[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXX, Issue 32

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SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXX, Issue 32
Jun.18,2023

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Table of Contents

1. AGU Abstract Submission Is Open

2. Publication of Book: Unleashing Yahweh: Ezekiel and the Northern Lights

3. ISTPNext Workshop Report Available

4. MEETING: African Geophysical Society Conference & ISWI School - Second Announcement

5. MEETING: ESA Heliophysics Working Group "Heliophysics in Europe" Workshop - Registration and Abstract Submission Open 

6. MEETING: Abstract Deadline of 23 June 2023 for the “UK Space Weather & Space Environment Meeting I: Transitioning from the SWIMMR Space-Weather Programme” -- Final Reminder

7. Cold-Plasma Seminar Series

8. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

9. International EISCAT Radar School - A Few Places Left! 

10. IMAGE-FUV and THEMIS-GBO Observations

11. JOB OPENING: Program Scientist Positions at NASA HQ

12. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position at Andrews University

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


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AGU Abstract Submission Is Open

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

The AGU Fall Meeting abstract submission site is now open through 11:59 pm EDT on August 2.
Fall Meeting website: www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting
Abstract guidelines: www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting/Pages/Present/Abstracts 
Updated session convener guidelines: www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting/Pages/Present/Proposals
Session viewer/abstract submission site: agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Home/0 
General inquiries email box: abstracts at agu.org 

If you are a session convener, please let your communities know about your session, and feel free to use AGU Connect to get the word out. Also, session conveners must use the online portal to send invitations specifically for invited abstracts. All invited abstract authors must submit their abstracts by the deadline - no exceptions. Traditionally, 60-70% of all abstracts - which may be as many as about 15,000 abstracts - are submitted during the last three days prior to the submission deadline. No late abstracts are accepted. The earlier you submit your abstract, the more time there is to solve any issues that may arise during the process. If you run into issues using the online submission site, please contact AGU staff at the email address listed above.

Heads-up to session conveners: you will have tasks to do in mid-August after the abstract deadline has passed related to identifying your session chairpeople, accepting abstracts, arranging your abstracts, etc. Keep an eye out for emails from AGU with instructions - and if you notice you aren't receiving communications from AGU, please check your spam folder! We have found in past years that many of these important emails can end up there. We realize that this session effort comes exactly when you are either winding down your summer work and/or gearing up for fall, so please make sure at least one person from your convener team is ready to respond and complete the various tasks. Thanks, in advance, on behalf of the Fall Meeting Program Committee!

Amy Keesee, SPA-SM Secretary


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Publication of Book: Unleashing Yahweh: Ezekiel and the Northern Lights

From: Louis J. Lanzerotti (ljl at njit.edu)

Siscoe, George (2023).  Unleashing Yahweh: Ezekiel and the Northern Lights, Maine Authors Publishing, 195pp.

There have been a number of writings discussing and attributing to aurora the bizarre visions in the sky reported by Ezekiel as he sat in exile in Babylonia in about 590 BCE.  The extensive multi-decade study of Ezekiel, of mid-eastern history, and of geophysical processes by George Siscoe (AGU Fellow, former professor and department head of atmospheric sciences at UCLA, former research professor at Boston University) has resulted in this fascinating posthumous publication of his scholarship.  From 2008 to his passing in March 2022, George founded and operated the truly unique Old Professor’s Bookshop in Belfast, Maine.  The book shop and its holdings reflected George’s far-ranging reading and scholarship in the sciences and humanities.  And it provided the opportunity to bring to fruition his lengthy studies of geophysical processes at the time of Ezekiel’s visions.  Nancy Crooker (AGU Fellow), George’s wife, thankfully saw the book through the publication process after George’s death.  Over the years I had the opportunity to discuss his ongoing Ezekiel studies with George, including many visits to his bookshop.   I highly recommend this book for its thorough examinations of solar-terrestrial physical phenomena over the millennia, and for the interwoven discussions of mid-eastern history.  Of especial interest are George’s conclusions of how the auroral visions apparently solidified the concept by Ezekiel of monotheism, in contrast to the 100 or more location-specific gods that existed in the mideast in Ezekiel’s time. 

Louis J. Lanzerotti
New Jersey Institute of Technology
AT&T Bell Laboratories (ret)


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ISTPNext Workshop Report Available

From: Larry Kepko (larry.kepko at nasa.gov)

We are pleased to offer a summary report of the discussions held during the May 8-10 ISTPNext workshop, available at the link below. The intent of the workshop was to organize elements of the Heliophysics community, particularly those related to Sun-Earth connections, under a common science vision and address the immediate and near-term obstacles to achieving the integrated science we need to make progress. The workshop was organized around the following themes:

• Cross-scale geospace and heliosphere & community vision
• Heliophysics Great Observatories (ITM-GO, SIH-GO, and Mag-GO)
• Next generation numerical simulations across the heliosphere
• Advanced Analysis Techniques
• Future Research Infrastructure

The workshop report (and any future updates) is available at the link below. 

https://bit.ly/ISTPNext_report


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MEETING: African Geophysical Society Conference & ISWI School - Second Announcement

From: Chigo Ngwira (chigomezyo.ngwira at nasa.gov)

We are pleased to announce that the ISWI space weather school and the 6th African Geophysical Society (AGS) International Conference on “Advancing Science & Technology in Developing Nations” will take place at the Grand Palace Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia from September 26th to Wednesday, October 4th, 2023. The ISWI space weather school (September 26th – 30th) is open to MSc. and PhD students based at institutions in Africa, while the AGS conference (October 2nd – 4th) is open to all interested participants. The ISWI school and AGS Conference will both be hosted by the Physics Society of Zambia in partnership with various local and international partners including AGS, ISWI, University of Zambia, Copperbelt University, Nkrumah University, Mulungushi University, SCOSTEP/PRESTO, Catholic University of America, NASA, to name a few.

The scope of the AGS Conference will cover topics including Solar and Terrestrial (heliosphere, sun, solar wind, & MIT studies), Space weather effects on GNSS satellites and ground infrastructure, Solid Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Earth and Space Science Informatics ESSI, Science and Applications of GBAS/SBAS/EGNOS in Africa, and Science education and public outreach.

Important Dates & deadlines:
Abstract submission opens: 1 May 2023
Abstract submission close: 30 June 2023
Registration opens: 1 June 2023

Register for AGS conference: https://afgps.org/conference

Support: Limited funding available for US-based postdocs and early career scientists. Need to submit an abstract to be considered for funding.

Contact:
Dr. Chigomezyo Ngwira                        
chigomezyo.ngwira at nasa.gov  


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MEETING: ESA Heliophysics Working Group "Heliophysics in Europe" Workshop - Registration and Abstract Submission Open 

From: Matt Taylor (matthew.taylor at esa.int)

“Heliophysics in Europe” Workshop
Monday 30 October - Friday 3 November 2023
ESA ESTEC – Noordwijk, Netherlands
OPEN FOR REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esa-heliophysics/heliophysics-in-europe-2023

Heliophysics (including space weather) encompasses space plasma physics throughout the solar system, from Sun to the solar wind, planets (including the Earth) and small bodies. 
Heliophysics has a large and active international community, with significant expertise and heritage in the European Space Agency and Europe. 

The ESA Heliophysics Working Group acts as a focus for discussion, inside ESA, of the scientific interests of the Heliophysics community, including the European ground-based community and data archiving activities.

The  ESA Heliophysics Working Group has organised the meeting ‘Heliophysics in Europe’ to improve communication between the European Heliophysics community and the various ESA directorates involved. The meeting will highlight opportunities existing in those directorates, but also look to identify synergies spanning directorates and possible future coordination efforts. 
Areas of mutual interest already identified include archiving, data formats and discoverability, as well as improved connection to the modelling and ground-based community. 
The focus will not be on specific missions, or regions or bodies in the solar system, but in terms of Heliophysics phenomena and processes that cut across ESA.
This will allow better connection of all parts of the Heliophysics community (as described above) to all relevant parts of ESA and vice versa. The meeting will be split into the following sessions, each with dedicated discussion sections and posters.
Session 1: ESA Heliophysics activities
Session 2: Building Bridges in Heliophysics: open questions, missing observations, measurements, models, and investigative techniques
Session 3: Building a European Heliophysics network and community hub
Session 4: Workshop Reporting, Summary, SWOT discussion and next steps

The meeting will run from lunchtime on monday 30 October to lunchtime on Friday 3 November 2023 and will have online connectivity.

Registration is open (free) and abstract submission, deadline 15 September 2023.
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esa-heliophysics/heliophysics-in-europe-2023


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MEETING: Abstract Deadline of 23 June 2023 for the “UK Space Weather & Space Environment Meeting I: Transitioning from the SWIMMR Space-Weather Programme” -- Final Reminder

From: Mario M. Bisi (Mario.Bisi at stfc.ac.uk)

Dear Colleagues.

This is the final reminder for abstract submissions to our upcoming “UK Space Weather & Space Environment Meeting I: Transitioning from the SWIMMR Space-Weather Programme” (12-15 September 2023) which also has an early-bird deadline of 10 July 2023 before the prices increase in stages until registration closes on 04 September 2023.

The final abstract-submission deadline is 22:59:59UT on Friday 23 June 2023 – this is the only extension so please ensure you submit by this new deadline.  You are able to submit more than one abstract if you wish.

Abstracts can be up to 300 words in plain text only.  The submitting author does not have to be the presenting author.  There is an expectation that by submitting an abstract, the presenting author will go on to register (including making payment) and subsequently travel to Cardiff to present at the meeting.  You can submit your abstract(s) for an oral or a poster preference, but please note that this is just a preference, and the organisers reserve the right to change the presentation type when trying to make-up and balance the overall programme.  There is scope for multiple parallel sessions.

The meeting is open to the world, and indeed we encourage international involvements and collaborations.

Please see: https://iop.eventsair.com/ukswse2023/ for all meeting details including the abstract submissions, registration, and venue details.

We look forward to welcoming you at the Leonardo Hotel in Cardiff, Wales, in September.

Best wishes,

Mario.

On behalf of the Founding Organising Committee:
- Mario M. Bisi (UKRI STFC RAL Space)
- Claire Garland (IOP)
- Mark Gibbs (Met Office)
- Ian W. McCrea (UKRI STFC RAL Space)
- Simon Machin (Met Office)


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Cold-Plasma Seminar Series

From: Justin Holmes, Gian Luca Delzanno, Pedro Resendiz Lira (jcholmes at lanl.gov)

Please join us for the Cold-Plasma Seminar series taking place on June 21st, 2023. The seminar will be held online via Webex. The Webex link will be made available prior each seminar on our website at:
https://www.lanl.gov/org/ddste/aldsc/theoretical/applied-mathematics-plasma-physics/cold-plasma-seminars.php

You can also join the distribution mailing list by contacting Gian Luca Delzanno (delzanno at lanl.gov).

The speaker is Yuri Shprits from GFZ-Potsdam:

Speaker: Yuri Shprits, GFZ-Potsdam:
Title: Controlling Effect of Cold Plasma on Acceleration of the Radiation Belt Electrons to Ultra-Relativistic Energies
Date: June 21st, 2023
Time: 12 PM - 1 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 4-5 PM Universal Time Coordinated, 6-7 PM Central European Time.


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Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

From: Kyle Murphy (kylemurphy.spacephys at gmail.com)

We invite you to join us Mondays at 12 pm eastern for the weekly Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series.

On Monday June 19 Shannon Killey will discuss Diagnosing relativistic electron distributions in the Van Allen radiation belts using machine learning and Jürgen Matzka will discuss Kp and the new hourly and half-hourly Kp-like geomagnetic Hpo indices. 

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. 

On June 26 Jeremiah Johnson will discuss AuroraClick: Citizen Science and the Development of a Massive Machine Learning-Ready  Auroral Image Database.

Add your name to the mailing list here - https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/mail-list.html


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International EISCAT Radar School - A Few Places Left! 

From: Thomas Ulich (thomas.ulich at sgo.fi)

Dear Colleagues,

Due to some cancellations, there are still a few places left in the International EISCAT Radar School (Mon-Fri 14-18 August 2023 at Kilpisjärvi, Finland)  and the registration page will now stay open until the places are taken: https://www.sgo.fi/Events/RS2023/

This year, the EISCAT Scientific Association plans to take the new phased-array EISCAT_3D radar into use gradually: the transmit-receive site in Skibotn, Norway, and the remote receiver sites at Kaiseniemi (Sweden) and Karesuvanto (Finland) are being deployed since last autumn.

Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory (SGO) in close collaboration with EISCAT, will run a training course for new users of the EISCAT radars, from 14th to 19th August 2023 (Monday to Saturday): The International EISCAT Radar School will be held at Kilpisjärvi, Finland, close to the Skibotn site in Norway.

For more information please visit https://www.sgo.fi/Events/RS2023/. Prices are updated and draft lecture timetable are now on-line. Please note that we do not provide funding for individual participants, all our funding goes into making the school as low-cost as possible for everyone.

Please forward this message to anyone you might think is interested. Thank you!

All the best from Sodankylä,

Thomas Ulich


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IMAGE-FUV and THEMIS-GBO Observations

From: Harald Frey (HFREY at SSL.BERKELEY.EDU)

The IMAGE Far-Ultraviolet Instrument (FUV) operated from May 2000 to December 2005 and made valuable observations of the global aurora. The proton aurora channel SI12 specifically was very successful observing the Doppler-shifted component of the hydrogen Lyman-alpha emission generated by precipitating energetic protons, the proton aurora. I now share my personal list of observed proton aurora phenomena with dates and times. The aurora is specifically characterized as northward IMF cusp aurora, southward IMF cusp aurora, subauroral proton flashes or dayside detached aurora, afternoon detached arc or Q-aurora, subauroral proton spots, evening co-rotating patches, polar cap arc or theta-aurora, Kelvin-Helmholtz at midnight, and many others. Details about many of those phenomena can be found in https://doi.org/10.1029/2005RG000174. The file si12_things.txt also contains information when FAST or DMSP crossed above the aurora and it can be found at 

ftp://apollo.ssl.berkeley.edu/pub/ago96/image/observations/

The same directory also contains the file substorms_2000_2005.log with substorm onset observations by IMAGE. Those observations were the basis of the publications https://doi.org/10.1029/2004JA010607 and https://ics8.ca/proc_files/frey.pdf.

Finally, the directory also contains the lists of substorm observations by the THEMIS Ground-Based Observatory all-sky imagers during the winters 2007, 2008, and 2009.


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JOB OPENING: Program Scientist Positions at NASA HQ

From: Simon Plunkett (simon.p.plunkett at nasa.gov)

The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA Headquarters is seeking candidates to serve as a Program Scientists within multiple organizations. These positions may be located in the Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, Biological and Physical Sciences, and Astrophysics Divisions, the Exploration Science Strategy & Integration Office, Front Office, and/or other SMD program offices. Duties range from overseeing research programs, reviewing proposals, and leading research with academia and industry. 

Title: Program Scientist (AST Science Program Management)
Grade: GS-1301-14/15

Major Duties of the position:

• Plans, directs, and leads the integration of cross functional scientific programs in various technical disciplines.
• Implements balanced programs across the breadth of a science portfolio within technological, scientific, budgetary, and programmatic constraints.
• Oversees research and analysis programs for peer reviews to include the development, solicitation, and evaluating scientific merit proposals.
• Develops recommendations to management for selections that integrate peer review and programmatic considerations, initiates and monitors research contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements.
• Provides innovative and implementable solutions that are strategic and tactical, and in alignment with the priorities of NASA, and national guidance.
• Communicates, engages, and builds consensus with multiple stakeholders, including the scientific community, external advisory committees, senior NASA leaders, interagency and international partners, and programs and projects at NASA Centers.
• Manages multiple and competing responsibilities using effective time management and organizational skills.
• Actively promotes diversity and inclusiveness, within NASA appointed teams and committees, and within the science community.. 

Application Process
The job announcement will open for applications at https://USAJobs.gov/ on Thursday, June 22, and will close on Wednesday, June 28. The announcement number will be HQ-23-DE-11986063-DS.

This will be a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) announcement through https://www.USAJOBS.gov/, so it will only be open for 5 workdays. The short period that the announcement is open is due to the type of hiring authority, which streamlines the hiring process and assists with rapidly filling competitive positions. It is not a reflection of the openness of the position. This competitive announcement will be open to all U.S. Citizens and Status candidates.

Advance notice of the vacancy is being provided to allow interested candidates to prepare. In order to apply for this position, you will only need to (i) submit your resume and (ii) answer the screening questions and supplemental information through USAJOBS. 


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position at Andrews University

From: Jay Johnson (jrj at andrews.edu)

A Postdoctoral position is available at Andrews University to do research in space physics.  We currently have research projects to study wide ranging phenomena at the Sun and planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres, including KH instabilities, solar wind-magnetosphere coupling, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, ionospheric scintillations, solar cycle and flare dynamics, plasma transport and circulation in the magnetospheres of the Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn.  Our research is characterized by strong integration of theory, modeling, and observations.  We have been applying advanced statistical techniques and data analytics such as information theory in many of our studies.  We are seeking a Post-Doctoral fellow with background and interests in theory, modeling, and/or data analysis in any of the above topics. Please email inquiries and application package (CV, cover letter, references) to Prof. Jay Johnson at jrj at andrews.edu.  The work location is at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, but remote work is also possible.  Our group provides a supportive environment for young scientists to thrive.  Andrews University fully supports and embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion.  Women and under-represented minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.  


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