[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIX, Issue 23

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIX, Issue 23
Apr.03,2022

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Table of Contents

1. "Student/Early Career Convener" - New/added Option for Fall AGU Session Proposals

2. New NSF Solicitation for National Radio Dynamic Zone

3. Space Weather Journal Special Issue: NOAA's Space Weather Missions and Instruments

4. MEETING: Combined EISCAT Symposium / LPMR Workshop

5. MEETING: ESWW2022 Final Call for Session Proposals - Deadline: 13 April 2022.

6. SESSION: TESS 2022 Session "Coronal Heating: Present Understanding and Future Progress"

7. SESSION: EPSC Session for Outer Planet Moons (OPS5)

8. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

9. 2022 UCAR/NCAR Summer Programs for Space Weather and Heliophysics

10. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Positions at NASA Goddard

11. JOB OPENING: Visiting Research Scientist Position in Heliophysics at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

12. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Associate in Space Physics at Imperial College London (Four Posts)

13. JOB OPENING: One Lecturer and one Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader Position in Solar and Magnetospheric Theory, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, UK

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


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"Student/Early Career Convener" - New/added Option for Fall AGU Session Proposals

From: Christina Lee (SH), Amy Keesee (SM), Romina Nikoukar (SA) (clee at ssl.berkeley.edu)

New for the 2022 Fall AGU session proposal is the option to include a student or early career convener to your list of conveners! This option appears in the "People" step, when names are provided and role assignments are made. In the past, the role assignment options were "convener" and "primary liaison". (The person submitting the session proposal is automatically assigned the role of "primary convener".)

Note that having a student/early career convener is IN ADDITION to the primary convener and up to two conveners (a minimum of one is required).

Please consider including a student or early career researcher when you submit your session proposal for SPA Aeronomy (SA), Magnetospheric Physics (SM), and Solar-Heliospheric Physics (SH). Several sessions had student/early participants last year, either as official or “shadow” conveners and we thank them for getting this process underway. This gives these members of our community the opportunity to learn how to organize a session, gain visibility within their subfield, and provide new perspectives.

Questions, comments? Please reach out to us!

Christina Lee (SH), Amy Keesee (SM), and Romina Nikoukar (SA)


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New NSF Solicitation for National Radio Dynamic Zone

From: Lisa Winter (lwinter at nsf.gov)

NSF has released a solicitation Spectrum Innovation Initiative: National Radio Dynamic Zones (SII-NRDZ) (general information, solicitation page). One opportunity in the solicitation invites researchers with expertise in scientific activities, instruments or facilities that are impaired by radio-frequency interference or congestion to submit proposals for studies of up to $500,000 on how to use dynamic spectrum sharing to mitigate those problems. Proposals to this opportunity do not need to include development of technical spectrum sharing solutions. These awards are for analysis of sites and applications to identify opportunities, constraints, and requirements. Results of the studies will be used by NSF to help guide substantial future investment in implementing solutions and conducting extended field trials of spectrum sharing, so participation in this program may lead to enhanced spectrum access for the proposers’ scientific activity, instrument, or facility. Interested proposers are encouraged to view the recorded briefing about the program. A live Q&A session will be held April 5 (registration required). Proposals are due June 20, 2022.

This is an important opportunity for the solar and space physics community to develop solutions to continuing access to radio spectrum vital for our measurements of geospace. 


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Space Weather Journal Special Issue: NOAA's Space Weather Missions and Instruments

From: Dan Seaton (dseaton at boulder.swri.edu)

We invite you to submit manuscripts for a special issue in Space Weather Journal on the topic of "NOAA's Space Weather Missions and Instruments.” This collection describes the missions and instruments used in operational forecasting by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center and the data products available to researchers and forecasters worldwide. Manuscripts are solicited that discuss instrument calibration and characteristics, both historical and new data products and observations, key upcoming improvements in our space weather measurement and modeling capabilities, and new applications and methods for forecasting. The submission deadline is 30 June 2022. For more information, see https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/15427390/features/call-for-papers


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MEETING: Combined EISCAT Symposium / LPMR Workshop

From: Jörg Gumbel (gumbel at misu.su.se)

Second Announcement: 
20th International EISCAT Symposium, and
15th International LPMR Workshop (Layered Phenomena in the Mesopause Region)
August 15-19, 2022
Meeting website: https://www.space.irfu.se/workshops/LPMR-EISCAT

Dear Colleagues,

the 15th International Workshop on Layered Phenomena in the Mesopause Region (LPMR) and the 20th International EISCAT Symposium will be held as a joint meeting in Sweden on August 15-19, 2022. 

The LPMR workshop aims at advancing our understanding of mesospheric ice clouds and related phenomena in the Earth’s mesosphere and lower thermosphere, ranging from microphysics to the global and solar-terrestrial processes controlling the region. The EISCAT Symposium has its focus on incoherent scatter radar and on the atmospheric/ionospheric science explored by this measurement method, including the upcoming EISCAT_3D system. A goal of the joint meeting is to bring the LPMR and EISCAT communities together, thus providing a forum to learn more about scientific interests, recent advances and new opportunities. The meeting will comprise both separate and combined LPMR and EISCAT sessions. 

The meeting will be held in Sundbyholm Castle at scenic Lake Mälaren, approximately 80 km west of Stockholm. Note that the EISCAT-related sessions will be held in a hybrid mode, thus also providing an option to participate online.

For our planning, we very much would like you to submit a notification of interest already now. You can specify how probable your participation will be. Please check our Google form at https://forms.gle/5M1eC5U1zTU1H9Rv8. 

Deadlines:
At your earliest convenience: Notification of interest
May 15: Abstract submission
May 15: Application for reduced student fees (shared accommodation)
June 1: Registration

Conference fees will be all-inclusive, covering conference costs, accommodation, meals. excursion etc. Preliminary fees are EUR 1310 / USD 1450 for ordinary participants, EUR 710 / USD 790 for accompanying persons, EUR 750 / USD 830 for students in shared camping cottages, EUR 290 / USD 320 for online participants (available only for EISCAT sessions).

Please see the meeting website for more information: 
https://www.space.irfu.se/workshops/LPMR-EISCAT 

Contact: 
for EISCAT: Stephan Buchert Swedish Institute of Space Physics, scb at irfu.se
for LPMR: Jörg Gumbel, Stockholm University, gumbel at misu.su.se 

Please spread his news to your colleagues, and stay tuned for more information! 

On behalf of the organizing committee.


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MEETING: ESWW2022 Final Call for Session Proposals - Deadline: 13 April 2022.

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

Dear Colleagues.

This is just a reminder about the 18th European Space Weather Week (ESWW2022) call for session proposals with a deadline of 13th April 2022.

As in previous years, we are asking for proposals for the plenary sessions (PS), the parallel space-weather research sessions (SWR), and the parallel 100%-community-driven sessions (100CD).

To submit a session and for full details of the call, please see: https://www.stce.be/esww2022/call4sessions.php, and the links from that page.

When submitting a session proposal, the following items are required:
* session title (100CD only) or select topic/title from list (PS and SWR);
* name, affiliation, and E-Mail address of the conveners; and
* session abstract (maximum of 1,500 characters).

The ESWW2022 Programme Committee (PC) will decide which of the submitted sessions are accepted and will move forward to form part of the programme for this year's hybrid meeting. 

We look forward to receiving your submissions ahead of the 13th April 2022 deadline.

Best wishes,

Mario Bisi (PC Chair) and Mateja Dumbovic (LOC Chair),
on behalf of the ESWW2022 PC .


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SESSION: TESS 2022 Session "Coronal Heating: Present Understanding and Future Progress"

From: Jeff Brosius, Craig Johnston and Vadim Uritsky (craig.d.johnston at nasa.gov)

We are pleased to announce the Topical Session on “Coronal Heating: Present Understanding and Future Progress”, which will take place during the Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS) in Bellevue/Seattle, WA, on 8-11 August 2022.

We invite presentations that address solar coronal heating by any viable mechanism. This includes, but is not limited to, magnetic reconnection-based heating, wave-based heating, and spicular heating as occurring in active regions, quiet Sun, coronal holes, and the solar wind. Contributions that involve theory, numerical simulations, and observations, including new and innovative imaging and spectroscopic technologies are welcome. We also encourage ideas for future progress.

The deadline for abstract submission is Friday 15 April.

We are looking forward to your participation in person.


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SESSION: EPSC Session for Outer Planet Moons (OPS5)

From: Shahab Fatemi (shahab.fatemi at umu.se)

The abstract submission is now open at EPSC 2022 (deadline 18 May, 13:00 CEST) and we would like to draw your attention to our session OPS5 "Outer planet moons: Environments and interactions".

The aim of this session is to discuss our current understanding on the environments of the outer planet moons and their interactions with the surrounding electromagnetic fields and particles and to discuss the pathway for upcoming and future explorations. This session covers contributions on all the outer planet moons from a variety of topics including (but not limited to) the magnetic field generation, subsurface ocean detection from fields and particles, active processes (e.g., volcanoes and plumes) and their interactions with the surrounding environments and detections, neutral atmosphere, ionosphere, aurora, plasma and dust environment, moon-ring systems, and moon-magnetosphere interaction. Contributions based on observations (both from space and from the ground), modelling, theoretical interpretation and supporting laboratory experiments and concepts for future spacecraft missions are welcome. Here is the link to the session for abstract submission:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2022/session/44633


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Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

From: Homayon Aryan, David Sibeck, Kyle Murphy et al.,  (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 April 4, we will have our Early Career Seminars. Ramiz Qudsi will present a comparative study of reconnection X-line predictions on dayside magnetopause of Earth. Man Hua will discuss Radiation Belt Electron Acceleration Driven by Very-Low-Frequency Transmitter Waves in Near-Earth Space. 

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 2022 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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2022 UCAR/NCAR Summer Programs for Space Weather and Heliophysics

From: Kendra Greb (kgreb at ucar.edu)

Join us for two excellent opportunities to broaden and deepen your understanding of 
Space Weather and Heliophysics, and to connect with the broader space physics community.  

Boulder Space Weather Summer School (https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/SWSS)
Hosted by HAO/NCAR and Sponsored by NSF

Application Deadline: Friday, April 29, 2022 

When/Where: July 18 – 29, 2022, in person Boulder, CO (circumstances permitting).

Who: Graduate students starting their research careers in space physics as well as selected undergraduate students interested in exploring the topic.

Theme:  The physics of space weather and its impacts on the space environment, space craft, astronauts and ground based systems. Deepen your conceptual understanding of space weather and the physics behind using fundamental physics principles, spacecraft and ground based data, and model results. Learn from leading researchers in the field and experts in forecasting space weather. Meet other students working in the field.

Description: The Boulder Space Weather Summer School (SWSS) is a two-week program, funded by NSF and hosted by HAO, that gives students a comprehensive introduction to the science of space weather: what it is, what it does, and what can be done about it.  

For more information and to apply visit: https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/SWSS

Heliophysics Summer School (https://cpaess.ucar.edu/heliophysics/summer-school)
Hosted by UCAR/CPAESS and Sponsored by NASA

Application Deadline: Friday, May 6, 2022 

When/Where: August 1 – 12, 2022, run remotely.

Who: Advanced graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who want to broaden their understanding of fundamental processes across all disciplines of heliophysics.

Theme:  Connecting the Heliosphere: Using Global Models to Connect In-situ and Remote Sensing Data Throughout the Heliosphere.

Description: During this two-week NASA funded summer school hosted by UCAR, participants will: 
- dive into physics connecting global models to remote and in-situ measurements, 
- learn from leading experts in the field,
- use prototype visualizations tools to recreate data from a spacecraft flying through the magnetosphere,  
 - connect with other early career researchers.  

Heliophysics relies on the data collected through in-situ instruments on spacecraft—such as Solar Probe, MMS, and DMSP—to provide point measurements, remote-sensing observations such as solar imagery from SDO and DKIST, and measurements of the upper atmosphere and space environment from ground-based radar and the GOLD spacecraft. Global models allow us to bridge the gap between these measurements and understand the implications for the whole system. This Summer School will explore the various types of models (global MHD, kinetic, and general circulation) across all the domains of heliophysics (solar, heliosphere, magnetosphere, and thermosphere/ionosphere) and their relationship to observations.

For more information and to apply please visit: https://cpaess.ucar.edu/heliophysics/summer-school/how-to-apply


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Positions at NASA Goddard

From: Robert Robinson (robinsonr at cua.edu)

The Geospace Physics Laboratory (Code 673) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will be filling 2-3 Postdoctoral Researcher positions in support of the Laboratory’s research and flight projects. These positions will focus on the development and data analysis of ion and electron spectrometers, high frequency (HF) wave receivers for sounding rockets, and miniaturized Cubesat magnetometers.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to select from a variety of topics in the 673 portfolio, including: orbital drag, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, auroral ionosphere studies, combining in-situ particle and fields data with ground based imaging of the aurora, sounding rocket and Cubesat flight projects, magnetospheric research with data from the Fast Plasma Investigation (FPI) on the Magnetospheric MultiScale mission (MMS), solar wind and magnetosphere interactions, and integration and testing of our instruments currently being built for the Lunar Gateway.  As part of these activities, successful candidates will be working closely with Drs Marilia Samara, Barbara Giles, Eftyhia Zesta, Robert Michell and Dan Gershman.

The initial appointment is for 12 months, renewable to 2 years, and will be through one of the six member institutions of the Partnership for Heliospheric and Space Environment Research (PHaSER). Please visit the PHaSER web site for more information on this announcement and the PHaSER partner organizations:  https://physics.catholic.edu/faculty-and-research/phaser/.

Please contact Dr Eftyhia Zesta (eftyhia.zesta at nasa.gov) or Dr Marilia Samara (Marilia.samara at nasa.gov) with questions about these opportunities.

To apply, submit the following by May 22, 2022:
1. A cover letter describing background, qualifications, scientific interests, and experience relevant to the position (no more than two pages)
2. A full curriculum vitae (CV) - detailing education, research experience, publications, awards, software experience and other skills.
3. Contact information for three professional references

Email all documents, preferably in a single pdf file, to cua-physics at cua.edu, with the subject line ‘Geospace Physics Laboratory Postdoc Application’.
The appointment start date will be determined by mutual agreement with the successful candidate and can be initiated immediately after selection.  The positions are open to U. S. citizens, residents, and foreign nationals from non-designated countries.  All PHaSER institutions are Equal Opportunity Employers.  


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JOB OPENING: Visiting Research Scientist Position in Heliophysics at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

From: Sabrina Savage (sabrina.savage at nasa.gov)

The NASA Marshall solar physics group has an opening for a visiting research scientist within the Hinode Project Office.  This position will support a wide range of Heliophysics research activities and provide the selected individual with experience in Project Science duties.  Individuals with experience in solar and/or Heliophysics research at *all* career levels are encouraged to apply.  Mission-related assignments will be commensurate with skill level and may include mission management activities, reviews, science support, and coordination of activities with domestic and international partners.  

This position is for a term US Government Civil Servant with an initial employment period of 2 years with the possibility of renewal up to 6 years.  Applicants are required to be US citizens.  If selected, telework or remote work options may be explored.

Applications will be solicited in April through USAJobs (https://usajobs.gov) and can be found by searching with keyword NASA and location of Huntsville, Alabama.  Applications are only accepted through the USAJobs portal and will only be open for one week.  Candidates are encouraged to create a USAJobs profile in advance to populate their resume and may also subscribe to USAJobs email alerts.  

For more information or for the direct link when the position goes live, contact David.E.McKenzie at nasa.gov and/or Sabrina.Savage at nasa.gov.


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Associate in Space Physics at Imperial College London (Four Posts)

From: Jonathan Eastwood (jonathan.eastwood at imperial.ac.uk)

Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Associate in Space Physics at Imperial College London (four posts)
Full-time fixed-term contract (2 years with the possibility of extension)
Closing date: 25-April-2022

For full details and to apply, visit https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/description/NAT01119/research-associate-space-physics-four-posts   

The Space and Atmospheric Physics Group of the Department of Physics at Imperial College London is recruiting four postdoctoral positions in the following areas:

• Magnetic reconnection, working with Dr Jonathan Eastwood (jonathan.eastwood at imperial.ac.uk) 
• The near-Sun solar wind, working with Prof. Tim Horbury (t.horbury at imperial.ac.uk) 
• Ganymede’s ionosphere, working with Prof. Marina Galand (m.galand at imperial.ac.uk)
• Dynamics of Saturn’s atmosphere, working with Dr Ingo Müller-Wodarg  (i.mueller-wodarg at imperial.ac.uk)

Please visit the website to review full details about the posts which can be found in the job description and person specification here: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/description/NAT01119/research-associate-space-physics-four-posts.  

For further questions or queries about each role, please contact the relevant PI of the position you are interested in and for more information about space physics research at Imperial, please visit https://www.imperial.ac.uk/spat. 

Imperial College London is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/researchevaluation/

Committed to equality and valuing diversity, we are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with GIRES to promote respect for trans people.


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JOB OPENING: One Lecturer and one Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader Position in Solar and Magnetospheric Theory, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, UK

From: Thomas Neukirch (tn3 at st-andrews.ac.uk)

The University of St Andrews is seeking to enhance its teaching and research strengths in Solar and Magnetospheric Theory by appointing to two new positions; one at Lecturer level, and another at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader level within our Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group (SMTG) in the School of Mathematics and Statistics.  The successful candidates will be scholars with a growing international research reputation and commitment to delivering high quality teaching.

We welcome applications from candidates who hold a PhD in Applied Mathematics or a cognate discipline, and have a track record of high quality research and publications in Solar or Magnetospheric Theory, or a related area compatible with the group’s research interests. For applicants to be considered for a Senior Lecturer or Reader level appointment, we would expect in addition that they can demonstrate a suitable combination of success in attracting external funding, research leadership at national and international level, and experience with successfully carrying out administrative duties. Although all areas of Solar and Magnetospheric Theory will be considered, we are particularly interested in applications that would enhance or complement the research group’s current areas of expertise. Candidates should also have teaching experience at undergraduate or postgraduate level, have experience applying relevant analytical skills and teaching techniques to a wide range of learners, and have good communication skills and share our desire to educate and inform students. Experience in curriculum development in Applied Mathematics or in similar disciplines will be an advantage, as will demonstrable ability to work in a team.

For informal enquiries, we encourage those considering applying to contact the Head of School, Professor Mark Chaplain (mathshos at st-andrews.ac.uk); Head of the Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group, Professor Thomas Neukirch (tn3 at st-andrews.ac.uk); or the AVP Dean of Science and Professor in Applied Mathematics, Professor Ineke De Moortel (ineke.demoortel at st-andrews.ac.uk).

Closing Date: 27 April 2022                                    Interview Date:  2 June 2022     

Start Date: 1 August 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter

Full Details: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/5124/0/340349/889/lecturer-senior-lecturer-reader-in-solar-and-or-magnetospheric-theory-ac2326nb


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