[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXX, Issue 34

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXX, Issue 34
Jul.02,2023

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Table of Contents

1. Call for Community Input to LWS Focused Science Topics

2. JOB OPENING: Senior Scientific Software Developer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

3. JOB OPENING: Designated Assistant Professor at Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan

4. Fellowship Opportunities in Solar and Magnetospheric Theory, University of St Andrews – Deadline 31 July 2023

5. Solar Orbiter Science Nuggets (June Releases)

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


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Call for Community Input to LWS Focused Science Topics

From: Anthea Coster (ajc at haystack.mit.edu) and Sabrina Savage (sabrina.savage at nasa.gov)

The 2023 executive committee of the NASA Living with a Star (LWS) Program Analysis Group (LPAG) is beginning to develop the next round of input for LWS Focused Science Topics (FSTs) for ROSES 2024 and beyond. The LWS program provides an essential funding opportunity for Heliophysics, focusing on systems-science and driven by community interests and needs with potential topics ranging from solar dynamo to planetary habitability. 

It is vital for the success of the LWS Science program that there be active community engagement in the development of FSTs. We are therefore asking the Heliophysics community to provide input by July 21, 2023 for these topics.

Suggested science topics should be organized around achieving the goals set out in the recently revised Strategic Science Areas (SSAs; https://lwstrt.gsfc.nasa.gov/strategic-science-areas-ssas). See Key Resources below for more information.

Enter *NEW* FST suggestions by using the following link (on or before July 21, 2023):
https://lwstrt.org/communityinput/input/. 

View Input and Comment on *Roll-over* FSTs *AND* community input in response to this call (on or before July 21, 2023) at: https://lwstrt.org/communityinput/viewinput/2023/ 

All FSTs suggested by the community prior to and during 2020 that were not selected by NASA for the ROSES 2021 – 2023 LWS science calls will also be reviewed by the LPAG executive committee. Community input regarding updates to those topics is welcome through the same View Input and Comment page above. 

For reference, the full list of topics that were developed from the last set of community input on FSTs by the previous LPAG committee in 2020 are available in the final report of that committee at: https://lwstrt.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/docs/lpag/LPAG_2020_Report.pdf

We greatly look forward to your input and to continuing on the path of innovation and scientific exploration in the LWS program. 

On behalf of the LPAG Executive Committee:
Anthea Coster, Sabrina Savage, Ian Cohen, Chuanfei Dong, Heather Elliott, Fan Guo, Thomas Immel, Robert McCoy, Ryan McGranaghan, Alexei Pevtsov, Olga Verkhoglyadova, Angelos Vourlidas, Shasha Zou

LPAG, https://lwstrt.gsfc.nasa.gov/lpag


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JOB OPENING: Senior Scientific Software Developer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From: Lan Jian (lan.jian at nasa.gov)

ADNET is looking for a Senior Scientific Software Developer to fulfill a position at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. The position will support NASA’s Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), the active and permanent archive of NASA for space physics data, covering from the regions close to the Sun to very local interstellar medium of the solar system. SPDF provides public access of the data through many services, including the popular data browsing and exploring system called Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb), and enables cross-disciplinary and collaborative research worldwide. This position is to develop additional and more advanced data-related services. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is required for this position. 

Duties of the position include:
• Developing enhancements to SPDF software systems
• Implementing and testing new features
• Working closely with curation scientists to support the integration of new datasets into these systems
• Ensuring compliance with NASA data standards

Experience:
• 10 years’ experience with scientific programming
• Familiarity with IDL, JavaScript, and Python
• Experience with developing software to support data systems
• Familiarity with standard data formats such as CDF, NetCDF, and FITS (desired)

Education: 
• Degree in Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences, or equivalent degree.

Desired:
• Experience in developing portable/multi-platform software
• Experience in analyzing heliophysics data
• Strong organizational skills, detail-oriented, methodical
• Initiative and experience in managing projects independently
• Strong communications skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to discern the intent of requests and offer informed recommendations
• Evidence of learning new packages and processes quickly and accurately (continuous learner)
• Basic competence with Git, or similar source and system management tools

You can find more information and apply at https://sesda.com/careers/hp072-senior-scientific-software-developer/. The applications will be reviewed once they are received, and the job opening will be closed when the position is fulfilled. For further questions, please contact Robert Candey (robert.m.candey at nasa.gov) and Lan Jian (lan.jian at nasa.gov).


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JOB OPENING: Designated Assistant Professor at Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan

From: Yoshizumi Miyoshi (miyoshi at isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp)

The Center for Heliospheric System Science (CHS) is established by ISEE, Nagoya University, ISAS/JAXA and NAOJ, to promote heliospheric system science. At the center, the research environment using satellite data, ground-based observation data, and numerical simulations are included. Missions that will be supported at the CHS will include Arase, Mio (BepiColombo Mercury Orbiter), Hinode, and Solar-C (EUVST) which is a future solar physics mission by JAXA/ISAS due for launch in the mid-2020s. The CHS will provide data, analysis software, and computer resources to the community in support of multi-source multi-discipline scientific investigations.

CHS seeks candidate who will promote the use of data obtained from the Mio and Arase missions, develop relevant databases and integrated analysis tools, and support and improve in-house heliospheric simulations. The successful candidate will also be responsible for designing observation plans in collaboration with other missions.

CHS also seeks expertise in data science, new computational methods for data-driven simulations, advanced analysis methods including machine learning. The positions are expected to engage in their own research in heliospheric system science through incorporating new methods and knowledge of data science.

The successful candidate  is expected to promote research that integrates across missions, disseminate the new research environment to the community through, e.g., workshops and outreach, and collaborate with researchers across the country to lead and promote novel investigations in heliospheric system science in Japan. Through the activities at CHS, we expect the new CHS hire will contribute to future space missions in the field of heliospheric system science.

Application deadline: 27 August, 2023 (23:00UTC)

ISEE, Nagoya University:
https://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/

Center for Heliosphere Science :
https://chs.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/

The full job announcement can be found at
https://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/koubo2023-4en.pdf


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Fellowship Opportunities in Solar and Magnetospheric Theory, University of St Andrews – Deadline 31 July 2023

From: Thomas Neukirch (tn3 at st-andrews.ac.uk)

The Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group (SMTG), School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews encourages expressions of interest for the following fellowship opportunities to be hosted by the group:

STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship (STFC deadline 21 Sep 2023, 4pm UK time):

https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/stfc-ernest-rutherford-fellowship/

The School of Mathematics and Statistics in St Andrews can support one STFC ERF application in 2023. The successful candidate will be determined by an internal selection process (for details, see the SMTG Fellowships webpage https://solar-mcs.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/opportunities/fellowships/).

Royal Society University Research Fellowship (Royal Society deadline 7 September 2023):

https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/university-research/

While there is no quota on Royal Society URF applications, applicants will still be subject to an internal selection process.

The group’s research focusses on applications of the theory of solar system plasmas, in particular using MHD, to the solar atmosphere and planetary magnetospheres. Applications from candidates who would add to the group’s expertise in these areas of plasma theory would be welcome.

Interested candidates should follow the instructions on the SMTG Fellowships webpage (https://solar-mcs.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/opportunities/fellowships/) and submit the required application materials to Prof. Thomas Neukirch (tn3 at st-andrews.ac.uk) by 31 July 2023. For informal enquiries please also get in touch with Prof. Neukirch.


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Solar Orbiter Science Nuggets (June Releases)

From: Miho Janvier (miho.janvier at esa.int)

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

SO Nugget #11 "Observational evidence of S-web source of slow solar wind" (D. Baker, S. Yardley, D. H. Brooks, R. D'Amicis)

SO Nugget #12 "3He-rich solar energetic particle events observed close to the Sun on Solar Orbiter" (G. M. Mason, R. Bučik, and the Solar Orbiter/EPD team)

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 (ioannis.zouganelis at esa.int) and Miho Janvier (miho.janvier at esa.int).

— The ESA Solar Orbiter team


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