[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVII, Issue 7

[Newsletter Editor]

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVII, Issue 7
Jan.27,2020

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

Table of Contents

1. MEETING: 2020 Space Weather Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, April 20-24, 2020

2. MEETING: Lunar Surface Science Workshop 2020 -- April 28-30, 2020 in Denver, Colorado

3. SESSION: URSI GASS 2020 Rome - Session on Ionospheric Space Weather

4. Webinar on February 3 at 2pm ET: Progress on Implementing the 2013 Decadal Survey on Solar and Space Physics

5. Topical Issue on Space Climate in JSWSC: Deadline Extended to March 31

6. Frontiers Special Issue “The Role of Turbulence in the Solar Wind, Magnetosphere, Ionosphere Dynamics”

7. Los Alamos Space Weather Summer School (June 1 - July 31 2020) - Application Deadline Extended to January 31, 2020

8. JOB OPENING: Faculty Position Opening at the Physics Department, University of New Brunswick, Canada

9. EUHFORIA_2.0 Research Fellowship

10. RHESSI Science Nuggets in January 2020

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

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

MEETING: 2020 Space Weather Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, April 20-24, 2020

From: Brian Jackson (bjackson at ucar.edu)

The 2020 Space Weather Workshop will be held April 20-24, in Boulder, Colorado. This meeting will bring together Federal agencies, the academic community, the private sector, and international partners to focus on the diverse impacts of space weather, on forecasting techniques, and on recent scientific advances in understanding and predicting conditions in the space environment.

The program will highlight impacts in several areas, including: aviation, human spaceflight and exploration, satellites, power grids, and other sectors affected by space weather. The conference will also include an update on the national and international space weather programs to mitigate and respond to space weather impacts on society. We welcome a broad range of participation, including representatives from research and development, operational organizations, policy development, and industries impacted by space weather. 

The Space Weather Workshop is coordinated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and co-sponsored by the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, the NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, and the NASA Heliophysics Division. 

For workshop information and to register, please visit https://cpaess.ucar.edu/events/space-weather-workshop. The program, speakers, hotel information, information for student participation, and other relevant information will be announced in the next several weeks.


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

MEETING: Lunar Surface Science Workshop 2020 -- April 28-30, 2020 in Denver, Colorado

From: Barbara Giles (barbara.giles at nasa.gov)

Lunar Surface Science Workshop 2020 -- April 28-30, 2020 in Denver, Colorado

NASA is organizing a workshop to discuss new scientific research that could be enabled by human exploration near the lunar south pole.  Abstracts are due on January 30 at 5pm Central. 

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, and Space Technology Mission Directorate are co-sponsoring this three-day workshop to actively engage the scientific community in order to determine what science could be done by human crews on the lunar surface and how it can be achieved. This workshop will be held April 28–30, 2020 in the Denver, Colorado area.

The intent of the workshop is to provide an open forum for the presentation, discussion, and consideration of various concepts, options, capabilities, and innovations to advance scientific discovery on the lunar surface. It is envisioned that discussions will cover a multitude of science disciplines including planetary science (with field geology), astrophysics, Earth observations, heliophysics, and fundamental space biology and human health and performance.

Overarching cross-cutting themes to be discussed include:

• Which locations within 6° of the south pole are the highest priority to be visited by crew and why?
• What science instrumentation do we want deployed in the lunar south polar region?  This can be both instruments that the crew use, as well as stand-alone science instruments that might need crew interaction to be set up.
• Technology development required to enable science exploration in the lunar south polar region.

Please See https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lunarsurface2020/ for additional information.


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

SESSION: URSI GASS 2020 Rome - Session on Ionospheric Space Weather

From: Anthea Coster, Vincenzo Romano, Ashik Paul (ajc at haystack.mit.edu)

We would like to draw your attention to our session at the next XXXIII URSI GASS that will be held in Rome, Italy, from 29 August to 5 September 2020 (https://www.ursi2020.org/):

G08 Ionospheric Space Weather 

Conveners:
Anthea Coster,  Vincenzo Romano, Ashik Paul

Description: 
This session will focus on the ionospheric and space weather events that may impact telecommunications and navigation systems. It will also cover all areas of ionospheric space weather research including modeling, data assimilation, and novel observations, especially those using radio wave techniques. Of special interest are papers describing the assessment and validation of space weather models, and the justification of the need for new ground and space-borne measurements. Studies and investigations addressing the modeling, forecasting and/or mitigation of ionospheric phenomena due to space weather events, such as large scale ionospheric gradients or medium- and small-scale irregularities, are also welcome.

The deadline for abstract submission is 31 January 2020. Detailed information on how to submit an abstract can be found at:
https://www.ursi2020.org/author-info-abstract-submission/

Please consider submitting your abstracts and encourage your colleagues to contribute and participate in this session.

Looking forward to seeing you in Rome.


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

Webinar on February 3 at 2pm ET: Progress on Implementing the 2013 Decadal Survey on Solar and Space Physics

From: Art Charo (acharo at nas.edu)

The National Academies' 2013 Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics identified key priorities and presented, for the period 2013-2022, a comprehensive Heliophysics research and applications program for NASA, NSF, and NOAA. In late 2018, a new National Academies study committee was formed to undertake a planned midterm assessment of the decadal survey. Its charge included an evaluation of progress made towards decadal survey goals, advice to the sponsoring agencies on how best to implement decadal survey priorities given current available resources, and recommendations on how to prepare for the next decadal survey. 

Learn more about the study’s key findings and recommendations by attending a report release webinar, led by study co-chairs Tom Woods and Robyn Millan, on Monday, February 3, 2020 from 2:00-3:00 pm EST. Their talk will be followed by a Q&A session with the online audience.

Register to attend the webinar at http://heliophysics.eventbrite.com.


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

Topical Issue on Space Climate in JSWSC: Deadline Extended to March 31

From: Kalevi Mursula (kalevi.mursula at oulu.fi)

Dear Colleagues,

The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) accepts submissions of
research and review manuscripts for a Topical Issue on "Space climate: The past and
future of solar activity" to appear in 2020. This is an open call for papers discussing any aspect of Space Climate, i.e., the long-term change in the Sun and its effects in the heliosphere and the near-Earth space environment, including solar effects on the atmosphere and climate.

For more information, see
https://www.swsc-journal.org/news/297-topical-issue-space-climate-the-past-and-future-of-solar-activity-deadline-31-march-2020

The deadline for submitting papers has been extended to March 31, 2020.

No additional delay will ensue from this extension since each paper will be treated and published individually at the pace of its own refereeing process. Note that early submission may even avoid the rush around the deadline and lead to faster publication.

For submission, start with the following website:
https://www.editorialmanager.com/jswsc/default.aspx

Kalevi Mursula, University of Oulu, Finland
Paul Charbonneau, University of Montreal, Canada
Agnieszka Gil-widerska, University of Natural Sciences and Humanities in
Siedlce, Poland
Natalie Krivova, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Germany
Ilya Usoskin, University of Oulu, Finland


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

Frontiers Special Issue “The Role of Turbulence in the Solar Wind, Magnetosphere, Ionosphere Dynamics”

From: Marina Stepanova and Joe Borovsky (marina.stepanova at usach.cl)

A special issue “The Role of Turbulence in the Solar Wind, Magnetosphere, Ionosphere Dynamics” is now open for submission.

The website is:
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/12663/the-role-of-turbulence-in-the-solar-wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere-dynamics

The special issue papers can be submitted to either 
Frontiers in Physics
 or
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Physics

Manuscripts are due by July 6, 2020.
They will be peer reviewed.

Most of the visible matter in the Universe is in the form of highly turbulent plasmas. However, for a long time, the turbulent character of astrophysical and space plasmas has not been well understood. One reason for this is the extremely complicated physics involved in processes governing the dynamics of space and astrophysical objects such as the interstellar medium, stars, solar and stellar winds, magnetospheres, etc. Another reason is that the description of turbulence itself at different scales is a difficult task even in ordinary fluids. Contrary to astrophysical plasmas, more than 60 years of space exploration has generated an extensive set of measurements of the main properties of space plasmas, allowing us to study the turbulence in situ using single and multi-point satellite missions. This converts the heliosphere into the world’s largest laboratory for the study of plasma turbulence, allowing us to obtain results that are relevant not only for space physics but also for other astrophysical objects having similar turbulent processes. 

However, despite significant advances made in this field during the last six decades, there are many key questions waiting to be solved. This Research Topic calls for both Review and Original Research articles focusing on the role that the turbulence plays in the solar wind, magnetosphere, and ionosphere dynamics, and their interaction. In particular we are interested in but not limited to the following topics:  
- The role of turbulence in the interaction processes of the solar wind with the terrestrial magnetosphere, and with other planetary magnetospheres.
- Turbulent energy transfer between scales in the solar wind at 1 AU and at different heliocentric distances and in planetary magnetospheres.
- The impact of turbulence on the dynamical processes in the terrestrial and planetary magnetospheres, e.g. substorm dynamics.
- The interrelations between a turbulent cascade, waves and coherent structures. What are the similarities and differences of turbulent behavior for different heliospheric objects?
- Turbulent plasma heating and particle acceleration and their role in the formation of turbulent cascade. 
- The influence of turbulence on the transport properties of energetic particles, considering both the quasi-linear, the non-linear and the anomalous regimes.

Maria Stepanova (Lead Topic Editor)
Joe Borovsky
Alessandro Retino
Vadim Uritsky
Zoltan Voros
Gaetano Zimbardo


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

Los Alamos Space Weather Summer School (June 1 - July 31 2020) - Application Deadline Extended to January 31, 2020

From: Mike Henderson (mghenderson at lanl.gov)

The Los Alamos Space Weather Summer School is accepting applications for its 2020 session to be held (June 1 - July 31, 2020). Applications are now due January 31, 2020. Sponsored by the Center for Space and Earth Sciences at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), this summer school brings together top space science graduate students and LANL space scientists to work on challenging space weather research. Students receive a prestigious Vela Fellowship (worth $10,000 to cover travel and living expenses), technical training, and opportunities for professional development.

Lectures:
The lectures will be composed of three main themes.  The first part will be an overview of basic space physics concepts geared towards understanding how the magnetosphere works and how it is driven. The second part will use modeling tools to explore the same concepts in a more quantitative way, exposing the strengths and weaknesses of available models. The final part of the lectures will bring these concepts together to explore how new space missions could be devised to help resolve longstanding scientific questions. Lectures will be coordinated with "labs" to get more hands-on experience. Space data analysis and modeling will be the main themes of the labs.

Research projects:
The unique aspect of the Los Alamos Space Weather Summer School is its emphasis on scientific research projects. Students team up with LANL mentors to work on unresolved scientific problems in space physics. LANL is engaged in a wide variety of space-physics activities and offers a host of exciting research projects (see webpage for a list of current and past projects.) Students are also encouraged to propose their own ideas, which might include topics from their PhD thesis. In the past, many of the Summer School projects have led to presentations at major international conferences and, in some cases, to publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Students:
Open to U.S. and foreign graduate students currently enrolled in PhD programs in space physics, planetary science, aerospace engineering, or related fields.

See website at http://swx-school.lanl.gov for details on application process.


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

JOB OPENING: Faculty Position Opening at the Physics Department, University of New Brunswick, Canada

From: Jayachandran P Thayyil (jaya at unb.ca)

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS – FACULTY OF SCIENCE 
TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS 
Closing Date: Review of applications will begin March 31, 2020. 

The Physics Department of the University of New Brunswick conducts world-class research in three areas: Materials Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Space and Atmospheric Research, and Atomic and Molecular Physics with undergraduate and graduate (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) degrees awarded in Physics. The Physics department is planning to introduce an Engineering Physics Program during the fall of 2021 and is a part of the Environmental Science Program of the Faculty of Science being introduced in the fall of 2020. 
The Department of Physics at the University of New Brunswick invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty position in Experimental Physics that complements the existing research in the three research areas mentioned above. The incumbent will help to develop the Engineering Physics program and will be the Physics liaison to the Environmental Science Program. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor starting July 01, 2020, or as soon thereafter as possible. Review of applications will begin March 31. This position is subject to final budgetary approval. 

The successful candidate will be an emerging researcher in their respective research field. As a faculty member, they will spend the majority of their time directly engaged in scientific research, teaching, and graduate and undergraduate student supervision. Teaching duties will include undergraduate courses in Physics as well as courses in the area of the appointee's research specialty at the senior undergraduate and graduate level. This position will require supervision of graduate students and other researchers, interacting with external partners, promoting Physics, the Faculty of Science, and UNB, and identifying and utilizing national and international research opportunities as well as industrial connections. Given the above, the candidate should demonstrate in their application the ability to work with and lead a team of researchers that includes significant industry linkages. As this position is an academic appointment, qualifications demonstrating the ability to transfer knowledge in classroom environments, develop new classroom material and inspire scholarship is also essential. 

The appointee must have completed an earned doctorate in Physics, Engineering Physics, Environmental Science with Physics focus or a closely related field with a minimum two years of Post-Doctoral experience. Candidate's research should complement the three main research areas of the Physics department. Preference will be given to the Candidate who already has a Professional Engineer qualification or who is eligible and willing to become a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of New Brunswick within the first two years of the appointment. 

Applications, including a curriculum vitae, a research proposal, a teaching dossier, and the names of three academic references, should be sent to: 

The Chair, Physics Department, 
University of New Brunswick 
8 Bailey Drive 
P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3 
E-mail: phychair at unb.ca

Short-listed candidates will be required to provide satisfactory proof of credentials including appropriately certified translations of credentials into English, as applicable. The University of New Brunswick is committed to employment equity and fostering diversity within our community and developing an inclusive workplace that reflects the richness of the broader community that we serve. The University welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals who will help us achieve our goals, including women, visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.


9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9

EUHFORIA_2.0 Research Fellowship

From: Dr. Aurélie MARCHAUDON (aurelie.marchaudon at irap.omp.eu)

TWO-YEARS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN NUMERICAL MODELLING OF THE IONOSPHERE, IRAP, Toulouse France

Following call to tender SU-SPACE-22-SEC-2019: Space Weather, in the frame Horizon2020, EUHFORIA 2.0 project (PI: S. Poedts, KU Leuven, Belgium) has been recently selected. It aims at developing the world’s most advanced space weather forecasting tool and will address geoeffectiveness, impacts and mitigation, including extreme events, related to solar eruptions, solar wind streams and Solar Energetic Particles, with particular emphasis on its application to forecast Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GICs) and radiation on geospace. In this context, IRAP-CNRS (Toulouse France) is involved in the development of the GICs forecasting work package by providing forecasts of geomagnetic variations at any point on the ground. The main points of this work package are first the coupling of IPIM ionosphere model and IMM electrodynamics model, already developed in the group at IRAP, and then the development of a Biot-Savart module, which will use the output for the coupled models to calculate the ionospheric horizontal currents responsible for the GICs. IRAP ionosphere group is seeking a post-doctoral researcher to lead the aforementioned developments.

Opening of the position: from 1st March 2020 and until position is filled
Research area: ionospheric and magnetospheric physics
More info: http://transplanet.irap.omp.eu/job.html


10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10

RHESSI Science Nuggets in January 2020

From: Hugh Hudson (hugh.hudson at glasgow.ac.uk)

No. 368: “Remembering John Brown,” by Alec MacKinnon. We mourn the loss of one of RHESSI’s leaders.

No. 369: “A PSP Perihelion,” by Jessie Duncan and Hugh Hudson. At this very moment, the Parker Solar Probe is entering its fourth and deepest-yet perihelion passage

We welcome contributions to the RHESSI Nuggets, and the topics may wander some distance away from specifically RHESSI results if they are generally interesting. See http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/RHESSI_Science_Nuggets for these and others. Comments about specific flares can be found by searching for their SOLyyyy-mm-dd identifier from this home page.


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

The AGU Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA) Section Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. Back issues are available at:
http://lists.igpp.ucla.edu/pipermail/spa/

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
(Do not use this web page to post announcements.)

NOTE: 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/

SPA Newsletter Editorial Team: Peter Chi (Editor), Guan Le (Co-Editor), Sharon Uy, Marjorie Sowmendran, and Kevin Addison

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