[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIV, Issue 36

[Newsletter Editor]

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIV, Issue 36
Jul.09,2017

(NOTE: Titles of all SPA-related sessions at the upcoming Fall AGU will be included in a special issue of the newsletter tomorrow.)

***********************************************************************

Table of Contents

1. Action Item - Meet With Congress In Your District!

2. JGR-Space Physics Editor Blog Monthly Highlights

3. Dear Colleague Letter: Removal of Target Dates for Geospace Science Programs

4. Africa Initiative for Planetary and Space Science

5. CDF data of the PWING project are available from the ERG Science Center

6. MEETING: Our Mysterious Sun: Magnetic Coupling Between Solar Interior and Atmosphere, Tbilisi, Georgia, September 25-29, 2017: Second Announcement

7. MEETING: APS-Division of Plasma Physics Mini-Conference: Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 23-27, 2017 -- Call for Abstracts

8. VarSITI Newsletter Vol.14

***********************************************************************

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

1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1

Action Item - Meet With Congress In Your District!

From: Len Fisk, Dan Baker, Harlan Spence, Gordon Emslie, Paul Cassak, Susan Avery, Alexa Halford (Paul.Cassak at mail.wvu.edu)

Are you concerned about federal funding for SPA science?  Are you concerned about proposed 9.72% cuts to AGS at NSF?  Are you concerned about proposed cuts to NASA’s Office of Education?  Are you concerned with the proposed full defunding of the USGS Geomagnetism program?  Are you in a district with a member of Congress on Appropriations (see below for list)?  If so, you’re a great candidate to meet with your Congress members while they are on recess in your home district during the month of August.  It’s a great time to educate your elected officials about what science is important to their district (without having to pay for a trip to DC!).  

Wait, you say, I’ve never done this before and don’t know how to do it!?!  You’re in luck, because AGU’s policy office is having a training webinar.  It’s on July 13 at 2-3pm Eastern time.  Sign up here - http://sciencepolicy.agu.org/events/event/effective-district-visit-webinar/.  It’s easier than you think!

Please contact a member of the SPA Advocacy Committee if you have any questions or need any help.  With the help of a task force of community members, we have SPA-specific resources to make your visits easier.

Senate: AL, TN, AK, ME, SC, AK, WV, OK, LA, NH, VT, CA, RI, DE, HI, WV, MD
House: TX, KY, AL, TX, MS, WV, NY, WA, PA

Len Fisk (Chair), Dan Baker, Harlan Spence, Gordon Emslie, Paul Cassak, Susan Avery, Alexa Halford


2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2

JGR-Space Physics Editor Blog Monthly Highlights

From: Mike Liemohn (liemohn at umich.edu)

In June, the top post offered advice about when to add names to your list of authors on your manuscript – after they have agreed to be a coauthor. Also, the new impact factors are out and, for the first time, we have one just for JGR Space Physics.

June 8: advice about adding authors to a manuscript
   https://liemohnjgrspace.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/take-care-with-authorship/

June 10: news about identifying author roles on a paper
   https://liemohnjgrspace.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/transparency-in-authorship-roles/

June 30: the Journal Impact Factor for 2016
   https://liemohnjgrspace.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/jgrs-2016-impact-factor/

Main Website:   http://liemohnjgrspace.wordpress.com/


3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3

Dear Colleague Letter: Removal of Target Dates for Geospace Science Programs

From: Michael Wiltberger (mwiltber at nsf.gov)

July 3, 2017

Dear Colleague:

The Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) will eliminate target dates for three solicitations in the Geospace Science Section — Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR), Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM), and Solar, Heliospheric, and INterplanetary Environment (SHINE). Although these programs traditionally accepted new proposals throughout the latter half of the year, new proposals should only be submitted after October 1, 2017. This date was selected due to relocation of the NSF staff and services to a new headquarters building in Alexandria, VA, and to better align these programs with the fiscal year. The Program Solicitations for each of the programs listed above will be updated to reflect these changes. It is also important to note that the core Solar Terrestrial, Aeronomy, and Magnetosphere programs will continue to accept proposals at any time.

By submitting proposals at any time, investigators will have more time to prepare proposals and build strong collaborations; this will allow them to think more creatively without the pressure of a deadline, and to propose more complex, interdisciplinary projects that have the potential to dramatically advance science. As has been shown in other NSF Programs and Divisions where a no deadline submission process has been instituted, eliminating deadlines can reduce the burden on institutions and the community by spreading out the request period over the course of the year, as opposed to having submissions limited to two short time windows.

We will continue to use a combination of ad hoc reviews and panel input to assess the intellectual merit and broader impacts of submitted proposals. Supplements, EAGERs, and RAPIDs will continue to be entertained anytime following communication with the cognizant Program Director as indicated in the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG).

We remind our community that proposals that have been declined need to be substantially revised to be considered again by the programs. Submissions that have not been changed significantly will be returned without review as outlined in the PAPPG.

Sincerely,

Dr. William E. Easterling
Assistant Director
Directorate for Geosciences


4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4

Africa Initiative for Planetary and Space Science

From: David Baratoux (david.baratoux at ird.fr)

Dear colleagues,

EOS has recently published a call to endorse the Africa Initiative for Planetary and Space Sciences:

https://eos.org/opinions/africa-initiative-for-planetary-and-space-sciences

You are invited to support the current efforts of groups of planetary and space scientists in Africa. Please consider the call if : 

- you are an African student who is interested in gaining a research experience (MSc or PhD) in Planetary or Space Sciences (PSS).
- you are a young or senior researcher with expertise in PSS and you are interested in giving lectures in Africa, in outreach activities or in co-supervising African students in PSS topics.
- you are an Africa-based researcher who is willing to start, develop or strengthen a PSS activity in your laboratory
- you are interested in participating in a large pan-African network of PSS scientists
- you are willing to be a sponsor or partner of this project, either personally or as an institution.

Once you have signed the call at africapss.org, you will receive regular information about the development of the initiative and related opportunities for collaborative research with African partners, education and capacity building.

Thanks for those who already signed the endorsement !  


5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5

CDF data of the PWING project are available from the ERG Science Center

From: Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa at isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp)

The PWING Project started in 2016 operates airglow imagers, induction coils, riometers, VLF receivers, and EMCCD cameras at subauroral latitudes in Canada, Alaska, Russia, Finland, and Iceland, as part of the Arase (ERG) - ground coordinated observations.  The quick-look plots of the data have been opened from the PWING website at 

http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/dimr/PWING/en/ 
(click each observation equipment).

This time we have also opened real digital data of the PWING project in the CDF format from the website of the ERG Science Center with support by the IUGONET project, as below.  

Note that the related load procedures for IDL/SPEDAS have been developed and will be released as erg plug-in procedures from the ERG Science Center.  The information on these load procedures will be announced when they are available.  Without these load procedures, one can also download the data from the site and make plots as you like using some appropriate IDL/Matlab/Python codes.  
The basic rules of the road is to contact the PI when users use the data at any publications/presentations, and scientists who have contributed to the measurements at these ground stations can have opportinuty to join the research, if the data is significant for that research.  Details on the Rules of the Road, PI etc are included in the CDF files.

ERG science center (CDF-formatted data) 
https://ergsc.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/index.shtml.en

IUGONET (meta data) 
http://search.iugonet.org/list.jsp

All-sky camera: ATH, GAK, HUS, KAP, NYR and other 15 OMTI stations 
https://ergsc.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/data/ergsc/ground/camera/omti/asi/

Induction magnetometers: ATH, GAK, KAP, ZGN, MGD, PTK, STA, MSR
https://ergsc.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/data/ergsc/ground/geomag/stel/induction/

Riometers: ATH, GAK, HUS, KAP 
https://ergsc.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/data/ergsc/ground/riometer/

VLF/ELF receivers: ATH and KAP
https://ergsc.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/data/ergsc/ground/vlf/

EMCCD camera keograms: GAK, KEV (full 100Hz data are available on request)
https://ergsc.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/data/ergsc/ground/camera/emccd/pwing/ask/

PWING stands for "study of dynamical variation of Particles and Waves in the INner magnetosphere using Ground-based network observations." 


6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6

MEETING: Our Mysterious Sun: Magnetic Coupling Between Solar Interior and Atmosphere, Tbilisi, Georgia, September 25-29, 2017 -- Second Announcement

From: Teimuraz Zaqarashvili (teimuraz.zaqarashvili at uni-graz.at)

Scientific Rationale

Recent high resolution observations and numerical simulations clearly show that the solar interior and different layers of the atmosphere are interconnected via magnetic field, which leads to complex processes of energy transport and dissipation. The complete understanding of those processes needs to increase the observational and theoretical efforts to study the fundamental problems of magnetized plasmas. The conference “Our mysterious Sun: magnetic coupling between solar interior and atmosphere will be held in Tbilisi (Georgia) during September 25-29, 2017.

Scientific organizing committee

Roberto Bruno                
Mats Carlsson                  
Arnold Hanslmeier        
Laurent Gizon         
Mihalis Mathioudakis          
Scott McIntosh           
Kris Murawski               
Valery Nakariakov          
Leon Ofman               
Ramon Oliver            
Stefaan Poedts       
Teimuraz Zaqarashvili             

Confirmed invited reviewers

Manolo Collados
Mausumi Dikpati  
Terry Kucera         
Holly Gilbert
Mark Miesch          
Bart De Pontieu
Rui Pinto
Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez
Sami Solanki
Javier Trujillo Bueno
Francesca Zuccarello

Registration and abstract submission

Deadline of abstract submission is July 31. 

Registration fee was 200 Euro till June 30, but it is increased to 230 Euro for later payments. It includes conference dinner, excursion and visit wine cellar. 

Please, pay By BANK TRANSFER to the following account (please, send scanned transfer confirmation to solar-conference at iliauni.edu.ge): 

NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA, TBILISI 
SWIFT CODE: BNLNGE22 
Beneficiary: LEPL Ilia State University / 204861970 IBAN: GE65NB0331100001150207.

The registration fee can be also paid on the first day of conference (September 25) at registration desks in Georgian Lari (1 USD=2.4 GEL)

Conference Venue

The conference will take place in the conference hall of “Tiflispalace” hotel (http://tiflispalace.ge/english/home). The conference hotel has not many free places during the conference time. However, there are many other very good hotels nearby. September is highly touristic time in Georgia, therefore we strongly recommend to book a hotel as early as possible.

For more information visit our website: solar-conference.iliauni.edu.ge

Please send your inquiries or comments to the email address: solar-conference at iliauni.edu.ge

We are looking forward to seeing you in Tbilisi.

Teimuraz Zaqarashvili 
(on behalf of the SOC and the LOC)


7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7

MEETING: APS-Division of Plasma Physics Mini-Conference: Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 23-27, 2017 -- Call for Abstracts

From: Jason TenBarge, Greg Howes, Kris Klein, Chris Chen, Stanislav Boldyrev (kris.klein at gmail.com)

Call for Abstracts: APS-Division of Plasma Physics Mini-Conference: Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics

The American Physical Society Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics invites submission of abstracts for the mini-conference "Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics" at the 2017 APS Division of Plasma Physics meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from October 23 to 27, 2017.
Many of the challenges facing the laboratory plasma physics and fusion confinement communities are rooted in fundamental kinetic plasma physics phenomena that are also crucial to understanding the physics of the heliosphere and astrophysical systems. This mini-conference is dedicated to fostering cross-disciplinary interaction and communication among plasma physicists, space physicists, and astrophysicists. We solicit talks and poster presentations focusing on new results from spacecraft missions that illuminates plasma phenomena, laboratory findings relevant to space physics, and theoretical and computational work that covers the fundamental physics common to studies of space and laboratory plasmas. Abstracts are due July 14, 2017 and can be submitted at 

https://www.aps.org/units/dpp/meetings/annual/

When submitting an abstract, presenters must select mini-conference subject category 15.1 and may include a brief mini-conference title in the Special Instructions (e.g., bridging the divide-GPAP). Mini-conference presenters are allowed one additional first author paper submission in the regular technical program.

Jason TenBarge, Greg Howes, Kris Klein, Chris Chen, Stanislav Boldyrev


8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8

VarSITI Newsletter Vol.14

>From Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa at nagoya-u.jp)

SCOSTEP's VarSITI (Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact, 2014-2018)

VarSITI Newsletter volume 14 has now been published.  The PDF file is available at 
http://newserver.stil.bas.bg/varsiti/newsL/VarSITI_Newsletter_Vol14.pdf

Below are the contents of this volume.  

Contents of VarSITI Newsletter Volume 14

Articles
1. The Community Coordinated Modeling Center: A Community Resource (Y. Zheng et al.)
2. ISEST Working Group 4 Campaign Events Studies (D. Webb and N. Nitta)
3. Catalog of large-scale solar wind phenomena during 1976-2016 (Y. I. Yermolaev and N. S. Nikolaeva)
4. Database on the Forbush-effects and interplanetary disturbances to study Earth-affecting solar transients (A. Belov et al.)

Highlight on Young Scientists
1. Sneha A. Gokani/ India
2. Oluwafisayo Owolabi/ Nigeria
3. Claudia Martinez-Calderon/ Japan

Meeting Report
1. ROMIC workshop (F. J. Luebken) 

Upcoming Meetings


***** SUBSCRIPTION AND ANNOUNCEMENT REQUESTS *****

The AGU Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA) Section Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. Back issues are available at:

http://spa.agu.org/category/newsletters/

To request announcements for distribution by the newsletter, please use the online submission form at:
http://goo.gl/forms/qjcm4dDr4g

To subscribe to the newsletter, please go to the web page at:
http://lists.igpp.ucla.edu/mailman/listinfo/spa
(IMPORTANT: Do not use this web page to post announcements.)

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR MAJOR CONFERENCES: Due to the large number of SPA-related sessions at major conferences, the SPA Newsletter can no longer accept announcement requests for individual sessions at AGU, AOGS, COSPAR, EGU, or IAGA Meetings. Titles and web links (if available) of these sessions will be distributed in a special issue of the Newsletter before the abstract deadline.

SPA Web Site: http://spa.agu.org/

*************** END OF NEWSLETTER ****************