[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 28, Number 58

Fri Nov 30 06:29:55 PST 2018

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 28, Number 58
Nov.30,2018

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

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Table of Contents

1. Mini GEM 2018: Dipolarization Session

2. Ultra-Large Terrestrial International Magnetometer Array (ULTIMA) Consortium: General Meeting, Updates, and New Scientific Results

3. NASA LWS TR&T Town Hall Meeting

4. Planetary Sciences and SPA Student-Scientist Mixer

5. NASA LWS 2019 Heliophysics Summer Summer School - Heliophysics Exploration

6. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position at UCLA and Boston University

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1. Mini GEM 2018: Dipolarization Session
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From: Christine, Drew, Matina, Slava, and David (cgabrielse at ucla.edu)

The The “Magnetotail Dipolarization and Its Effects on the Inner Magnetosphere” Focus Group will be hosting two sessions at mini-GEM.

12:00 -13:30, Room 4, Joint Session with “Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms” (see earlier announcement for details)

13:50-15:20, Room 4, A Discussion on the question, "Can the large-scale dipolarization and/or Substorm Current Wedge be built by an accumulation of many dipolarizing flux bundles?"

This session called for participation in the summer in order to coordinate panelists/contributors in advance to facilitate a discussion-oriented session. Contributors include: Jiang Liu, Tony Lui, Shin Ohtani, Toshi Nishimura, Slava Merkin, and Joachim Birn. These leaders will present their answers to this question, discussing and debating solutions via data, modeling, and theory. Please join us for what is panning out to be an exciting session that will address an ongoing debate in the field! 

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2. Ultra-Large Terrestrial International Magnetometer Array (ULTIMA) Consortium: General Meeting, Updates, and New Scientific Results
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From: Ian Mann and Peter Chi (pchi at igpp.ucla.edu)

We invite participation in the annual ULTIMA meeting during mini-GEM. 

The ULTIMA meeting will take place during mini-GEM from 10am to 12 noon (note the later start time) on Sunday 9th December 2018 during the Mini GEM workshop at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia (King Street, Alexandria, Metro Station; the Hilton is across the street from the metro station).

See Mini-GEM web page at:  http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem-mini/

Note that due to engineering works, there are no Yellow Line trains on 9th December; and the first blue line train from downtown DC to Virginia leaves around 8:30am (e.g. from Farragut West at 08:22 AM arriving at 9:27 AM). This presents a challenge to easily get to the mini-GEM meeting by metro, and for that reason we will start the ULTIMA meeting at 10am. If you are staying in Alexandria then of course you will not have this problem.

ULTIMA will therefore meet from 10am - 12 noon.

Since it is 4 years since the last election of ULTIMA Officers, this meeting will also serve as a General Meeting where the Chair and Secretary of ULTIMA for the next 4 years will be elected. 

In the second part of the meeting, from around 10:30 to 12 noon, we will have the usual array updates and science presentations. 

Short science talk contributions are welcome and solicited on the science and space weather topics relating to ground-based magnetometers.

Please contact the Chair and Secretary of ULTIMA Ian Mann (imann at ualberta.ca) and Peter Chi (pchi at igpp.ucla.edu) if you wish to give a talk.

Note that the mini-GEM meeting will continue with a ground-mag. workshop from 12 noon to 13:30pm, immediately after the end of the ULTIMA Meeting.

Mini-GEM Schedule is here: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem-mini/gem-mini-schedule2018.pdf

The GEM mini-workshop are asking people to register online at the web site (no cost) before 30th November 2018 in order to track numbers (on a voluntary basis).

Cheers
Ian Mann and Peter Chi, ULTIMA Chair and Secretary.

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3. NASA LWS TR&T Town Hall Meeting
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From: Jeff Morrill, Janet Kozyra, Simon Plunkett (NASA Heliophysics/LWS), Mark Linton & Anthea Coster (LWS Program Analysis Group (LPAG) Co-Chairs) (janet.kozyra at nasa.gov)

Date: Thursday, 13 December 2018, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Location: Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel, 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Room: Grand Ballroom North

We will hold the Town Hall meeting for the NASA Heliophysics Living With a Star (LWS) program at the Fall AGU meeting in Washington, DC. You are invited to attend and hear brief summaries on the program status and to participate in an open discussion of the LWS program. Please check the LWS TR&T website at http://lwstrt.gsfc.nasa.gov for updates to the room location prior to the meeting.

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4. Planetary Sciences and SPA Student-Scientist Mixer
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From: Nicholas Gross (gross at bu.edu)

The AGU SPA Education and Public Outreach Committee, in partnership with the Planetary Science Education Committee, will again host a student-scientist mixer just prior to AGU Fall Meeting on Sunday, December 9th from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm.

This is an opportunity for students to speak with amazing scientists at different stages in their career, working in different disciplines, and in different work settings.

During the first hour, we will have the mixer proper, with drinks and appetizers. The second hour will transition over to a panel that will take career questions from the students.

Date: December 9th, 2018
Location: Grand Hyatt - 1000 H St NW, Washington - Independence A East Room.
Student Mixer: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Scientist Panel Discussions: 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Cost: FREE!. Light refreshments will be available. One drink ticket per person will be provided while supplies last. Cash bar will also be available (beer, wine, soda)

If you are able to this event, please let me know and I will send more details. 

Please join us for this fun event at the start of AGU! 

If you have questions, contact Nick Gross - SPA (gross at bu.edu), 
Michelle Nichols - SPA (mnichols at adlerplanetarium.org), or 
Sheri Klug Boonstra - Planetary (sklug at asu.edu)

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5. NASA LWS 2019 Heliophysics Summer Summer School - Heliophysics Exploration
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From: Kendra Greb (kgreb at ucar.edu)

July 23 - 30, 2019 - Boulder, CO
Application Deadline: February 22, 2019

“Heliophysics Exploration”

Applications are invited for the 2019 Heliophysics Summer School, which will be held July 23 - 30, 2019 in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. We are seeking approximately 35 graduate students or first or second year postdoctoral fellows to join us this coming summer for a unique professional experience. You 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 2019 Summer School will focus on the Heliophysics System Observatory (HSO) which is comprised of numerous spacecraft studying each element of the heliophysics system separately, as well as their interaction.  Several exciting new spacecraft have been added to the HSO over the past several years, including  Magnetospheric Multi-scale (MMS) and Parker Solar Probe (PSP).  More are due to be added very soon, including ICON.  Measurements and discoveries from these latest additions will fuel and focus our scientific research over the coming years.  The 2019 Heliophysics Summer School will focus on the fundamental scientific principles underlying the areas these new measurements will probe.  The aim is to provide students with the background and understanding they need to do research and make discoveries in the heliophysics system in the coming years.

For additional information on the Summer School and instructions on how to apply:

https://cpaess.ucar.edu/heliophysics/summer-school/recruitment-announcement

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6. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position at UCLA and Boston University
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From: Toshi Nishimura, Larry Lyons (toshi16 at bu.edu)

Applications are invited for a full-time post-doctoral or assistant researcher position in Space Physics at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). The successful applicant will work on magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling, particularly on multi-scale interaction processes in the high-latitude ionosphere and thermosphere using multiple data sources, such as auroral imagers, radars, magnetometers, and low-altitude spacecraft. Work will be in direct collaboration with both UCLA and Boston University, beginning as early as January 2019, and will also include collaboration with team members outside those universities and travel for team meetings. The appointment will be made through UCLA, but the work location may be at UCLA or Boston University. The candidate should have a strong background in data analysis in the magnetosphere, ionosphere or thermosphere, as well as good presentation and publication records. Ph.D. in a field associated with Space Physics by the start date of appointment is required.  

The review will start upon a receipt of an application. The position will remain open until filled. The appointment start date can be negotiated. The initial appointment will be one full year and renewal will be subject to annual performance reviews and continued funding. A second year of funding is anticipated. 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.

To apply, please submit your CV, a research statement including your interest in the research topic above and potential contribution to research in our groups, and a list of at least three names of references, by email to Prof. Larry Lyons (larry at atmos.ucla.edu) and Dr. Toshi Nishimura (toshi16 at bu.edu). Questions can also be sent by email. We will also be available to meet at the AGU Fall Meeting.

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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