[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXV, Issue 44

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXV, Issue 44
Jul.20,2018

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Table of Contents

1. MEETING: AMS Space Weather Conference, 6-10 January, 2019, Phoenix, AZ -- CALL FOR PAPERS DUE AUGUST 1 2018

2. MEETING: The Plasma Physics of the Magnetosphere, Bra-Pollenzo, Italy, June 3-7, 2019

3. Monday Science Telecon, July 23

4. JOB OPENING: Two+ Year Research Associate in Space Plasma Physics at MSSL/UCL

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Announcement Submission Website: http://goo.gl/forms/qjcm4dDr4g


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MEETING: AMS Space Weather Conference, 6-10 January, 2019, Phoenix, AZ -- CALL FOR PAPERS DUE AUGUST 1 2018

From: Richard Behnke (behnke.richard at yahoo.com)

The Sixteenth Conference on Space Weather, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society (AMS), and organized by the AMS Committee on Space Weather, will be held 6-10 January 2019, as part of the 99th AMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix Arizona.  Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site (https://annual.ametsoc.org/2019/) by mid-August 2018.

The theme for the 2019 AMS Annual Meeting is “Understanding and Building Resilience to Extreme Events by Being Interdisciplinary, International, and Inclusive (III).”

Following this theme, the Conference on Space Weather will solicit papers on the following topics:

I. Advances in space weather research and modeling
II. Extreme space weather events throughout the heliosphere
III. National and International Efforts in Space Weather – Growing Global Preparedness
IV. Space Weather Effects on High Flyers  (Joint Session with the 19th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology)
V. Space Weather and Society: Education & Communication
VI. Space weather as we approach solar minimum
VII. Whole Atmosphere Coupling During Extreme Events (Joint Session with the 20th Conference on Middle Atmosphere )

https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2019/programs/conferences-and-symposia/16th-conference-on-space-weather/

Please submit your abstract electronically by 1 August 2018 at https://ams.confex.com/ams/2019Annual/webprogrampreliminary/16SPACEWX.html

Students who want to be considered for travel support will be asked to note this when submitting their abstract. The committee will be providing several small travel grants (~$400) to help defray the cost of attending the AMS meeting for a student who submitted an abstract to present at the Space Weather Conference.  Students who wish to apply are required to submit the following documents to either of the program chairs (Richard Behnke or Barbara Thompson) in a single PDF document: a presentation abstract, statement of why they want to attend the meeting, statement of commitment to attend if awarded the travel award, and letter of recommendation from their advisor.

For additional information please contact the program chairpersons, Richard Behnke,  behnke.richard at yahoo.com<mailto:behnke.richard at yahoo.com>, or Barbara J. Thompson, barbara.j.thompson at nasa.gov<mailto:barbara.j.thompson at nasa.gov>.


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MEETING: The Plasma Physics of the Magnetosphere, Bra-Pollenzo, Italy, June 3-7, 2019

From: Gian Luca Delzanno, Joe Borovsky, Mick Denton, Pablo Moya, Marina Stepanova, Juan Valdivia (delzanno at lanl.gov)

The 6th version of the Magnetospheric Conference will be held at Agenzia di Pollenzo in Bra-Pollenzo, Italy from 3 – 7 of June 2019 under the general topic of “The Plasma Physics of the Magnetosphere”. Previous conferences were held in Viña del Mar, Chile (2009); Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States (2010); Torres del Paine, Chile (2013); Scarborough, United Kingdom (2015); and Puerto Varas, Chile (2017).

The conference is aimed to be a highly interactive with a mix of talks and audience-participation discussions. 

The conference website, where all relevant information including local attractions will be posted, can be found at
http://gemelli.spacescience.org/mdenton/italy_workshop/

For more information about the conference, contact Gian Luca Delzanno at delzanno at lanl.gov

The Conveners are:
Gian Luca Delzanno, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA, delzanno at lanl.gov
Joe Borovsky, Space Science Institute, USA, jborovsky at SpaceScience.org, 
Mike Denton,  Space Science Institute, USA, mdenton at spacescience.org
Pablo Moya, Universidad de Chile, pablo.moya at ug.uchile.cl
Marina Stepanova, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile, marina.stepanova at usach.cl
Juan Alejandro Valdivia, Universidad de Chile, alejo at macul.ciencias.uchile.cl


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Monday Science Telecon, July 23

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

At 12:00 noon EST on Monday (July 23), we plan to hold the next in our ongoing series of science telecons. The speaker this Monday will be Ying Zou from Boston University. The topic will be "Local time extent of magnetopause reconnection X-lines: from patchy to extended".

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: Two+ Year Research Associate in Space Plasma Physics at MSSL/UCL

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

Two+ year Research Associate in Space Plasma Physics
Mullard Space Science Laboratory/UCL
Salary: £31,604 - £38,833 per annum
Closing Date: 13 Aug 2018

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a researcher to join the Department of Space and Climate Physics (Mullard Space Science Laboratory) and undertake research in the general area of magnetospheric physics but with emphasis on the magnetospheric substorm, auroral physics or radiation belts.  This project is expected to utilise state-of-the-art data from the NASA THEMIS, Van Allen Probes and MMS missions, and ESA Cluster auroral acceleration region campaigns.

The Space Plasma Physics group is a growing group within Mullard Space Science Laboratory at the forefront of magnetospheric and solar wind research in the UK.  Currently, we have four Academics, two independent research fellows, three post-doctoral research associates and five PhD students, and we are looking to bring onboard another post-doctoral researcher to participate and contribute to our group.   This position also offers the opportunity for travel for the postholder to present their work at relevant national and international conferences and workshops. The post is initially funded for a two-year period, with a potential extension subject to funding availability

For more information, please see:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/jobs/mssl-jobs/2018/plasma-pdra

and for details of how to apply:
https://tinyurl.com/MSSLPDRA

Formal or informal inquiries can be directed to Jonathan Rae (jonathan.rae at ucl.ac.uk).  Any queries as to the application process, please contact Suzanne Winter (s.winter at ucl.ac.uk)


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