[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVI, Issue 33

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVI, Issue 33
May.27,2019

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Table of Contents

1. Community Input and Town Hall Schedule for the Decadal Midterm Assessment

2. SESSION: European Space Weather Week Session "Solar Corona and Heliosphere"

3. JOB OPENING: MSFC Chief Scientist Position Opening 

4. JOB OPENING: Space Weather Data Scientist

5. PhD Position in Space and Astrophysics at KULeuven

6. CESRA Nuggets in May 2019

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


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Community Input and Town Hall Schedule for the Decadal Midterm Assessment

From: Robyn Millan, Tom Woods (ssp-midterm at nas.edu)

Earlier this year, the National Academies began a Congressionally-mandated study, "Review of Progress Toward Implementing the Decadal Survey, Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society" (AKA the Midterm Assessment).  Information about the study, including committee membership, upcoming meetings, and the study “statement of task,” is available on the committee’s website: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/SSB_188088. 

The committee is seeking community input and will be holding Town Halls or Poster Sessions at several summer conferences.  We invite community members to attend these sessions and/or to communicate with us with thoughts on any aspect of the study via the committee’s mailbox: ssp-midterm at nas.edu.  Please note that messages circulated to the committee will become part of a document file that will be accessible upon request to any member of the public.  While the committee will be able to review comments until a final draft is completed in Fall 2019, it would be most helpful if they were received prior to August 10, 2019.

The schedule for Town Halls/Poster Sessions is as follows:
- SPD 50 (joint with AAS) in St. Louis: Poster in Session 106 from 5:30-6:30 pm on Monday June 10 and Presentation (part of the SPD Agency Town Hall), Monday from 6:30-8:30 pm.
- CEDAR 2019 in Santa Fe.  Town Hall -- Wednesday, June 19 from 1:30–3:30 pm.
- GEM 2019 in Santa Fe.  Town Hall -- Monday, June 24 from 5:00-6:00 pm, and Poster on Tuesday evening.
- SHINE 2019 in Boulder (Aug 5-9): Poster in Session TBD


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SESSION: European Space Weather Week Session "Solar Corona and Heliosphere"

From: Luciano Rodriguez (luciano.rodriguez at observatory.be)

we kindly invite you to send your abstracts to the session “Solar Corona and Heliosphere” which will be held at the Sixteenth European Space Weather Week, 18 - 22 November, 2019, Liège, Belgium.

Conveners: Luciano Rodriguez (ROB) and Sergio Dasso (IAFE)

Session description:
Flares, Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) and associated shock waves are of key interest in the field of solar-terrestrial relations. Interplanetary CMEs and their associated shock waves are the main drivers of geomagnetic storms. High speed solar wind streams emanating from coronal holes also have a big influence on geospace, in particular outside of solar maximum when CMEs are more scarce. They are also important drivers of relativistic electron enhancements in the radiation belts surrounding the Earth. Flares in turn can have an important impact (UV radiation, particles) on the Earth's atmosphere. 
Recent remote observations and modelling studies have shown that CMEs can drive shock waves very low in the solar corona, which, in turn, may produce significant fluxes of solar energetic particles (SEP). 

There is thus a strong need for realistic and data-driven modelling of solar wind, flares and CMEs using a variety of theoretical, physics-based and semi-empirical models, such as heliospheric models like EUHFORIA, ENLIL and SUSANOO. 

In this session, we invite observational, theoretical, and modelling contributions that address the following topics: 
• Flares, the coronal dynamics of CME and shock waves and their related production of SEPs 
• CME propagation in the heliosphere, the interaction of ICMEs with Earth and/or with other planets
• The link between CMEs and ICMEs

For more info:  http://www.stce.be/esww16/


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JOB OPENING: MSFC Chief Scientist Position Opening 

From: David Burns and Jim Green (james.green at nasa.gov)

NASA is currently seeking highly skilled applicants for the Chief Scientist position at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, AL. The Chief Scientist provides scientific leadership to all MSFC Science and Technology Office programs, projects, and activities and advises center leadership on key scientific issues related to the health and growth of science at MSFC. The incumbent represents MSFC science to the external community including NASA Headquarters and field centers, academia, government agencies, and private industry and is part of a team of Chief Scientists at each Center.

Please click the following link below for the full list of responsibilities and qualifications. The position is open to all U.S. Citizens and is scheduled to close on Monday, June 3, 2019. This is an exciting time to join the NASA team as we prepare to send Astronauts to the Moon by 2024, followed by a sustained presence on and around the Moon by 2028 and then onto Mars. I encourage you to consider applying and accepting the opportunity to become a part of this great endeavor. 

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/533547500


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JOB OPENING: Space Weather Data Scientist

From: Juan Rodriguez (juan.rodriguez at noaa.gov)

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder has an immediate opening for a Space Weather Data Scientist working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).  This position is located within NCEI’s Solar and Terrestrial Physics (STP) branch. STP is responsible for data stewardship and product development for space weather instruments on satellites including the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), the Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES), the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), and the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR). 

CIRES is looking for an early or mid-career level physical scientist or computer scientist with experience managing large data sets, developing novel user interfaces and data service, automating processing pipelines, describing data with standard metadata, and maintaining relational database systems. The successful candidate will be part of a team that processes and stewards satellite space weather data, serving global data users by providing discovery and access for data and derived scientific products.

Minimum requirements include a Bachelor's Degree in Space Science, Computer Science, Informatics, or a related field with 2+ years applicable experience managing data; experience using programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Bash to automate processing and implement new services; and experience working in a Linux/Unix environment.

Due to U.S. Export Control Restrictions, only U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents may apply.

To see full job details and apply, please go to:
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=18272


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PhD Position in Space and Astrophysics at KULeuven

From: Giovanni Lapenta (giovanni.lapenta at kuleuven.be)

The Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics (CmPA) of the Department of Mathematics consists of four professors and many researchers (Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers) of various international background. CmPA participates in many national and international projects which has lead to an extensive international research network. CmPA has, among other things, an extensive expertise in 'computational magneto-fluid dynamics' and access to parallel computing facilities. The precise topic of this Ph.D. will depend on the candidate's background and interest. To have a clear view of the ongoing research topics at CmPA you can take a look at our website.

Project:
- You will do research in applied mathematics at the Centre of mathematical Plasma Astrophysics of the Department of Mathematics, leading to a Ph.D.
- You follow the doctoral program of the Arenberg Doctoral School
- You will give exercise classes in mathematics for the courses taught by members of the Department of Mathematics.
- You assist in the guidance of bachelor projects and master theses.
- You assist in the organisation of workshops, conferences and other research and teaching activities.

Profile:
- You have a master degree in mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, or an equivalent degree with an important mathematics component.
- You are able to teach mathematics exercise classes in Dutch. If your knowledge of Dutch is not sufficient, then we ask you to follow language training classes so that your knowledge is sufficient after two years.
- You have a very good knowledge of English, both spoken and written.

Offer:
We offer a scholarship as a Ph.D. student in the Section Plasma Astrophysics of the Departement of Mathematics for one year. This can be extended to four years after a positive evaluation. The four year period allows you to obtain a Ph.D. in mathematics. 

Interested? 
https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/55115343?hl=en&lang=en


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CESRA Nuggets in May 2019

From: Eduard Kontar (eduard.kontar at glasgow.ac.uk)

The effect of scattering on the apparent positions of solar radio sources observed by LOFAR by Mykola Gordovskyy 
http://cesra.net/?p=2206

HighFrequency Communications Response to Solar Activity in September 2017 as Observed by Amateur Radio Networks by Nathan A. Frissell
http://cesra.net/?p=2198

CESRA Highlights of Solar Radio Physics, aka CESRA Nuggets, are short communications written in language accessible to a non-expert in the specific area and designed to keep solar and heliophysics communities informed and up-to-date about current research. The highlights can be followed, discussed, commented and shared via 
http://www.facebook.com/solarcesra/ and 
http://twitter.com/CESRA_community


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