[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVIII, Issue 13

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVIII, Issue 13
Mar.08,2021

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Table of Contents

1. Eclipse, Citizen Science, and SciAct Funding Opportunities for Heliophysics Projects

2. MEETING: Spring 2021 Meeting on Solar Flare Energy Release

3. MEETING: 2nd Eddy Cross Disciplinary Symposium

4. MEETING: 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly and Associated Events (COSPAR 2022)

5. Announcement of an Advances in Space Research Special Issue on "Magnetic Flux Ropes in Solar and Stellar Environments"

6. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

7. Experiences from the Voyager Interstellar Mission

8. JOB OPENING: Use COSMIC-2 to Improve Ionospheric Scintillation Specification and Forecasting

9. JOB OPENING: Space Physics Group, Princeton University Department of Astrophysical Sciences

10. RHESSI Nuggets in February 2021

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


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Eclipse, Citizen Science, and SciAct Funding Opportunities for Heliophysics Projects

From: Kelly Korreck (kelly.e.korreck at nasa.gov)

Dear Colleagues, 

We would like to call your attention to the NASA ROSES Appendix F.6 “Science Activation Program Integration.”  Proposals must be in one of three areas: 1. Heliophysics content, including the upcoming annular (2023) and total (2024) solar eclipses. 2. Dissemination of SMD assets (science content and data, space and airborne platforms, and scientific and technical personnel) into communities or specific audience networks. 3. Integration of data into science learning. If proposing to one of these areas, proposals may also include citizen science if appropriate (see https://science.nasa.gov/citizenscience for more details).  Prospective proposers are encouraged to first become familiar with the Science Activation Program (links available in the solicitation) before proposing, as relevance to the broader program goals will be required for successful proposals. Step 1 NOI is due April 15, 2021. Final Proposals due May 14, 2021. 

This call is separate and distinct from the call in Appendix B.17 for Interdisciplinary Science for Eclipse.  The focus of this call is science (including citizen science) for the 2021 eclipse. The Step 1 for this call is due April 7, 2021 and final proposals due May 19, 2021. 

For more details please refer to the NASA ROSES 2021 solicitation online. 


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MEETING: Spring 2021 Meeting on Solar Flare Energy Release

From: James Drake (drake at umd.edu)

The SolFER DRIVE Science Center is announcing a web-based science meeting on Solar Flare Energy Release to take place on May 24-26, 2021. The meeting is open to all scientists working on the topic. The meeting will include invited talks, submitted oral talks as well as poster presentations and will provide substantial time for informal scientific discussion.  We encourage paper submissions that are based on remote and in situ observational data as well as those based on theory and modeling. Extensive use will be made of Gather meeting software to facilitate interactive poster sessions as well as informal discussion between meeting participants. The meeting will be organized around the key scientific topics listed as follows:

• What mechanisms facilitate the fast release of magnetic energy in impulsive solar flares?
• What controls the onset of fast flare energy release?
• Why and how do flares transfer a large fraction of the released magnetic energy into energetic electrons?
• What mechanism drives the energization of ions and the measured abundance enhancements of some species during impulsive flares?
• What mechanisms control energetic particle transport in flares?
• How does reconnection heat plasma in flares and the small events (nanoflares) that may be responsible for heating the corona?

More information on these scientific topics can be found on the SolFER website (solfer.umd.edu). Information on abstract submission and more details on the daily timeline of the meeting are being developed for posting on the website. 

The SolFER science team also encourages community participation in the ongoing science discussion related to flare energy release. A detailed calendar of working group meetings as well as the monthly webinar can be found on the SolFER website (soler.umd.edu).


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MEETING: 2nd Eddy Cross Disciplinary Symposium

From: Tammy Kepple (tkepple at ucar.edu)

2nd Eddy Cross Disciplinary Symposium

Virtual Meeting June 7-10, 2021

In coordination with the NASA Living With a Star Program, the 2nd Eddy Cross Disciplinary Symposium will be held virtually June 7-10, 2021. The goal of this meeting is to bring together diverse groups from data science, Earth and space sciences.

We wish to identify and promote novel opportunities for budding scientists, to take advantage of powerful new techniques from computational and data science, including machine learning and Al techniques.

Join a community of scientific facilitators for an uncommon opportunity to advance cross-disciplinary conversations and research into the areas of Sun-Earth relations, weather-climate connections, and novel star-planet interactions.

A current list of speakers includes:
Justin Kasper: University of Michigan 
Fernando Perez: University of California, Berkeley
Sophie Murray:  Trinity College, University of Dublin
Shannon Curry: University of California, Berkeley

For workshop information and to register (no registration fee this year), please visit https://cpaess.ucar.edu/meetings/2nd-eddy-cross-disciplinary-symposium.  

The program, speakers, poster presentations, and other relevant information will be provided on the meeting registration site and in future announcements.  

The Eddy Cross Disciplinarian Symposium is coordinated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the NASA Living With a Star Program.


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MEETING: 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly and Associated Events (COSPAR 2022)

From: Aaron Janofsky (aaron.janofsky at cosparhq.cnes.fr)

Date:                                                     
16 – 24 July 2022

Place:                                                   
Athens, Greece

Contact:                                                
cospar at cosparhq.cnes.fr
http://www.cospar-assembly.org

Scientific Program Chair:                 
Prof. Manolis Georgoulis, Academy of Athens

Abstract Deadline:                             
Mid-February 2022

Topics:  
Approximately 140 meetings covering the fields of COSPAR Scientific Commissions (SC) and Panels:
- SC A:  The Earth's Surface, Meteorology and Climate 
- SC B:  The Earth-Moon System, Planets, and Small Bodies of the Solar System
- SC C:  The Upper Atmospheres of the Earth and Planets Including Reference Atmospheres
- SC D:  Space Plasmas in the Solar System, Including Planetary Magnetospheres 
- SC E:  Research in Astrophysics from Space 
- SC F:  Life Sciences as Related to Space 
- SC G:  Materials Sciences in Space 
- SC H:  Fundamental Physics in Space 
- Panel on Satellite Dynamics (PSD)
- Panel on Scientific Ballooning (PSB)
- Panel on Potentially Environmentally Detrimental Activities in Space (PEDAS)
- Panel on Radiation Belt Environment Modelling (PRBEM) 
- Panel on Space Weather (PSW)
- Panel on Planetary Protection (PPP)
- Panel on Capacity Building (PCB)
- Panel on Education (PE)
- Panel on Exploration (PEX)
- Panel on Interstellar Research (PIR)
- Panel on Innovative Solutions (PoIS)
- Task Group on Establishing a Constellation of Small Satellites (TGCSS)
- Special events:  interdisciplinary lectures, round table, etc.

Selected papers published in Advances in Space Research and Life Sciences in Space Research, fully refereed journals with no deadlines open to all submissions in relevant fields.


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Announcement of an Advances in Space Research Special Issue on "Magnetic Flux Ropes in Solar and Stellar Environments"

From: Cristina Mandrini (mandrini at iafe.uba.ar)

This is an invitation to contribute manuscripts for a special topical issue of Advances in Space Research (ASR) entitled "Magnetic Flux Ropes in Solar and Stellar Environments". The proposed issue aims to gather new results that highlight the fundamental physics of different sets of flux rope structures, their genesis, escape of confinement, interaction, relevance for solar/stellar environments.

This topical issue is not a conference proceeding but is open to all scientists who may have an appropriate scientific paper related to the title of the issue. Attendees of Events E2.1 and D2.4, 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, are especially encouraged to submit their papers.
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically to https://www.editorialmanager.com/AISR.  To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion into the special issue, authors must select “Special Issue: Sun - stars: Flux ropes” when they reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process.  

The general format for submission of papers can be found on the ASR Elsevier web site at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/644/authorinstructions.
Only full-length papers will be considered for publication, subject to peer review by a minimum of two reviewers.  There are no page limits although the length of the paper should be appropriate for the material being presented.  

While the deadline for submissions is 31 August 2021, papers will be published electronically as soon as they are accepted.  The printed issue will be assembled within a reasonable time with late papers being printed in regular issues of ASR. All articles will be typeset at no cost to the author; there is a charge for printing color figures although there is no charge for color figures on the electronic version.

Dr. Brigitte Schmieder (Brigitte.Schmieder at obspm.fr) and Dr. Cristina H. Mandrini (mandrini at iafe.uba.ar) are the Guest Editors for this special issue. 
Questions can be directed to Dr. Schmieder or Dr. Mandrini, or to the Co-Editor for ASR Special Issues, Dr. Peggy Ann Shea (sssrc at msn.com).


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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 EST (1700 UTC) for the weekly Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series.

On Monday, March 8, Ashley Greeley will present "An Experimentalist’s Approach to Solid State Detectors". 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 March 15, Justin Kasper is scheduled to present on Faraday Cup Plasma Instruments.

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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Experiences from the Voyager Interstellar Mission

From: Charles Kohlhase, Suzanne Dodd (shieldoutreach at bu.edu)

Title of Announcement: Upcoming SHIELD Webinar: Fri March. 12th, 2021 2:00 PM EST
Experiences from the Voyager Interstellar Mission

Speaker: Charles Kohlhase
Charles Kohlhase led the design of many deep-space missions during his extended career, including Mariner, Viking, Voyager, and Cassini missions. For his sustained robotic exploration contributions over the last 40 years of the 20th century and solid success record, he received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and has an asteroid, 13801 Kohlhase, named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on January 6, 2003 (M.P.C. 47300). He managed and guided the team which designed the epic Voyager Grand Tour mission to the outer planets and their moons and rings. After Voyager, Kohlhase became the science and mission design manager for the international Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. Following the launch, cruise, and Saturn orbit phases of Cassini, he has continued to advise NASA/JPL on numerous missions to Mars and to other worlds. In addition to his counsel on various review boards, Kohlhase has chaired the Mars Program Systems Engineering Team, composed of many senior experts spanning diverse disciplines. He is also a member of the Advisory Council for The Planetary Society.

Speaker: Suzanne Dodd
Suzanne Dodd is the Project Manager for the Voyager Interstellar Mission and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Director for the Interplanetary Network Directorate. She became the Voyager Project Manager in 2010, returning to the project she first worked on after her college graduation. The Interplanetary Network Directorate oversees NASA’s Deep Space Network and Advanced Multi-Mission Operations System. She has over 30 years of experience in spacecraft operations, including project manager roles on the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array. Suzanne worked at Caltech for 11 years as the Spitzer Space Telescope Science Center Manager and the Manager of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, NASA's multi-mission center of expertise for long-wavelength astrophysics. Suzanne has also worked in the area of mission planning and uplink on the Cassini Mission to Saturn, the Mars Observer Project, and the Voyager Uranus and Neptune Missions.
Suzanne has a BS degree in Engineering and Applied Science from Caltech, a BA degree in Math/Physics from Whitman College, and a MS degree from the University of Southern California in Aerospace Engineering. She is the recipient of a NASA Exceptional Service Medal, NASA Public Service Medal, NASA Silver Achievement Medal and NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal. She also has an honorary PhD from New York University for her role in the Voyager Interstellar Mission.

Friday, March 12
2 PM EST
Register Here:
https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcumsrjMuGtAA4MGScF1AKgtAYgEG85ye


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JOB OPENING: Use COSMIC-2 to Improve Ionospheric Scintillation Specification and Forecasting

From: Tzu-Wei Fang, Robert Redmon (tzu-wei.fang at noaa.gov)

Colleagues, please take note of and share the following UCAR / NCAR job opportunity:

https://ucar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UCAR_Careers/job/Foothills-Lab-4/NESDIS-Associate-Scientist-III_REQ-2021-41-1

"This position will utilize ionospheric radio occultation data from the COSMIC-2 satellite constellation to improve the specification and forecasting of ionospheric scintillation. Ionospheric scintillation refers to the rapid modification of radio waves caused by small-scale structure in the ionosphere, which degrades the accuracy of space-based positioning, navigation, and timing. COSMIC-2 is a six satellite constellation launched on June 25, 2019 to low-Earth orbit. COSMIC-2 makes radio-occultation measurements using signals from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GPS and GLONASS. COSMIC-2 also makes in-situ measurements of the ionosphere. The incumbent will use the measurements from COSMIC-2 together with ground-based GNSS measurements and numerical models to develop improved techniques for specifying and forecasting the occurrence of ionospheric scintillation. It is desired that this research will lead to improved ionospheric services at the Space Weather Prediction Center. The research will involve collaboration with scientists at the Space Weather Prediction Center, the University of Colorado, the National Centers for Environmental Information, and NCAR."


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JOB OPENING: Space Physics Group, Princeton University Department of Astrophysical Sciences

From: Dan White (spacephysics at princeton.edu)

The Space Physics Group (see https://spacephysics.princeton.edu/) in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, anticipates offering one or more postdoctoral or more senior research positions in the observational study of Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) and Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENAs).

The Space Physics Group researches many aspects of space physics (aka Heliophysics), with a strong emphasis on experimental and observational space plasma physics. The Group currently leads NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun (ISʘIS) energetic particle instrument suite.  The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, and the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which will launch in 2025 to explore the details of particle acceleration and the Sun’s interaction with the local interstellar medium.

The successful candidate(s) will play a significant role in the analysis and publication of SEP observations from ISʘIS and ENA observations from IBEX and must have both significant prior experiences analyzing at least one of these type(s) of particle data, as well as the proven ability to lead and participate in the rapid development and publication of numerous excellent research articles. A Ph.D. is required in physics, astrophysics, space science, or a closely related field.

Interested persons must apply online at https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=17501, Selecting Space Physics as the position you are interested in. 
For further inquiries, contact spacephysics at princeton.edu 


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RHESSI Nuggets in February 2021

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

http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/RHESSI_Science_Nuggets

No. 400, “A Solar FRB”, by Dale Gary and Hugh Hudson. This may be a new frontier in the solar time domain

No. 401, “A Collective Study of 11 NuSTAR Microfares", by Jessie Duncan and Lindsay Glesener. Swarms of NuSTAR microflares give a statistical view

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 often be found by searching for their SOLyyyy-mm-dd identifier from this home page.


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