[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVIII, Issue 33

Sun Jun 13 05:34:02 PDT 2021

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVIII, Issue 33
Jun.13,2021

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Table of Contents

1. Decadal Survey Community White Paper Organization

2. EGU Medal Nomination Deadline Approaching

3. MEETING: Quo Vadis European Space Weather and Space Climate Community?

4. MEETING: Virtual GEM 2021 Summer Workshop Announcement

5. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

6. Online Cold-plasma Seminar Series

7. Post-Helio2050: Outer Heliosphere and LISM White Papers 

8. Migration of COSPAR PRBEM Website and IRBEM Software Library to github

9. JOB OPENING: Assistant Research Physicist – Heliospheric Plasma Physics-Parker Solar Probe Mission

10. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Plasma Physics at West Virginia University

11. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Scholar studying VLF waves in the Radiation Belts at the University of Colorado Boulder

12. 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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Decadal Survey Community White Paper Organization

From: Larry Kepko (larry.kepko at nasa.gov)

During the Helio2050 workshop there were suggestions to organize an online document to help increase broad community collaboration and awareness of the white papers colleagues may be working on in support of the upcoming decadal survey. This approach was very successful for the Planetary decadal. We have established such a community document at the following link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mn-RMMlorf-8fO0Vt-Mw1g4CC0o_RzKfBOoijgRSP_w/edit#gid=677557249

This spreadsheet also contains links to pre- and post-helio2050 working group documents.

Each line item contains brief information about the white paper, including lead author and contact info, a link out to the white paper if available, and the ability to ‘co-sign’ to show your support for that white paper.

There is no requirement to list your white paper in the spreadsheets, listing your white paper does not obligate you to submit one, and this is not an official document. It is simply an organizing tool for the community to use as they see fit. 

Please reach out for any questions or suggestions for improvement. 

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EGU Medal Nomination Deadline Approaching

From: Tuija Pulkkinen (tuija at umich.edu)

Nomination deadline approaching!

Please note that the nomination deadline for the Jean Dominique Cassini Medal of the EGU is rapidly approaching on 15 June 2021. Please consider nominating colleagues with exceptional contributions to planetary and space sciences. You can see past recipients here
https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/jean-dominique-cassini/

Information for submitting nominations, procedures, and guidelines can be found here:
https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/nominations/

Tuija Pulkkinen
Chair, Jean Dominique Cassini Medal Committee

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MEETING: Quo Vadis European Space Weather and Space Climate Community?

From: A. Morozova on behalf of the Quo Vadis initiative Interim Board (annamorozovauc at gmail.com)

Dear Colleagues,

Please forgive us if this email reaches you through several channels.

We are pleased to announce the opening of the registration to vote on the future organisation of the European Space Weather and Climate community. The vote will take place 28-30 June 2021 online and will be opened to registered eligible space weather and climate actors in Europe. 

If you are not aware of this initiative please read until the end of this announcement. The  future organisation of the European Space Weather and Climate community will be open to everyone whose professional activity is somehow related to the Space Weather and Climate, stakeholders and many others.

Please register to vote at:https://quovadis.aeronomie.be/index.php/voting/voting-registration-form
The deadline for registration is 14 June 2021.

Check the  eligibility criteria at:https://quovadis.aeronomie.be/index.php/voting/institutional-country-eligibilityhttps://quovadis.aeronomie.be/index.php/voting/activity-category-eligibility Note that the vote is individual and confidential (nobody from the organisation will know who votes what). Voting instructions will be sent in a personalised email after eligibility check.

This initiative is organised by the Interim Board, a group of volunteers from the space weather and space climate community in Europe under the name “Quo Vadis European Space Weather Community?” (short: “QuoVadis”) with the role to coordinate the efforts so that the Space Weather and Climate European community can:
1)    Organise itself
2)    Elect people to represent it 

For more information on the initiative please visit:https://quovadis.aeronomie.be
Before voting, please also ensure that you familiarise yourself with and participate in the public discussion on the Quo Vadis initiative. To do this please register at:https://quovadis.aeronomie.be/index.php/discussion/discussion-registration-form

This discussion follows a white paper:https://www.swsc-journal.org/articles/swsc/pdf/2021/01/swsc200098.pdf
The discussion will go on.

Kind regards,
On behalf of the Quo Vadis initiative.

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MEETING: Virtual GEM 2021 Summer Workshop Announcement

From: Vania Jordanova, Adam Kellerman (vania at lanl.gov)

On behalf of the Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) program Steering Committee (SC) we invite your participation at the virtual summer workshop from July 26 - 30, 2021 (11 am - 7 pm EST); Sunday, July 25th will be the Student Day. The GEM SC is preparing an exciting program to celebrate GEM 30th anniversary. Below is some important information, please share it with new students and interested community members and encourage them to sign up for the GEM Messenger (http://eepurl.com/gOKyGv) and Slack workspace (gemworkshop.slack.com) for further updates.

* Please go to the GEM workshop website (https://gemworkshop.org/) for registration, poster title submission, and a preliminary meeting schedule.
* The registration and poster title submission deadlines are both July 1st.
* The GEM SC initiated the GEMEE (GEM Encourage & Elevate) mentoring program. Please consider joining it for the upcoming VGEM 2021 meeting by registering at: https://forms.gle/nHgrT2b1oyruXTgW8; more information on GEMEE is available at the workshop website.
* Please collect any photos or video that capture the spirit of GEM and use the Google form (https://forms.gle/MYY5jkn4TYKgJbd47) to submit these by July 1st.

Additional information will be provided to registered attendees regarding access to the meeting after registration. If you have any questions, please contact the Meeting Organizers at the University of New Hampshire Chia-Lin Huang (chia-lin.huang at unh.edu) and Christopher Mouikis (chris.mouikis at unh.edu).

We thank all participants for their contributions to the new GEM logo competition. The SC started reviewing the entries and is preparing a short list, which will be presented for voting to the GEM community. The winning design will be announced at VGEM.

If you have any further ideas or suggestions on how to celebrate the GEM 30th anniversary during VGEM 2021, please reach out to the SC Chair Vania Jordanova (vania at lanl.gov) and Vice-Chair Adam Kellerman (akellerman at epss.ucla.edu). We will do everything we can to incorporate these into the meeting. 

Looking forward to seeing you all at VGEM2021!

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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.

On Monday June 14, David Jackson will give a presentation on Space Weather at the Met Office. 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

The following week on June 21, Steve Morley is scheduled to present on the topic of Metrics and Validation.

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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Online Cold-plasma Seminar Series

From: Gian Luca Delzanno (delzanno at lanl.gov)

Dear colleagues,

Please join us for the Online Cold-Plasma Seminar series on June 16th 2021. 
Details can be found at:
https://www.lanl.gov/org/ddste/aldsc/theoretical/applied-mathematics-plasma-physics/cold-plasma-seminars.php
where the zoom link will be posted prior to each seminar. You can also join the distribution mailing list by contacting Gian Luca Delzanno (delzanno at lanl.gov).

The speaker is Rick Chappell from Vanderbilt University:

Speaker: Rick Chappell, Vanderbilt University
Title: Ionospheric Ions as a Driver of the Dynamics of Substorms and Storms
Date: June 16th 2021
Time: 11 AM-12 PM Eastern Daylight time, 3-4 PM Universal Time Coordinated, 5-6 PM Central European Summer time

Thanks,
Gian Luca Delzanno
Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Post-Helio2050: Outer Heliosphere and LISM White Papers 

From: Justyna Sokol (justyna.sokol at swri.org)

We resume discussions on the Outer Heliosphere and LISM as a preparatory for the Decadal Survey. This time our focus is on white papers. Please join us on Wednesday, June 16th, 11:00 am EDT. Please register to get access to the meeting (link:  
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4kWI5NQOvc1D3t90BTtwK_dM_lFNvDhqdzjqJmRojYXczvg/viewform?usp=sf_link)

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Migration of COSPAR PRBEM Website and IRBEM Software Library to github

From: Seth Claudepierre (seth.claudepierre at ucla.edu)

The COSPAR Panel for Radiation Belt Environment Modeling (PRBEM) is pleased to announce a new website (https://prbem.github.io/) and the migration of the IRBEM library from sourceforge to github (https://github.com/PRBEM/IRBEM). We have decided to migrate IRBEM to github to facilitate community involvement in the development of the library. We encourage all interested members of the community to join the github group and contribute to the development of the IRBEM software.

The IRBEM library is a suite of Fortran codes that can be used to compute magnetic coordinates and charged particle drift shells for various internal and external magnetic field models. Additional routines are provided for coordinate system and time format transformations. The library can be called from Fortran or C, and Python, MATLAB, and IDL wrappers are provided in the distribution package. The IRBEM library is free and open-source software distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.

The IRBEM-extras project (https://github.com/PRBEM/IRBEM-extras) will continue to contain the developer-contributed packages that were previously hosted on sourceforge alongside the library. The PRBEM standards documents (e.g., particle flux variable and CDF file format guidelines, particle instrument response function guidelines) that were previously hosted within the IRBEM package are now being hosted and maintained as standalone documents at the PRBEM website (https://prbem.github.io/docs/).

Respectfully,
Yoshi Miyoshi (Japan), PRBEM Chair
Antoine Brunet (France), PRBEM Vice-Chair
Seth Claudepierre (USA), PRBEM Vice-Chair
Vladimir Mikhailov (Russia), PRBEM Vice-Chair

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JOB OPENING: Assistant Research Physicist – Heliospheric Plasma Physics-Parker Solar Probe Mission

From: Caylen Garrie (cgarrie at berkeley.edu)

The Space Sciences Lab at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a full-time (100%) Assistant Research Physicist with an expected start date of August 2021. For more information about the position, including required qualifications application materials, and deadlines, go to https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02983. 

The position will remain open until filled. For questions, please email Dr. Stuart Bale at 
bale at berkeley.edu.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. 

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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Plasma Physics at West Virginia University

From: Paul Cassak, Weichao Tu, Earl Scime (Paul.Cassak at mail.wvu.edu)

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is seeking applicants for a Postdoctoral Fellow in computational plasma physics, with an emphasis on a collaboration with an in-house laboratory plasma experiment. The ideal candidate will work with Profs. Paul Cassak, Weichao Tu, and Earl Scime to modify the boundary conditions in an existing particle-in-cell code to model magnetic reconnection in kinking flux ropes in the experiment, and to run test particle simulations with an existing code to study particle acceleration in electromagnetic fields in the experiment. 

Minimum qualifications include a PhD in Physics, Plasma Physics, Space Physics, or related discipline and previous research experience in computational plasma physics (preferred: particle-in-cell simulations; desirable: test particle simulations). A full list of qualifications and instructions for how to apply for the position are at https://wvu.taleo.net/careersection/wvu_research/jobdetail.ftl?job=13607. The application requires a cover letter including names and contact information of three references and a CV. Competitive salary and benefits are offered. Review of applications will begin July 8, 2021, and continue until the position is filled. The preferred start date is immediate.

The WVU plasma/space group is described at https://physics.wvu.edu/research/plasma-and-space-physics. The department energetically supports diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as described at https://physics.wvu.edu/about/diversity-equity-and-inclusivity. WVU is a comprehensive land grant university enrolling nearly 27,000 students on the main Morgantown campus.  WVU’s Carnegie Classification is R1 (“Doctoral Universities - Very High Research Activity”). Morgantown is centrally located and regularly makes “Best Place to Live” lists because of its good schools, excellent health care, low unemployment rate, low crime rate, and abundant recreational opportunities. The WVU Research Corporation is an AA/EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability/E-Verify Compliant Employer. Please contact Paul Cassak (Paul.Cassak at mail.wvu.edu), Weichao Tu (wetu at mail.wvu.edu) or Earl Scime (Earl.Scime at mail.wvu.edu) with any questions.

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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Scholar studying VLF waves in the Radiation Belts at the University of Colorado Boulder

From: Robert Marshall (robert.marshall at colorado.edu)

Postdoctoral Scholar studying VLF waves in the Radiation Belts at the University of Colorado Boulder

Start: ASAP

The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is soliciting applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar to participate in research activities in the area of Magnetosphere-Atmosphere coupling and Radiation Belt Precipitation. The position is currently open and the successful candidate can start as soon as possible.

This position is supported by a number of funded research projects in the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR; https://www.colorado.edu/ccar/) in the Aerospace Engineering Sciences department at CU Boulder.

These projects are focused on very-low-frequency (VLF) wave propagation in the inner magnetosphere, wave-particle interactions in the radiation belts, and drivers and signatures of radiation belt precipitation into the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Data analysis work will use data from the Van Allen Probes, POES, and other missions, as well as data from ground-based VLF instruments. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to participate in the ongoing development of a number of CubeSat missions.

This position is nominally for one year with the possibility of continuation contingent on performance and funding availability. The position will be located in the Aerospace Engineering Sciences building at CU Boulder (https://www.colorado.edu/engineering/aero-building) and will work in the Lightning, Atmosphere, Ionosphere, and Radiation Belts (LAIR) research group led by Professor Robert Marshall. The successful candidate will be given significant mentoring and professional development opportunities that support postdoctoral scholars in pursuit of long-term careers in research, academia, and other fields.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter stating research interests and experience, a CV, and the names and email addresses of two references to Professor Marshall at robert.marshall at colorado.edu. Review of application materials will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

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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. In particular we are the PI institute for the global magnetospheric beyond-MHD simulation Vlasiator.

We have recently completed the first 6-dimensional runs of the entire magnetosphere, offering high-resolution results both from the 3D real space as well as from the 3D velocity space, revealing the first glimpses at what the ion-kinetic global magnetosphere looks like. We are excited to open a postdoctoral fellow position for a 2-year project, funded by the prestigious European Research Council. The postdoctoral fellow will focus on the 3D reconnection process within the simulation, looking both at the dayside and tail reconnection which occur simultaneously in the same simulation box.

Prior knowledge and useful skills: Physics of magnetic reconnection, model development and/or data analysis, Python.

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, equality of 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. We start reviewing the applications on 25 Jun 2021, but the position will remain open until filled. Interviews are held in August due to the Finnish summer break in July.

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 25.6.2021.

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