<div dir="ltr"><div>***************************</div><div> THE GEM MESSENGER</div><div>***************************</div><div><br></div><div>Volume 27, Number 41</div><div>Sep.06,2017</div><div><br></div><div>Announcement submission website: <a href="http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/messenger_form/">http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/messenger_form/</a></div><div><br></div><div>============================================================</div><div>Table of Contents</div><div><br></div><div>1. 2017 GEM Tutorials and Mission Updates Are Available at GemWiki</div><div><br></div><div>2. JGR Special Section on Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions</div><div><br></div><div>3. Multi-Spacecraft Analysis with SPEDAS - No IDL License Required</div><div><br></div><div>4. Register for THEMIS/ARTEMIS Post-AGU SWT Meeting, Sat. Dec. 16, 2017, New Orleans</div><div><br></div><div>5. JOB OPENING: Two Post-doctoral Research Positions in Space Physics at the University of Iowa</div><div><br></div><div>============================================================</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>1. 2017 GEM Tutorials and Mission Updates Are Available at GemWiki</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>From: Peter Chi (gemeditor at <a href="http://igpp.ucla.edu">igpp.ucla.edu</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>The following tutorial talks and mission updates presented at the 2017 Summer Workshop are now available online at </div><div><a href="http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/GEM_Tutorials">http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/GEM_Tutorials</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>Tutorials:</div><div>1. Robert Lysak and Yan Song: Electromagnetic coupling of the magnetosphere to the ionosphere and atmosphere</div><div>2. Binzheng Zhang: Whole Geospace modeling -- for space science research and space weather applications</div><div>3. Anton Artemyev: Earth magnetotail current sheet -- observations vs. models</div><div>4. Christine Gabrielse: Magnetotail dipolarizations and their effects on the inner magnetosphere</div><div>5. Stefan Eriksson: New insights from MMS observations on magnetic field reconnection in a large guide magnetic field along the Earth's flank magnetopause</div><div>6. Yiqun Yu: Global modeling of the magnetosphere-ionosphere electrodynamic coupling -- overview and challenges</div><div>7. Eric Donovan: Citizen sensors -- a new era</div><div><br></div><div>Mission Updates:</div><div>1. Michael Shay: MMS update</div><div>2. Matina Gkioulidou and Sasha Ukhorskiy: Van Allen Probes extended mission</div><div>3. Vassilis Angelopoulos: THEMIS mission update -- status and plans</div><div>David Klumpar and Harlan Spence: Mission status -- FIREBIRD-II</div><div>4. James McCollough: Update on DSX -- demonstration and science experiments</div><div><br></div><div>We are grateful to all the speakers for providing their presentation materials. If you use the content in any of these presentations, please do cite the original source.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>2. JGR Special Section on Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>From: Qiugang Zong, Philippe Escoubet, David Sibeck, Guan Le, Hui Zhang (qgzong at <a href="http://pku.edu.cn">pku.edu.cn</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>Submission acceptance begins: October 1, 2017</div><div>Note: If an author is ready to submit before the October 1, AGU HQ staff can manually link a paper to the special section if the author requests this (with a note in the “letter to the editor” text box in GEMS)</div><div>Submission deadline: November 30, 2017</div><div>Special collection title: Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions</div><div>Special section organizers: Qiugang Zong, Philippe Escoubet, David Sibeck, Guan Le, Hui Zhang</div><div><br></div><div>Manuscripts are invited for a special section that focuses on Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions. This special collection will address the processes by which solar wind mass, momentum, and energy enter the magnetosphere. Regions of interest include the foreshock, bow shock, magnetosheath, magnetopause, and cusps, the dayside magnetosphere, and both the dayside polar and equatorial ionosphere. Results from spacecraft observations (e.g., MMS, Cluster, Geotail, THEMIS, and Van Allen Probes), ground-based observations (all-sky camera, radar, and magnetometer), MHD, hybrid and PIC simulations are all welcome. Parallel processes occur at other planets are also solicited. Many of the collected papers will be based on presentations at a recent AGU Chapman conference held in Chengdu, China, in July 2017. Papers relevant to the scope but not presented at the conference are also solicited.</div><div><br></div><div>Manuscripts are to be submitted through the AGU's submission system (GEMS) for JGR: Space Physics (<a href="https://jgr-spacephysics-submit.agu.org">https://jgr-spacephysics-submit.agu.org</a>). The manuscript type will be a Research Article. When authors submit a manuscript, they must select the correct special collection designation. If authors do not see the correct special collection in the list, please contact journal staff. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>3. Multi-Spacecraft Analysis with SPEDAS - No IDL License Required</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>From: Eric Grimes, Jim Lewis, Vassilis Angelopoulos and the SPEDAS team (egrimes at <a href="http://igpp.ucla.edu">igpp.ucla.edu</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>Dear Space Physics community</div><div><br></div><div>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 on September 13, 2017.</div><div><br></div><div>On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 10:00am Pacific, we'll be hosting a session focusing on multi-spacecraft analysis using the SPEDAS Graphical User Interface (GUI); we plan to use the SPEDAS Virtual Machine (VM) for all examples in this session, so no IDL installation or IDL license will be required. For more information on SPEDAS, please see: <a href="http://spedas.org/wiki">http://spedas.org/wiki</a></div><div><br></div><div>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, <a href="mailto:egrimes@igpp.ucla.edu">egrimes@igpp.ucla.edu</a>, and we'll try to work them in.</div><div><br></div><div>See below for the agenda and Webex connection info.</div><div><br></div><div>Eric Grimes, Jim Lewis, Vassilis Angelopoulos and the SPEDAS team</div><div><br></div><div>Multi-Spacecraft Analysis with SPEDAS - No IDL License Required</div><div><br></div><div>Time: September 13, 10:00am-12:00pm Pacific</div><div>URL: <a href="https://uclaigpp.webex.com/uclaigpp">https://uclaigpp.webex.com/uclaigpp</a></div><div>Meeting name = Multi-Spacecraft Analysis with SPEDAS</div><div>Password = SP3DAS_webinar</div><div>Phone to use: 1-888-921-8686</div><div>Conference ID/pass = 3107947090 and press # International callers dial: 001-678-259-1049</div><div><br></div><div>Tentative agenda:</div><div><br></div><div>- Getting Started / Installation</div><div>- Load Data</div><div>- Save Data</div><div>- Plots</div><div>- SPEDAS documents</div><div>- Data Processing</div><div>- Calculate</div><div>- Field Models</div><div>- Neutral Sheet Models</div><div>- Overview Plots </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>4. Register for THEMIS/ARTEMIS Post-AGU SWT Meeting, Sat. Dec. 16, 2017, New Orleans</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>From: Emmanuel Masongsong (emasongsong at <a href="http://igpp.ucla.edu">igpp.ucla.edu</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>We will have our annual THEMIS/ARTEMIS SWT meeting right after AGU on Saturday, Dec 16th, 8:30am-5pm at the Hilton Garden Inn - Convention Center, New Orleans, LA. It is 1 block west of the AGU meeting site. </div><div><br></div><div>If you plan to attend this meeting please see details, map, and registration here: </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://themis.igpp.ucla.edu/events_fall2017swt.shtml">http://themis.igpp.ucla.edu/events_fall2017swt.shtml</a> </div><div><br></div><div>We are requesting a $20 registration fee to cover the refreshments and room costs, payable by credit at the site above. The deadline to register is Friday, November 10th, but you are encouraged to register early so we can plan the agenda. If you prefer to pay by cash on the day of, please email Emmanuel at your earliest: <a href="mailto:emasongsong@igpp.ucla.edu">emasongsong@igpp.ucla.edu</a> . </div><div><br></div>We will have a 2 hr mission planning and outlook session, followed by science presentations on current topics. As usual, we will have short talks (~5 mins each AND 3 slides absolute maximum) with time for questions, which helps keep the meeting very focused. If you wish to give a presentation, please provide a short title or topic of your presentation in the comment box, along with any scheduling requests. <div><br></div><div>Rough agenda: </div><div>8:30-10:30 am Mission planning and operations outlook. </div><div>Products, processing, upcoming opportunities, strategy. </div><div>11:00 – 12:00: Science, 5min presentations. </div><div>12:00 – 1:15: Lunch </div><div>1:15 - 5:00 pm. Science 5min presentations. </div><div><br></div><div>We will update the website with the schedule closer to the date. </div><div><br></div><div>Look forward to seeing you there! </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards, </div><div><br></div><div>Emmanuel Masongsong, Tai Phan, and Vassilis Angelopoulos</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>5. JOB OPENING: Two Post-doctoral Research Positions in Space Physics at the University of Iowa</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>From: David Miles, Allison Jaynes (david-miles at <a href="http://uiowa.edu">uiowa.edu</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa seeks to appoint two post-doctoral researchers to join a dynamic and expanding group of space physics researchers. The University of Iowa has developed spaceflight hardware for 69 successful satellite and rocket missions and currently participates in missions including Voyager, Cassini, Mars Express, Juno, Van Allen Probes, MMS, Cassiope/e-POP, HaloSat, JUICE, and the Europa Mission. </div><div>The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, associational preference, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.</div><div><br></div><div>Position 1: Post-doctoral Research Associate – Magnetic Fields</div><div>Reports to: Assistant Professor David Miles – <a href="mailto:david-miles@uiowa.edu">david-miles@uiowa.edu</a></div><div>This appointment is partially funded by the Cassiope/e-POP mission (<a href="https://epop.phys.ucalgary.ca/">https://epop.phys.ucalgary.ca/</a>) which has been operating since 2013. The post holder will spend approximately 50% of their time conducting original research within the field of space plasma and magnetosphere-ionosphere (MI) science. Research topics include: field-aligned currents, MI coupling, and auroral physics using data from Cassiope/e-POP and the ESA Swarm magnetic field mission (<a href="https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions/swarm">https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions/swarm</a>). The remaining 50% will be dedicated to supporting the Cassiope/e-POP MaGnetic Field instrument (MGF) through data quality assurance, development of value added data products, and project deliverables, and aiding other researchers in validating and interpreting MGF data for publication. </div><div><br></div><div>Position 2: Post-doctoral Research Associate – Energetic Particles</div><div>Reports to: Assistant Professor Allison N. Jaynes – <a href="mailto:allison-n-jaynes@uiowa.edu">allison-n-jaynes@uiowa.edu</a></div><div>This appointment will be jointly funded by the Magnetosphere Multiscale (MMS) mission, which launched in March 2015, and the Van Allen Probes mission, currently entering the extended mission phase. The University of Iowa is the home of several Co-Investigators on each mission. The position will include data analysis and leadership roles related to the FEEPS instrument (onboard MMS), and the REPT instrument (onboard Van Allen Probes); both are solid state detectors designed to measure high-energy electrons and ions in the space environment. Research topics include: energetic particle dynamics in the inner magnetosphere and at magnetospheric boundaries, radiation belt dynamics, and energetic particle effects related to reconnection regions.</div><div><br></div><div>Qualifications:</div><div>A strong candidate will have (1) a solid background in space plasma physics, (2) experience working with space hardware, (3) experience with analyzing different types of spacecraft data, and (4) an appropriate track record of research and publication. They should be fluent in various computer languages (preferably IDL and/or Matlab), and they should hold, or expect to hold, a PhD in physics or a related field. Inquiries may be directed to Drs. Miles or Jaynes.</div><div><br></div><div>Expectations: </div><div>Candidates are expected to communicate research through the publication of peer-reviewed journal articles and will be encouraged to undertake domestic and international travel in support of the research program. The candidates is also expected to engage constructively with national and international collaborators to further the scientific goals of the projects and explore new scientific opportunities. Finally, the candidates will support the inception, scientific planning, and delivery of new and up-coming mission concepts and scientific proposals.</div><div><br></div><div>Conditions: </div><div>Both positions are available immediately with negotiable start dates. Both positions are for an initial term of two years with the potential of renewal. Salary will follow the University of Iowa standard for post-doctoral scholars and scale with the applicant’s experience.</div><div><br></div><div>How to Apply: </div><div>Application screening will begin on October 15, 2017. Applicants to either position must submit the following material by email to <a href="mailto:david-miles@uiowa.edu">david-miles@uiowa.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:allison-n-jaynes@uiowa.edu">allison-n-jaynes@uiowa.edu</a> respectively.</div><div>1. A cover letter describing background, qualifications, and experience relevant to the desired position</div><div>2. A full curriculum vitae (CV) detailing education, awards, publications, research experience, etc.</div><div>3. 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