[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXXI, Issue 17

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXXI, Issue 17
Mar.05,2024

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Table of Contents

1. MEETING: Extension of Application Deadline for the United Nations/Germany Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI): Preparing for the Solar Maximum, 10 – 14 June 2024 – New Deadline: March 15, 2024

2. MEETING: COSPAR-IRI-2024 Workshop in Kenya, Sep 2-13, 2024

3. MEETING: VERSIM 2024 -- First Announcement

4. GeoDAWG Seminar Series

5. 2024 Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) Summer School - Apply Now!

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


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MEETING: Extension of Application Deadline for the United Nations/Germany Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI): Preparing for the Solar Maximum, 10 – 14 June 2024 – New Deadline: March 15, 2024

From: Nat Gopalswamy (natchimuthuk.gopalswamy-1 at nasa.gov), Daniela Banyś (Daniela.Banys at dlr.de), Sharafat Gadimova (sharafat.gadimova at un.org) [Conveners], and Shing Fung (shing.f.fung at nasa.gov) [SOC Chair]

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs is pleased to announce that the online application for the United Nations/Germany Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI): Preparing for the Solar Maximum, 10 – 14 June 2024, Neustrelitz, Germany is now open on the website of the Office at: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/psa/schedule/2024/2024-iswi-workshop.html

Direct link to the online application (Deadline: 15 March 2024): https://forms.office.com/e/NJCqzpzDiZ 

Travel support request can be submitted during the application process. Abstract submission template will be included in registration confirmation email. There is no application or registration fee.


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MEETING: COSPAR-IRI-2024 Workshop in Kenya, Sep 2-13, 2024

From: Dieter Bilitza, Joseph Olwendo (dbilitza at gmu.edu)

The 2024 International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) Workshop will take place in Kilifi, Kenya from September 2 to 13, 2024. The 2-week workshop is supported under the COSPAR Capacity-Building Workshop program and consists of student-oriented lectures and tutorials during the first week followed by the IRI science meeting in the second week. The first week activities will introduce graduate students and young researchers to the basics of ionospheric monitoring and modeling and related online resources. The students will work on specific modeling problems in small groups and report their results at the end of the second week to the full IRI workshop audience. The second week (9-13 September) will be organized as a regular IRI workshop with oral and poster presentations on the topic of ‘Modeling the Ionosphere over Africa and Improvements of the International Reference Ionosphere’. Presentations on general IRI-related topics are also welcome including new data sources and improvements and new additions for the IRI model. Of special interest are applications of the IRI model in all areas of technology, science and education. 

Kilifi is located on the Indian ocean coast (Pwani is Swahili for Coast) between the bigger cities of Mombasa (2nd largest in Kenya) in the South and Malindi in the North. The workshop participants can either fly directly to Mombasa from European hubs or via Nairobi. There are flights with Kenyan Airways almost every hour from Narobi to Mombasa. The LOC will work with a local company to arrange the pick-up of participants from the Mombasa airport once or twice a day. The drive to Kilifi is about 1.5 hours.

The workshop is supported by COSPAR, the Kenya Space Agency (KSA), Pwani University, URSI, and SCOSTEP. Organizing Committee: Joseph Olwendo (Pwani University), Andrew Nyawade (Kenya Space Agency), Dieter Bilitza (George Mason University), Paul Baki (Technical University, Nairobi), Antony Kiroe (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya), John Bosco Habarulema (South African National Space Agency), Rose Gigathi (Pwani University), Makhoha Were (Kenya Space Agency).
DEADLINE for submission of ABSTRACTS is May 15, 2024.

Students and Young Researchers are encouraged to apply for financial support. Living expenses and partial travel support will be provided for up to 35 competitively selected students and young researchers. DEADLINE for FINANCIAL SUPPORT APPLICATIONS is April 30, 2024.
The workshop website is at https://iri2024.pu.ac.ke/sources/. If you have questions, please contact Dieter Bilitza <dbilitza at gmu.edu> or Joseph Olwendo <j.olwendo at pu.ac.ke>.
The IRI homepage is at http://irimodel.org.


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MEETING: VERSIM 2024 -- First Announcement

From: Robert Marshall (robert.marshall at colorado.edu)

The 11th VERSIM Workshop will be held September 30 - October 4, 2024, in Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. 

The VLF and ELF Remote Sensing of Ionospheres and Magnetospheres (VERSIM) international community studies the behavior of the magnetosphere and ionosphere by means of ELF and VLF radio waves, both naturally and artificially generated. Since 2004, VERSIM workshops have been held every two years in unique international locations. They are the occasion to present and discuss recent results and new techniques, and encourage collaboration within the space physics community.

The 11th VERSIM Workshop will solicit papers discussing recent results and ongoing research related to:

i) VLF and ELF wave propagation in the ionosphere and magnetosphere; 
ii) wave-particle interactions; 
iii) wave-induced particle precipitation;
iv) results of recent space missions;
v) simulations, data assimilation and machine learning applications;
vi) waves in other magnetospheres; and
vii) active experiments in space and laboratory plasmas.

Contributions in other related areas are also more than welcome.

Breckenridge, Colorado, is one of Colorado’s most famous mountain towns. While skiing will not have started yet, the first week of October is the peak of “fall colors” in the Colorado mountains. Less than two hours drive from the Denver International Airport, Breckenridge and the surrounding area are a key destination for outdoor enthusiasts year-round. An excursion will be planned to take advantage of this unique time in the Colorado mountains.

Details on the conference organization, location, travel, and more are available at https://ccar.colorado.edu/versim2024/; the website will be updated as details are finalized. The website will also serve as the registration and abstract submission portal. Abstracts are due May 31, 2024, and early bird registration closes July 31, 2024. 

We hope to see you in Breckenridge!

VERSIM 2024 quasi-Local Organizing Committee
Robert A. Marshall, University of Colorado Boulder
Allison Jaynes, University of Iowa
Mark Golkowski, University of Colorado Denver
Poorya Hosseini, West Virginia University


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GeoDAWG Seminar Series

From: Tomoko Matsuo, David Themens, Anthony Sciola, Adam Michael (adam.michael at jhuapl.edu)

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to attend the monthly seminar series of the IAGA “Geospace Data Assimilation Working Group” (GeoDAWG). GeoDAWG’s purpose is to provide a forum to aid in the discussion of data assimilative modeling methods across the geospace sciences. More information can be found on our website: https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/home

Seminars are held virtually at 11 am Eastern Time on the first Tuesday of every month. 

The next seminar will be on March 5th by Ludger Scherliess titled “Data Assimilation for the Ionosphere.”

A link to join the seminar via Zoom can be found on the GeoDAWG website: https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/seminars, along with the current GeoDAWG seminar schedule.

You can request to join our mailing list, https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/mailing-list, if you would like to receive our regular newsletter where we share research highlights and information relevant to the community.

Speaker suggestions or questions can be also submitted online: https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/contact-us, or you can email us directly at iaga.geodawg at gmail.com


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2024 Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) Summer School - Apply Now!

From: Andrey Krywonos (krywonos at ucf.edu)

The 2024 Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) Summer School application deadline of March 21st is approaching fast.

Additional details about the school and application process can be found at the school website: https://amisr.com/school

This year’s school is being held at Boston University during July 22-27, 2024. The summer school’s goal is to train students in the theory and concepts of incoherent scatter radar and allows for hands-on opportunities to design and run experiments at ISR facilities. This year's school will focus on mid-latitude/subauroral observations using the Millstone Hill ISR, operated by MIT Haystack Observatory as a part of the NSF-supported Millstone Hill Geospace Facility. ISRs are the most powerful ground-based tools for ionospheric remote sensing with high temporal and altitudinal resolution. ISR data sets include measurements of electron density, electron and ion temperatures, and plasma drifts, with the possibility of further derived parameters.

Interested graduate/advanced undergraduate students are encouraged to apply. Those candidates who are selected for the 2024 ISR summer school and are enrolled at U.S. universities/institutions will receive travel support and accommodation to attend this event. Self-funded students from institutions in other countries may also apply.

Notice of acceptance will be sent to participants by March 29, 2024.

The 2024 ISR summer school is funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Geospace Facilities Program within the Geosciences Directorate, and is organized by the University of Central Florida.


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