[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIII, Issue 61

Sun Nov 20 14:20:18 PST 2016

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIII, Issue 61
Nov.20,2016

Editor: Peter Chi
Co-Editor: Guan Le
Distribution Support: Sharon Uy, Marjorie Sowmendran, Todd King, Kevin Addison
E-mail: editor at igpp.ucla.edu
Announcement Submission Website: http://goo.gl/forms/qjcm4dDr4g

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Table of Contents

1. MEETING: 40th Annual Seminar "Physics of Auroral Phenomena," Apatity, Russia, March 13-17, 2017

2. MEETING: Second VarSITI General Symposium, Irkutsk, Russia, July 10-15, 2017 - Website Now Open

3. Monday Science Telecon, November 28, 2016

4. Announcement for a Special JASTP Issue " Dynamics of the Sun-Earth System: Recent Observations and Predictions" (ISROSES-III)

5. Review Paper about Anthropogenic Space Weather

6. RHESSI Science Nugget No. 286

7. JOB OPENING: Permanent Position in Space Environments Characterization for Spacecraft Design, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL

8. JOB OPENING: Post-doctoral Position in Space Physics at UIUC

9. JOB OPENING: Two Research Associates in Space Plasma Physics at MSSL/UCL

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MEETING: 40th Annual Seminar "Physics of Auroral Phenomena," Apatity, Russia, March 13-17, 2017

From: Alexander Yahnin (ayahnin at gmail.com)

The 40th Annual Seminar “Physics of auroral phenomena” will take place in Polar Geophysical Institute (Apatity, Murmansk region, Russia) on March 13-17, 2017

The program of the seminar includes discussions of the rather wide range of phenomena, such as geomagnetic disturbances, auroras, wave processes, solar-terrestrial relations, etc.

Working languages are Russian and English.

Preliminary registration and abstract submission is open at the Seminar website http://pgia.ru/seminar/ (deadline is December 23, 2016).

Please, contact Alexander Yahnin (ayahnin at gmail.com), the Organizing Committee Chair, for any inquiries.

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MEETING: Second VarSITI General Symposium, Irkutsk, Russia, July 10-15, 2017 - Website Now Open

From: Katya Georgieva and Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa at nagoya-u.jp)

The web site of the Second VarSITI General Symposium to be held in Irkutsk, Russia on July 10-15, 2017, is now open:

http://varsiti2017.iszf.irk.ru/index.php/conferences/varsiti

Please visit the site to create an account and to pre-register.

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Monday Science Telecon, November 28, 2016

From: David Sibeck (david.g.sibeck at nasa.gov)

At 12:00 noon EST on Monday (November 28), we plan to hold the next in our ongoing series of science telecons. The speaker this Monday will be Marina Georgiou from University of Athens. The topic will be "The spatio-temporal profile of Pc5 waves during intense and moderate geomagnetic storms leading to radiation belt e- flux enhancements."

The telecom will be broadcast live via webex. If you would like to join, please
go to http://uclaigpp.webex.com/, search for the ‘Dayside Science' meeting, enter your name and contact information, and then the meeting password, which is Substorm1!

To hear the audio, do not dial the number that pops up on the webex website. Instead, please dial the following toll free (in the United States) number:
1-844-467-6272
with passcode 901533

Please remember to mute your telephone if you are not speaking.

Looking forward to speaking with you.

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Announcement for a Special JASTP Issue " Dynamics of the Sun-Earth System: Recent Observations and Predictions" (ISROSES-III)

From: Vania Jordanova (vania at lanl.gov)

We invite paper submission to a special issue in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (JASTP) on "Dynamics of the Sun-Earth System: Recent Observations and Predictions". The aim of this special issue is to highlight present understanding of the complex, multi-scale, interactions in the Sun-Earth system (from deep within the Sun to the Earth’s atmosphere) following an international symposium on these topics held in Golden Sands, Bulgaria, in September 2016 (ISROSES III; http://www.isroses.lanl.gov/). 

In this special issue (SI) we solicit original papers addressing Sun-Earth System dynamics that have not been published or under review elsewhere. The JASTP website will open for SI "ISROSES III" paper submission on 1-Jan-2017 and close on 31-March-2017. All submissions are FREE of charge and will be peer reviewed according to the journal guidelines. Papers will be published online within three weeks of acceptance. 

For more information please visit:
 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-atmospheric-and-solar-terrestrial-physics/call-for-papers/announcement-for-a-special-jastp-issue-dynamics-of-the-sun-e

Special Issue Guest Editors:
Vania Jordanova, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Joe Borovsky, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO
Mick Denton, New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM

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Review Paper about Anthropogenic Space Weather

From: Tamas Gombosi (tamas at umich.edu)

As part of an ISSI project an extensive review of anthropogenic space weather phenomena has been recently submitted to arXiv. It focuses on the physics and impacts of high altitude nuclear explosions and associated electromagnetic pulses (EMP).

Abstract:
Title: Anthropogenic Space Weather
Authors: T. I. Gombosi, D. N. Baker, A. Balogh, P. J. Erickson, J. D. Huba and L. J. Lanzerotti
71 pages, 35 figures

Anthropogenic effects on the space environment started in the late 19th century and reached their peak in the 1960s when high-altitude nuclear explosions were carried out by the USA and the Soviet Union. These explosions created artificial radiation belts near Earth that resulted in major damages to several satellites. Another, unexpected impact of the high-altitude nuclear tests was the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that can have devastating effects over a large geographic area (as large as the continental United States). Other anthropogenic impacts on the space environment include chemical release experiments, high-frequency wave heating of the ionosphere and the interaction of VLF waves with the radiation belts. This paper reviews the fundamental physical process behind these phenomena and discusses the observations of their impacts.

The paper is available at  http://arxiv.org/abs/1611.03390

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RHESSI Science Nugget No. 286

From: Hugh Hudson (hhudson at ssl.berkeley.edu)

“Microwave Emission from Twisted Magnetic Fields,” by Mykola Gordovskyy and Philippa Browning: The inherent magnetic twist of a flaring loop can be inferred from its microwave polarization signatures. 

See http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/RHESSI_Science_Nuggets

listing the current series, 2008-present, and

http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/nuggets/ 

for the original series, 2005-2008.

We publish these at roughly two-week intervals and welcome contributions, which should be related, at least loosely, to RHESSI science.

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JOB OPENING: Permanent Position in Space Environments Characterization for Spacecraft Design, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL

From: Glenn Overbey (glenn.overbey at nasa.gov)

Applications are invited for a permanent civil service position with the Natural Environments Branch, Space Environments Team.  This position is responsible for defining, analyzing and understanding space environments characteristics and how they affect launch vehicles and spacecraft systems.  It is desirable that the applicant hold a PhD degree in physics, space physics, or related field. The appointment is for a GS-11 position.  U.S. citizenship is required.  To view the full vacancy announcement, which contains further information on qualification requirements and application instructions, go to (http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/456673000).  The vacancy announcement will be open from November 17, 2016 to December 1, 2016.

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JOB OPENING: Post-doctoral Position in Space Physics at UIUC

From: Raluca Ilie (rilie at illinois.edu)

The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in geospace research, in the Electromagnetics, Optics, And Remote Sensing research group, under the guidance of Assistant Professor Raluca Ilie. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will conduct research in the field of magnetospheric physics with a focus on solar wind-geospace coupling; in particular to investigate and quantify plasma transport processes from the magnetotail into near-Earth space. The work will rely on numerical simulations with the Space Weather Modeling Framework and the various models within this computational suite, augmented by analysis of THEMIS, TWINS, Van Allen Probes and MMS data. 

Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in Space Physics or a related discipline, and experience in geospace research is highly preferred. Preferred applicants should have a strong publication record and significant experience in high performance computing, modeling techniques, utilizing models to conduct research and some experience with data analysis. The candidate is expected to have demonstrated ability to effectively communicate research results in the form of peer-reviewed research journal articles and oral presentations.

The initial appointment will be for one year with the option for renewal, contingent on performance and the availability of funding.  

Qualified applicants should submit curriculum vitae, a brief summary of research interests, and contact information for three or more references, to Dr. Raluca Ilie (rilie at illinois.edu). Applications will be reviewed starting January 15th, 2017, and will be considered until the position is filled. The start date can be as soon as February 1st, 2017 or at a negotiated time in the near future. 

The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. The U of I is an EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled (www.inclusiveillinois.illnois.edu).

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JOB OPENING: Two Research Associates in Space Plasma Physics at MSSL/UCL

From: Jonathan Rae (jonathan.rae at ucl.ac.uk)

Two Research Associates in Space Plasma Physics at MSSL/UCL
UCL Department of Space & Climate Physics
Salary: £31,076 - £38,183 per annum
Closing Date: 30 Nov 2016
Ref: 1600919

We would like to advertise two (2) PDRA positions at MSSL/UCL in Space Plasma Physics available until April 2019, with a possible extension subject to funding availability through the MSSL Consolidated Grant and/or additional sources.    The scientific focus of these positions are on auroral physics, the magnetospheric substorm and their impacts on the inner magnetosphere. These projects are expected to utilise state-of-the-art data collected from the ESA Cluster auroral acceleration region campaigns as well as data from the NASA THEMIS, Van Allen Probes and MMS missions.

For more details please see:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/jobs/mssl-jobs/2016/post-doc-plasma
or
http://tinyurl.com/gtqmt8p

We would expect to interview shortly after the closing date in early December.

Formal or informal inquiries can be directed to Prof. Andrew Fazakerley (a.fazakerley at ucl.ac.uk),  Jonathan Rae (jonathan.rae at ucl.ac.uk), or Libby Daghorn (l.daghorn at ucl.ac.uk)

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