[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 28, Number 52

Thu Oct 25 13:05:08 PDT 2018

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 28, Number 52
Oct.25,2018

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

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Table of Contents

1. Mini GEM Joint Session Dipolarizations and Substorms

2. Join Us on October 30th and 31st for the Science Mission Directorate’s Workshop on Maximizing the Scientific Return of NASA Data

3. 2019 Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowship

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1. Mini GEM Joint Session Dipolarizations and Substorms
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From: Kyle Murphy (kylemurphy.spacephys at gmail.com)

The “Magnetotail Dipolarization and Its Effects on the Inner Magnetosphere” and “Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms” Focus Groups are continuing our joint session focusing on Steady Magnetospheric Convection (SMC) and Storm-time challenge events to compare and contrast the effects of substorms, dipolarization, injections, tail flows, and night-side reconnection on the inner magnetosphere. This includes, for example, the intensity and depth of injections, the response of the radiation belt and ring current, wave activity, and geomagnetic indices (AE, Dst). 

Two challenge events from GEM 2018 have been selected for continued study due to the discussion they solicited at the meeting: 

an interval of extended southward Bz with a characteristic SMC interval, 2013-08-25 – 2013-08-26

a CIR driven storm occurring between 2016-09-25 and 2016-10-11.

We solicit community input to compare and contrast these events (and similar events) from both a modelling and data perspective. We also solicit feedback from the community, and particularly modellers, to discuss the challenge ideas and paths forward for continued investigation at GEM 2019.

The joint session will take place in Room 4 from 13:50-15:20, on Sunday December 9th at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town. 

Thank You, 

Toshi Nishimura, Kyle Murphy, Emma Spanswick, Jian Yang, Christine Gabrielse, Matina Gkioulidou, Slava Merkin, Drew Turner, David Malaspina 

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2. Join Us on October 30th and 31st for the Science Mission Directorate’s Workshop on Maximizing the Scientific Return of NASA Data
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From: Janet Kozyra (Janet.Kozyra at nasa.gov)

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) seeks to expand human knowledge through new scientific discoveries in order to understand the Sun, Earth, Solar System, and Universe.  SMD, in partnership with the Nation’s science community, conducts scientific studies of the Earth and Sun from space, returns data and samples from other bodies in the solar system, and peers out into the vast reaches of the universe.  Each of the four Science Divisions within SMD generates, analyzes, and archives large amounts of data to support unique science objectives and delivers data and scientific results to millions of users around the world. 

In the past, management of data and computing resources has been conducted based on the specific needs of each mission or Division, with limited consideration for enabling inter-disciplinary research.  SMD seeks to develop a new Strategic Plan for Scientific Data and Computing to guide the evolution of the array of data and computing systems supporting research across the four science areas within SMD over the next five years.  To inform this work, SMD is hosting a Workshop on Maximizing the Scientific Return of NASA Data on October 30th and 31st in Washington, D.C.  The workshop will bring together thought leaders from academia, industry, and government to gather community input on a new, whole-of-SMD approach that leverages advances in information technology to enable groundbreaking scientific research.  
The link can be found at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-on-maximizing-the-scientific-return-of-nasa-data-registration-50865373702

We hope you can join us! If you have any questions or concerns, please email Yvonne.ivey at nasa.gov.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Science Mission Directorate

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3. 2019 Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowship
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From: Kendra Greb (kgreb at ucar.edu)

Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowship
Application Deadline: January 11, 2019.

UCAR is pleased to announce the 2019 call for applications for the Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowship program sponsored by NASA’s Living with a Star (LWS) program. These fellowships are designed to train the next generation of researchers in the emerging field of heliophysics.

Heliophysics embraces all aspects of the Sun-Solar System, and includes many of the basic physical processes found in the laboratory, the solar system, and throughout the universe. These processes generally involve the interactions of ionized gases (plasmas) with gravitational and electro-magnetic fields, and with neutral matter. The physical domain of heliophysics ranges from deep inside the Sun to the Earth’s upper atmosphere.

Jack Eddy Fellowships provide a unique opportunity to go where few have gone before! Fellows are UCAR  employees and receive a fixed annual salary, UCAR’s extensive benefits package, and allowances for relocation, travel and publications. Appointments will be announced by April 1, 2019.

To apply for the fellowship and for more information and please visit: https://cpaess.ucar.edu/heliophysics/jack-eddy/how-postdocs-apply 

Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science 
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)

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