[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIII, Issue 33

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIII, Issue 33
Jun.27,2016

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. Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Awards 2016

2. MEETING: First Community MMS Data Analysis Workshop, September 7-9, 2016, UCLA

3. MEETING: Turbulence and Waves in Flows Dominated by Rotation: Lessons From Geophysics and Perspectives in Space Physics and Astrophysics

4. Mini-conference on the Physics of the Radiation Belts: Collaboration between Laboratory, Theory, and Satellite Observations

5. Space Weather Resource Letter

6. JOB OPENING: Post Doc at NOAA/SWPC Working on DSCOVR and WSA-Enlil

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Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Awards 2016

From: A. Janofsky (cospar at cosparhq.cnes.fr)

The following COSPAR Awards will be presented on August 1 during the 41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 30 July – 7 August 2016, Istanbul, Turkey

COSPAR Space Science Award for outstanding contributions to space science:
• Charles L. Bennett (USA), Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
• Anatoly I. Grigoriev (Russia), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

COSPAR International Cooperation Medal for distinguished contributions to space science and work that has contributed significantly to the promotion of international scientific cooperation:
• Lev Zelenyi (Russia), Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

COSPAR William Nordberg Medal commemorating the late William Nordberg and for distinguished contributions to the application of space science in a field covered by COSPAR:
• Gordon Greeley Shepherd (Canada), Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science (CRESS), York University, Toronto, Canada

COSPAR Harrie Massey Award honoring the memory of Sir Harrie Massey, FRS, for outstanding contributions to the development of space research in which a leadership role is of particular importance:
• Fiona A. Harrison (USA), Physics & Astronomy Department, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

COSPAR Distinguished Service Medal recognizing extraordinary services rendered to COSPAR over many years.
• David Halpern (USA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA

Vikram Sarabhai Medal (a joint award of COSPAR and the Indian Space Research Organization) honoring Vikram Sarabhai, one of the architects of modern India, for outstanding contributions to space research in developing countries:
• Kohei Arai (Japan), Dept. of Information Science, Saga University, Saga, Japan

Jeoujang Jaw Award (a joint award of COSPAR and the Chinese Academy of Sciences) recognizing scientists who have made distinguished pioneering contributions to promoting space research, establishing new space science research branches and founding new exploration programs:
• Cheng FANG (China), School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Yakov B. Zeldovich Medals (a joint award of COSPAR and the Russian Academy of Sciences) conferred on young scientists for excellence and achievements, honoring the distinguished astrophysicist Yakov B. Zeldovich. One medal is awarded for each COSPAR Scientific Commission:

- COSPAR Scientific Commission A	
• Aaron van Donkelaar (Canada), Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

- COSPAR Scientific Commission B
• Alexander G. Hayes (USA), Spacecraft Planetary Imaging Facility, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

- COSPAR Scientific Commission C	
• Erdal Yiit (USA/Germany), Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

- COSPAR Scientific Commission D	
• Drew L. Turner (USA), Space Sciences Department, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, USA

- COSPAR Scientific Commission E	
• Lan Jian (USA/China), University of Maryland, College Park and Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

- COSPAR Scientific Commission F	
• Satoshi Kodaira (Japan), National Institute of Radiological Sciences for QST, Radiation Measurement Research Team, Chiba, Japan

- COSPAR Scientific Commission G	
• Thomas Triller (Germany), Physics Department, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

- COSPAR Scientific Commission H	
• Ewan D. Fitzsimons (United Kingdom), UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh and Institute for Gravitational Research, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

See http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/spa/doc/COSPAR2016Awards.pdf for complete citations and a brief description of COSPAR.


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MEETING: First Community MMS Data Analysis Workshop, September 7-9, 2016, UCLA

From: Chris Russell and Bob Strangeway (dr_russell at igpp.ucla.edu)

The first Community MMS Data Analysis Workshop will be held at UCLA on Wednesday to Friday, September 7 to 9, 2016. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the results of analyses of the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission data obtained across the worldwide user community. Papers selected for presentation must report analysis of the MMS data or the theory and simulations relative to the interpretation of these data.

Information about attendance at this meeting, including registration, abstract submittal, hotels, can be found at http://mmsteam.igpp.ucla.edu.

Attendance is limited to the first 200 registrants. NASA supported scientists must register in the NCTS system at least 60 days before the meeting, as this is a scientific meeting and not a MMS project meeting.


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MEETING: Turbulence and Waves in Flows Dominated by Rotation: Lessons From Geophysics and Perspectives in Space Physics and Astrophysics

From: Mausumi Dikpati (dikpati at ucar.edu)

Description: Considerable progress is made recently in understanding turbulence, instabilities and waves in rotating geophysical systems. Nevertheless our knowledge and understanding of the similar phenomena in magnetized rotating plasma remain rudimentary and have not received attention they deserve in spite of many applications in solar, stellar and space weather physics, and in astrophysical discs.  This is in part because our theoretical efforts and modeling approaches are concentrated mainly (although not exclusively) on the dynamo problem rather than on developing of solid picture of space and astrophysical objects variability in different time scales from millennial to shorter-term. There is a pressing need for new initiatives to further develop the foundations of our understanding of the multi-scale phenomena of magnetized turbulence and waves along with geophysical fluid dynamics.

The goal of this workshop is to bring together leading experts from the geophysical and astrophysical communities to discuss basic aspects of the physics of turbulence, instabilities and waves in the context of rotating plasma large-scale flows predictability, and to foster novel developments both in astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics.

The workshop is sponsored by NSF and GTP. Details can be found at the following url: 
https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/events/GTPWorkshop2016
The workshop participation is by invitation only. Interested scientists may contact the chair of the SOC, Prof. Arakel Petrosyan (apetrosy at rssi.ru), to request an invitation.


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Mini-conference on the Physics of the Radiation Belts: Collaboration between Laboratory, Theory, and Satellite Observations

From: Chris Crabtree, Evgeny Mishin (chris.crabtree at nrl.navy.mil)

We are announcing a mini-conference on the Physics of the Radiation Belts: Collaboration between Laboratory, Theory, and Satellite Observations to be held at the 58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics between October 31 and November 4, 2016 in  San Jose, California (http://aps.dpp.org).  Mini-conference papers must be submitted by the abstract submission deadline of July 15. Presenters must select mini-conference subject category 15.1 and may include a brief mini-conference title in the Special Instructions (e.g., Van Allen Probes). Mini-conference presenters are allowed one additional first author paper submission in the regular technical program.  APS distinguishes mini-conference sessions from other sessions and reserves the terminology of “invited talks” for regular sessions, and “solicited talks” for mini-conferences.

The description of the mini-conference is as follows:

NASA’s Van Allen Probes mission consisting of twin satellites orbiting the Earth inside the radiation belts was launched on August 30, 2012 and is currently in its extended mission phase.  For the last 4 years this mission has been providing high quality measurements of energetic particles and electromagnetic fields, which is revolutionizing radiation belt physics by providing a comprehensive picture of many detailed physics processes.  The understanding of many of these nonlinear, multi-scale processes necessarily requires an approach that combines advanced analytical techniques, powerful numerical simulation platforms, carefully designed laboratory experiments, and in situ observations.  Our goal is to facilitate such broad collaboration by bringing plasma theorists, modelers, and experimentalists together with observers from the space physics community.


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Space Weather Resource Letter

From: Daniel N. Baker, Louis J. Lanzerotti (ljl at njit.edu)

An Open Access Space Weather paper co-authored by Daniel Baker and Louis Lanzerotti, recently published as a Resource Letter in the American Journal of Physics, provides an in-depth outline and review of the practical applications of solar and solar-terrestrial impacts on technical systems and human space flight.   In addition to extensive references to contemporary issues in the field, important historical research articles are also included.  The paper was commissioned by the Journal to provide an educational resource for university courses and for researchers desiring to obtain an understanding of the current state of the field.

A PDF of the Open Access paper can be downloaded at  http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/ajp/84/3/10.1119/1.4938403


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JOB OPENING: Post Doc at NOAA/SWPC Working on DSCOVR and WSA-Enlil

From: Douglas Biesecker (doug.biesecker at noaa.gov)

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) is seeking a full-time Research Associate to work with the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support the DSCOVR solar wind mission.  SWPC receives DSCOVR solar wind thermal plasma and magnetic field data in near-real-time and processes it to Level 2.  CIRES is looking for applicants capable of producing science quality space weather products from the DSCOVR data.  The successful applicant would work within the Applied Research and Testbed section of the Space Weather Prediction Center.  The successful applicant will be expected to take the lead in producing the products for the benefit of SWPC forecasters and customers.  In addition, SWPC is interested in research which enhances the ability to increase the utility of in-situ solar wind observations.  There is also the opportunity to get involved with the operational WSA-Enlil model and investigating ensemble modeling possibilities and use of data assimilation.  Funding is available for at least 3 years.

We expect to begin reviewing applications on or about July 20.

Further information and application instructions are available at
http://cires.colorado.edu/jobs/ciresswpc-dscovr-post-doc-research-associate


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