[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIX, Issue 24

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SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIX, Issue 24
Apr.10,2022

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Table of Contents

1. NSF SHINE Proposals Due May 11

2. MEETING: NASA Virtual Science Workshop on Lightning-Related Research Beyond the Troposphere

3. MEETING: 8th IAGA/ICMA/SCOSTEP Workshop on Vertical Coupling in the Atmosphere-Ionosphere System

4. MEETING: Inaugural NASA Sounding Rocket Symposium -- August 17-19, 2022 at Wallops Flight Facility, Va.

5. SESSION: TESS 2022 Topical Session "Universality of mesoscale processes in space and solar physics"

6. SESSION: TESS 2022 Session "Drivers and dynamics of the coupled ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere-atmosphere system" 

7. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

8. Virtual Panel Session Event on Sun-to-Power Grid Convergence April 14

9. SCOSTEP Distinguished Scientist Award Seminar by Prof. David J. McComas (May 11, 2022, 14:00-15:00UT) 

10. Announcement of thte SCOSTEP Distinguished Scientist Young Award Seminar by Dr. Theodosios Chatzistergos (June 16, 2022, 12:00-13:00UT) 

11. JOB OPENING: Civil Servant Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

12. JOB OPENING: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Seeking Numerical Modeler With Strong Background in Theoretical Plasma Physics

13. JOB OPENING: Four Research Fellow Positions in Solar and Heliospheric Physics at UCL/MSSL

14. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Fellow Position at National Solar Observatory, Boulder (USA)

15. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Researcher - Machine Learning - Boulder, Colorado

16. JOB OPENING: PhD Position in Space Physics – Magnetospheric Sources of Polar Auroral Arcs

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


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NSF SHINE Proposals Due May 11

From: Lisa Winter (lwinter at nsf.gov)

The NSF SHINE program is now again welcoming proposals in 2022, with a target date of May 11. Topics are solicited in the following three areas:

(1) Inter-disciplinary SHINE science. To spark research connections between SHINE sub-fields, proposals bridging SHINE disciplines such as studies of connections between the low and high corona, helioseismology and the emergence of active regions, and coronal hole boundaries and the solar wind.

(2) Connections of the heliosphere with Earth's climate. This includes understanding how solar variability affects the magnetosphere, the lower atmosphere, and detailed studies of longer term trends between the Sun, terrestrial weather, and Earth's climate.

(3) Modeling and/or observational projects incorporating machine learning/artificial intelligence techniques. Observational data sets may be included from any relevant source/federal agency but are particularly encouraged to include NSF funded observations (e.g., Big Bear Solar Observatory, Expanded Owens Valley Array, Simpson Neutron Monitor, ground-based telescopes).

Proposals are especially encouraged from early career scientists.

Full details are available at https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22570/nsf22570.htm. Please contact Lisa Winter (lwinter at nsf.gov) for any further details.


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MEETING: NASA Virtual Science Workshop on Lightning-Related Research Beyond the Troposphere

From: Tim Lang (MSFC), Shing Fung (GSFC), Sarah Bang (MSFC), Burcu Kosar (GSFC), and Mason Quick (MSFC) (shing.f.fung at nasa.gov)

Webex Online May 2-3, 2022, 10–2:30 Eastern US Time (9am–1:30pm Central, 7–11:30am Pacific, 14–18:30 UTC)

NASA is hosting a virtual science workshop on research regarding lightning-related phenomena beyond the Earth’s troposphere. The goal of the workshop is to identify key lightning-related research topics and science questions that fall into gaps within the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s current portfolio. Your input at the workshop could help formulate future NASA research opportunities.

The workshop will explore TGFs, TLEs, bolide detection by lightning mappers, effects of lightning on the ionosphere and beyond, lightning on other planets, and will explore existing and future space-borne lightning mapping capabilities. View the agenda here <https://sites.google.com/view/lightning-workshop/agenda>.

Participants are requested to register in advance for the Webex invitation. Registrants will also gain access to an online document to provide additional input on these topics (especially helpful for those who can only attend part of the meeting, or cannot attend at all).

For more information and to register, please visit https://TinyURL.com/NASALightningWorkshop

Thank you for your interest! We look forward to seeing you in May.

Workshop Organizing Committee:
Timothy Lang, Shing Fung, Sarah Bang, Burcu Kosar, Mason Quick


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MEETING: 8th IAGA/ICMA/SCOSTEP Workshop on Vertical Coupling in the Atmosphere-Ionosphere System

From: Veronika Barta (VCAIS2022 at gmail.com)

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the IAGA WGII-C and the Organizing committee I would like to invite you to present your recent results during the traditional 8th IAGA/ICMA/SCOSTEP Workshop on Vertical Coupling in the Atmosphere-Ionosphere System.

The Workshop will take place at the Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science in Sopron (near the Austrian border, 70 km from Vienna), Hungary on July 11-15, 2022.

Due to the still ongoing pandemic and complicated international travel, the workshop will be conducted in a hybrid mode. Both, online and personal attendance is possible. The registration is already open. Deadline for abstract submission and registration will be on 30 May 2022.

Please visit our website for more detailed information: https://vcais2022sopron.epss.hu/

Please feel free to distribute the information about this workshop among your colleagues.

Summary:
The Earth’s atmosphere is subject to changes on different spatial and temporal scales. The focus of this workshop are the principle mechanisms of vertical coupling processes in the Earth’s atmosphere. We will concentrate on dynamical, electrodynamical, and chemical processes that drive coupling events between the neutral atmosphere, the ionosphere, and the magnetosphere. We invite papers dealing with experiments, modelling, data analyses, and theoretical aspects that describe the effects of coupling processes within the atmosphere-ionosphere-magnetosphere system.

I am very much looking forward to meeting you in Sopron!

Sincerely,
Veronika Barta
Chair of the LOC


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MEETING: Inaugural NASA Sounding Rocket Symposium -- August 17-19, 2022 at Wallops Flight Facility, Va.

From: Robert Pfaff, Sabrina Savage (Robert.F.Pfaff at nasa.gov)

We are pleased to announce the inaugural NASA Sounding Rocket Symposium to be held August 17-19, 2022 at the Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia.  This 2.5-day event will be held in person, with virtual participation accommodated during the oral sessions.  This is an opportunity for both new and experienced scientists and engineers interested and involved in sounding rockets across all disciplines  --  Astrophysics, Solar, and Geospace  --  to come together and share ideas and experiences focused on this unique research platform.   The symposium will be preceded (August 16) by a meeting of the NASA Sounding Rocket Working Group at Wallops, to which community members are welcome to attend.   Details of the SR Symposium and SRWG meeting will be forthcoming.

Contacts:  
Sabrina Savage, MSFC, Symposium Organizer (sabrina.savage at nasa.gov); 
Rob Pfaff, GSFC, SR Project Scientist (robert.f.pfaff at nasa.gov);


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SESSION: TESS 2022 Topical Session "Universality of mesoscale processes in space and solar physics"

From: Slava Merkin, Nicholeen Viall-Kepko, Katharine Reeves (slava.merkin at jhuapl.edu)

Dear colleagues,

Please, consider submitting an abstract to the TESS 2022 topical session "Universality of mesoscale processes in space and solar physics". The abstract deadline is Friday, April 2022, 2022. Please, visit the meeting website for abstract submission: https://aas.org/meetings/tess2022.

The Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS) is a joint meeting of the AAS Solar Physics Division and the Space Physics and Aeronomy Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The meeting will take place during 8 – 12 AUGUST 2022 in BELLEVUE/SEATTLE, WA.


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SESSION: TESS 2022 Session "Drivers and dynamics of the coupled ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere-atmosphere system" 

From: Katie Garcia-Sage, Marty Mlynczak, Jeff Thayer, Tom Berger (thomas.berger at colorado.edu)

We are pleased to announce the Topical Session on “Drivers and dynamics of the coupled ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere-atmosphere system”, which will take place during the Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS) in Bellevue/Seattle, WA, on 8-11 August 2022.

We invite contributed talks and posters that address the dynamics of the ITMA system in response to solar forcing, magnetospheric coupling, ionospheric currents, and upper atmospheric conditioning. Presentations are welcome on solar eruption and/or solar wind impacts to the ITM system, magnetospheric coupling, gravity waves, stratospheric warming, and other upper atmospheric influences on the thermosphere/mesosphere system, as well as analyses of space weather impacts to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite and debris populations that will appeal to a broad cross-section of the TESS audience.

The deadline for abstract submission is Friday 15 April.


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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 11, please join us for our Helioanalytics seminar. 

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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Virtual Panel Session Event on Sun-to-Power Grid Convergence April 14

From: Ryan McGranaghan, Adam Kellerman, Jacob Bortnik (ryan.mcgranaghan at gmail.com)

We welcome you to join us for a live panel discussion on April 14 from 11 AM - 12 PM ET featuring voices that span the Sun-to-Power Grid system and moderated by Ryan McGranaghan. Register here for connection information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chess-simulating-space-weather-extremes-workshop-rd-opportunities-panel-tickets-315683276177?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

This is a special panel event that will occur in connection with the National Science Foundation-Funded "Simulating Space Weather Extremes" workshop. The panel is titled "Research and Development (R&D) Opportunities" and will identify needed projects and applications related to R&D gaps in the Sun-to-Power-Grid system. While the workshop is an in-person-only event, the panel is open to broaden participation

On April 12, 2022 a convergent (https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/convergence/index.jsp) group crossing the Sun-to-Power Grid system are running a space weather ‘simulation game,’ a low-risk, cost-effective environment to unite researchers, decision-makers, and operators to assess the preparedness for threats and hazards posed by space weather on the electric power grid.

That group includes the National Science Foundation, NASA, Department of Energy, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), United States Geological Survey (USGS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), several national programs, and numerous academic and private institutions.

The organizers of this National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded workshop (https://www.chessscience.com/sim-game-workshop) are engaging the broader community on April 14 through an open panel session to discuss the outcomes of the simulation game, particularly relating the insights to the most important future gaps, trends, and projects for the future.

Warmly,
Ryan McGranaghan on behalf of the Workshop Steering Committee
Bob Arritt
Emanuel Bernabeu
Jacob Bortnik
Morris Cohen
Jennifer Gannon
Chris Green
Adam Kellerman
Caz Margenau
Bill Murtagh
Chigo Ngwira
Mark Olson
John Ostrich
Charles Perry
Howard Singer
Karthik Venkataramani


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SCOSTEP Distinguished Scientist Award Seminar by Prof. David J. McComas (May 11, 2022, 14:00-15:00UT) 

From: Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa at nagoya-u.jp)

We are pleased to announce that the SCOSTEP Distinguished Scientist Award Seminar by Prof. Dr. David J. McComas will be held via online as below. To join the seminar, please register via the zoom addresses as below.

13th SCOSTEP/PRESTO Online Seminar
SCOSTEP Distinguished Scientist Award Seminar

Title: First Solar Cycle of Observations of our Heliosphere’s Interaction with the Very Local Interstellar Medium
Author: Prof. Dr. David J. McComas (SCOSTEP 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award Winner)
Affiliation: Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
Date/time: May 11 (Wed), 2022, 14:00-15:00 UT
Zoom Registration URL (pre-registration is necessary):
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h0006KUyQ_OA-9L7aUksAw

With best wishes, 
Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President 


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Announcement of thte SCOSTEP Distinguished Scientist Young Award Seminar by Dr. Theodosios Chatzistergos (June 16, 2022, 12:00-13:00UT) 

From: Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa at nagoya-u.jp)

We are pleased to announce that the SCOSTEP Distinguished Young Scientist Award Seminar by Dr. Theodosios Chatzistergos will be held via online as below. To join the seminar, please register via the zoom addresses.

13th SCOSTEP/PRESTO Online Seminar
SCOSTEP Distinguished Young Scientist Award Seminar
Title: Ca II observations: Exploiting historical treasures for solar activity and variability studies
Author: Dr. Theodosios Chatzistergos (SCOSTEP 2022 Distinguished Young Scientist Award Winner)
Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Gottingen, Germany
Date/time: June 16 (Thu), 2022, 12:00-13:00 UT
Zoom Registration URL (pre-registration is necessary):
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cI80a-8VSxmZOL6YxyUiyw

Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President 


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JOB OPENING: Civil Servant Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From: Eric Christian, Adam Szabo (eric.r.christian at nasa.gov)

An exciting Civil Servant (permanent) position is now open for a scientist with experience in designing, building, and analyzing data from instruments that measure ionized and neutral high-energy particles in the heliosphere and magnetosphere. The Energetic Particle Laboratory currently has instruments in development for the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission (launch in 2024), several cubesats for Low-Earth Orbit and interplanetary space, and the Lunar Gateway.  We also participate in the data analysis of particle instruments on Parker Solar Probe, STEREO, ACE, Van Allen Probes, and others.  We are part of the Heliospheric Science Laboratory (Code 672) of Goddard's Heliophysics Science Division. This is a US Government Civil Servant position, therefore applicants are required to be US citizens and it is preferred that they have a PhD in a related field.  Applications must come through the USAJOBS website (https://www.usajobs.gov/job/646920200) and because this is a direct hire, the position is only open for a very short time, until Tuesday, April 12, 2022.  


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JOB OPENING: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Seeking Numerical Modeler With Strong Background in Theoretical Plasma Physics

From: Nick Arge (charles.n.arge at nasa.gov)

The Solar Physics Laboratory (SPL) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is seeking to hire a scientist with expertise in advanced numerical modeling techniques & theoretical plasma physics. A background in solar physics or related field is a plus but not required. 
  
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in developing plasma physics related numerical codes. The selectee will participate in or lead (depending on experience) science efforts to develop and/or enhance the capability of numerical models at GSFC applied to important heliophysics problems. A strong background in theoretical plasma physics is highly desirable. In addition to numerical work, the selectee will also play an active role in the science support of mission development efforts. The candidate should be comfortable working in a team environment and, depending on career stage, be able to independently conceive and pursue funded investigations. The selectee will become an integral part of a strong solar research group.

SPL is one of the largest solar physics laboratories in the world. It is comprised of about 80 solar & support staff and resides within the Heliophysics Science Division (HSD) at GSFC. Both SPL and HSD have a wide variety of state-of-the-art numerical codes that model, for example, the corona, solar wind, active regions, and solar explosions/eruptions on all scales, including flares and nanoflares. Physical processes such as magnetic reconnection, particle acceleration, and flux emergence are especially important. This is a US Government Civil Servant position, so applicants are required to be US citizens. While individuals with a PhD in a related field plus experience beyond completion of their degree are preferred, all candidates with the above-mentioned scientific background and technical skills will be considered. The duty station will be in Greenbelt, MD.

We support on-the-job training for any additional skills or knowledge that become relevant to the position. GSFC has a strong commitment to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and candidates from underrepresented groups are welcomed.  

The position announcement will be released on USAJobs in the next few months. Due to the current federal hiring process, the vacancy will only be open to applications for up to five days.

Feel free to contact C. “Nick” Arge (charles.n.arge at nasa.gov) for inquiries about this opportunity, preferably before the announcement formally appears in USAJobs.


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JOB OPENING: Four Research Fellow Positions in Solar and Heliospheric Physics at UCL/MSSL

From: Suzanne Winter (s.winter at ucl.ac.uk)

Four Research Fellow Positions in Solar and Heliospheric Physics at UCL/MSSL

We seek to appoint up to 4 productive Research Fellows to undertake research in the areas of solar, heliospheric and space plasma physics, with particular emphasis on studies which are relevant to our involvement with the ESA Solar Orbiter mission.  UCL/MSSL is the Principal Investigator institute for the Solar Wind Analyser (SWA) suite of instruments for this mission, is co-PI institute on the Extreme Ultra-violet Imager and members of the laboratory also hold co-I status on a number of other instruments.  The appointees will be expected to use relevant Solar Orbiter data, as well as current or previous missions and ground-based observatories including the LOFAR radio array, to perform cutting edge investigations related to our scientific interests.  In particular the posts are:

Research Fellow in Solar Wind Origins 
(PI Fazakerley 3 year post – UCL Ref:1883293) https://tinyurl.com/solarwindorigins 
Research Fellow in Solar Energetic Electron Physics
(PI Owen 3 year post – UCL Ref: 1883129) https://tinyurl.com/SolarEnergetic 
Research Fellow in Solar Wind Plasma Physics 
(PI Owen 3 year post – UCL Ref: 1883125) https://tinyurl.com/solarwindplasma 
Research Fellow in Solar and/or Heliospheric Physics 
(PI Reid available until 31 March 2023 – UCL Ref: 1883114). https://tinyurl.com/solarhelio 

The appointees will be expected and encouraged to participate in wider laboratory and group scientific activities, including more general preparations for future research missions.  The posts are available immediately.  As indicated above, 3 of the posts are funded through to the end of March 2025, and have a possible extension thereafter subject to obtaining funding through renewal of the post under the MSSL Solar System Research Consolidated Grant from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), or through additional national or international funding sources.  The 4th post is available until 31 March 2023.  Additional national or international funding would be needed to continue beyond this period.

MSSL is the UK’s largest university based space science research institution and is involved in many leading space research missions (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl).

The Department is family friendly and applications would be welcome from applicants seeking part-time opportunities. The Department has been awarded the Institute of Physics Juno Practitioner.  The aim of Project Juno is to recognise and reward physics departments, schools, institutes and organisations that can demonstrate they have taken action to address gender equality in physics and to encourage better practice for all staff.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Prof. Christopher J. Owen (c.owen at ucl.ac.uk), Dr. Hamish Reid (hamish.reid at ucl.ac.uk) and/or Prof. Andrew Fazakerley (a.fazakerley at ucl.ac.uk) 

Further details can be found at Search for jobs | Work at UCL - UCL – University College London and searching for the above job reference numbers.


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Fellow Position at National Solar Observatory, Boulder (USA)

From: KIRAN JAIN (kjain at nso.edu)

We invite applications for a postdoctoral position funded by NASA-LWS grant. It is a fixed-term full-time position for 15 months, with a focus on the application of Machine Learning (ML) tools. Review of applications will begin on March 31st, 2022 and will continue until the position is filled.

 The successful candidate will work on several available data sets, e.g., Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) and Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO), which will be used to develop a ML-based discriminator for detecting the active regions on the Sun’s far hemisphere. They will directly work with Dr. Kiran Jain (NSO; kjain at nso.edu) and Dr. Charles Lindsey (NWRA).

For more information and to apply please follow this link: 

https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/JobBoard/9cf2a278-d835-42ac-8e8e-461f753e0db0/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=015494a6-d3da-4b50-93f1-c868dbbca829


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Researcher - Machine Learning - Boulder, Colorado

From: Andres Munoz-Jaramillo (amunozj at boulder.swri.edu)

Southwest Research Institute has posted a job opening for a 2 year postdoctoral research position in machine learning (ML) applied to heliophysics at the Southwest Research Institute - Boulder office. The full announcement, including salary and qualifications, may be seen here: https://tinyurl.com/MLJobatSwRI.

The main project involves flare forecasting using historical observations. Tasks include historical data homogenization, training ensembles of neural networks, and quantification of uncertainty in ML models.  

We are working to build a mutually supportive ML team at SwRI where we use novel techniques for ideation and collaboration, modeled after five years of experience leading group challenges in the cutting-edge Frontier Development Laboratory. Applicants should expect a lot of interaction between team members: Pair coding, code reviews, standup meetings, git versioning, and mindful interaction. Kindness and the willingness to help each other is highly preferred. 

It is common for people to self-select out of research positions when the skillset requires a self-evaluation for matching.  For this position, a good reference is the open-publication book “Machine Learning, Statistics, and Data Mining for Heliophysics” (https://helioml.org/Introduction/title.html); if you can understand, run, and develop framework similar to what is presented there, you should consider applying.

We aim to create a highly diverse team across different axes of diversity.  Scientists from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.  Expertise with heliophysics problems is not a requirement, if there is expertise on machine learning in other domains, software engineering, and/or open-source development.

Questions regarding the position or its requirements can be directed to Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo: amunozj at boulder.swri.edu.


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JOB OPENING: PhD Position in Space Physics – Magnetospheric Sources of Polar Auroral Arcs

From: Anita Kullen (kullen at kth.se)

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden is looking for a PhD student to investigate magnetospheric sources of polar auroral arcs with help of multiple satellites and ground-based instruments.


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