[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVII, Issue 4

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SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVII, Issue 4
Jan.15,2020

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Table of Contents

1. SPA Advocacy Committee Welcomes New Member

2. MEETING: Final Announcement for Access2Space Workshop

3. MEETING: Michael Knoelker Symposium: From Solar Physics to Exoplanets

4. MEETING: Parker One – First Annual Parker Solar Probe Conference, 23-27 March 2020, JHU/APL, Laurel, Maryland USA -- Third Announcement

5. MEETING: General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of International Union of Radio Science (URSI-GASS) from 29 August to 5 September, 2020, Rome, Italy

6. JOB OPENING: Tenure-Track Associate Professor in Space Physics at UiT Reminder

7. JOB OPENING: Two PhD Positions in Space Physics at UiT

8. HAO: Newkirk Graduate Research Fellowship, Application Deadline February 14, 2020

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


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SPA Advocacy Committee Welcomes New Member

From: Paul Cassak, Dan Baker, Ian Cohen, Gordon Emslie, Harlan Spence, Sarah Vines (Paul.Cassak at mail.wvu.edu)

It is my pleasure to announce that the newest member of the SPA Advocacy Committee is Ryan Mcgranaghan, who is helping enhance representation by the SA community. Please add him to your list of people you can contact about SPA advocacy matters.

Also, here are a couple of quick updates since our last announcement in case you didn't see them.  (1) The FY20 budget has been passed and signed into law (e.g., https://www.aip.org/fyi/2019/spending-deal-buoys-science-agency-budgets).  (2) The House version of the space weather bill ("PROSWIFT") was recently approved by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. 

Please contact any member of the SPA Advocacy Committee with questions, comments, or concerns.


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MEETING: Final Announcement for Access2Space Workshop

From: George Ho (Access2Space at jhuapl.edu)

Increased Science Return through Rideshare Workshop
The purpose of the Agile Access 2 Space workshop is to obtain community inputs on how NASA's Science Mission Directorate's (SMD) can embrace ESPA class missions for transformative science, in light of SMD's new policy for Rideshare and provide inputs on the creation, population, and management of a secondary payload pipeline to support (SMD) future Rideshare missions.

When: 25-27 February, 2020
Where: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)
Registration Deadline: January 24, 2020
Website: https://civspace.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Events/events/Access2Space/

The workshop will be two and a half days long and all sessions will be held at the Kossiakoff Center at the JHUAPL Laurel, Maryland campus. We will lead off the workshop with keynote speakers then move into splinter meetings in the afternoon organized according to science disciplines and/or regions of operation. In the morning of the second day, we will continue the splinter and working group sessions. In each splinter session, the group will receive community presentations of possible applications and discuss the relevant topics listed below. In the afternoon of the second day, one-on-one sessions between entities and the Science Mission Directorate divisions will be arranged based on abstracts submitted. On the final day, the results of these activities will be discussed and summarized and a report will be produced.

The Workshop plenary session will include presentations on:

SMD Rideshare policy
Committee on Solar & Space Physics short report
Small Satellite Coordination Group (SSCG), Small Satellite Working Group (SSWG) and Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute (S3VI)
The Workshop agenda will include discussions on the following questions:

What science can be enabled by Rideshare?
What science instrument types and configurations are conducive to populate the pipeline?
What are the launch vehicle barriers that hinder pipeline development and management?
What are the small spacecraft barriers that hinder pipeline development and management?
What are the programmatic barriers that hinder pipeline development and management?

Logistics information can be found on the website. This is an excellent opportunity to provide community feedback in order to allow the realization of the novel opportunities provided by exciting new access to space capabilities. Community members may submit abstracts for very short presentations related to possible applications and commercial providers may submit poster abstracts to inform the community of opportunities. We encourage wide community participation and look forward to an exciting and productive workshop.


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MEETING: Michael Knoelker Symposium: From Solar Physics to Exoplanets

From: Matthias Rempel (rempel at ucar.edu)

This meeting celebrates Michael Knoelker’s original work on solar and stellar magnetism and seismology, as well as his major contributions to the High Altitude Observatory during his 15-year directorship, and his recent appointment to Senior Scientist Emeritus. Michael started his career with ground breaking work on magnetic flux concentrations in the solar photosphere. Michael Knoelker is known for his mentoring of young scientists, his collaborations on high-altitude, long-duration, balloon programs and his role as a Co-PI on the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST).

The symposium will focus on recent developments and future directions in solar physics, the solar-stellar connection, exoplanets and modeling of exoplanet atmospheres.

The meeting will be held at the NCAR MESA Lab in Boulder, Colorado from Wednesday to February 26, 2020 to Friday, February 28, 2020.

Meeting webpage:
https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/MK-Symposium2020

Registration and abstract submission are open. 
Early registration ends January 31, 2020.

SOC

Guy Brasseur–NCAR/Max Planck Institute for Meteorology 
Tim Brown–Las Cumbres Observatory 
Valentin M. Pillet–National Solar Observatory 
Matthias Rempel–High Altitude Observatory

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Wendy Hawkins–HAO 
Matthias Rempel–HAO


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MEETING: Parker One – First Annual Parker Solar Probe Conference, 23-27 March 2020, JHU/APL, Laurel, Maryland USA -- Third Announcement

From: Nour E. Raouafi, Bob DeMajistre, Rob Decker (rob.decker at jhuapl.edu)

Parker One – First Annual Parker Solar Probe Conference, 23-27 March 2020, JHU/APL, Laurel, Maryland USA

http://parkerseries.jhuapl.edu

NASA Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission, which launched on August 12, 2018, has completed the first three of its 24 scheduled orbits about the Sun (perihelia on November 5, 2018, April 4, 2019, and September 1, 2019). All three orbits had roughly the same perihelion distance of 35.7 Rsun from the Sun center. On December 26, 2019, the spacecraft flew by Venus for the second time since launch. This maneuver reduced perihelion to 27.8 Rsun. The main science objectives of the PSP mission are to: (1) Trace the flow of energy that heats and accelerates the solar corona and solar wind; (2) Determine the structure and dynamics of the plasma and magnetic fields at the sources of the solar wind; and (3) Explore mechanisms that accelerate and transport energetic particles.

Data from the first two orbits have been released to the public on November 12, 2019, and from the third orbit in February 2020. The data returned so far is a treasure trove that holds potential for breakthrough discoveries. PSP is crossing new boundaries of space exploration.

The first annual Parker Solar Probe conference will be held from March 23 to 27, 2020 in Laurel, Maryland at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. The meeting will highlight discoveries from the first three orbits and new ones from orbit 4 with closer perihelion of 27.8 Rsun. The conference is open to the entire heliophysics community. Abstracts involving relevant theory, simulations, data analysis, and coordinated observations are encouraged. There will be space for both oral and poster presentations, as well as splinter sessions. Registration opened November 12, 2019.

The Abstract Deadline has been extended to January 29, 2020

Registration Costs
$375 early, $425 after January 31, 2020

Science Organizing Committee:
Marco Velli (Univ. California, Los Angeles, Co-Chair)
Nicholeen Viall (Goddard Space flight Center, Co-Chair)
Stuart Bale (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Benjamin Chandran (Univ. New Hampshire)
Christina Cohen (California Institute of Technology)
Rob Decker (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.)
Russell Howard (Naval Research Lab.)
Colin Joyce (Univ. New Hampshire)
Justin Kasper (Univ. Michigan)
David Lario (Goddard Space flight Center)
David J. McComas (Princeton Univ.)
Nour E. Raouafi (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.)
Adam Szabo (Goddard Space flight Center)
Anna Tenerani (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Angelos Vourlidas (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.)

For further information, visit http://parkerseries.jhuapl.edu 


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MEETING: General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of International Union of Radio Science (URSI-GASS) from 29 August to 5 September, 2020, Rome, Italy

From: Wen Li (wenli77 at bu.edu)

The DEADLINE for submission of abstracts, for application for Young Scientists Award, and for Student Paper Competition is JANUARY 31, 2020. The abstracts submission website is the following: https://www.ursi2020.org/author-info-abstract-submission/

We particularly invite students to participate the URSI-GASS 2020 Student Paper Competition. Young Scientists Awards will be set up to assist young scientists to attend the URSI-GASS. The full details can be found at https://www.ursi2020.org/

Please note that we will ACCEPT USUALLY FORMATTED ABSTRACTS prepared in the template named "extended abstracts". Authors who wish to submit a longer "Summary Paper" with figures and references to the proceedings still have the opportunity to do so but not required unless the authors apply for a Young Scientists Award. The abstracts have to be submitted as pdf files.

The URSI-GASS will have an open scientific program covered by ten Commissions of URSI, two of which (Commission H and G) are closely related to the SPA community. Please find the full scientific program at https://www.ursi2020.org/program/


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JOB OPENING: Tenure-Track Associate Professor in Space Physics at UiT Reminder

From: Patrick Guio (p.guio at ucl.ac.uk)

This is a reminder that the Department of Physics and Technology at UiT, Tromso, Norway has a tenure-track position as Associate Professor in Space Physics available and hosted by the Department of Physics and Technology. The appointment is for a period of 6 years. Competitive start-up package is offered to the successful applicant.

More information about the position and application form are available at
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/179560/tenure-track-associate-professor-in-space-physics

Note that the deadline for application is 2nd February 2020.


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JOB OPENING: Two PhD Positions in Space Physics at UiT

From: Patrick Guio (p.guio at ucl.ac.uk)

This is a reminder that the Department of Physics and Technology announces two vacant PhD candidate positions in the area of Space Physics at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromso, Faculty of Science and Technology. The candidates will conduct research related to the EISCAT 3D infrastructure.

More information about the two positions and application form are available at
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/179660/two-phd-candidates-in-space-physics

Note that the deadline for application is 19th January 2020.


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HAO: Newkirk Graduate Research Fellowship, Application Deadline February 14, 2020

From: Matthias Rempel (rempel at ucar.edu)

The High Altitude Observatory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research announces the availability of Newkirk Fellowships. The Newkirk Fellowship provides financial support to graduate students for research visits to HAO, allowing for 3 to 6 months per year in a single visit. The total supported length is 9 months, which can be spread out over up to 3 years. Newkirk Fellows will work with guidance from HAO scientists and engineers on projects related to their thesis, qualifying exams, or other research projects within the scope of HAO research including study of the Earth's upper atmosphere, solar physics and solar-terrestrial physics through observation, theory and instrumentation.

To be eligible for the fellowship, the student must be enrolled full-time in a university graduate program having common interest with HAO research goals. HAO Newkirk Fellowships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence, scientific potential, and compatibility of student interest in current HAO research pursuits.

The application deadline for fellowships starting in 2020 is February 14, 2020.

Please see https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/partnerships/visitor-program/newkirk-fellowship for details on eligibility, financial support, and the application process. Contact Caitlyn Quinn Erdesz (cquinn at ucar.edu) or Matthias Rempel (rempel at ucar.edu) for further information. 


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