[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVII, Issue 34

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVII, Issue 34
Jun.07,2020

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Table of Contents

1. LWS Program Analysis Group (LPAG) Virtual Town Hall on Community Input on Focused Science Topics (FST)

2. Ice Giant White Paper

3. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

4. SESSION: EPSC 2020 Session "Environments of outer-planet moons: particles, plasma, fields and dust"

5. JOB OPENING: Research Scientist in Space Plasma Physics at University of Colorado

6. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral or Early Career Position in Magnetospheric Modeling at the US Naval Research Laboratory

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


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LWS Program Analysis Group (LPAG) Virtual Town Hall on Community Input on Focused Science Topics (FST)

From: Anthea J Coster (ajc at haystack.mit.edu)

The LPAG Executive Committee (EC) invites the Heliophysics community to participate in a virtual town hall to be held at 1-2:30 PM EDT on June 18, 2020. During the town hall on WebEx, the LPAG EC will describe the community input process and conduct a Q&A session.

WebEx information for joining the LPAG virtual town hall on June 18, 2020 (1-2:30 ET, 12 – 1:30 CT, 10-11:30 PT) will be provided on the LWS Science Program website (http://lwstrt.gsfc.nasa.gov) by June 18, 2020.

For further information contact:  Anthea Coster (ajc at haystack.mit.edu) or Sabrina Savage (sabrina.savage at nasa.gov)  


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Ice Giant White Paper

From: Peter Kollmann (Peter.Kollmann at jhuapl.edu)

A draft of a White Paper for the NASA Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 titled “Magnetospheric Studies: A requirement for addressing interdisciplinary mysteries in the Ice Giant systems” is now available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I1kFQWKLUqnBYZeMwuug2ccDt11gTsu7/view?usp=sharing It will be submitted prior to the 4 July 2020 deadline. Until then we welcome additional endorsements. Please reach out to Peter Kollmann (Peter.Kollmann at jhuapl.edu).


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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).

Our next seminar is Monday June 8, “Oxygen at the Dayside Magnetopause and Outer Magnetosphere” by Stephen Fuselier. On Monday June 15 we have two talks; Benoit Lavaud will discuss “The Cusps” at 10 AM EDST and Elsayed Talaat will give an overview of the Space Weather Follow On mission 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. 

See previous talks here - https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/blog.html

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


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SESSION: EPSC 2020 Session "Environments of outer-planet moons: particles, plasma, fields and dust"

From: Hans Huybrighs (hans.huybrighs at esa.int)

Could you please include this session in your upcoming overview of relevant sessions for EPSC2020? 

EPSC 2020 session: Environments of outer-planet moons: particles, plasma, fields and dust
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2020/session/38528


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JOB OPENING: Research Scientist in Space Plasma Physics at University of Colorado

From: Dr. Paul T.M. Loto'aniu (paul.lotoaniu at noaa.gov)

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder has an immediate opening for a Research Scientist in Space Plasma Physics supporting NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) work related to the magnetometers (MAGs) on the GOES-R mission satellites. GOES-R is NOAA’s next generation of spacecraft, which include a complement of space weather sensors to monitor the local space environment and the sun. The role of the Scientist is to support the NCEI MAG team in all aspects of NCEI's GOES-R MAG efforts including on-orbit instrument calibration and validation, development and implementation of MAG space weather products, determining the quality of Level 1 MAG data, investigating data anomalies, writing technical documents, attending/contributing to NASA/NOAA/vendor technical meetings, calibration activities, and instrument tests as needed and undertaking scientific research. The Scientist is also expected to undertake scientific research in the area of space plasma physics and publish in journals and attend conferences. The Physicist position is located within the Solar-Terrestrial Physics Branch of the NCEI at the NOAA David Skaggs Research Center, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado.

Important Note:
U.S. Permanent Residency (Greencard holder) or U.S. Citizenship is required for this position.

Apply at:
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/CIRES-NOAA-NCEI-Research-Scientist-in-Space-Plasma-Physics-RA/22095

Contact for more information:
Dr. Paul T.M. Loto’aniu (paul.lotoaniu at noaa.gov)


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral or Early Career Position in Magnetospheric Modeling at the US Naval Research Laboratory

From: Damien Chua (damien.chua at nrl.navy.mil)

The Space Science Division of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC seeks qualified applicants for a postdoctoral fellowship in the Solar and Heliospheric Physics Branch of the Space Science Division (SSD). Early to mid-career scientists are also welcome to apply. Research activities of the Solar and Heliophysics Branch include observational, data analysis, and theoretical investigations of a wide range of solar and heliospheric phenomena. The Branch recently expanded its efforts to couple its heliophysics modeling capabilities with those used for ionospheric specification and forecasting. 

This opportunity is directed at the continued development and implementation of a new multi-fluid magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) computer simulation of the Earth’s magnetosphere. The applicant would apply the new multi-fluid MHD code to study problems in solar wind-magnetosphere and magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the effects of solar wind turbulence on the magnetosphere, solar wind entry into the magnetosphere, the generation of ultra-low frequency (ULF) field line resonances in the magnetosphere and their effects in the ionosphere. This research will contribute to a larger effort within NRL SSD to determine how solar wind turbulence, co-rotating interaction regions, and interplanetary coronal mass ejections directly drive magnetospheric disturbances (e.g., geomagnetic storms).

Successful applicants will have demonstrated experience with space plasma simulations and working with MHD (or similar) codes. Experience with analyzing data from spacecraft observations of solar and/or magnetospheric plasmas is desirable but not required.

Postdoctoral applicants will be encouraged to apply through the NRC-NRL Research Associateship program. The NRC-NRL program is open to US citizens and US permanent residents who have held a doctorate less than five years at the time of application.  Students who are nearing completion of their doctorate are encouraged to apply, but the fellowship cannot begin until the degree has been granted. Selected applicants will work with an advisor from NRL on an application to the NRC program. The next deadline for this application is August 1st, 2020. The annual stipend level for this program is currently $83,398, renewable for up to three years.  

This position is also open to early and mid-career scientists with the requisite computational physics experience in magnetospheric physics, solar and heliospheric physics, or a comparable research field. 

All interested applicants should email a cover letter and curriculum vitae to Damien Chua (damien.chua at nrl.navy.mil) or Mark Linton (mark.linton at nrl.navy.mil).


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