[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIX, Issue 3

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIX, Issue 3
Jan.11,2022

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Table of Contents

1. NASA Living With a Star (LWS) Annual Town Hall Meeting Will Be Held Wednesday, January 19, 2022, from 2 pm to 4 pm EST

2. NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 2022 Phase I Solicitations Now Open, Due March 9, 5:00 p.m.

3. MEETING: NASA Workshop on Lightning-Related Research Beyond the Troposphere

4. MEETING: ML-Helio Conference -- Deadline for Abstract Submission January 15th

5. SESSION: ABSCICON 2022 Session "Atmospheric Escape and Evolution at Terrestrial Planets"

6. HAO Newkirk Graduate Research Fellowship, Application Deadline March 1, 2022

7. Elsevier Book: Magnetospheric Imaging Understanding the Space Environment through Global Measurements

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


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NASA Living With a Star (LWS) Annual Town Hall Meeting Will Be Held Wednesday, January 19, 2022, from 2 pm to 4 pm EST

From: Jeff Morrill, Simon Plunkett (simon.p.plunkett at nasa.gov), Madhulika (Lika) Guhathakurta (Heliophysics/LWS)

The Town Hall meeting (annual briefing) for the NASA Heliophysics Living With a Star (LWS) program that would normally be held during the Fall AGU meeting will take place as a Webex session on January 19, 2022 from 2 pm to 4 pm EST. You are invited to attend and hear brief summaries on the program status and to participate in an open discussion of the LWS program.

The agenda for the Town Hall is:

1. LWS Program Overview
2. LWS Science – Update and Focused Science Topics for ROSES-2022
3. Space Weather Update
4. LPAG Report on 2021 Activities
5. LWS Architecture Study
6. Mission Updates
7. Wrap-up/Questions

The Webex information is:
https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=m92ec39ba8929a403ff4c68e065a3ed88

Join by meeting number:
Meeting number (access code): 2761 381 9789
Meeting password: 32pP36nhYi$

Join by phone:
+1-929-251-9612 USA Toll 2
+1-415-527-5035 US Toll

Join from a video system or application:
Dial 27613819789 at nasaenterprise.webex.com
You can also dial 207.182.190.20 and enter your meeting number.


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NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 2022 Phase I Solicitations Now Open, Due March 9, 5:00 p.m.

From: Jim Spann, Mitzi Adams (mitzi.adams at nasa.gov)

NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program seeks to transform scientific discovery into products and services through innovations that have the potential for infusion into NASA programs and missions, the potential for commercialization into NASA relevant commercial markets, and that have a societal benefit.  Successful awardees can receive $150,000 during the six-month Phase I, Idea Generation Phase.  After Phase I, Phase II awards of $1,000,000 are possible for prototype development over two years; other funding opportunities follow.  

Of specific interest to this group, is the Space Weather Research to Operations (R20/O2R) Technology Development subtopic, S14.01 (was S5.06).  Subtopic S14.01 solicits new, enabling space-weather technologies as part of NASA’s response to the National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan.  All concepts related to NASA’s R2O/O2R responsibilities are invited; however, four areas have been identified as priorities: (1) space-weather-forecast-enabling technologies, (2) commercial and decision-making applications for space-weather technologies, (3) space weather advanced data-driven discovery techniques, and (4) space-weather instrumentation.   

Additional 2022 SBIR subtopics of interest to the Heliophysics community include S14.02 Particles and Field Sensors and Instrument-Enabling Technologies; S14.03 Remote Sensing Instrument Technologies for Heliophysics; S14.06 Detector Technologies for Ultraviolet (UV), X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instruments; and Z1.06 Radiation-Tolerant High-Voltage and High-Power Electronics, among others.  The full solicitation may be found here: https://sbir.nasa.gov/solicitations.  To find the S14.01 subtopic description in the solicitation document, navigate to Chapter 9, Research Topics for SBIR, expand Focus Area 13, Information Technologies for Science Data, and scroll down to S14.01 or download the pdf directly https://sbir.nasa.gov/printpdf/79819.


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

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

This is to announce that NASA is organizing a virtual scientific workshop to be held on May 2-3, 2022. The goal of the workshop is to identify key lightning-related research topics and science questions that fall into gaps between the NASA SMD Divisions. The workshop will cover lightning-related phenomena occurring beyond the Earth’s troposphere and will include (but not limited to) Transient Luminous Events (TLEs; e.g., sprites, jets), Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs), sferics, electron precipitation from Earth’s radiation belts, detection of bolides by spaceborne optical lightning mappers, lightning on other planets, and more. 

In addition, NASA would like to gather information to describe how lightning-related research is being carried out by the community and determine how that work could be supported through better collaboration across SMD Divisions. The community’s input will then inform the agenda of the upcoming workshop. Furthermore, this community input and the results of the workshop could help formulate future NASA research opportunities.  Community input on lightning-related research can be provided before 02/28/2022 @ https://TinyURL.com/NASALightning.


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MEETING: ML-Helio Conference -- Deadline for Abstract Submission January 15th

From: Enrico Camporeale (enrico.camporele at noaa.gov)

The 2nd conference on Machine Learning in Heliophysics (ML-Helio 2022) will be held on 21-25 March, 2022 in Boulder (CO) and virtually.

ABSTRACT submission is open (deadline: 15th January 2022) on this link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/MLHELIO2022

As in the previous edition abstracts will be double-blind reviewed by the scientific organizing committee.

TRAVEL GRANTS (deadline: 15th January 2022)
We have a small number of travel grants. Please apply only if a travel grant is strictly necessary for your attendance to the conference.
Eligibility: in order to be considered for a travel grant you must be: 1) a student or 2) have graduated not earlier than 21 March 2019. You also need to have submitted an abstract.

Submit your travel grant application here: https://forms.gle/NLuNFJXQqNhNMutV7

Registration will open at the end of January.

For any other information please look at the conference website:
https://ml-helio.github.io/


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SESSION: ABSCICON 2022 Session "Atmospheric Escape and Evolution at Terrestrial Planets"

From: Leonardo Regoli (Leonardo.Regoli at jhuapl.edu)

Abstract submission: https://agu.confex.com/agu/abscicon21/prelim.cgi/Session/141161

Submission deadline: January 19

Atmospheric composition is a key aspect of a planet's habitability. However, the present-day composition tells only a fraction of the story of a planet's atmosphere and, given the large timescales involved in the evolution of planetary conditions and a possible biosphere, it is necessary to understand the evolution of an atmosphere through time in order to understand the past history of ambient conditions necessary to harbor life. Furthermore, understanding the atmospheric escape processes in present-day atmospheres provides an important insight not only into the future of these planets, but also serve as proxies to understand the evolution of exoplanetary atmospheres by informing atmospheric models. This session invites contributions that use models and data to understand the evolution of past, present and future atmospheres, as well as the description of measurement ideas and mission concepts to address these important questions.

Conveners: Leonardo Regoli, Tom Nordheim, David Brain, Chuanfei Dong


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HAO Newkirk Graduate Research Fellowship, Application Deadline March 1, 2022

From: Matthias Rempel (rempel at ucar.edu)

The High Altitude Observatory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research announces the availability of Newkirk Fellowships. The Newkirk Fellowship provides financial support to graduate students for research visits to HAO, allowing for 3 to 6 months per year in a single visit. The total supported length is 9 months, which can be spread out over up to 3 years. Newkirk Fellows will work with guidance from HAO scientists and engineers on projects related to their thesis, qualifying exams, or other research projects within the scope of HAO research including study of the Earth's upper atmosphere, solar physics and solar-terrestrial physics through observation, theory and instrumentation.

To be eligible for the fellowship, the student must be enrolled full-time in a university graduate program having common interest with HAO research goals. HAO Newkirk Fellowships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence, scientific potential, and compatibility of student interest in current HAO research pursuits.

The application deadline for fellowships starting in 2022 is March 1, 2022.

Please see https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/partnerships/visitor-program/newkirk-fellowship for details on eligibility, financial support, and the application process.  For further information please send an email to hao-newkirk at ucar.edu.


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Elsevier Book: Magnetospheric Imaging Understanding the Space Environment through Global Measurements

From: Editors: Yaireska Collado-Vega, Dennis Gallagher, Harald Frey, and Simon Wing (yaireska.m.colladovega at nasa.gov)

Description:
"Magnetospheric Imaging: Understanding the Space Environment through Global Measurements is a state-of-the-art resource on new and advanced techniques and technologies used in measuring and examining the space environment on a global scale. Chapters detail this emergent field by exploring optical imaging, ultraviolet imaging, energetic neutral atom imaging, X-ray imaging, radio frequency imaging, and magnetic field imaging. Each technique is clearly described, with details about the technologies involved, how they work, and both their opportunities and limitations. Magnetospheric imaging is still a relatively young capability in magnetospheric research, hence this book is an ideal resource on this burgeoning field of study. This book is a comprehensive resource for understanding where the field stands, as well as providing a stepping stone for continued advancement of the field, from developing new techniques, to applying techniques on other planetary bodies."
Link: https://www.elsevier.com/books/magnetospheric-imaging/colado-vega/978-0-12-820630-0?fbclid=IwAR1CCnZxDhb4WhAXJVdTqnpaDG4hxcw4rIAh_mSu4I9XhzQAjmyrSCS3IOY


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