric population and physical processes within.

In other planets, plasma sources from their moons play a similar role in influencing magnetospheric environment and processes much like that of the Earth's ionospheric plasma source. Information exchange on magnetospheric research between Earth and other planets can provide valuable insights into universal processes occurring throughout our solar system. Understanding and predicting the variability of space plasma phenomena requires knowledge of not only individual physical processes or magnetospheric phenomena but also the interplay between them in a system-wide approach.

More information on the conference is available at the following link:  http://hawaiiconference2018.gi.alaska.edu

Conveners:
Hui Zhang (hzhang14 at alaska.edu)
Tony Lui (tony.lui at jhuapl.edu)
Qiugang Zong (qgzong at pku.edu.cn)


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2. Call for Papers for a Special JASTP Issue "Dynamics of the Sun-Earth System: Recent Observations and Predictions" (ISROSES-III)
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From: Vania Jordanova (vania at lanl.gov)

We invite paper submission to a special issue in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (JASTP) on "Dynamics of the Sun-Earth System: Recent Observations and Predictions". The aim of this special issue is to highlight present understanding of the complex, multi-scale, interactions in the Sun-Earth system (from deep within the Sun to the Earth’s atmosphere) following an international symposium on these topics held in Golden Sands, Bulgaria, in September 2016 (ISROSES III; http://www.isroses.lanl.gov/). The special issue is open to original papers addressing Sun-Earth System dynamics that have not been published or under review elsewhere.

The submission is limited to one manuscript per first author. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion into the special issue, it is important that authors select "SI: ISROSES III" when they enter manuscript information in the submission process. The submission deadline is 31-March-2017. All submissions are FREE of charge and will be peer reviewed according to the journal guidelines. Papers will be published online within three weeks of acceptance.

For more information please visit:
 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-atmospheric-and-solar-terrestrial-physics/call-for-papers/announcement-for-a-special-jastp-issue-dynamics-of-the-sun-e

Special Issue Guest Editors:
Vania Jordanova, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Joe Borovsky, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO
Mick Denton, New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM


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3. Post-doctoral Position in Space Physics at UIUC
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From: Raluca Ilie (rilie at illinois.edu)

The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in geospace research, in the Electromagnetics, Optics, And Remote Sensing research group, under the guidance of Assistant Professor Raluca Ilie. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will conduct research in the field of magnetospheric physics with a focus on solar wind-geospace coupling; in particular to investigate and quantify plasma transport processes from the magnetotail into near-Earth space. The work will rely on numerical simulations with the Space Weather Modeling Framework and the various models within this computational suite, augmented by analysis of THEMIS, TWINS, Van Allen Probes and MMS data.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in Space Physics or a related discipline, and experience in geospace research is highly preferred. Preferred applicants should have a strong publication record and significant experience in high performance computing, modeling techniques, utilizing models to conduct research and some experience with data analysis. The candidate is expected to have demonstrated ability to effectively communicate research results in the form of peer-reviewed research journal articles and oral presentations.

The initial appointment will be for one year with the option for renewal, contingent on performance and the availability of funding.

Qualified applicants should submit curriculum vitae, a brief summary of research interests, and contact information for three or more references, to Dr. Raluca Ilie (rilie at illinois.edu). Applications will be reviewed starting January 15th, 2017, and will be considered until the position is filled. The start date can be as soon as February 1st, 2017 or at a negotiated time in the near future.

The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. The U of I is an EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled (www.inclusiveillinois.illnois.edu).


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