[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIII, Issue 57

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIII, Issue 57
Oct.27,2016

Editor: Peter Chi
Co-Editor: Guan Le
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Table of Contents

1. Monday Science Telecon, October 31, 2016

2. JOB OPENING: Faculty Position at the University of Iowa

3. JOB OPENING: Two Openings at CU CIRES/NOAA SWPC

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Monday Science Telecon, October 31, 2016

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

At 12:00 noon EST on Monday (October 31), we plan to hold the next in our ongoing series of science telecons. The speaker this Monday will be Thomas Moore from CSRA Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The topic will be “Statistical study on ion scale wave activity during boundary crossings during periods of Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability (KHI)".

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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JOB OPENING: Faculty Position at the University of Iowa

From: Craig Kletzing (craig-kletzing at uiowa.edu)

Assistant or Associate Professor – Experimental Space Physics

The University of Iowa

The Department of Physics and Astronomy (http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/) at the University of Iowa seeks a space physics experimentalist with a record of involvement in spaceflight hardware. Interested applicants should apply at http://jobs.uiowa.edu/ and refer to requisition #69613. The Department and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are strongly committed to diversity; the strategic plans of the University and College reflect this commitment. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, associational preference, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran. The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.


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JOB OPENING: Two Openings at CU CIRES/NOAA SWPC

From: Naomi Maruyama (Naomi.Maruyama at noaa.gov)

University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) is seeking to fill two positions to work with the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), located in Boulder, Colorado. Our mission at SWPC is to deliver a real-time operational coupled Whole Atmosphere Model - Ionosphere-Plasmasphere-Electrodynamics (WAM-IPE) model and products in the near future. 

The first position is for a Research Associate and encompasses the development, maintenance, and management of the Ionosphere Plasmasphere Electrodynamic (IPE) model and its coupling to WAM on the NOAA/NCEP supercomputers. For more information, visit http://cires.colorado.edu/node/5817. For questions on this position, e-mail naomi.maruyama at noaa.gov. 

The second position is for a Professional Research Assistant and encompasses the development and maintenance the Whole Atmosphere Model system code on the NOAA/NCEP supercomputers, including analysis and visualization software, and validation. The job may require travel to Washington D.C. several times a year. For more information, visit http://cires.colorado.edu/node/5818. For questions on this position, e-mail tim.fuller-rowell at noaa.gov. 

University of Colorado is committed to diversity in hiring, and members of under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.


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