[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIII, Issue 30

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIII, Issue 30
Jun.12,2016

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

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Table of Contents

1. Renewed Call and Extended Deadline for Papers for the JGR-Space Physics special sections of Measurement Techniques in Solar and Space Physics 

2. Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity With NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) 

3. JOB OPENING: CIRES Research Associate, Scientific Software Engineer 

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Renewed Call and Extended Deadline for Papers for the JGR-Space Physics special sections of Measurement Techniques in Solar and Space Physics 

From: Tom Moore, Jim Spann (thomas.e.moore at nasa.gov)

Although a significant number of instrument papers have been submitted thus far to JGR-Space Physics for a special section on Measurement Techniques in Solar and Space Physics, the editors have agreed to extend the deadline to August 15, 2016 in order to facilitate additional submissions.

Here, we repeat the initial announcement (December 1, 2015) with the new due date of August 15, 2016.

Four special sections in JGR-Space Physics have been approved – submission information is given below. Each of the sections will provide a broad survey of new advancements and innovative technologies enabling the next generation in four focused areas in solar and space physics: Fields, Particles, Photons, and Optical & Ground-Based measurements. Particular attention will be given to those techniques and technologies that support significant advancement in measurements; thereby enabling the highest priority science advances for future missions and investments. A broad survey of the current technologies will serve as reference material and as a basis from which advanced and innovative ideas are identified and investment strategies are developed. This includes instrumentation and techniques to observe the solar environment from its interior to its outer atmosphere, the heliosphere out to the interstellar boundary regions, as well as geospace and planetary magnetospheres and atmospheres. A complete survey of the techniques and technologies available for future use by the practitioners of solar and space physics is solicited. Manuscripts providing an original contribution to the state-of-the-art in instrumentation, including a clear demonstration of their applicability to advancing understanding of solar and space physics, are highly encouraged. In addition to the electronic access to the four sections, four hard-cover volumes will be published. These are intended to update similar publications that came out of the 1995 conference in Santa Fe (AGU monographs 102 and 103 Particles and Fields), expanded to include photons and ground-based instrumentation.

A submission portal with the four new sections is available. Potential authors are directed to select their desired special section as they submit to: 

http://jgr-spacephysics-submit.agu.org/cgi-bin/main.plex

Submission due date:  August 15, 2016

For more information on paper submissions see https://mtssp.msfc.nasa.gov

Submitted by Tom Moore and Jim Spann on behalf of the MTSSP editorial committee:  Brian Anderson, Steven Christe, Jim Clemmons, Joe Davila, Phil Erickson, Rob Pfaff, Sabrina Savage, Eftyhia Zesta.


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Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity With NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) 

From: Human Resources (HR at usra.edu)

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers U.S. and international scientists the opportunity to conduct important research while contributing to NASA's scientific goals. Applications are now being accepted for postdoctoral fellows to engage in research with NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) advisors.

NExSS is a NASA research coordination network dedicated to the study of planetary habitability. The goals of NExSS are to investigate the diversity of exoplanets and to learn how their history, geology, and climate interact to create the conditions for life (https://nexss.info/). NExSS investigators also strive to put planets into an architectural context - as solar systems built over the eons through dynamical processes and sculpted by stars. Based on our understanding of our own solar system and habitable planet Earth, researchers in the network aim to identify where habitable niches are most likely to occur and which planets are most likely to be habitable. Leveraging current NASA investments in research and missions, NExSS will accelerate the discovery and characterization of other potentially life-bearing worlds in the galaxy, using a systems science approach.

The NASA Postdoctoral Program application deadline is July 1, 2016. To encourage greater collaboration across the disciplines represented by the NExSS teams, applicants to this research opportunity are required to identify a project that will contribute to two teams. Specifically, the applicant must identify a primary and a secondary advisor – one from each of the two NExSS groups. Please see NExSS NPP for more information

The NPP provides a generous stipend (with allowances for locality and seniority), support for scientific travel, relocation assistance if eligible, and subsidized health insurance. Research opportunities are available in Earth science, planetary science, heliophysics, astrophysics, aeronautics and engineering, human exploration and operations, space bioscience, and astrobiology. Appointments are renewable for up to three years. 

In the larger program there are three application deadlines per year: March 1, July 1, and November 1, however this NExSS opportunity is limited to July 1.

You can learn more about the NASA Postdoctoral Program at http://npp.usra.edu. To apply, please register at https://npp.usra.edu/applicant_connect/

Universities Space Research Association administers the NASA Postdoctoral Program under contract to NASA.


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JOB OPENING: CIRES Research Associate, Scientific Software Engineer 

From: Juan Rodriguez (juan.v.rodriguez at colorado.edu)

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado at Boulder has an immediate opening for a Research Associate supporting NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Boulder, Colorado. This position is for a Scientific Software Engineer within the NCEI Solar-Terrestrial Physics (STP) program. The successful candidate will work as part of a team of scientists, data managers, and engineers dedicated to the processing and dissemination of NOAA space weather data. STP is responsible for developing the Satellite Product Analysis & Distribution Enterprise System (SPADES), a demonstration and prototyping system for processing GOES-R space environment products.  The capabilities of the instruments on the new GOES-R series of weather satellites (first launch scheduled for autumn 2016) will provide a significant advance over the current measurements in areas such as spectral range and resolution. The new instruments consist of the Solar Ultraviolet Imager, the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors, the Space Environment In-Situ Suite of particle detectors, and the Magnetometer. As a scientific software engineer within STP, the successful candidate will monitor, maintain, troubleshoot, upgrade, and augment the scientific processing system hosted on SPADES to ensure that product quality requirements are met.  

Requirements:

B.S. in Physical Science, Engineering, Computer Science or similar technical discipline, or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Four or more years’ experience at the post-B.S. level in scientific programming and analysis of environmental data.

Proficiency in Python and C/C++ and a willingness to learn other high-level languages used for scientific programming.

Ability to implement a practical data processing algorithm based on documentation authored by other parties.

Ability to modify and maintain software authored by other parties.

Skilled in Unix/Linux operating environments.

Understanding of the architecture, design and workings of systems that handle large data sets.

Excellent oral and written communication skills. 

A flexible and proactive attitude combined with an ability to multitask on various projects with other team members.

U. S. citizenship or permanent residency.

For more information, please contact Juan Rodriguez (juan.v.rodriguez at colorado.edu)


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