[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVIII, Issue 45

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVIII, Issue 45
Aug.26,2021

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Table of Contents

1. Extension of Deadline for Community Input to LWS Architecture Committee

2. Reminder: Deadline Approaching for Nominations to the International Space Weather and Space Climate Medals   

3. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

4. Upcoming SHIELD Webinar: Friday, September 10th, 2021 2:00 PM EST

5. Announcement of 9th SCOSTEP/PRESTO Online Seminar by Dr. Richard Eastes

6. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position in Mars-Solar Wind Interactions

7. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Space Physics Group at the Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland (remote work possible)

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


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Extension of Deadline for Community Input to LWS Architecture Committee

From: Christina Cohen (cohen at srl.caltech.edu)

We have extended the deadline to submit feedback to August 31.  Please take a moment to examine the material as described in our original post:

NASA Heliophysics Division has asked a 10-member committee to evaluate the LWS mission line, including making suggestions for a future mission architecture.  As part of our work, the LWS Architecture Committee (LWSAC) has examined the Strategic Science Areas as defined by the LWS Program Analysis Group and identified appropriate science objectives.  For each of these objectives a set of measurement strategies, physical phenomena, required measurements and envisioned implementations have been crafted.

You can find all this at our website http://lws-ac.jhuapl.edu/
We would like your feedback on these items – you can find a feedback form for each SSA through the webpage.  We recognize there is a lot of material there; feel free to comment (briefly if possible) on a subset of the items (even within an SSA or within a given science objective).  

>From this material we will be forming Focused Mission Topics which will be presented for additional input later in the year.  If you have any questions, please email us at SES-LWS-AC-Web at jhuapl.edu.

Thank you,
Christina Cohen for the LWSAC committee


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Reminder: Deadline Approaching for Nominations to the International Space Weather and Space Climate Medals   

From: Jean Lilensten, Bruce Tsurutani, Madhulika Guhathakurta (jean.lilensten at univ-grenoble-alpes.fr)

Dear colleagues,

The deadline for the 2021 contest for the international space weather and space climate medals is approaching. Please send your nominations by September, 5th 2021 latest. The new medal recipients will be announced in a medal ceremony at the European Space Weather Week, October 25th, 2021. The winners will be proposed an invited 20 minutes lecture during a dedicated session.  Please, find all information on how to nominate a colleague at http://esww17.iopconfs.org/medals


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Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

From: Jason Shuster (magnetosphere.seminars at gmail.com)

We invite you to join us every Monday at 12pm (ET) for the weekly Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series.

The following week on August 30, Maria Usanova will present on EMIC Waves.

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

You can view the current 2021 schedule here:
https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/schedule.html

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

Read about previous talks here:
https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/blog.html


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Upcoming SHIELD Webinar: Friday, September 10th, 2021 2:00 PM EST

From: Sandra Cauffman (shieldoutreach at bu.eud)

Upcoming SHIELD Webinar: Fri September 10th, 2021 2:00 PM EST
Sonar, Esforzarse y Lograr: Reach, Strive, Achieve - From Costa Rica to Mars
Speaker: Sandra Cauffman

Mrs. Cauffman serves as the Deputy Director of the Earth Science Division, in the Science Mission Directorate at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters since May 2016. From February 2019 to June 2020 she served as the Acting Director of the Earth Science Division. She provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and overall management for the entire agency’s multi-billion Earth Science portfolio, from technology development, applied science, research, mission implementation and operation.

Prior to joining NASA HQ, Mrs. Cauffman worked at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for 25 years as a civil servant (CS) and 3 years as a contractor prior to becoming a CS. Mrs. Cauffman joined NASA in February 1991, when she started as the Ground Systems Manager for the Satellite Servicing Project, where she supported missions such as Hubble Space Telescope (HST) First Servicing Mission, Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), and Explorers Platform (EP)/Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE).

Since then she served in a number of roles: GOES I/M and N/P Instrument Manager, Project Formulation Office (PFO) Office Chief, Instrument Systems Manager for GOES-R, Deputy Project Manager for GOES-R, Assistant Director for the Flight Projects Directorate (code 400), Project Manager (PM) for the Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer (SMEX) (GEMS), Deputy Project Manager for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Mission, and Deputy Systems Program Director for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series before moving to HQ.

Mrs. Cauffman has been awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and she is a two-time recipient of the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal. She is also a four times recipient of the NASA Acquisition Improvement Award, and numerous GSFC and HQ awards. She is a Senior Fellow on the Council for Excellence in Government. She is an Honorary Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Costa Rica. She is also an Honorary Member of the Colegio Federado de Ingenieros y de Arquitectos in Costa Rica. She received a B.S. in Physics, a B.S in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering, all from George Mason University. Her profile has been highlighted by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women for being a positive example for women, especially, youth and children. Due to her extensive work in outreach and STEM in Costa Rica and Latin America the Government of Costa Rica issued a stamp in her honor in 2017.

Friday, September 10
2 PM EST
Register Here:
https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vdemvrTMjGt0ECcz2tI1Prb36DWq7eou_


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Announcement of 9th SCOSTEP/PRESTO Online Seminar by Dr. Richard Eastes

From: Duggirala Pallamraju (raju at prl.res.in)

Dear Colleagues,

Greetings !!
We are pleased to announce the 9th SCOSTEP/PRESTO online seminar by Dr. Richard Eastes.

Seminar Title: Space Weather in the Thermosphere-Ionosphere System - observations and Insights from the GOLD* Mission (*Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk)

Speaker: Dr. Richard Eastes

Affiliation: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

Date/time: September 23, 2021, 14:00-15:00 UT  via Zoom platform

To join the seminar, please register using the zoom URL given below (pre-registration is necessary): https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JLX19FwoSRypK_H_2aeYSg

Abstract:

The GOLD mission’s spatial-temporal observations of thermospheric composition, density, and temperature, as well as of ionospheric structure and peak density at low-latitudes, provide an unprecedented window into space weather in the Thermosphere-Ionosphere (T-I) system. Imaging the Earth from geostationary orbit at 47.5° W longitude, the GOLD imager provides simultaneous images of thermospheric composition (O/N2) and temperature near 160 km on the dayside every 30 minutes from 06:10 to 23:10 UT (03:00-20:00 local time at the satellite). In addition GOLD images the nighttime equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) over the Atlantic and South America every evening. Observations of geomagnetic storms, solar eclipses, the nighttime EIA and O2 density profiles have all provided unanticipated results. Examples include observations of “gravity” waves and global-scale responses to weak geomagnetic activity in the sunlit thermosphere; and in the nighttime EIA, correlations between peak densities and waves in the mesosphere. These observations provide tests of our current understanding of both the T-I system and how it interacts with other regions of the geospace system. The GOLD mission observations and some of the implications for space-weather will be discussed.

Prof. Duggirala Pallamraju
(On behalf of Pillar-2 of PRESTO & SCOSTEP leadership)


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position in Mars-Solar Wind Interactions

From: Jasper Halekas (jasper-halekas at uiowa.edu)

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa is searching for a postdoctoral research scientist to work with MAVEN data to study Mars-solar wind interactions. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with Prof. Jasper Halekas and other group members at the University of Iowa, as well as other researchers from the MAVEN team. More details and application instructions are available at (http://physics.uiowa.edu/~jhalekas/MAVEN-Postdoc.html). Please contact Prof. Halekas (jasper-halekas at uiowa.edu) with any questions about the position.   


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Space Physics Group at the Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland (remote work possible)

From: Minna Palmroth (minna.palmroth at helsinki.fi)

The Space Physics Group of the University of Helsinki is a leading European space physics group specialised both in computational modelling of space plasmas and in spacecraft observations. We are the leading host for the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space, where our target is to understand the space environment to be able to build more durable small satellites for the future. The Centre of Excellence is essentially a space programme to build and launch three nanosatellites, each of which has both an ambitious science programme as well as a technology demonstration payload. The Space Physics group is also a home to the novel Vlasiator code, providing an unprecedented view of the global solar wind - magnetosphere - ionosphere system at ion kinetic scales.

We are about to launch a nanosatellite to study ionospheric precipitation, and on the other hand, we have recently completed the first 6-dimensional runs of the entire magnetosphere with Vlasiator, offering high-resolution results both from the 3D real space as well as from the 3D velocity space. The Vlasiator simulation has also just been added with an ionospheric module.

We are excited to open a postdoctoral fellow position for a 2-year project, with a possibility of extension. The position is funded by the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence programme. The postdoctoral fellow will focus on ionospheric physics, using both Vlasiator and eventually the nanosatellite observations when they become available.

Prior knowledge and useful skills: Physics of magnetosphere - ionosphere coupling or ionospheric physics, data analysis and/or model development, Python. No prior knowledge of supercomputers or HPC is required.

We offer a position in a dynamic and international research group, with a possibility to network and to develop as a researcher. We are innovative, high-spirited and a welcoming community. Finland is the happiest country in the world offering a great environment fostering equality, equal opportunities, the world’s best schooling system, vacations, and possibilities for work-family balance.

The position is available immediately. Remote working will be possible for part of the project. The position will remain open until filled.

For more information, please visit:
http://helsinki.fi/vlasiator
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/spacephysics/
https://www.helsinki.fi/sustainable-space

For specifics about the position, contact Minna Palmroth (minna.palmroth(at)helsinki.fi). Interested candidates should send their informal application, CV, list of publications, and a maximum of three names to act as references to the above email by 20.9.2021.


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