[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIX, Issue 16

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SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIX, Issue 16
Mar.01,2022

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Table of Contents

1. Dear Colleague Letter: Geoscience Lessons for and from Other Worlds (GLOW)

2. Frontiers Special Issue on Quasilinear and Nonlinear Wave-Particle Interactions in Magnetospheric Plasmas

3. Python Special Issue

4. MEETING: US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection -- Final Announcement

5. MEETING: ISR Summer School 2022: Save the date!

6. MEETING: PUNCH 3 Science Meeting First Announcement

7. Online Cold-Plasma Seminar Series

8. Joint CEDAR/GEM DEI Happy Hour

9. GeoDAWG Seminar Series

10. JOB OPENING: Open-rank Faculty Position in Space Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas

11. JOB OPENING: Solar Energetic Particle Research Scientist at CIRES CU Boulder/NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

12. JOB OPENING: Solar Physicist to Work on Solar Orbiter Mission

13. JOB OPENING: Two Postdoctoral Associate Positions in the MIT Haystack Atmospheric Science Group

14. JOB OPENING: Three PDRA Positions in Planetary Science at the University of Leicester, UK

15. JOB OPENING: Postdoc Position - Vertical Coupling in the Ionosphere

16. RHESSI Science Nuggets in February 2022

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


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Dear Colleague Letter: Geoscience Lessons for and from Other Worlds (GLOW)

From: Curtis Williams (curwilli at nsf.gov)

NSF has released a Dear Colleagues Letter. This DCL is to inform the community that NSF's Divisions of Earth Sciences (EAR), Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS), and Astronomical Sciences (AST) encourage the submission of proposals that bring together researchers and experts to develop projects which: 1) use the study of other worlds as a way to broaden and deepen our understanding of the Earth and its evolution, including all processes and systems from the core to the magnetosphere, and/or 2) use our geoscience knowledge to understand the environments of other worlds. The full text is at https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22032/nsf22032.jsp


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Frontiers Special Issue on Quasilinear and Nonlinear Wave-Particle Interactions in Magnetospheric Plasmas

From: Oliver Allanson, Xiao-Jia Zhang, Yoshiharu Omura (xjzhang at ucla.edu)

The special issue of Frontiers on “Quasilinear and Nonlinear Wave-Particle Interactions in Magnetospheric Plasmas” is now open for submissions at 
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/32721/

In this Research Topic we invite observational, theoretical, and numerical studies that contribute to quantify, model, and understand the importance of nonlinear wave-particle interactions. This research topic aims to bring together recent advances on:

• Ground- or space-based instruments that analyze dynamics and interactions of electromagnetic waves and/or charged particles
• Analytical calculations that directly consider theoretical treatments of wave-particle interactions relevant to magnetospheric space plasmas
• Numerical experiments such as test-particle, Fokker-Planck diffusion, particle-in-cell, hybrid, Vlasov, test-particle within global MHD, or others, that simulate fine-scale wave-particle interaction and/or the global modelling approach
• Observational studies, theoretical calculations, and numerical experiments that utilize and present results relevant to the quasilinear and/or nonlinear interpretations of wave-particle interactions
• Wave-particle interactions; precipitation, loss, and microbursts; pitch-angle scattering, acceleration; radial transport; diffusion and drift/advection.
• Quasilinear diffusion and nonlinear dynamics (phase bunching, trapping, non-diffusive shock driven acceleration, and statistical descriptions of these)

Papers can be submitted to either Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science or Frontiers in Physics. The nominal submission deadline is June 30, 2022.

We look forward to your contributions!

Oliver Allanson, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Xiao-Jia Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
Yoshiharu Omura, Kyoto University, Japan


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Python Special Issue

From: Angeline Burrell, John Coxon, Leslie Lamarche, Michael Aye, Sophie Murray (angeline.burrell at nrl.navy.mil)

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences and Frontiers in Physics are currently soliciting manuscripts for a special issue on Python within the space physics community.  If you have a package you'd like to publish or an established package whose scientific impact you'd like to review, please consider submitting your work.  The science disciplines encompass geospace (Earth's atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere), planetary sciences, solar physics, and other solar system science disciplines.  Abstracts are due by 31 May 2022, and manuscripts are due by 29 July 2022.  You can learn more about the special issue here:

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/33555/snakes-on-a-spaceship-an-overview-of-python-in-space-physics


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MEETING: US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection -- Final Announcement

From: Paul Cassak, Michael Shay, and Michael Hesse (shay at udel.edu)

Dear Magnetic Reconnection Enthusiasts,

This is the final announcement of the US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection (MR2022) from May 16-20, 2022, in Monterey, California.  This year, the workshop will be held in honor of the milestone birthdays of two illustrious community members - Jim Drake’s 75th and Masaaki Yamada’s 80th.  Detailed information about the workshop is available on the meeting website: https://physics.wvu.edu/magnetic-reconnection-conference-2022. The format of the meeting will be much like previous MR meetings.

All oral presentations at the workshop will be invited presentations, and a list of confirmed speakers is available at: https://physics.wvu.edu/magnetic-reconnection-conference-2022/confirmed-invited-speakers. In addition, there will be a poster session – we encourage the community to submit contributed abstracts for it, including from postdocs and students.

If you are planning on attending, please make sure to register by the March 15, 2022 deadline and reserve your hotel room by the April 1, 2022 deadline. 

Of course, the organizers recognize that there is uncertainty as a result of the pandemic, and will monitor the situation.  Currently, the plan is for the meeting to be in-person only (not hybrid).  Timely updates will be provided as necessary if circumstances change.  If you are concerned about registering for the workshop in light of this uncertainty, please note that we are able to refund your registration (but not travel expenses) back to the credit card that was used if the workshop is canceled.  If you have any questions, please email Paul Cassak at Paul.Cassak at mail.wvu.edu.

To request financial support for students to attend the meeting, please email Prof. Hantao Ji at hji at pppl.gov. 

DEADLINES:

Registration Deadline: March 15, 2022
Housing Deadline: Friday, April 1, 2022
Abstract Deadline: Friday, April 29, 2022

Please let the organizers know if you have any questions,


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MEETING: ISR Summer School 2022: Save the date!

From: Shikha Raizada, Anthea Coster, Phil Erickson, Bill Rideout, Josh Semeter, Roger Varney, Pablo Reyes, Asti Bhatt (asti.bhatt at sri.com)

SAVE THE DATE

The 2022 ISR Summer School will take place between July 18-22, 2022. The school is tentatively in-person and will be held in Boston, MA. Note that depending on the evolving situation with the pandemic, a virtual school is also a possibility. While the details of the school are being worked out, if you wish to ensure that you receive future communication regarding the school, please let us know your interest by filling out this short form.

About the ISR Summer School:

The ISR school funded by the US National Science Foundation provides students with hands-on experience in designing and running experiments at incoherent scatter radar (ISR) facilities. During this summer school, students will have the opportunity to run experiments with and use data from one or more ISR observatories, such as Millstone Hill ISR, Poker Flat (PFISR), and Jicamarca. The school will provide both lectures and hands-on experience in experiment design and analysis. The lectures will include an introduction to the theory of incoherent scatter, radar operations, ISR analysis techniques, and community databases. The hands-on exercises will involve working closely with ISR facility staff in the topic areas of proposal design, experiment execution, and data analysis. All students will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with experienced scientists from multiple institutions.

The ISR summer school is suitable for graduate and advanced undergraduate students and attendance is limited. For an in-person workshop, travel, housing and meals will be provided for most students attending institutions within the United States. For post-docs and students outside of the United States, funding will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Thank you,
ISR Summer School Organizers
Shikha Raizada, Anthea Coster, Phil Erickson, Bill Rideout, Josh Semeter, Roger Varney, Pablo Reyes, Asti Bhatt


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MEETING: PUNCH 3 Science Meeting First Announcement

From: Sarah Gibson (sgibson at ucar.edu)

We invite the community to the third PUNCH (Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere) Science Meeting (August 12, 2022). PUNCH is an in-development NASA mission that will image the outer corona and solar wind throughout the inner heliosphere. Major science topics include origin and evolution of the ambient solar wind and turbulence within it, and the physics and predictability of transient events including CMEs, CIRs, and shocks.

The meeting will be in person and will be held immediately after the Triennial Earth-Sun Summit meeting  in Bellevue, Washington. Further details on time and venue along with information regarding abstract submission and registration will be posted on our website (https://punch.space.swri.edu/) and through a second announcement in approximately a month's time.


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Online Cold-Plasma Seminar Series

From: Pedro Ressendiz (resendiz at lanl.gov)

Dear colleagues,

Please join us for the Online Cold-Plasma Seminar series on March 2nd, 2022. 
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 Richard Denton from Dartmouth College:

Speaker: Richard Denton, Dartmouth College.
Title: Measuring the Total Density in the Magnetosphere.
Date: March 2nd, 2022
Time: 11 AM-12 PM Eastern Standard Time, 3-4 PM Universal Time Coordinated, 5-6 PM Central European Time

Thanks,
Pedro Resendiz
Los Alamos National Laboratory


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Joint CEDAR/GEM DEI Happy Hour

From: Allison Jaynes (allison-n-jaynes at uiowa.edu)

Dear CEDAR, GEM, and the wider Space Science Communities,

All are welcome to join us for our second joint CEDAR/GEM DEI Happy Hour. We are looking forward to an informal conversation with colleagues and friends. This time, we’ll start with a discussion on the role of the individual versus the role of institutional structure in combatting racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression. The solution generally given for workplace inequities is to provide training for individuals to examine and assess their behavior, yet the larger barriers to equality are most often structural and systematic. How can we reconcile this and work on both aspects simultaneously within our profession? Please join to be part of the conversation! 

When: March 3rd, 2022, 10-11 AM EST

Connection: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/91938200349?pwd=QkkvaGR5NGVhK1BBdWJmMnc5UVBFdz09


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GeoDAWG Seminar Series

From: Larry Kepko, Anthony Sciola, Adam Michael  (adam.michael at jhuapl.edu)

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to attend the monthly seminar series of the IAGA “Geospace Data Assimilation Working Group” (GeoDAWG). GeoDAWG’s purpose is to provide a forum to aid in the discussion of data assimilative modeling methods across the geospace sciences. More information can be found on our website: https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/home

Seminarsare held virtually at 11 am EST on the first Tuesday of every month. 

The next seminar will be on March 8, by Lucas Tarr and James Leake titled “Developing Data-Driven MagnetoHydroDynamic Models of the Low Solar Atmosphere.” 

A link to join the seminar via Zoom can be found on the GeoDawg website: https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/seminars, along with the current GeoDAWG seminar schedule, which is updated regularly.

You can request to join our mailing list, https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/mailing-list, if you would like to receive our regular newsletter where we share research highlights and information relevant to the community.

Speaker suggestions or questions can be also submitted online: https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/contact-us, or you can email us directly at iaga.geodawg at gmail.com


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JOB OPENING: Open-rank Faculty Position in Space Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas

From: Lunjin Chen (lunjin.chen at gmail.com)

The Physics Department in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at The University of Texas at Dallas is seeking to fill up to two open-rank faculty positions in the William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences. A strong program in ionosphere-thermosphere and ionosphere-magnetosphere physics is presently conducted using space and ground-based observations, as well as numerical modeling. We seek to reinforce the program capabilities by adding depth in the area of ion-neutral coupling and ionosphere-magnetosphere interactions in a manner that will leverage our expertise in space and ground-based instrumentation. We invite, in particular, candidates interested in motivating or supporting small satellite investigations that complement the research thrusts of the Center. Successful candidates should have a PhD in a field related to space sciences with an appropriate record of research accomplishment and a strong commitment to teaching at both the undergraduate and advanced graduate level.

Applicants should upload a cover letter; curriculum vitae; statement of research; statement of teaching philosophy/experience; teaching evaluations (if available); and the full contact information for at least three academic or professional references. Applications will be evaluated starting March 15, 2022 and will continue until the positions are filled. At least one appointment could commence in Fall 2022. The job posting can be found via https://jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/18163

Further inquiries may be directed to Professor Fabiano Rodrigues (fabiano at utallas.edu). 

The University of Texas at Dallas is committed to providing an educational, living, and working environment that is welcoming, respectful, and inclusive of all members of the university community. The University prohibits unlawful discrimination against a person because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status.


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JOB OPENING: Solar Energetic Particle Research Scientist at CIRES CU Boulder/NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

From: Hazel Bain (hazel.bain at noaa.gov)

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado, Boulder invites applications for an applied Research Scientist at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). The successful applicant will work to improve SWPC solar radiation storm products and services for forecasters and customers in the commercial aviation, human space exploration, and satellite industries.

The primary responsibilities will include the validation and operationalization of solar energetic particle and aviation radiation models and applications for the benefit of forecasters and customers. This applied research position will involve energetic particle observations from a variety of data sources as well as physics-based and empirical models. The successful applicant will work closely with the space weather testbed to transition proven capabilities into real-time operations. 

For more information on the job and how to apply, please follow this link:

https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=36433

The deadline for this position has been extended. The position will remain posted until filled.


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JOB OPENING: Solar Physicist to Work on Solar Orbiter Mission

From: Daniel Mueller (dmueller at cosmos.esa.int)

At ESA, we have an opening for a temporary staff position to work on Solar Orbiter:
https://jobs.esa.int/job/Noordwijk-Solar-Physicist-ESTE/774262701/

The post is for 2 + 1 years and based at ESTEC (Noordwijk, The Netherlands). A key aspect of the work will be to support the science coordination of multi-instrument/mission/observatory campaigns involving Solar Orbiter.


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JOB OPENING: Two Postdoctoral Associate Positions in the MIT Haystack Atmospheric Science Group

From: Anthea J. Coster (costera at mit.edu)

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE IN ATMOSPHERIC AND GEOSPACE SCIENCE, Haystack Observatory-Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) (2 openings), to assume a position in atmospheric and geospace science at Haystack Observatory, a pioneering, internationally-recognized multidisciplinary radio science and remote sensing research center, upper atmospheric observatory, and astronomical microwave laboratory. Its AGS group operates the Millstone Hill Geospace Facility, comprising the Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radar, global GNSS total electron content (TEC) measurements, and the Madrigal distributed database system.  AGS conducts fundamental and collaborative research into the complex and highly intercoupled near-Earth space environment within the atmosphere-ionosphere-magnetosphere system. Research uses a wide variety of global observational data sets provided by incoherent and coherent scatter radars, GNSS, ionosondes, optical atmospheric remote sensing, and satellite instruments.  Will continue and advance the groundbreaking scientific investigations of the AGS group into dynamic magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling and lower atmosphere-ionosphere coupling processes under the influence of space and terrestrial weather; make use of existing ground-based and space-borne datasets along with other available observational and/or modeling resources; and report on scientific and application results through peer-reviewed publications, participation in scientific conferences, and direct interactions/collaborations with community colleagues. Opportunities are available to help develop Haystack science and technical proposals.   
JOB REQUIREMENTS - REQUIRED:  Ph.D. in space science, physics, engineering, or closely related field; experience working with and analyzing complex, multifaceted geospace experimental techniques and data exploration; and evidence of software proficiency and fluency in one or more languages such as Python (preferred), MATLAB, and/or IDL.  PREFERRED:  strong publication record; knowledge of the principles of atmospheric, ionospheric, and/or magnetospheric physics; experience with numerical modeling and data assimilation, high-performance computation, and/or machine learning; firm grasp of mathematics and statistics; and familiarity with Linux.  Job #20821
To apply:
 https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_mit/external/jobDetails/jobDetail.html?jobPostId=23200&localeCode=en-us


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JOB OPENING: Three PDRA Positions in Planetary Science at the University of Leicester, UK

From: Steve Milan (steve.milan at le.ac.uk)

Three 3-year Post-Doctoral Research Associate posts are available in the Planetary Science Group at the University of Leicester, UK, funded through an STFC Consolidated Grant.  The posts involve research into the Martian environment, the Earth’s magnetosphere during northward IMF, and the atmospheres and aurorae of Jupiter and Saturn, to be supervised by Prof Mark Lester, Prof Steve Milan, and Dr Tom Stallard, respectively.

Further details of the posts and application instructions can be found here:

Mars: https://jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/4988/research-associate-in-planetary-science.html

Earth: https://jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/4987/research-associate-in-planetary-science.html

Jupiter/Saturn: https://jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/4836/research-associate-in-planetary-science.html

The posts are to start immediately and end 31 March 2025, with a potential for extension.  The application deadline is 24 March 2022.  We welcome informal enquiries by email, with contact information contained in the links above.


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JOB OPENING: Postdoc Position - Vertical Coupling in the Ionosphere

From: Jan Lastovicka (jla at ufa.cas.cz)

The Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia, opens a postdoctoral fellow position in vertical coupling in the ionosphere. The applicant will primarily use data obtained from available Ionospheric sounders, continuous HF Doppler sounding systems operated in Czechia, Argentina, Taiwan and South Africa, GNSS receivers and satellites. He/she should be skilled in data processing, analysis, and programing (for example, using MATLAB). 
The position is open for candidates who will hold their PhD title by April 30, 2022, and who received their PhD title within two years before that date, that is, not earlier than May 1, 2020. The position is for the period of two years starting from July 1, 2022 (postponement of the starting date may be negotiated). The gross monthly salary will be in the range of 35000 to 40000 Czech crowns (CZK). More information on the Institute can be found at https://www.ufa.cas.cz/en/homepage-en/.
We ask the interested persons to submit the following documents: 
- cover letter providing the motivation for the application, 
- curriculum vitae, 
- list of publications and other relevant research outputs, 
- PhD diploma or another certificate of a PhD degree (original official document with English translation)
- names and email addresses of two persons who can provide recommendation. 
The application and supporting documentation to be used for the assessment must be in English. The documents should be sent by email to Dr. Jan Lastovicka (jla at ufa.cas.cz). The deadline for sending the applications is March 31, 2022.


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RHESSI Science Nuggets in February 2022

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

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

No. 426, “A demonstration of STIX hard X-ray imaging spectroscopy capabilities for an X-class flare (SOL2021-10-28),” by Andrea BATTAGLIA, Hannah COLLIER, and Säm KRUCKER. STIX imaging of an X-class flare marks its successful beginning.

No. 427, “Probing chromospheric current sheets using SST and ALMA co-observations,” by João da SILVA SANTOS. Emerging magnetic flux appears in ALMA images to be reflecting coronal current sheets.

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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