[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVII, Issue 43

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVII, Issue 43
Jul.17,2020

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Table of Contents

1. NASA Citizen Science ROSES-20 Amendment 39: Release of DRAFT text of Citizen Science Seed Funding Program for Community Comment

2. CALL FOR PAPERS: “Solar and Heliospheric Plasma Structures: Waves, Turbulence, and Dissipation” in JGR - Space Physics

3. CALL FOR PAPERS: GRL/JGR/SWE Special Section on "Probing the Magnetosphere through Magnetoseismology and Ultra-Low-Frequency Waves" - Reminder

4. MEETING: European Space Weather Symposium 2020 (ESWS2020) – First Announcement

5. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

6. Interstellar Probe Study Webinar: “Into the Unknown Local Interstellar Cloud” July 23, Noon EDT

7. JOB OPENING: Space Physics Research Scientist at Predictive Science Inc.

8. JOB OPENING: Assistant Researcher at the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (EPSS/UCLA)

9. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Fellow Position at Boston University

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


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NASA Citizen Science ROSES-20 Amendment 39: Release of DRAFT text of Citizen Science Seed Funding Program for Community Comment

From: Katya Verner (Ekaterina.M.Verner at nasa.gov), Heliophysics/CSSFP POC

Dear Heliophysics community members,

I would like to bring the draft of the new Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (CSSFP) to your attention and strongly encourage you to provide feedback by July 30, 2020. Your comments and suggestions will be very timely and be used to establish the CSSFP in Heliophysics.

Please find more details below and feel free to contact me if you have questions.

ROSES-20 Amendment 39: Release of DRAFT text of Citizen Science Seed Funding Program for Community Comment

The Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (CSSFP) Element of ROSES aims to support scientists and other experts to develop citizen science projects relevant to NASA's Astrophysics, Heliophysics and Planetary Science Research Programs. The CSSFP aims to advance the use of citizen science by incubating citizen science projects as they are being conceived or during critical transitions, like the year when they are first launched or beta tested (i.e., when the first group of volunteers is invited to try the project) or when the project changes scientific direction. CSSFP awards require relatively short proposals to encourage new proposers to experiment with citizen science techniques; the Science/Technical/Management section has a limit of 6 pages.

CSSFP awards have a duration of up to one year only.

ROSES-2020 Amendment 39 releases for community comment draft text for E.9 Citizen Science Seed Funding Program. Comments on the draft text are due no later than July 30, 2020 via email to marc.kuchner at nasa.gov (with subject = "CSSFP comments").

On or about June 30, 2020, this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2020" (NNH20ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020 and will appear on SARA's ROSES blog at: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/roses-2020/.

Questions concerning Citizen Science Seed Funding Program may be directed to Marc Kuchner, who may be reached at marc.kuchner at nasa.gov.


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CALL FOR PAPERS: “Solar and Heliospheric Plasma Structures: Waves, Turbulence, and Dissipation” in JGR - Space Physics

From: Leon Ofman (ofman at cua.edu)

Call for Papers reminder for “Solar and Heliospheric Plasma Structures: Waves, Turbulence, and Dissipation” in JGR: Space Physics
Submission Open: 20 April 2020
Submission Deadline: 31 December 2020

Special Section Organizers:
Leon Ofman, Catholic University of America/NASA GSFC
Shreekrishna Tripathi, UCLA

The aim of the special section is to present an overview of the current status of the field of waves, turbulence, and dissipation in solar and heliospheric plasma structures, that combines, theory, modeling, spacecraft observations (such as STEREO, Wind, ACE, Helios, Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter), ground based observations, and laboratory experiments. Leading experts in the field have convened at 2017 AGU meeting and presented invited and contributed talks to the broad AGU community reflecting the current status and progress of knowledge in the field. The special section will contain contributions from a number of these experts, each in individual review paper, thus providing invaluable new reference on this topic in the field.

Papers on related topics are solicited from the general research community. Manuscripts submission is open to all, and should be submitted through the GEMS site for JGR-Space Physics and select the collection’s title from the drop down menu in the Special Section field of the submission form.


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CALL FOR PAPERS: GRL/JGR/SWE Special Section on "Probing the Magnetosphere through Magnetoseismology and Ultra-Low-Frequency Waves" - Reminder

From: Peter Chi, Kazue Takahashi, and Alfredo Del Corpo (pchi at igpp.ucla.edu)

This is a friendly reminder that the special journal section on “Probing the Magnetosphere through Magnetoseismology and Ultra-Low-Frequency Waves” sponsored jointly by GRL, JGR-Space Physics, and Space Weather continues to accept manuscript submissions through August 31, 2020.

GRL/JGR-A/SWE Special Section:
Probing the Magnetosphere through Magnetoseismology and Ultra-Low-Frequency Waves

The vast magnetosphere can experience a variety of impulses and fluctuations at ultra low frequencies (ULF) that result from the interaction with the solar wind or internal resonances and wave-particle interactions. These continuous or impulsive perturbations provide a unique way to probe the state of and physical processes in the magnetosphere. In particular, two magnetoseismic methods have been well demonstrated for investigation of the magnetosphere. Observations of the widespread field line resonance in the magnetosphere show the variability of the plasmasphere in timescales ranging from within an hour to over a solar cycle. Timing impulse arrivals has enabled new capability of remotely monitoring sudden impulses and substorm onsets, which are important magnetospheric phenomena but rarely measured on site. The occurrence of certain ULF wave types, such as electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves or long-period poloidal waves, can imply the existence of warm plasma populations. This special issue solicits all papers that use magnetoseismology and/or ULF waves to explore the magnetosphere.


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MEETING: European Space Weather Symposium 2020 (ESWS2020) – First Announcement

From: Mario M. Bisi (Mario.Bisi at stfc.ac.uk)

We are happy to advertise that the registration and abstract submission for the first European Space Weather Symposium (ESWS) will open on Thursday 16th July 2020.  The meeting is scheduled to take place the same week as ESWW2020 would have occurred, 02-06 November 2020, as a result of the ongoing travel/gathering restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Other deadlines are on the website.  Please see: http://esws2020.iopconfs.org/ for full details, including the sessions throughout the week.

The meeting, known as ESWS2020, will be entirely virtual to the space weather community around the globe and will be run over the Zoom platform.  It is organised by a European Programme Committee (PC) from ESWW and a UK-based Online Organising Committee (OOC).

If you wish to receive announcements directly regarding ESWS2020 and future ESWS/ESWW meetings, you can subscribe to have your E-Mail added to the mailing list from the above website.

The website is being updated regularly, so please check back for updates.

We are looking forward to seeing you, virtually, 02-06 November 2020 on Zoom.

Mario M. Bisi
ESWS2020 PC Chair
ESWS2020 OOC Vice Chair
On behalf of the ESWS2020 PC and OOC

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Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

From: Kyle Murphy, David Sibeck (magnetosphere.seminars at gmail.com)

You are invited to join the Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series every Monday at 12 pm (EDST, 1600 uT).

On Monday July 20 Bill Peterson will discuss Ionospheric Outflow: Observational Constraints on Global Models  at 12 PM EDST. A link to join the seminar via Zoom or YouTube can be found on our home page (https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/). The password to join the Zoom seminar is Mag at 1. 

On Monday July 27 Weichao Tu will be discussing Precipitation of Energetic Particles from the Inner Magnetosphere.

You can see previous talks here - https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/blog.html

And add your name to the mailing list here - https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/mail-list.html


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Interstellar Probe Study Webinar: “Into the Unknown Local Interstellar Cloud” July 23, Noon EDT

From: Andrea S. Harman (ams573 at alumni.psu.edu)

Please join the Interstellar Probe Study Team for another installment of the Interstellar Probe Study Webinar series on Thursday (7/23/2020) at noon EDT via Zoom.

Title: Into the Unknown Local Interstellar Cloud

Presenters:
Elena Provornikova (Lead Scientist for Heliophysics, Interstellar Probe Study, JHUAPL)
Seth Redfield (Associate Professor of Astronomy, Wesleyan University)
Rosine Lallement (CNRS Directeur de Recherche Emeritus, GEPI department, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon)

The panelists will discuss the nature of the local interstellar medium where our Sun travels. They will review the current knowledge about the Local Interstellar Cloud, and will also discuss how an Interstellar Probe mission going up to 1000 AU from the Sun enables discoveries of the unknown properties of the Local Interstellar Cloud, as well as the Sun’s location within the cloud, which remains a big mystery.

Following the presentations there will be a question and answer session.

To watch this webinar please visit the following event page, which has the zoom link.
http://interstellarprobe.jhuapl.edu/Resources/Meetings/agenda.php?id=85

Also, please visit the following link to watch recordings of the previous webinars.
http://interstellarprobe.jhuapl.edu/Resources/Webinar-Series/index.php


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JOB OPENING: Space Physics Research Scientist at Predictive Science Inc.

From: Pete Riley (pete at predsci.com)

Space Physics Research Scientist at Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, CA. 

Predictive Science invites applications for an early career (0-5 years since Ph.D.) research scientist position in space plasma physics, with a focus on  solar and/or heliospheric physics.  Present/soon-to-be awarded projects at PSI include studies of coronal magnetic structure, origin/evolution of the solar wind, solar/ interplanetary coronal mass ejections, and modelling/analysis applied to Heliophyisics System Observatory missions, including Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter.  A review of applications will begin August 1, 2020, and will continue until the position is filled.

Salary and an extensive benefits package are competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Required Qualifications: 

Ph.D. in solar/heliospheric physics, space physics, or a related field
Strong programming expertise and numerical analysis skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in data-constrained modeling, forward modeling and/or data analysis
Experience with the application of computational fluid or MHD algorithms
Experience running massively parallel computations on supercomputers

Duties: 

Help support the activities of the solar physics group, including model and tool development
Pursue team and individual research in key areas of solar and heliospheric physics
Presentation of activities at conferences and in peer-reviewed scientific publications

All applications must include a cover letter, CV, statement of research interests, and the names of three references.  Send applications and/or inquiries to Meaghan Marsh at mmarsh at predsci.com. 

Given the current situation with COVID-19, we anticipate that the successful candidate may need to work remotely, at least in the near term; however, the candidate must be currently eligible to work in the USA. 

Predictive Science Inc. is committed to diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.


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JOB OPENING: Assistant Researcher at the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (EPSS/UCLA)

From: Anton Artemyev (aartemyev at igpp.ucla.edu)

EPSS/UCLA seeks an Assistant Researcher Research Scientist(s). The position will support research in Earth’s magnetotail dynamics, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, wave-particle interaction. The focus of these studies will be to conduct theory and observational studies of particles and fields (e.g. THEMIS, ELFIN, MMS, Van Allen Probes, ARTEMIS) in order to interpret and understand the underlying plasma physics involved. Therefore the incumbent is expected to demonstrate experience with spacecraft data analysis and plasma physics theory. The appointment is expected to start in September 2020, although exact start date is flexible. PhD in physics or related fields is required. Work is to be carried out in collaboration with Dr. Anton Artemyev, Dr. Xiaojia Zhang and Prof. Vassilis Angelopoulos.

Candidates should provide a curriculum vitae, cover letter, statement of research (max 1 page), and 3 references (including names and contact information): https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF05701

Inquiries may be directed to Dr. Anton Artemyev (aartemyev at igpp.ucla.edu) & Dr. Xiaojia Zhang (xjzhang at ucla.edu)

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: 
https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscriminatioHarassmentAffirmAction


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Fellow Position at Boston University

From: Brian Walsh (bwalsh at bu.edu)

The Center for Space Physics (CSP) of Boston University (BU) invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher position in the area of magnetic reconnection and solar wind-magnetosphere coupling.  The position supports work using observational tools such as MMS, THEMIS, and SuperDARN. The work involves collaboration between researchers at BU and Los Alamos National Lab.

Conditions: 
The duration is two years with the potential for renewal. Salary will follow the Boston University standard for post-doctoral scholars and will scale with the applicant’s experience. A PhD in physics, space physics, plasma physics, or related discipline is required.

How to Apply: 
Applicants must submit the following materials by email to Professor Brian Walsh bwalsh at bu.edu:
1. A cover letter describing background, qualifications, and experience relevant to the position
2. A full curriculum vitae (CV) - detailing education, awards, publications, research experience, etc.
3. Contact information for three professional references

Please refer to http://sites.bu.edu/bwalsh/ and https://www.bu.edu/csp/ for additional information about the research in our group and other research in the Center for Space Physics. Review of applications will begin August 10, 2020 and continue until the position is filled. Start date in Spring 2021 is desirable.

For questions please contact Brian Walsh (bwalsh at bu.edu) and Jef Broll (broll at lanl.gov)

Boston University is an equal opportunity employer.


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