[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIII, Issue 55

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIII, Issue 55
Oct.16,2016

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. SPA Events at the Fall AGU

2. Dear Colleague Letter: Support of State-of-the-Art Ground-Based Instrumentation and Facilities in AGS

3. MEETING: L5 in Tandem with L1: Future Space-Weather Missions Workshop – First Announcement

4. JOB OPENING: Lecturer in Theoretical Plasma Physics and / or Space Science 

5. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position in Radio and Ionospheric Research at Interamerican University of Puerto Rico

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SPA Events at the Fall AGU

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

All AGU SPA Section Members are invited to the following Fall AGU events on Tuesday December 13:

4:00 PM Parker Lecture given by Tom Woods (LASP) in Moscone Center Room 2022/2024

5:00 PM Nicolet Lecture given by Tom Cravens (U. Kansas) in Moscone Center Room 2022/2024

6:15 PM SPA Section Awards and Agency Night in Moscone Center Room 2006

7:45 PM SPA Section Reception begins with thanks to our sponsors in Marriott Marquis Salon 7 (same location as last year).  There will be an open bar for one hour, followed by a cash bar.  No registration or payment is required to attend.

8:00 PM Food service begins at the reception in Marriott Marquis Salon 7

Please join your colleagues for an enjoyable afternoon and evening celebrating the many achievements of our section's members.

David Sibeck
Section President

Larry Paxton
Section President-Elect


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Dear Colleague Letter: Support of State-of-the-Art Ground-Based Instrumentation and Facilities in AGS

From: Therese Moretto Jorgensen (tjorgens at nsf.gov)

NSF has released a Dear Colleague Letter in recognition of the importance of providing state-of-the-art ground-based instrumentation and facilities for Geospace research.  The  document can be found here:

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17014/nsf17014.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click


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MEETING: L5 in Tandem with L1: Future Space-Weather Missions Workshop – First Announcement

From: Mario M. Bisi (Mario.Bisi at stfc.ac.uk)

Dear Colleagues.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the “L5 in Tandem with L1: Future Space-Weather Missions Workshop” to take place in London, UK, 06-09 March 2017. The Workshop will be held at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) conference centre in central London supported by GO Science, Met Office, and STFC, and organised by STFC, Met Office, and NOAA SWPC. 

The scope of the meeting is expected to include (but is not limited to) the general discussion of how a dedicated L5 mission will improve space-weather forecast services over the current capabilities, how L5 and L1 space-weather monitoring can be carried out in tandem, how and where cost savings can be made by having L5 and L1 space-weather missions planned and prepared in tandem, reports from the Instrument Study Teams that were set up during the May 2015 Workshop, potential partnerships, the ground segment required for L5 space-weather mission support, current and potential observations/measurements that need to be tested/validated for space-weather purposes before they can be made operational, and briefly any new/novel science that L5 space-weather data will allow capitalisation of (since the 2015 workshop).

Full details given in the full NSO Solar News announcement (the additional text is too long to fit into the 2,500-character limit here).

If you are interested in attending the workshop and haven’t already done so, please ensure you subscribe to the L5 Space Weather mailing list so that you get ALL the Workshop-related announcements, then please send an E-Mail (from the E-Mail address you wish to register) to listserv at jiscmail.ac.uk with the subject left and the following line in the body of the E-Mail:

SUBSCRIBE SPACEWEATHERL5 Firstname Lastname

then follow the instructions from the automated reply system and after this Mario will be able to confirm your registration manually in the Jiscmail system. Only people registered on the list will be able to mail to the list as well as receive from the list. Mario will be the lead owner/moderator of the list to ensure the list is well maintained and not abused.

We will be in touch soon with registration and further information as it becomes available.

Mario Bisi, Mark Gibbs, and Doug Biesecker (WOC Co-Chairs).


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JOB OPENING: Lecturer in Theoretical Plasma Physics and / or Space Science 

From: Jonathan Eastwood (jonathan.eastwood at imperial.ac.uk)

Job Advert: Lecturer in Theoretical Plasma Physics and / or Space Science 
Department/Division/Faculty  Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences 
Imperial College London 
  
Salary: £46,970 – £52,350 per annum
Closing Date: 5th December 2016  (midnight BST) 
Start date: The post is available immediately

Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Theoretical Plasma Physics and / or Space Science, based in the Department of Physics. We are seeking candidates from a broad range of related topics, including theoretical plasma physics and space plasma physics.  The ability to span several complementary areas of research will be a distinct advantage. 

*** Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to Professors Roland Smith (Head of the Plasma Physics Group: email: r.a.smith at imperial.ac.uk ), Michele Dougherty (PI, Cassini and JUICE, email: m.dougherty at imperial.ac.uk ) or Tim Horbury (PI, Solar Orbiter, email: t.horbury at imperial.ac.uk ). Please note that this post is open for applicants with expertise in data analysis, modelling or theory related to Solar Orbiter and JUICE as well as all space plasma physics.***

For the full advert, job description, person specification and application instructions, please look at the online advertisement at
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AUU664/lecturer-in-theoretical-plasma-physics-and-or-space-science/

In Line with the Department’s Athena SWAN programme, we particularly welcome female applicants. Committed to equality and valuing diversity. We are also an Athena Silver SWAN Award winner, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a Two Ticks Employer. The Department of Physics is also an IoP Juno Champion. 


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position in Radio and Ionospheric Research at Interamerican University of Puerto Rico

From: Brett Isham (bisham at bayamon.inter.edu)

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, located on the Bayamón campus near San Juan, has an opening for a postdoctoral faculty position in radio and ionospheric research.

Required qualifications are a PhD, relevant research experience, and proficiency in spoken English or Spanish.  The position is open immediately and may be extended for up to three years, contingent upon available funding.

The successful candidate will participate in the development and use of a new high-frequency radio imaging array at the Interamerican Aguadilla campus in northwest Puerto Rico, with principle goals of producing wide-field HF bistatic radar images of the ionosphere and the first-ever radio images of stimulated ionospheric electromagnetic radio emissions (SEE).  The array will be used in conjunction with the HF VIPIR radar in Cayey, Puerto Rico, with the new high-frequency ionospheric modification transmitter at the Arecibo Observatory, and with other local, regional, and space-based instruments.  Other duties include teaching one or two BS or MS-level classes per year.  The Bayamón campus emphasizes innovative and effective teaching strategies.

Other atmospheric research programs at the Bayamón campus include the study of aerosols in the boundary layer and of plasma instabilities in the auroral ionosphere.  The Bayamón campus is the lead institution in the development and construction of the Puerto Rico CubeSat, which incorporates an ion irregularity instrument built by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and an MF/HF radio instrument built by Mälardalen University in Sweden in collaboration with the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and the Interamerican Bayamón campus.

Applications should include a one-page cover letter, a CV, brief
statements discussing research and teaching interests and relevant experience, copies of up to five selected publications, copies of university transcripts or diplomas, contact information for three professional references, and a completed Interamerican University employment application form.

To obtain a copy of the application form, for information about submission and deadlines, and for other questions, please contact Prof. Brett Isham at bisham at bayamon.inter.edu.

Interamerican University of Puerto Rico supports equal opportunity in employment and encourages applications from women, veterans, and people with disabilities (M/F/V/H).


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