[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXII, Issue 45

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1. MEETING: ISROSES III - First Announcement
   September 11-16, 2016, Golden Sands, Bulgaria

2. JOB OPENING: Solar/Heliospheric Physics Research Associate Scientist 
   /Programmer Position in at the University of Colorado CIRES and
   NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

3. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position, Equatorial and low latitude 
   Ionosphere, Mesosphere and thermosphere, Physics and Astronomy
   Universidade do Vale do Paraiba (UNIVAP)
   Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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1. MEETING: ISROSES III - First Announcement
   September 11-16, 2016, Golden Sands, Bulgaria 
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From: Vania Jordanova <vania at lanl.gov>

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to announce the third 
International Symposium on Recent Observations and Simulations of the Sun-
Earth System (ISROSES III), which will be held during September 11-16, 2016, 
at the beautiful Golden Sands resort, Hotel International 
(http://www.hotelcasinointernational.com/en/meetings-conferences), situated 
at the Black Sea near the city of Varna, Bulgaria. 
 
It is a continuation of the highly successful ISROSES symposia held in 
Varna, Bulgaria, during September 2006 and in Borovets, Bulgaria, 
during September 2011. The main objective of this symposium is to bring 
together scientists from the heliophysics communities worldwide to present 
and discuss recent advances in modeling and observations of the Sun-Earth 
System. A strong emphasis will be put on solar-magnetosphere-atmosphere-
ionosphere interactions and understanding the coupled geospace system. 
 
The Science Organizing Committee includes: 
Gian Luca Delzanno, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA 
Michael Denton, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO, USA 
Katya Georgieva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria 
Jerry Goldstein, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA 
Richard Horne, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK 
Craig Kletzing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA 
Benoit Lavraud, IRAP/CNRS/Université de Toulouse, France 
Yoshizumi Miyoshi, STEL, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan 
David Sibeck, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA 
 
We cordially invite you to participate in this meeting and hope that you 
will share this first announcement with colleagues worldwide. Further 
information about this meeting can be found at: http://www.isroses.lanl.gov/ 
 
If you wish to be added to our mailing list please send your name and e-mail 
address to (isroses at lanl.gov) 
 
The conveners: 
Vania Jordanova, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA 
Joe Borovsky, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO, USA

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2. JOB OPENING: Solar/Heliospheric Physics Research Associate Scientist 
   /Programmer Position in at the University of Colorado CIRES and
   NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
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From: Alysha Reinard <alysha.reinard at noaa.gov>

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at 
the University of Colorado Boulder has an immediate opening for a Research 
Associate supporting NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, 
Colorado.  This person will be responsible for developing and maintaining 
operational solar and heliosphere models used by the Space Weather Forecast 
Office to predict solar wind conditions and arrival times of CMEs at 
Earth.  

The immediate focus of this position will be to maintain and improve the 
Wang-Sheeley-Arge and Enlil models currently running operationally on the 
National Weather Service super computers.  The successful applicant will 
work with researchers and modelers who develop the space weather models as 
well as the forecasters and customers who use the output and products from 
the models. This position is fully funded but there will be opportunities to 
conduct solar/heliospheric research. 
 
Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in space physics or similar 
scientific discipline, or equivalent demonstrable experience.   Applicants 
should have demonstrated experience in scientific research including the 
development and use of space weather models which incorporate the MHD 
approximations. Applicants for this position must also have significant 
computer programming skills and a demonstrated capacity for working with 
large computer codes and super computers.   
 
Informal inquiries may be made 
to Rodney.viereck at noaa.gov and/or Alysha.Reinard at noaa.gov
 
Further job details may be found at:
http://cires.colorado.edu/contact/jobs/job-openings/ciresswpc-scientistprogrammer-

research-associate-swpc-6/

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3. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position, Equatorial and low latitude 
   Ionosphere, Mesosphere and thermosphere, Physics and Astronomy
   Universidade do Vale do Paraiba (UNIVAP)
   Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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From: Paulo Roberto Fagundes <fagundes at univap.br>

The Physics and Astronomy research group, Space Physics Unit, at 
Universidade do Vale do Paraiba (UNIVAP) invites applications for a post-
doctoral position in Space Physics and Aeronomy.
 
The successful applicant will be responsible for pursuing research using the 
UNIVAP Space Physics Observatory network. Experience with ionosonde, All-Sky 
imaging system, FPI, and GPS (TEC) will be particularly valuable, along with 
strong analytical and programming skills. Successful applicant is expected 
to actively participate in experimental campaigns, acquiring and processing 
data, developing new methods for data analysis, estimation, interpretation, 
and synthesizing findings in journal publications while presenting in 
seminars and conferences. The successful applicant will also be expected to 
interact with undergraduate and graduate students affiliated with our 
research group. The initial appointment will be for two year with an option 
for extension contingent on performance. Applications including a detailed 
CV along with research interests describing the proposed work to be done 
upon selection (not more than 5 pages) and contact information for three 
references should be sent to Paulo Fagundes (fagundes at univap.br)

The position will begin on September 20, 2015 and remains open until it is 
filled. The current Post-doctoral fellowship is BRL 6.143,40 per month which 
is about US$ 1,900.00. Limited funds will also be made available to meet 
expenses to participate in scientific conferences.

The last date for the receipt of applications is 30th August, 2015


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