[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXXI, Issue 19

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SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXXI, Issue 19
Mar.17,2024

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Table of Contents

1. Project Cielo  --  NASA Sounding Rocket Campaign in Peru Planned for 2028

2. ASO-S Guest Investigator Program Call 2024 (Extending to the End of 2025)

3. MEETING: Next Generation Solar Wind Machine Design Workshop: April 18-20, 2024, Los Angeles, CA

4. MEETING: PUNCH 5 Second Announcement

5. AGATA Mentoring Programme - Deadline Extended to 24 March 2024 to Attend the SCAR OSC

6. European Space Weather Week (ESWW): Session and TDM Call for ESWW2024 plus Announcement of Host City for ESWW2027

7. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

8. Online Cold Plasma Seminar

9. CALL FOR PAPERS: "Recent Discoveries in Substorm Research” JGR & GRL Special Collection

10. JOB OPENING: Research Engineer III / Instrument Scientist III at High Altitude Observatory

11. JOB OPENING: Space Physics Group - Princeton University

12. JOB OPENING: Senior Research Associate in Ionospheric Physics at Lancaster University

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


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Project Cielo  --  NASA Sounding Rocket Campaign in Peru Planned for 2028

From: David Hysell, Robert Pfaff, Esayas Shume (david.hysell at cornell.edu)

NASA is planning a sounding rocket campaign, Project Cielo, to be carried out at the Punta Lobos rocket range in Peru in 2028.  The rockets will be launched in coordination with the IGP’s Jicamarca incoherent scatter radar and other ground-based instruments.

A virtual “kick-off” campaign meeting will be held on March 26, 2024.   Please contact Mr. Max King, Campaign Manager, at Wallops:  maxim.c.king at nasa.gov, for the link if you would like to join the meeting. 

There will also be an in-person campaign meeting at CEDAR in San Diego, CA, during the week of June 10 where researchers can learn more about the campaign and discuss various research topics.  Attendance at these campaign meetings is for information purposes only and is not required to participate in the campaign.  We note that proposals for sounding rocket investigations are being solicited in this year’s NASA’s ROSES announcement of opportunity and are anticipated in next year’s ROSES announcement as well.

The NASA Sounding Rocket Campaign in Peru presents an opportunity to carry out preeminent scientific research in conjunction with the unique, world-renowned Jicamarca radar, partially funded by NSF.  The existing rocket range at Punta Lobos at the magnetic equator provides the critical geophysical location required to carry out the scientific investigations.  A white paper describing the motivation for the campaign may be found here:   

https://rscience.gsfc.nasa.gov/keydocs/PeruWhitePaperMarch31_2023.pdf

The Cielo Campaign in 2028 represents high priority, first class research and is greatly welcomed by the scientific community in both the United States and Peru.  

David Hysell
Cornell University
Campaign Scientist

Robert Pfaff
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Sounding Rocket Project Scientist

Esayas Shume
NASA Headquarters
Program Scientist


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ASO-S Guest Investigator Program Call 2024 (Extending to the End of 2025)

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 three years till the end of 2025. 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 early description on ASO-S could be found in Gan et al. (2019, RAA 19, 156; 2022, Nature Astron. 6, 165; 2023, Solar Physics 298, 68) and the special issue (2019, RAA 19) therein refereed as well as ASO-S collection in recent volumes on Solar Physics. The latest status of the mission can also be found at the ASO-S homepage of http://aso-s.pmo.ac.cn/en_index.jsp, and the tutorial material on the ASO-S data at http://aso-S.pmo.ac.cn/english/science/meeting/meeting-202304.jsp.


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MEETING: Next Generation Solar Wind Machine Design Workshop: April 18-20, 2024, Los Angeles, CA

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

Join us for a workshop to develop a Next Generation Solar Wind Machine to isolate, control, and diagnose plasma phenomena responsible for the complex solar wind behavior.  The future facility aims to help us address how the solar wind is accelerated, heated, and driven turbulent, important open questions in Heliophysics that are difficult to resolve using spacecraft missions and numerical simulations alone.

More information on the idea, as well as travel and logistical details for the April 18-20, 2024 workshop may be found on the workshop website: https://swim24.pa.ucla.edu/

The early registration deadline is *TODAY.*
The deadline to sign-up to pitch an idea at the workshop is *March 31st, 2024.*

Come join the discussion on the physics targets and machine design that will guide the next generation of cutting-edge Heliophysics in the laboratory!


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MEETING: PUNCH 5 Second Announcement

From: Sarah Gibson (sgibson at ucar.edu)

Abstract submission is now open for the fifth PUNCH (Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere) Science Meeting June 20-21, 2024 in Boulder, Colorado. Major science topics include the origin and evolution of the ambient solar wind and turbulence within it and the physics, tracking, and predictability of transient events including CMEs, CIRs, and shocks.

Meeting web page is https://cpaess.ucar.edu/meetings/punch-5-science-meeting
Abstracts due Friday, April 26, 2024 at midnight Mountain Standard Time (MST)
Register by Friday, May 31, 2024


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AGATA Mentoring Programme - Deadline Extended to 24 March 2024 to Attend the SCAR OSC

From: Wojciech Miloch (w.j.miloch at fys.uio.no)

This is a kind reminder that the abstract deadline for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference "Antarctic Science: Crossroads for a new hope", which will be held in Pucon, Chile 19-23 August 2024, is approaching fast:

Abstract deadline 18 March 23:59 UTC

We invite you to submit your contribution to the AGATA sponsored session "From atmosphere to geospace: collaborative efforts in the polar regions”.

https://www.scar2024.org/programme/parallel/

This is a dedicated session related to the objectives of the Antarctic Geospace and ATmosphere reseArch (AGATA) Programme Planning Group under SCAR . AGATA is a coordinated, worldwide effort to monitor, investigate and better understand the physics of the polar atmosphere, ionosphere, and the impact of the Sun-Earth interactions on the polar regions (https://scar.org/science/research-programmes/agata) 

Convenors of the session: Dr Manuel Bravo, Dr Lucilla Alfonsi, Dr Graciela Molina, Prof Wojciech J. Miloch, Dr Nicolas Bergeot

AGATA Mentoring Programme - deadline extended to 24 March 2024.

AGATA has started a mentoring programme for Early Career Scientists and graduate students (PhD level) whose research topics align with AGATA activities. AGATA mentoring programme aims to bring students and ECS together, provide them with guidance, and support their travel to the SCAR Open Science Conference. Successful applicants will actively participate in all AGATA activities at SCAR OSC including the AGATA business meeting, and also participate in the online workshops with a dedicated programme before the SCAR OSC. The goal is not only to create a network of young researchers, but also to write and submit collaborative scientific papers led by ECRs.

The candidates to the AGATA mentoring programme should be in the early stage of their career, either PhD students or up to 5 years after the PhD defence by the time of application deadline. Parental leaves, sick leaves etc. will be accounted for. Their research focus or research plan should be aligned with the objectives of the AGATA program.

AGATA mentoring programme can offer scholarships of up to 1000 EURO for covering justified travel expenses to SCAR OSC.

Applicants must submit an abstract to SCAR OSC session: "From atmosphere to geospace: collaborative efforts in the polar regions".

Applications must include:

- CV (max 4 pages)
- Motivation letter (max 1 page)
- Plan for the candidate's research under the umbrella of AGATA (max 1 page)
- Copy of abstract submitted to SCAR OSC (including proof of submission)
- Cost estimate of their travel to SCAR OSC and request for funding

Applications have to be send by email by the deadline of 24 March to the AGATA PSG leadership:

Lucilla Alfonsi: lucilla.alfonsi at ingv.it,
Wojciech Miloch: w.j.miloch at fys.uio.no,
Nicolas Bergeot: nicolas.bergeot at oma.be,

with the email subject: "AGATA Mentoring Programme”

Please spread the word. See you in Chile!

Best regards
Lucilla, Wojciech, Nicolas
on behalf of the session conveners


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European Space Weather Week (ESWW): Session and TDM Call for ESWW2024 plus Announcement of Host City for ESWW2027

From: Piers Jiggens (piers.jiggens at esa.int)

The European Space Weather Week (ESWW) conference is an excellent opportunity for people from all over the world to gather and discuss the most recent insights in space weather and in space climate, and to address the emerging challenges and impacts.

Science, data exploitation, observations, service development, operational models, engineering and industrial needs are all important aspects of space weather that are addressed. In line with this, the overarching theme for ESWW2024 in Coimbra (4th – 8th November 2024) is “20 years of expanding horizons, from fundamental science to protecting society”.

The ESWW2024 website can be found here:
https://esww2024.org
As in previous editions, the conference will be held in hybrid format.

One of the strengths of ESWW is that participants can contribute significantly to its content through parallel sessions, plenary sessions and Topical Discussion Meetings (TDM).

Parallel and plenary session submissions are open until Wed 27th March 2024 (inclusive).
Those interested in convening a session at ESWW2024 may submit a proposal in one of the following three formats:
 - Parallel Space Weather Research (SWR)
 - Parallel 100% Community-Driven (100CD)
 - Parallel Application Pipeline (APL)

Proponents of 100CD or APL sessions will have the opportunity to request the Programme Committee (PC) consider the promotion of their session to a plenary of 90 minutes fixed duration.

More detailed information and submission instructions can be found on the website:
https://esww2024.org/call-for-sessions/parallel-and-plenary-sessions/

A TDM aims at active and engaging participation and interaction between the participants. The participants work and discuss on a predefined theme or problem, ideally heading towards an outcome or target. TDMs at ESWW2024 will be 1 hour in duration and the call for convening TDMs is now open with a submission deadline of 10th April 2024 (inclusive).
https://esww2024.org/call-for-sessions/topical-discussion-meetings/

The PC strongly encourages those who have not previously proposed a session, to do so. In line with our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we welcome and encourage applications from conveners of all backgrounds, including but not limited to, different career stages, geographical locations, ability, genders, and ethnicities. The website will be updated with additional guidelines for sessions and TDMs in the coming days.

Additional events/meetings may be planned for the period preceding ESWW, more information I available here:
https://esww2024.org/call-for-sessions/additional-events-around-esww2024/

Recently the European Space Weather Week (ESWW) Programme Committee (PC) announced that the 2025 and 2026 editions of the conference will be held in Umeå, Sweden and Firenze, Italy respectively. The ESWW PC is now pleased to announce the selected host city for ESWW in 2027 is Dublin, Ireland. As with Sweden and Italy, Ireland has an active and prominent space weather community, and this will be the first occasion that it will be host the event.


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Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

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

On Monday March 18 Ian Mann will be discussing “RADICALS - The RADiation Impacts on Climate and Atmospheric Loss Satellite Mission” at 12 noon eastern. 

Harlan Spence will follow this on March 25 with a discussion of the the HelioSwarm Mission. 

The seminars will continue most Mondays at 12 noon easter. If you are interested in giving a seminar please contact us.

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. 

See previous talks here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlOK9mCmI3V111EHQRCuEQ


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Online Cold Plasma Seminar

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

Please join us for the Online Cold-Plasma Seminar series taking place on Wednesday, March 20th, 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).

Speaker: Noora Partamies, UNIS/University Centre in Svalbard:
Title: Pulsating aurora structure and evolution
Date: March 20th, 2024
Time: 10 AM Mountain time, 12 PM - 1 PM Eastern Time, 4-5 PM Universal Time Coordinated, 5-6 PM Central European Time.
Please note this takes place after setting clocks ahead for the beginning of Daylight Savings Time in the US! The times above should reflect that.


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CALL FOR PAPERS: "Recent Discoveries in Substorm Research” JGR & GRL Special Collection

From: Xu-Zhi Zhou, David Sibeck, Larry Lyons, Akimasa Ieda (xuzhi.zhou at gmail.com)

We are happy to announce that the JGR & GRL Special Collection on substorm research is now open for submission. The objective of this special collection is to report recent discoveries and progresses in our understanding of geomagnetic & auroral substorms, together with their consequences in the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupled system. We welcome submissions from the entire substorm community including but not limited to the attendees of the International Conference on Substorms 15 (ICS-15) meeting, which took place last October in Deqing, China. The special collection is due to close on 15 December, 2024. 

Details and submission instructions are available at the link below. 

Best regards,
Xu-Zhi Zhou, David Sibeck, Larry Lyons, and Akimasa Ieda

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/21699402/call-for-papers/si-2024-000181

Submission deadline: Sunday, 15 December 2024

The special collection calls for research articles and review articles addressing various aspects of auroral and geomagnetic substorms, including but not limited to substormassociated processes in the magnetotail, the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, substorm currents and dynamics, roles of plasma waves and instabilities in substorms, the consequence of substorms, storm-substorm relationships, and substorm-like processes in other planetary systems. The objective is to report recent discoveries and progresses in our understanding of this outstanding phenomenon and its consequences in the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupled system.

Recently, the 15th International Conference on Substorms (ICS-15) was held in Deqing, China during October 15-20, 2023. While we solicit papers from the ~80 attendees of the ICS-15 meeting, submissions from any scientists not participating in ICS-15 are also welcome in this special collection.

Topics for this call for papers include but not restricted to:

Auroral substorm
Geomagnetic substorm
Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
Magnetotail dynamics
Inner magnetospheric particle injection
Magnetotail current sheet
Magnetic reconnection
Substorm current wedge
Auroral oval
Substorm current wedge
Plasma waves and instabilities

Special Collection Organizers:

Xu-Zhi Zhou
School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
China

David Sibeck
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
United States

Larry Lyons
University of California Los Angeles
United States

Akimasa Ieda
Nagoya University
Japan

Submission Guidelines/Instructions

To submit your manuscript, use the submission site for JGR-Space Physics or Geophysical Research Letters and select the collection’s title from the drop down menu in the Special Collection field of the submission form.


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JOB OPENING: Research Engineer III / Instrument Scientist III at High Altitude Observatory

From: Holly Gilbert (hgilbert at ucar.edu)

The High Altitude Observatory (HAO) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder Colorado has an opening for an Instrumentation Scientist III position. This position designs and develops scientific instruments to study the Sun and applies analytical tools to study basic physical processes. Serves as Principal Investigator of the Coronal and Solar Magnetism Observatory (COSMO) Large Coronagraph, playing a leading role in developing and realizing the large coronagraph instrument as part of the future COSMO facility. 

The job location is in Boulder, Colorado. This is a full-time regular position after Appointments Review Group (ARG) approval. Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance are available for the position. Applications will be received until March 31, 2024 (with the possibility of an extension). 

Complete information on the job responsibilities/requirements and application are here: 

https://ucar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UCAR_Careers/details/Research-Engineer-III---Instrumentation-Scientist-III_REQ-2024-46-2


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JOB OPENING: Space Physics Group - Princeton University

From: Dan White (spacephyiscs at princeton.edu)

The Space Physics Group in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, anticipates offering one or more postdoctoral or more senior research positions in experimental/observational space physics.

The Space Physics Group conducts research in many aspects of space physics (aka heliophysics), with a strong emphasis on experimental and observational space plasma physics. Among others, the Group currently leads NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun (ISIS) instrument suite, and the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, in development for launch in 2025 to explore the details of particle acceleration and the Sun's interaction with the local interstellar medium. See https://spacephysics.princeton.edu/ for more information about the Space Physics Group at Princeton University.

The successful candidate(s) can play a major role in one or more of the following: 1) analysis and publication of Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) and other observations from IBEX, 2) analysis and publication of energetic particle observations from ISIS, 3) development of the experimental capability of the Group, and development of space flight instrumentation for IMAP, and 4) other funded space physics research in the Group. Preferred qualifications include having prior experience in the development of space flight instrumentation, analyzing ENA and/or energetic particle data, and the proven ability to lead/participate in the rapid development and publication of numerous excellent research articles. A Ph.D. in Space Physics or a related field is required. Appointments are for one year, renewable annually based on satisfactory performance and continued funding, with the expectation of up to three years. Positions are available regularly so that starting dates may be negotiated. 

Interested persons must apply online at https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/31021 and submit a curriculum vitae, cover letter, publication list, a brief statement of research interests, and provide contact information for three references. Letters of recommendation will also be handled through this site. Applications will continue to be accepted until positions are filled. For further inquiries, contact spacephysicsATprinceton.edu.

This is an in-person position as part of the Space Physics research group at Princeton University (not hybrid or remote)

These positions are subject to the University's background check policy. 

Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.


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JOB OPENING: Senior Research Associate in Ionospheric Physics at Lancaster University

From: Adrian Grocott (a.grocott at lancaster.ac.uk)

Lancaster University is pleased to offer a post-doctoral research position working on a NERC-funded project investigating the Drivers and Impacts of Ionospheric Variability (DRIIVE). In this role you will be based in the Space and Planetary Physics group within the Physics Department at Lancaster University's Bailrigg Campus and will join a large consortium of scientists spread across 10 UK institutes working to understand multiscale variability in the high latitude ionosphere. You will work with data from the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) and European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) radars to investigate the properties of medium scale travelling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs) and their possible geomagnetic and solar wind drivers.

Individuals with skills in data analysis and exploitation and a background in space physics, including ionospheric physics, are encouraged to apply. The post offers further opportunities to participate, engage, and benefit from training, professional development and knowledge exchange activities.

Lancaster University Physics is strongly committed to an inclusive work environment, which includes fostering diversity within its community as a source of excellence, cultural enrichment, and social strength. We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our department.

The post is currently funded until the end of March 2026, with the possibility of an extension. Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact Prof Adrian Grocott (a.grocott at lancaster.ac.uk) for further information about the position. Details of how to apply online can be found here: https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=0148-24.

Closing Date: 12 April 2024


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