[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIII, Issue 17

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIII, Issue 17
Apr.07,2016

Editor: Peter Chi
Co-Editor: Guan Le
Distribution Support: Sharon Uy, Todd King, Kevin Addison
E-mail: editor at igpp.ucla.edu

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Table of Contents

1. JGR-Space Physics Editor Blog Monthly Highlights

2. NASA/Heliophysics Call for ROSES16 Panel Volunteers

3. The 4th Space Weather Bootcamp - REDI (June 7-17, 2016, open to those who are interested)

4. Course on “Planetary Interiors” of the International School of Space Science.
12-16 September 2016, L’Aquila (Italy)

5. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Space Plasma Physics, Laboratory of Plasma Physics, Paris

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JGR-Space Physics Editor Blog Monthly Highlights

From: Mike Liemohn, JGR-Space Physics Editor-in-Chief  (liemohn at umich.edu)

There were only a few articles in March, but some that you probably need to know about, like ORCID numbers and a guest blog on TR&T inputs.  

March 14: ORCIDs required for authors (and a link to register)
     https://liemohnjgrspace.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/orcids-required-for-authors/

March 23:  rejection without review
     https://liemohnjgrspace.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/rejection-without-review/

April 1:  LWS TR&T input request (okay, not March, but it has a time-sensitive response requested)
     https://liemohnjgrspace.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/lws-trt-input-request/

Main Website:   http://liemohnjgrspace.wordpress.com/


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NASA/Heliophysics Call for ROSES16 Panel Volunteers

From: Arik Posner (arik.posner at nasa.gov)

The 2016 ROSES competition of Heliophysics programs encourages volunteers for review panels to sign up on the NASA Service and Advice for Research and Analysis (SARA) web site. Sign-up is now open for several of the Heliophysics solicitations (see list below), while others will follow in a later call. Please make sure you sign up before April 30, 2016. 

Signing up does not commit you to serve, nor will NASA be obligated to invite you to serve on a review panel.  Instead, the availability of panel volunteers will aid the program officers to more efficiently fill panel vacancies, and it will enhance the quality of the peer review process with the identification of additional expertise. An additional goal is to shorten the time between proposal submission and selection/notification. The community benefits through broadening the peer review panel as well as broadening their own personal experience.

If you are an active researcher in the field of Heliophysics, Postdoc level and beyond, you are encouraged to sign up. We understand that your schedules fill up quickly, and therefore we ask you to identify which weeks of the review windows you would be available to serve. Typical review duration is 3-4 days. 

The following programs currently solicit review panel volunteers for in-person (or virtual) reviews in the May/June, September through November and January time frame:
H-SR (ROSES16 Appendix B.2 Heliophysics Supporting Research) 
H-TIDeS (ROSES16 Appendix B.3 Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science)
H-GI Open (ROSES16 Appendix B.4 Heliophysics Guest Investigators – Open Element)
H-GCR TMS (ROSES16 Appendix B.5 Heliophysics Grand Challenges Research – Theory/Modeling/ Simulations Element)
H-DEE (ROSES16 Appendix B.7 Heliophysics Data Environment Enhancements)

The following programs will solicit reviewer volunteers at a later date:
H-LWS (ROSES16 Appendix B.6 Heliophysics Living With a Star Science)
H-GI MMS (ROSES16 Appendix B.8 Heliophysics Guest Investigators - MMS)
H-GCT SC (ROSES16 Appendix B.9 Heliophysics Grand Challenges Research – Science Centers)
H-USPI (ROSES16 Appendix B.10 Heliophysics US Principal Investigators)

You will not be eligible to participate in panel reviews of those programs that you submit to as a PI, Co-I or Collaborator/Consultant. Therefore, you will be asked to self-select the program(s) you expect to be available and eligible for.

The sign-up process is simple, fast and confidential. You can sign up under the following URL:

http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/volunteer-review-panels/roses-2016-heliophysics-programs/


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The 4th Space Weather Bootcamp - REDI (June 7-17, 2016, open to those who are interested)

From: Yihua Zheng (yihua.zheng at nasa.gov)

The Space Weather REDI (Research, Education and Development Initiative) summer boot camp includes nearly two weeks of training, with the first week focusing on the fundamentals of space weather and the second week on intensive forecaster training. Anyone who is interested in developing a basic knowledge of space weather can benefit from this training, particularly during its first few days. While the training is open and free to everyone who is interested (those who can find their way to Goddard), early registration is encouraged. International participants need to email Dr. Yihua Zheng (yihua.zheng at nasa.gov) separately in addition to the registration via the google form (for logistic reasons such as obtaining a badge).  

More details of the bootcamp can be found here.
http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/support/SWREDI/bootcamp/

Registration 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vw0MQLdAF-_9l96lKxUP4qkaaF_jOKY1v7sdG2t_Cqk/viewform?c=0&w=1


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Course on “Planetary Interiors” of the International School of Space Science.
12-16 September 2016, L’Aquila (Italy)

From: U. Villante (ssc at aquila.infn.it)

The International School of Space Science of the Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale organizes a Course on “Planetary Interiors”, to be held in L’Aquila, Italy, September 12-16, 2016 directed by L. Iess, T. Van Hoolst, W. Pecorella.

The school is designed for PhD students, young post-doctoral researchers, and engineers working in planetary sciences or instrument development for planetary missions. The school will provide an integrated overview of our current understanding of the interior structure and evolution of planets and satellites, focusing on three complementary modules: 1) theoretical models, 2) observational methods and measurements, 3) space instrumentation. The school intends to contribute to the development of a new generation of planetary scientists and engineers motivated by two major upcoming missions of the European Space Agency, BepiColombo to Mercury in 2018 and JUICE to Jupiter and its satellites in 2022, and several other planetary missions (including NASA’s JUNO and InSight missions to Jupiter and Mars) designed to probe the interior of planets and moons. Based on an interdisciplinary approach, the school will explain how current and future planetary missions will be able to broaden our knowledge of the interior structure, dynamics, and evolution of solar system bodies.  Mission perspectives and challenges on short and longer term will be discussed, and links with exoplanetary research will be explored.

Applications are due before June 12, 2016
For more information visit http://www.cifs-isss.org/ or send an e-mail to ssc at aquila.infn.it


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Space Plasma Physics, Laboratory of Plasma Physics, Paris

From: Alessandro Retinò (alessandro.retin at lpp.polytechnique.fr)

The Laboratory of Plasma Physics (LPP) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral position to work on in situ observations of magnetic reconnection in near-Earth space by using data from NASA/MMS mission (http://mms.gsfc.nasa.gov/).  The MMS mission is composed by four identical spacecraft flying in tetrahedrical formation and is fully devoted to study the microphysics of reconnection, with a focus on electron scales.

The position is available in the Space Plasmas Group of LPP located at the University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris (http://www.lpp.fr/-Plasmas-Spatiaux) starting from September 1st 2016 for a duration of two years. The Space Plasmas Group of LPP is actively involved in the research fields of magnetic reconnection, particle acceleration and plasma turbulence. The Group is responsible for the search-coil magnetometer onboard MMS as well as onboard NASA-ESA/Cassini, ESA/Cluster and NASA/Themis missions and has major contributions on both fields and particle instruments onboard the upcoming JAXA-ESA/BepiColombo, ESA/Solar Orbiter and ESA/Juice missions. The postdoc will be advised by A. Retinò and will collaborate with both junior and senior scientists at LPP. He/she is expected to efficiently work in a team. The project will also involve extensive collaborations with other groups both in France and abroad.

The successful candidate should have a PhD in space plasma physics or in a related subject, with demonstrated experience in the analysis of spacecraft data. Experience with multi-spacecraft data analysis and/or observations of magnetic reconnection are a strong advantage. Interest and experience in combining data analysis with theoretical modeling and/or in developing data analysis methods will be positively valued. The candidate should have completed his/her PhD in 2013 or later. If the candidate has an older degree and wants to refer to special circumstances, such as parental leave, this should be clearly stated. Candidates planning to obtain their PhD degree not later than the starting date can also apply. The candidate should not currently be an active researcher at LPP.

Applications should include a CV, a cover letter stating the applicant’s research interests and relevant experience, copies of undergraduate and PhD degrees (or a letter from the supervisor stating when the PhD degree is expected), description and proof of previous postdoctoral positions (if any), copy of up to four selected publications (if any) and two letters of recommendation. The closing date for applications is April, 30th 2016. The application should be sent preferably by e-mail to Dr. Alessandro Retinò (alessandro.retino at lpp.polytechnique.fr).


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