[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIX, Issue 21

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIX, Issue 21
Mar.21,2022

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Table of Contents

1. MEETING: Parker Two - Second Annual Parker Solar Probe Conference (http://parkerseries.jhuapl.edu/), June 21-24, 2022, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Laurel, Maryland, USA -- Third Announcement

2. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

3. RBSP Online Seminar 25 March 12:00 ET US

4. JOB OPENING: Postdoc on Machine Learning in Space Weather

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


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MEETING: Parker Two - Second Annual Parker Solar Probe Conference (http://parkerseries.jhuapl.edu/), June 21-24, 2022, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Laurel, Maryland, USA -- Third Announcement

From: Nour Raouafi, Robert Allen, Bob DeMajistre, Rob Decker (rob.decker at jhuapl.edu)

The NASA Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission, which launched on August 12, 2018, is currently reaching perihelia as low as 13.3 solar radii. This unprecedented proximity to the solar corona has now allowed us to observe the sub-Alfvénic solar wind and address key aspects of the mission’s main science objectives:
(1) Trace the flow of energy that heats and accelerates the solar corona and solar wind;
(2) Determine the structure and dynamics of the plasma and magnetic fields at the sources of the solar wind; and
(3) Explore mechanisms that accelerate and transport energetic particles.
     
The second annual Parker Solar Probe community workshop, Parker Two, will be a hybrid meeting from June 21 - 24, 2022 with an in-person component at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, MD, and an online component using Zoom. The meeting will highlight discoveries from the first eleven encounters of the Parker Solar Probe mission. Abstracts from the solar, heliospheric, and plasma physics communities involving relevant theory, simulations, data analysis, and coordinated observations with ground and other space-based observatories are encouraged. Presentation formats will include poster, oral, and splinter sessions.

Invited Speakers (Confirmed):
Marco Velli (UCLA)
Nicki Viall (NASA/GSFC)
Ronan Laker (UCL)
Anna Tenerani (UT Austin)
Jaye Verniero (NASA/GSFC)
Erika Palmerio (Predictive Science)
Christina Cohen (CalTech)
Russ Howard (APL)

APL requires that in-person attendees be fully vaccinated and that masks be worn when indoors, for the latest information please visit https://www.jhuapl.edu/About/VisitorInformation.

Important Information:
All attendees must register in order to attend the conference.
Abstracts may be submitted prior to registering.

Important Dates:
Registration Closes: June 3, 2022
EXTENDED ABSTRACT DEADLINE: MARCH 31, 2022
Talk/Poster Decisions:  Announced April 30th 

Conference Fees:
In-Person: $250 ($150 refundable if cancelled by May 21, 2022)

Virtual: $100 (Non-refundable)

For further information, visit: http://parkerseries.jhuapl.edu/


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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 March 21, Maria Walach will discuss Ionospheric Convection and Auroral Responses to Solar Wind Driving: Time-varying conditions and nightside events 

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 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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RBSP Online Seminar 25 March 12:00 ET US

From: Sasha Ukhorskiy (ukhorskiy at jhuapl.edu)

Next RBSP online seminar will be held on 25 March 2022, 12:00 ET US on the topic: Radiation Belt Physics through Active Experiments

Chris Crabtree “Overview of SMART Theory and Experiment”

Steve Richardson “Modeling VLF Wave Dynamics in the Magnetosphere”

Zoom information and other details are at: https://sites.google.com/view/rbsp/home


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JOB OPENING: Postdoc on Machine Learning in Space Weather

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

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) encourages applications for a full-time Post-Doctoral Associate to work on the development, validation, and calibration of space weather models, using machine learning and physics-based models. This position contributes to a NASA-funded project within the ‘Space Weather with Quantified Uncertainty’ program. The main objective will be to deliver probabilistic space weather forecasts with their associated uncertainties. In particular, this position will focus on the forecast of solar wind quantities (speed and magnetic field). The position will involve close collaboration with other post-docs, students, and senior members of the project, which are divided between CIRES, the Computer Science Department and the Space Weather Technology, Research, and Education Center (SWx-TREC) at CU Boulder, and the space physics group at the University of California, Los Angeles. The position will be primarily based at CU Boulder, although remote working can be considered.

For more info: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=37501


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