[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXX, Issue 59

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXX, Issue 59
Oct.30,2023

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Table of Contents

1. Student and Early Career Mixer at AGU

2. Heliophysics Coalition Action Network

3. Announcement of Upcoming NASA Heliophysics Advisory Committee Meeting

4. ASO-S Guest Investigator Program Call 2024

5. MEETING: Next Generation Solar Wind Machine Workshop

6. Call for Papers: Special Topic "The Loss and Acceleration Mechanisms of Energetic Electrons in the Earth's Outer Radiation Belt", Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

7. JOB OPENING: Open Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach campus

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

9. JOB OPENING: Planetary Astronomer/Computer Scientist - Southwest Research Institute

10. JOB OPENING: Research or Associate Scientist in Ionospheric Data Assimilation at CIRES CU Boulder/NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

11. JOB OPENING: Ph.D. Student in Numerical Modeling of Space Plasmas (Laboratory of Plasma Physics, Paris, France)

12. SCOSTEP/PRESTO Newsletter OCT. 2023 (vol.37)

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


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Student and Early Career Mixer at AGU

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

All student and early career members are encouraged to attend the Space Physics and Aeronomy Student and Early Career Mixer that will be the Monday evening of AGU. When you register, during the “add events” step, you can add a ticket ($5 for students and $15 for others). If you’ve already registered, you can go back and add events until November 2. If needed, you can filter the events by “section events” to make it easier to find. You’ll have a chance to meet the SPA executive committee and agency representatives as well as meet other students and early career members of the field.


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Heliophysics Coalition Action Network

From: Ian Cohen, Gordon Emslie (Ian.Cohen at jhuapl.edu)

Hello Solar and Space Physics Community Members,

The AAS/SPD Public Policy Committee and AGU/SPA Advocacy Committee continue to work together to monitor the situation regarding federal funding for NASA Heliophysics for FY24 and beyond, and to advocate for robust funding, both for this Division and for other agencies that support solar and space physics research. To aid in this effort, these committees have fostered the formation of the “Heliophysics Coalition,” a grassroots effort that aims to bring together institutions (both academic and other) across the solar and space physics community, to advocate to policymakers and stakeholders with a common and consistent voice. You may have seen information about these efforts at recent TESS, GEM, SHINE, and CEDAR meetings.

To further these efforts, and to enhance our engagement with, and participation from, the community, we are seeking to develop an Action Network of community members who would like to support these efforts. Members who volunteer for this Network may be asked to write brief letters to congress or on occasion help with a congressional in-person visit. (Funds to support the latter are available.)

If you are interested in helping to advocate for solar and space physics research, please fill out the survey below.
https://forms.gle/Ec1dbAq2q2qJ5pTC8

Cheers,
Ian Cohen, Chair, AGU/SPA Advocacy Committee
Gordon Emslie, Chair, AAS/SPD Public Policy Committee


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Announcement of Upcoming NASA Heliophysics Advisory Committee Meeting

From: Paul Cassak (Paul.Cassak at mail.wvu.edu)

The next meeting of the NASA Heliophysics Advisory Committee (HPAC) will take place November 14-16, 2023. The purpose of HPAC is to provide community advice to leadership of the Heliophysics Division, and is governed by Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) rules. The meeting has been announced in the Federal Register. The meetings are open to the public (remote attendance only for this meeting), and there are brief opportunities for members of the public to speak. 

The meeting will take place from 10am-5pm on Nov. 14, 9:30am-5pm on Nov. 15, and 9:30am-12pm on Nov. 16, all in Eastern time. Audio for the meeting is by telephone at 1-929-251-9612 or 1-415-527-5035 each day. Video is via WebEx; the link is https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=m2c166394b3bdd893949b1a410ce31f40, the meeting number is 2764 871 5032, and the password is pA6QJxWv at 83 (case sensitive; use 72675998 from phones and video systems) for each day.

Past activities of HPAC are available at the HPAC website:
https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/nac/science-advisory-committees/hpac. Connection information for the meeting and the full agenda will be updated there before the meeting.

Please let me know if you have questions about the above information.


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ASO-S Guest Investigator Program Call 2024

From: Ying Li (yingli at pmo.ac.cn)

Why: ASO-S, being the first comprehensive solar spacecraft in China, was successfully launched on October 9, 2022. After 6-month commissioning phase, the mission is now in scientific operation stage. The instruments onboard work mostly well (except coronagraph) and the data have been released to the community in April, 2023. In order to encourage the users to make use of the ASO-S data, enhance the scientific return, and promote closer international cooperation, ASO-S team releases now the ASO-S Guest Investigator Program (AGIP) to the worldwide solar community.

What: Each year AGIP could support up to 12 researchers, each of who is suggested to visit for 2-3 months the Science Operation and Data Center (SODC) of ASO-S at Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing. During this period of time, the visitors can perform independent researches or cooperated researches, based on or related to ASO-S data.

How: AGIP will support each guest investigator with a competitive allowance, in addition to the international travel fees and partial lodging assistance. Besides a resume, the intended applicants should write one to two pages for his/her research plan and the desired period of visit. We encourage applicants to provide a potential cooperator in the ASO-S team where appropriate. The submission time should be at least three months earlier than the proposed visit time, so that to leave enough time for preparations. The selection for the application is based mainly on the scientific merits, together with research experience and feasibility. Young students are also welcome. Normally we evaluate applications once by bimonthly, i.e., we inform the results within a maximum of two months. For the highly qualified applicants, we will inform the result within two weeks from receiving the applications. There is no application deadline for the initial two years till the end of 2024. Please send your application or enquiry to Dr. Weiqun Gan (current chief scientist of ASO-S) at wqgan at pmo.ac.cn.

Background material: The description on ASO-S can be found in Gan et al. 2023 (Solar Physics, 298:68). The ASO-S homepage is at http://aso-s.pmo.ac.cn/en_index.jsp, and the data, data download, analysis tools and guide can be found at http://aso-s.pmo.ac.cn/english/data/datapolicy.jsp.


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MEETING: Next Generation Solar Wind Machine Workshop

From: Seth Dorfman for the Solar Wind Machine Working Group (sethd at SpaceScience.org)

We are planning a workshop focused on a Next Generation Solar Wind Machine to isolate, control, and diagnose plasma phenomena responsible for the complex solar wind behavior.  The goal of the workshop will be to firm up physics targets and discuss diagnostics and machine design to move this idea closer to the proposal stage. Participants will submit short one-page white papers and/or posters discussing a physics, machine design, or diagnostics idea for the device.

The proposed dates are Thursday through Saturday April 18-20, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA immediately following the 2024 MagNetUS (http://magnetus.net) general meeting. If you are potentially interested in attending the workshop, please fill out this form by Wednesday, November 8th to help us figure out how big of a space we will need to reserve:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YSJ-Hwlvghs7C_FgvzZ0g10lzmiW1buh8BqIIrQWcTM/


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Call for Papers: Special Topic "The Loss and Acceleration Mechanisms of Energetic Electrons in the Earth's Outer Radiation Belt", Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

From: Chaoling Tang, Zheng Xiang, Hong Zhao, and Xu Liu (xu.liu1 at utdallas.edu)

We invite you to submit your original research and review papers to the research topic "The Loss and Acceleration Mechanisms of Energetic Electrons in the Earth's Outer Radiation Belt" of the Journal " Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences".

We welcome papers on radiation belts, including but not limited to (1) New features of plasma waves, (2) theoretical analysis, simulation, and observational evidence of non-linear wave-particle interactions, (3) evolution characteristics, bifurcation drift effect, transportation, loss, and acceleration of electron, (4) drivers, spatiotemporal dynamics, pathways, and impacts of the electron precipitation, and (5) Comparative studies about loss and acceleration mechanisms of electrons in the radiation belts of the Earth and other planets, etc.

Manuscript summary submission is due on Dec. 24, 2023. Manuscript submission is due on Apr. 24, 2024. For a detailed description of the research topic, please visit the website: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/60873/the-loss-and-acceleration-mechanisms-of-energetic-electrons-in-the-earths-outer-radiation-belt. 

If you have any questions, please contact Topic Editors Chaoling Tang (tcl at sdu.edu.cn), Zheng Xiang (xiangzheng at whu.edu.cn), Hong Zhao (zzh0054 at auburn.edu), and Xu Liu (xu.liu1 at utdallas.edu). We sincerely look forward to your contributions.


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JOB OPENING: Open Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach campus

From: Aroh Barjatya, John Hughes (barjatya at erau.edu)

The Department of Physical Sciences at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus invites applications for a Tenure-Track faculty position emphasizing space- or ground-based instrumentation and systems engineering in the areas of space, atmospheric, or astronomical sciences. This 9-month tenure track position may be at any rank: assistant through full professor.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in any related discipline and be available by August 15, 2024. The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to develop a productive and vigorous externally-funded research program as well as the enthusiasm and drive to teach and mentor both undergraduate and graduate students.

Applications are under consideration now and the position will remain open until filled. Depending on position availability and the applicant pool, multiple hires could be made.

To apply, please visit https://careers.erau.edu, click on the Career Search tab, and search for requisition R306671. A full application includes a cover letter, full CV, statements of teaching philosophy and research interests, as well as the names, telephone numbers and email addresses of at least three professional references. For more information on the position and department, please contact Dr. Aroh Barjatya, Search Committee Chair, at barjatya at erau.edu, or Dr. John Hughes, Department Chair, at john.hughes at erau.edu. 


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

From: Yoshi 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 a candidate who will promote the use of data obtained from the BepiColombo/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: 17 December, 2023 (08:00UTC)

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/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/koubo2023-9en.pdf


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JOB OPENING: Planetary Astronomer/Computer Scientist - Southwest Research Institute

From: Kurt Retherford (KRetherford at swri.edu)

Come help our team complete tasks on several planetary mission and/or space telescope spectroscopy programs. We intend to expand our team expertise in scientific computing, programming, and data analysis capabilities. The applicant will participate in NASA funded planetary research and analysis projects and/or observing programs; projects include Europa Clipper, JUICE, Juno, LRO, New Horizons, Cassini, HST, JWST, laboratory Raman/far-UV/mid-IR ices, and ground-based observations. See Job ID 15-01679


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JOB OPENING: Research or Associate Scientist in Ionospheric Data Assimilation 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 or Associate Scientist position at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). The successful applicant will work to advance SWPC’s ability to predict the dynamics and response of the ionosphere and atmosphere to space weather as it pertains to impacts on communication, navigation, and satellite drag applications.

The primary responsibilities will include the development, validation and operationalization of data assimilative models of the ionosphere and atmosphere for the advancement of SWPC’s space weather products and services. This applied research position will require an understanding of the needs and requirements for actionable space weather information, and to educate the operational user community about how they are affected by space weather. 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 the appropriate link:

Research Scientist: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail?jobId=52500

Associate Scientist: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail?jobId=52333

This position will remain posted until finalists have been identified. 


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JOB OPENING: Ph.D. Student in Numerical Modeling of Space Plasmas (Laboratory of Plasma Physics, Paris, France)

From: Nicolas Aunai (nicolas.aunai at lpp.polytechnique.fr)

The Laboratory of Plasma Physics is seeking candidates for a PhD thesis in numerical modeling of space plasmas. The position is funded for 3 years, for a start around October 2024.

The PhD project will focus on coupling fluid and kinetic solvers in the adaptive mesh hierarchy of the code PHARE http://github.com/phAREHUB/PHARE/, and use it to study the multiscale aspects of key plasma processes such as magnetic reconnection and shocks.

Work will take place at the Laboratory of Plasma Physics (LPP), at Ecole Polytechnique, nearby Paris, and at Sorbonne University, in Paris. The successful candidate will join the development team with researchers and HPC engineers. The ideal candidate is highly motivated for numerical modeling for plasma physics and a very strong interest and skill set in C++/Python development for HPC. Prior experience and contribution to open source projects is a strong asset.

Application should include:
a CV,
copies of academic transcripts,
links/copies of previously written reports/theses/publications,
a short (1 page) letter to explain the motivation for the project and demonstrate required skills in development. Links to existing open source contributions, GitHub profiles etc. are encouraged. 

Applications should be sent by email to: nicolas.aunai at lpp.polytechnique.fr and andrea.ciardi at obspm.fr 


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SCOSTEP/PRESTO Newsletter OCT. 2023 (vol.37)

From: Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa at nagoya-u.jp)

SCOSTEP/PRESTO Newsletter volume 37 (OCT 2023) has now been published.  The PDF file is available at 
https://scostep.org/resources/scostep-presto-newsletter-archive/
Below are the contents of this volume.  

Contents of SCOSTEP/PRESTO Newsletter OCT.2023 (Vol.37)

<Articles>
     1. SWATNet - Space Weather and Doctoral Degree in Marie Curie Network
     2. Application of Machine Learning to the Prediction and Understanding of Space Weather
     3. Comprehensive Study of Plasma Wave Fluctuations in the Inner Heliosphere: Towards DUWI Database Establishment

<Highlight on Young Scientists>
     1. Sovan Saha / India

＜Meeting Reports＞
     1. 16th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
         26-28 June 2023, Athens, Greece
     2. 3rd Iberian Space Science Summer School (i4s)
     3. The AGATA Kick-off Meeting
     4. International Colloquium on Equatorial and Low-Latitude Ionosphere (ICELLI)
     5. IMCP 2023 Space Weather School

<Upcoming Meetings>

＜Annoucement＞
     1. In Memoriam (Joe Haskell Allen)


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