[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXXI, Issue 1

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXXI, Issue 1
Jan.07,2024

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Table of Contents

1. AOGS2024 Extends Abstract Submission Deadline to January 10

2. MEETING: Joint Parker Solar Probe/FIELDS and Solar Orbiter/RPW Workshop

3. MEETING: DKIST/Parker Solar Probe/Solar Orbiter Joint Meeting April 9-12, 2024 | San Antonio, Texas, USA Deadline Postponed

4. SESSION: URSI AT-RASC Session H03 on Machine Learning and Space Plasmas

5. Next SHIELD Webinar: "Queer Eye for Space Science"; Friday, Jan. 19th, 2024, 2pm ET 

6. SCOSTEP/PRESTO Online Seminar by Professor Xianglei Huang, February 2024

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

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


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AOGS2024 Extends Abstract Submission Deadline to January 10

From: Editor (editor at igpp.ucla.edu)

AOGS2024: 21st AOGS Annual Meeting
June 23-28, 2024
Alpensia Resort and YongPyong Resort, Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, Home to Winter Olympics, South Korea
Meeting website: https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2024/public.asp?page=home.asp
Abstract submission website: https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2024/public.asp?page=submit_abstract.asp

AOGS2024 will continue to accept abstracts through Wednesday 10 January 2024 (23:59 GMT+8). Each submitting author can send in up to two abstracts.

The SPA Newsletter on December 22, 2023 contains lists of sessions related to space physics and aeronomy, and is accessible at http://lists.igpp.ucla.edu/pipermail/spa/2023-December/000629.html.


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MEETING: Joint Parker Solar Probe/FIELDS and Solar Orbiter/RPW Workshop

From: Thierry Dudok de Wit (ddwit at cnrs-orleans.fr)

We welcome you to a joint meeting of the Parker Solar Probe/FIELDS and Solar Orbiter/RPW consortia on February 26-29 in Orléans, France. The workshop is open to all members of the Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe communities. We invite in-person contributed talks on all topics related to solar wind and heliospheric physics, with a focus on joint/multipoint  observations in the inner heliosphere. Remote participation will be possible, but not for giving talks.

The meeting will be held in the city of Orléans, which is conveniently located 1 hour south of Paris by train. More information about the program, accommodations, and location can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/jointrpwfields.

There is no registration fee, but registration is mandatory for access to the venue and the conference dinner. Please register and submit your (short) abstract by January 26 using this link: https://forms.gle/T2uvZZgFT1fQSfzS6


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MEETING: DKIST/Parker Solar Probe/Solar Orbiter Joint Meeting April 9-12, 2024 | San Antonio, Texas, USA Deadline Postponed

From: Alessandro Liberatore, Michelle Valero, Stefano Livi (alessandro.liberatore at jpl.nasa.gov)

This is an update announcement for the upcoming DKIST/PSP/SO Joint Meeting.

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), the NASA Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission team, and the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter (SO) mission team are pleased to announce the first DKIST/PSP/SO Joint Meeting in San Antonio, Texas on 09-12 April 2024. In-person participation is encouraged (virtual participation is possible).

The goal of the meeting is to share and discuss recent discoveries, theories and results obtained with these new solar observatories, and improve communication and synergies between teams. The scientific program is divided into separate sessions, from the Origin of the Solar Wind and the Heliospheric Magnetic Field, to the Evolution of plasma and magnetic field in the solar atmosphere, passing through Solar Transients and Heliospheric Variability, Particle phenomena,  etc… A hands-on data analysis session will be held on the first day of the meeting.

Abstracts from the solar, heliospheric, and space plasma physics communities involving theory, simulations, in-situ and remote sensing data analysis, and observations with both ground-based and space-based observatories are encouraged. Registration and abstract submission is now open.

Note: A total solar eclipse will occur in the San Antonio area on April 08, 2024, at 01:32 p.m. CDT (the day before the meeting). The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) is organizing a trip to observe the eclipse for all the interested attendees. For further information, visit: https://eclipse2024sa.com/

Important Information
- All attendees (virtual and in-person) must register in order to attend the conference.
- All attendees interested in the organized eclipse day trip can select the proper options during the registration process.

Important Dates
NEW Registration deadline: January 18, 2024. After that day, it will be only possible to register for $150/day for each of the three days of the meeting.
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 31, 2024
Talk/Poster Decisions: Announced March 01, 2024

Conference Fees
In-Person: $450.00
Accompanying Person: $150.00
For further information, visit: https://eclipse2024sa.com/Registration

For further information, questions, and suggestions, please contact:
Alessandro Liberatore (SOC, alessandro.liberatore at jpl.nasa.gov)
Michelle Valero (LOC, michelle.valero at swri.org)
Stefano Livi (SOC/LOC, slivi at swri.org)


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SESSION: URSI AT-RASC Session H03 on Machine Learning and Space Plasmas

From: Drew Turner, Savvas Raptis, David Malaspina (drew.turner at jhuapl.edu)

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

Dear esteemed colleagues,

Please consider contributing your research to our session on machine learning in space plasmas at the upcoming URSI AT-RASC meeting, which is being held in Gran Canaria on 19-24 May 2024. A description of the session is included below.  Abstracts are due on 20 January 2024.

The conference website and abstract submission site are available here: https://www.atrasc.com/home.php

Session ID: H03
Machine learning techniques and applications to wave-particle interaction processes in space plasmas

Session Organizers:
Drew Turner (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, USA), 
Savvas Raptis (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, USA), 
David Malaspina (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
Contact: Drew.Turner[at]jhuapl.edu

Description:   
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.


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Next SHIELD Webinar: "Queer Eye for Space Science"; Friday, Jan. 19th, 2024, 2pm ET 

From: Nick Gross (gross at bu.edu)

Join us for the next SHIELD Webinar: Queer Eye for Space Science
Friday, Jan. 19th, 2024, 2pm ET 

The value of diversity within a scientific team is well documented. Team members with different backgrounds and experiences bring different perspectives to the problems and challenges faced by the team. This webinar will bring together 3 space scientists who are also members of the LGBTQ+ community to discuss how being queer influenced their trajectory and made their science a richer experience. We will discuss their personal trajectories, mentorships, and aspects such as - did being queer make them do or have a different approach to exploring scientific questions. As usual with our webinars, we will have an unguarded frank conversation and will be open to the audience for questions.

Panelist include:
Merav Opher (she/her), Professor in the Astronomy Department at Boston University.
Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín (they/he) Planetary Scientist at JHU Applied Physics Lab 
Jaye Verniero (they/he); Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. 
For more information: https://shielddrivecenter.com/shield-webinars/


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SCOSTEP/PRESTO Online Seminar by Professor Xianglei Huang, February 2024

From: Odele Coddington (odele.coddington at lasp.colorado.edu), PRESTO Co-Chair

Dear colleagues,

Best wishes for the new year.
We are pleased to announce that the SCOSTEP/PRESTO Online Seminar by Professor Xianglei Huang will be held online on February 13, 2024, as detailed below. To join the seminar, please register via the following zoom address.

19th SCOSTEP/PRESTO Online Seminar

Title: Response of High-latitude Surface Climate to the Variation of Solar Spectral Irradiance: sensitivity studies for a Bottom-up Mechanism
Speaker: Professor Xianglei Huang
Affiliation: University of Michigan, USA
Date/time: February 13, 2024, 22:00-23:00 UT (17:00-18:00 EST)
Zoom Registration URL (Register in advance for this webinar):
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OT2LXdKtQxq9_zLea-vMkg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Abstract:

Not only total solar irradiance (TSI) but also spectral solar irradiance (SSI) matter for our climate. On top of spectrally dependent gas absorptions in the atmosphere, different surfaces can have different reflectivity for the visible (VIS) and near-infrared (NIR). The TSI observed by the most recent NASA SSI monitoring mission, TSIS-1, differs from the counterpart used by the CMIP6 climate models by no more than 1 W m−2; however, the SSI difference in a given VIS band (e.g., 0.44–0.63 μm) and NIR band (e.g., 0.78–1.24 μm) can be as large as 4 W m−2 but with opposite signs. We recently showed that such a difference in the spectral partitioning of TSI can cause noticeable differences in the simulated high-latitude surface climate. Using the CESM 2.1.3, we continue this line of research to understand the underlying physical mechanisms for the SSI partitioning to affect the simulated climate. We carried out a series of sensitivity runs by varying the partitioning between the VIS and NIR SSI while keeping the TSI unchanged. Radiative kernels are used to diagnose radiative feedback in response to such configuration (i.e., the different partitioning configurations of the VIS and NIR SSI). Our results show that the surface albedo feedbacks derived from different sensitivity runs are consistent regarding the magnitude and the spatial map. However, the hemispherical averaged broadband albedo changes little throughout all the sensitivity runs. The implications of our findings on future climate-change projection and paleoclimate studies are then discussed.


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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://urldefense.com/v3/__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__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!Xzl4mJt53qAyZ3Vv-guG6h8OVNLmFvhtRUlit6BhXz4ayQq2U4JAz92cb8NAZ6zMPk1ESSlouuBIDRysH6GU$
Or, go to https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.rcuh.com__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!Xzl4mJt53qAyZ3Vv-guG6h8OVNLmFvhtRUlit6BhXz4ayQq2U4JAz92cb8NAZ6zMPk1ESSlouuBIDe1Q-yod$  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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