[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXX, Issue 73

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXX, Issue 73
Dec.29,2023

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Table of Contents

1. AGU Feedback and January Sessions

2. A Quick Update From NSF

3. Gateway Utilization Town Hall for the International Science Community

4. MEETING: The 12th “Long-Term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere” 

5. SESSION: URSI AT-RASC 2024 Call for Papers - Commission H Session H02: Observations of near-Earth space from Small Satellites and Suborbital Platforms

6. SESSION: URSI AT-RASC 2024 Call for Papers - Commission H Session H03: Machine learning techniques and applications to wave-particle interaction processes in space plasmas

7. CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Topic "Solar Wind Turbulence: Its Origins, Evolution, and Impacts": Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

8. SHIELD Summer School, Week of June 10th, 2024

9. The 1st European Solar Physics Division (ESPD) Summer School: Energisation and Heating in the Solar Plasma

10. JOB OPENING: Project Scientist I at NCAR/HAO

11. JOB OPENING: Postdoc Position at the University of Hawaii, Manoa

12. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position in Space Physics at The Swedish Institute of Space Physics

13. Solar Orbiter Science Nuggets (December Releases)

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


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AGU Feedback and January Sessions

From: Amy Keesee (amy.keesee at unh.edu)

I hope everyone had a productive and enjoyable AGU Fall Meeting. Please look for an email from AGU (agu at agu.org) that was sent December 15th with a link to provide feedback about the meeting (a second email was sent 12/20). AGU and the Program Committee take this feedback into consideration when planning future meetings, so provide any positive or negative/constructive feedback on any aspect of the meeting (location, scheduling, sessions, extra programming, etc). The survey deadline is January 2nd.

Also please note that AGU is trying something new this year: online posters are being held in sessions occurring January 20-25. Please plan to attend these sessions as many presenters are students. There are also presentations that need OSPA judges during these sessions. We have organized the sessions by topic as much as possible and will send out more details in January, but you can also look at the program on the conference website or app.

Also note that oral sessions were recorded and are available to meeting attendees until the end of March. Catch anything you missed or want to review in more detail!

Enjoy the holidays and we'll see you in 2024 as we continue to celebrate the Heliophysics Big Year!

Amy Keesee, SM Secretary on behalf of the SPA Executive Committee


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A Quick Update From NSF

From: Tai-Yin Huang (thuang at nsf.gov)

Dear Colleagues,

This is a quick update from NSF regarding Artificial Intelligence and deadline extended for RFI.

1) NSF has released an official statement about the use of generative AI in the Merit Review process.  The basic points are:

a. NSF reviewers are prohibited from uploading any content from proposals, review information and related records to non-approved generative AI tools.
b. Proposers are encouraged to indicate in the project description the extent to which, if any, generative AI technology was used and how it was used to develop their proposal.

2) In an effort to explore AI in research, NSF and GEO are encouraging proposals that make use of innovative AI methods to increase scientific understanding of the Earth System.  A new solicitation, Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG), has been released, with proposals due on March 15th, 2024.  

3) NSF put out a request for information seeking public input from the science and engineering research and education community on implementation of NSF Public Access Plan 2.0. Ensuring Open, Immediate and Equitable Access to National Science Foundation Funded Research (nsf23104) NSF - National Science Foundation.  Here is the (revised) link to the Federal Register and the direct link to the Survey Monkey where input may be provided.  The survey closes on January 19, 2024. Please spread the word and encourage stakeholders to fill out this questionnaire on public access and equity.


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Gateway Utilization Town Hall for the International Science Community

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

We are pleased to announce an upcoming Gateway Utilization Town Hall for the International Science Community.  

When: January 31, 2024 | 3PM ET
Where: Virtual Event hosted by NASA
Participating Agencies:	NASA, ESA, CSA, JAXA

The Gateway Utilization Town Hall is a way for all interested international science communities to gain insight into anticipated opportunities involving humanity’s first lunar-orbiting space station. The Town Hall provides space agencies a platform to discuss their intentions during the Artemis era and provides the international science community a platform to communicate new ideas and provide feedback to the space agencies. 

For more information and to register for the event, visit the Gateway Town Hall website at https://sites.google.com/nasa.gov/gateway-townhall/home. 


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MEETING: The 12th “Long-Term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere” 

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

The 12th IAGA/IAMAS/SCOSTEP workshop “Long-Term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere” will be held in Ourense, Spain on 6-10 May 2024; https://trends2024.uvigo.es/. Registration, abstract submission and accommodation booking are already opened. The workshop will deal with all aspects of long-term trends and changes/climate change in the stratosphere-mesosphere-thermosphere-ionosphere system.  Selected papers from the 11th workshop were published in special issue of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics “Long-term changes and trends in the middle and upper atmosphere“.


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SESSION: URSI AT-RASC 2024 Call for Papers - Commission H Session H02: Observations of near-Earth space from Small Satellites and Suborbital Platforms

From: David Malaspina (David.Malaspina at colorado.edu)

Dear Colleagues, 

The 4th URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting, URSI AT-RASC 2024 (https://www.atrasc.com), will take place in Gran Canaria (Spain), May 19-24, 2024. The abstract deadline is 20 January 2024.  

Please submit your abstract here: 
https://www.eventure-online.com/eventure/login.form?A366e99a4-33f8-4841-9ec7-6fb8257a111f

We would like to draw your attention to Commission H, Session H02: Observations of near-Earth space from Small Satellites and Suborbital Platforms

The rapid maturation of small satellites and CubeSats in Earth orbit and beyond has opened the door to new observations of the space environment. These small satellites have enabled novel mission and instrument designs, missions with focused and dedicated science goals, and arrays or constellations of spacecraft for multi-point measurements. This session solicits contributions describing recent or upcoming small satellite, sounding rocket, or high-altitude balloon missions aimed at addressing science goals in the near-Earth space environment through remote sensing and/or in-situ measurements. We welcome contributions related to missions, spacecraft, and instruments targeting observations and understanding of near-Earth space, including plasma waves, fields, particle populations, and wave-particle interactions; and/or analysis of data from recent missions with similar science goals.

Bob Marshall and David Malaspina
Session H02 Conveners

Information on other URSI AT-RASC sessions can be found here: https://cloud.ilabt.imec.be/index.php/s/WLXgBHPcmMzb95S


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SESSION: URSI AT-RASC 2024 Call for Papers - Commission H Session H03: Machine learning techniques and applications to wave-particle interaction processes in space plasmas

From: David Malaspina (David.Malaspina at colorado.edu)

Dear Colleagues, 

The 4th URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting, URSI AT-RASC 2024 (https://www.atrasc.com), will take place in Gran Canaria (Spain), May 19-24, 2024. The abstract deadline is 20 January 2024.  

Please submit your abstract here: 
https://www.eventure-online.com/eventure/login.form?A366e99a4-33f8-4841-9ec7-6fb8257a111f

We would like to draw your attention to Commission H Session H03: Machine learning techniques and applications to wave-particle interaction processes in space plasmas

Wave-particle interactions are critical pathways of energy transfer in collisionless plasmas. They can lead to the growth and damping of plasma waves, particle acceleration, or particle scattering in a wide variety of space plasma environments. Because so much of our understanding of collisionless plasma dynamics depends upon wave-particle interactions, plasma waves and their interaction with particles are among one of the most widely studied topics in space physics. Many aspects of wave-particle interactions are notoriously difficult to model from a first principles approach, especially for physically vast systems where plasma waves can only be measured at a sparse number of locations, such as planetary radiation belts, ionospheres, or the solar wind. However, machine learning techniques enable new ways to examine and interpret particle distribution and plasma wave data from past and present space missions. This session will focus on applications of machine learning techniques to wave-particle interactions through the analysis of observational data, large-scale simulation data, or the fusion of observational and simulation data. Contributions that employ any machine learning techniques applied to wave-particle interactions in space plasmas are welcome, including techniques complimentary to machine learning such as those from system science. Applications relevant to either fundamental, universal processes (e.g., wave-particle interactions in plasma turbulence or at collisionless shocks) or distinct, system-specific processes (e.g., relativistic electron acceleration in Earth's outer radiation belts) are all welcome and encouraged

Drew Turner, Savvas Raptis, and David Malaspina
Session H03 Conveners

Information on other URSI AT-RASC sessions can be found here: https://cloud.ilabt.imec.be/index.php/s/WLXgBHPcmMzb95S


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CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Topic "Solar Wind Turbulence: Its Origins, Evolution, and Impacts": Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

From: Zhaoming Gan, Chen Shi (cshi1993 at ucla.edu)

We invite you to submit your original research and review papers to the Research Topic "Solar Wind Turbulence: Its Origins, Evolution, and Impacts" of the journal "Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences."

We welcome papers on solar wind turbulence, including but not limited to: (1) measurements of the plasma properties of solar winds, (2) theories and modeling of turbulence development, (3) plasma instabilities and wave modes in solar winds, (4) propagation and evolution of solar wind turbulence; (5) impacts of solar wind turbulence, for example, on magnetic structures, particle acceleration, and the cosmic ray transport, etc. We especially welcome comprehensive manuscripts with detailed data, methodology, and/or theories.

For a detailed description of the Research Topic, please visit the website: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/55378/solar-wind-turbulence-its-origins-evolution-and-impacts, or contact the editors Zhaoming Gan (zgan at newmexicoconsortium.org) and Chen Shi (cshi1993 at ucla.edu). We sincerely look forward to your contributions.


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SHIELD Summer School, Week of June 10th, 2024

From: Nick Gross (gross at bu.edu)

SHIELD Summer School in Plasma Processes at the Edge of the Solar System
Week of June 10th, 2024

The SHIELD Summer School invites applications for the 2024 Summer School running in Boston during the week of June 10th, 2024. Participate in lectures from leading research scientists working in the outer heliosphere exploring plasma processes and phenomena in play at the edge of the solar system. Work with other participants on activities that explore data and models that exemplify these concepts. Topics covered include reconnection, turbulence, neutral-plasma interactions; particle acceleration; overview of the structure of the heliosphere; and theory and practice of interpreting spacecraft data from missions such as Voyager, New Horizons, Cassini, and IBEX. 

For more information and application, visit https://shielddrivecenter.com/shield-summer-school/


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The 1st European Solar Physics Division (ESPD) Summer School: Energisation and Heating in the Solar Plasma

From: Istvan Ballai (i.ballai at sheffield.ac.uk)

We are pleased to announce the 1st European Solar Physics Division (ESPD) summer school organised in the period 29 April - 3 May 2024 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The theme of the school is revolving around “Energisation and heating in the solar plasma”, outlining the mechanisms which may operate to heat the solar corona, produce and accelerate the solar wind, and drive the energetic transient events observed in the solar atmosphere, such as flares and coronal mass ejections. 

The School will consist of a series of lectures delivered by eminent experts in their fields, as well as a number of hands-on sessions concentrating on modern tools for data and image processing such as JHelioviewer, SunPy and Machine Learning for solar data analysis.

The School is aimed at mid-advanced level PhD students and young researchers. Given the particularity of the venue, the number of attending students will be limited to 40-45 students and we will operate a first come-first served policy. 

The application will open on January 1st 2024 and the submission deadline is February 15th 2024.

For details visit the school webpage: https://oh.geof.unizg.hr/index.php/en/espd-2024


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JOB OPENING: Project Scientist I at NCAR/HAO

From: Michael Wiltberger (wiltbemj at ucar.edu)

The High Altitude Observatory (HAO) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) invites applications for a Project Scientist I position. A successful candidate is expected to conduct original independent and collaborative research, model development, and numerical experimentation to support HAO’s research objectives with a focus on addressing outstanding questions in aeronomy and space sciences, including the physics, chemistry, dynamics, and electrodynamics of the upper atmosphere. This position will be posted until February 1, 2024. Inquiries about the position may be addressed to Dr. Michael Wiltberger at wiltbemj at ucar.edu.

A detailed position description and the application information can be found at:
https://ucar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UCAR_Careers/details/GeoFrontiers-Project-Scientist-I_REQ-2023-421-1


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JOB OPENING: Postdoc Position at the University of Hawaii, Manoa

From: Colby Haggerty (colbyh at hawaii.edu)

The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) at the University of Hawai‘i invites applications for a postdoctoral position located in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.

We invite applications for a postdoctoral research position in theoretical, computational, or observational plasma physics, with applications to solar, magnetospheric, heliospheric, or astrophysical systems. The successful candidate will collaborate with Dr. Colby Haggerty's plasma theory group. The ideal applicant should hold by the start date of the position a Ph.D. in physics, astronomy, or a related field, with preferred experience in areas such as plasma turbulence, streaming instabilities, magnetic reconnection, collisionless shocks, or cosmic rays. Preferred qualifications for theorist/computational physicists include experience with kinetic theory and codes (Vlasov, Particle-in-Cell, or Hybrid); preferred qualifications for observers include experience with missions such as MMS, PSP, WIND, SDO, or ground-based observations with DKIST. Responsibilities include conducting original research, publishing findings, and collaborating/mentoring with graduate and undergraduate group members.

The appointment is Non-Regular, Full-Time, Limited Term (up to two (2) years in duration with the possibility of extension for an additional year) with a Monthly salary range:  $5,500 - $6,625.

The closing date for this position is Feb 2, 2024, or until filled. However, review of the applications will not begin until March 1st and applications received after Feb 2nd will likely be considered. INQUIRIES:  Dr. Colby Haggerty, colbyh at hawaii.edu.

To apply please visit: https://hr.rcuh.com/psp/hcmprd_exapp/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=3&JobOpeningId=223867&PostingSeq=1
Or, go to www.rcuh.com and click on “Job Postings” and search for the position . You must submit the following documents online to be considered for the position: 1) a Cover Letter, 2) Resume or CV, 3) Supervisory References, 4) a Copy of Degree(s)/Transcript(s)/Certificate(s).


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position in Space Physics at The Swedish Institute of Space Physics

From: Martin E (martin.eriksson at irf.se)

Applications are invited for investigations of plasma heating and particle acceleration associated with magnetic reconnection. The PhD student will work with state-of-the-art experimental data from NASA’s multi-spacecraft Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) and ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter missions.

For more information - www.irf.se/jobb


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Solar Orbiter Science Nuggets (December Releases)

From: Yannis Zouganelis (yannis.zouganelis at esa.int)

It is our pleasure to share new Solar Orbiter science nuggets (December releases): https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/science-nuggets

Nugget #23 "MULTI-SPACECRAFT OBSERVATIONS OF THE 2022 MARCH 25 CME AND EUV WAVE: AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR PROPAGATION AND INTERRELATION" (A. Liberatore, P. C. Liewer, A. Vourlidas, C. R. Braga, M. Velli, O. Panasenco, D. Telloni, and S. Mancuso) 
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/-/science-nugget-multi-spacecraft-observations-of-the-2022-march-25-cme-and-euv-wave-an-analysis-of-their-propagation-and-interrelation

Nugget #24 "UNDERSTANDING STIX HARD X-RAY SOURCE MOTIONS USING FIELD EXTRAPOLATIONS" (S. Purkhart, A. M. Veronig, E. C. M. Dickson, A. F. Battaglia, S. Krucker, R. Jarolim, B. Kliem, K.Dissauer, T. Podladchikova)
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/-/science-nugget-understanding-stix-hard-x-ray-source-motions-using-field-extrapolations

As a reminder, new nuggets will be added on a regular basis, based on input from the entire solar physics community. If you are working on Solar Orbiter data and would like your results to be featured, please contact Yannis Zouganelis (yannis.zouganelis at esa.int), Miho Janvier (miho.janvier at esa.int), and Chris Nelson (chris.nelson at esa.int)

— The ESA Solar Orbiter team


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