[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXXI, Issue 31

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SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXXI, Issue 31
May.26,2024

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Table of Contents

1. MEETING: NASA EZIE Mission Second Science Workshop

2. SESSION: GEM 2024 Session "Hands-On training session on Data Analysis Techniques with TREx Array" -- Invitation

3. SESSION: GEM 2024 Focus Group Sessions on “Comparative Planetary Magnetospheric Processes”

4. SESSION: ESWW 2024 Session "Adverse Space Weather - the case of high energy Solar Energetic Particle events (CD5)" - Call for Abstracts

5. Call for Mentee Registration for GEMEE (GEM Encourage & Elevate) Mentoring Program 2024 due June 1, 2024

6. SABER NEW dataset: NO concentration

7. JOB OPENING: Solar Wind Physicist Position at the University of Colorado

8. JOB OPENING: Multiple Open Job Offers in a DFG Research Unit Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Plasmasphere, Thermosphere as a Coupled System (MIPT)

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


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MEETING: NASA EZIE Mission Second Science Workshop

From: Jesper Gjerloev (jesper.gjerloev at jhuapl.edu)

NASA EZIE Mission Second Science Workshop

The team behind the NASA Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission is excited to announce the first science workshop, scheduled to take place on September 25-27, 2024 at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory.

This workshop will provide a platform to delve into the intriguing topics of the structure and dynamics of the substorm current wedge, auroral electrojet, equatorial electrojet, 2D maps of the auroral electrojet, ability to separate spatial and temporal variations, and precise mesospheric neutral wind. 

It presents a wonderful opportunity to showcase your research to NASA scientists and experts from around the world.

The workshop will be a hybrid event, combining in-person and virtual participation, allowing for broader engagement. Best of all, there is no registration fee associated with attending the workshop.

Mark your calendars and prepare to be a part of this exciting scientific exchange at the NASA EZIE Mission Science Workshop. To register and for further details please visit the EZIE Science Workshop Webpage:

https://ezie.jhuapl.edu/science-workshops/Agenda/index.php?id=4&override=yes

About EZIE Mission:
EZIE is an innovative multi-satellite mission that images the magnetic fingerprint of intense electrical currents flowing in the upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere. EZIE will image the magnetic signature of the ionospheric electrojets using the Zeeman splitting of the O2 thermal emissions originating from around 80km altitude.  EZIE will reveal the structure and evolution of electrojets – a critical component of the vast electrical current system coupling the magnetosphere to the ionosphere and atmosphere. The launch window opens Oct 1 2024 – merely a few days after this workshop. 

Jesper Gjerloev, Sam Yee, Nelli Mosavi

Contact Us:  
Science Inquiries: Jesper.Gjerloev at jhuapl.edu
Programmatic Inquiries: Nelofar.Mosavi at jhuapl.edu


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SESSION: GEM 2024 Session "Hands-On training session on Data Analysis Techniques with TREx Array" -- Invitation

From: Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, Emma Spanswick, and Gareth Perry (bea.gallardolacourt at nasa.gov)

Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to announce an exciting collaboration between the MESO Nightside Transition Region (NTR) GEM Focus Group (FG) and the University of Calgary for GEM Summer Workshop 2024. Together, we are hosting a hands-on training session on data provider-supported tooling and techniques.

The training session aims to familiarize participants with the auroral imaging data obtained from the recently deployed Transition Region Explorer (TREx) array by the University of Calgary. As you begin to push the bounds of interpretation or analysis of instrument data, it is always advisable to connect with data providers who often have decades of experience developing the instruments you are utilizing. We aim to connect you with the experts so you can best leverage the power of ground-based data.

During the training session, attendees will have the opportunity to gain practical experience in data manipulation, visualization, and analysis. We will cover essential aspects such as data structure, loading procedures, and plotting techniques. The session is tailored for individuals working in IDL and Python programming languages. Before the training session, we will distribute crib sheets to participants to help them familiarize themselves with some basic concepts in advance. Additionally, we will establish a communication channel for participants to interact with each other and promote peer mentorship before, during, and after the training session. 

If you are attending GEM, we kindly encourage interested participants to register to ensure an enriching learning experience with personalized guidance from data experts. While walk-in attendees are welcome, please note that direct support from a data expert may not be guaranteed without prior registration.

Register to the training session: http://tinyurl.com/GEMNTR

Please don't hesitate to reach out to the FG chairs if you have any questions or comments.

Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, NASA/CUA
Emma Spanswick, University of Calgary
Gareth Perry, NJIT


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SESSION: GEM 2024 Focus Group Sessions on “Comparative Planetary Magnetospheric Processes”

From: Wen Li (wenli77 at bu.edu)

We’re excited to announce the general plans for the Focus Group (FG) on Comparative Planetary Magnetospheric Processes (COMP) at the upcoming GEM workshop. The workshop will be held from June 23th to June 28th, 2024 in Fort Collins, CO at the Hilton Fort Collins. 

There will be four sessions in total, consisting of two stand-alone sessions and two joint sessions to cover specific comparative topics. These will include one session joint with the magnetic reconnection (RX) FG and one with the radiation belt dynamics (RB) FG. We invite anyone interested to participate in our various sessions, and we highly encourage participation from the planetary magnetospheric community. In line with the community-wide effort to make GEM more workshop style, we will organize our sessions around topics that facilitate participation from all attendees. The exact themes covered in each session are still being finalized and will be shared soon. However, potential themes include, but are not limited to: cross-energy coupling of plasma and particles, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, magnetotail dynamics, solar wind vs. rotationally driven magnetospheres. 

Session schedule – all Mountain Time: 
1. Stand-alone: Tue 25 Jun 2024, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
2. Joint w/ RB: Tue 25 Jun 2024, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
3. Joint w/RX: Tue 25 Jun 2024, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
4. Stand-alone: Wed 26 Jun 2024, 10:30 am – 10:00 am

All attendees, including remote attendees, are required to register through the following GEM workshop website (https://gemworkshop.org/). The registration fee is free for remote attendees. The detailed agenda of our FG sessions will be posted through the following Wiki page later (https://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawiki/index.php/FG:_Comparative_Planetary_Magnetospheric_Processes).

If you are interested in presenting 3-slide short talk, please contact George Clark (george.clark at jhuapl.edu) and Wen Li (wenli77 at bu.edu) with your presentation title by June 19th. However, please note that time is limited, and we are prioritizing a workshop style format with open discussions. Therefore, it may be the case that not everyone who wishes to present will have time to.  Virtual participation will be accommodated whenever possible. 

We look forward to your involvement in this exciting GEM focus group! 

George Clark 
Wen Li 
Dan Gershman 
Peter Delamere 
Robert Marshall 
Shannon Curry 
Ryan Dewey 


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SESSION: ESWW 2024 Session "Adverse Space Weather - the case of high energy Solar Energetic Particle events (CD5)" - Call for Abstracts

From: Athanasios Papaioannou, Rami Vainio, Alexis P. Rouillard, Bernd Heber (atpapaio at astro.noa.gr)

Dear colleagues,

We would like to bring your attention to the (Community Driven) CD5 Parallel Session on the Adverse Space Weather - the case of high energy Solar Energetic Particle events that will take place at the upcoming ESWW2024 (https://esww2024.org/) from 4 - 8 November 2024 in Coimbra, Portugal.

Adverse space weather conditions and their consequences are challenging to predict. Very high-energy solar energetic particles (E>100 MeV protons) pose a considerable risk for astronaut’s lives, destroy satellite electronics and can reach crew and passengers in aircraft flying altitudes over the Poles. Despite the fact that such particles have been observed for decades from spacecraft and ground-based instruments (such as AMS-02, PAMELA and neutron monitors), the scarcity of measurements that would fill the gap in the energy spectral region from beyond the nominal science-grade spacecraft instrument capabilities up to that of ground-based recordings, still hampers our understanding and our capability to make accurate predictions. New missions and sophisticated techniques have massively expanded our capabilities, opening new possibilities to innovative approaches to analyze and model past events as well as develop novel predictive capabilities. Such efforts have been recently fostered by EU funding (SPEARHEAD, SOLER, SERPENTINE among others).

The goal of this session is to provide a forum for new and ongoing efforts bridging the gap between lower and high energies, facilitating space weather research and extending future predictive capabilities. We invite abstracts covering observations, models, and their combinations.
We look forward to contributions on:
 – energy spectra of very high-energy SEP events from beyond the nominal science-grade spacecraft instrument capabilities up to that of ground-based recordings;
 – combined measurements of very high-energy SEPs that bridge the energy gap (AMS-02, PAMELA, neutron monitors) ;
 – novel techniques to infer very high-energy observations from lower energy measurements;
 – applicability (of these measurements) into prediction chains of Space Weather conditions;
– usability (of such measurements) on open scientific questions on the acceleration, injection and transport of SEP events;

Abstract submission: https://esww2024.org/home/abstracts/ 
Deadline for oral submissions: June 6, 2024. 
Past this date, all submissions will only be considered for poster presentation


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Call for Mentee Registration for GEMEE (GEM Encourage & Elevate) Mentoring Program 2024 due June 1, 2024

From: Muhammad Fraz Bashir (frazbashir at epss.ucla.edu)

The GEM Encourage & Elevate (GEMEE) Mentoring Program was developed by the GEM Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee to encourage an intergenerational exchange of professional knowledge, expertise, skills, insights, and experiences with a goal of elevating career of future GEM scientists. For more information about GEMEE program visit the link https://gemworkshop.org/gemee/

If you want to participate as a mentee in the GEMEE mentoring program, please register no later than June 1st, 2024 

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/8girixQnsH1xJqZLA 
Mentee guidelines : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A5seHPwkFLO3Y3axrfxk8HAZjKY_ZLd4/edit. 

The list of registered mentors is also available at https://gemworkshop.org/gemee/ 

Mentees are expected to have at least two one-to-one meetings with their mentors: ~1 hour prior to GEM and ~1 hour during or within a month after the meeting. Also, mentees are encouraged to join an optional luncheon session for discussing several career agendas with mentors and mentees in a group setting.  

Mentor registration is closed on May 23, 2024. However, if you are interested in registering please do as earliest possible at https://forms.gle/55TexgkRsijbRfZE6

Please don’t hesitate to contact Muhammad Fraz Bashir (frazbashir at epss.ucla.edu) with any further questions.


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SABER NEW dataset: NO concentration

From: Ningchao Wang (nwang7 at gmu.edu)

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new SABER dataset, the NO concentration. This paper offers an in-depth overview of the newly released SABER NO concentration dataset along with the updated SABER NO cooling rate. The citation and link to the paper is:

Wang, N., Mlynczak, M. G., Emmert, J. T., López-Puertas, M., & Funke, B. (2024). Nitric oxide concentration: A new data set derived from SABER measurements. Earth and Space Science, 11, e2023EA003252. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EA003252

The dataset is accessible at: https://data.gats-inc.com/saber/Version2_0/SABER_NO/. 

Thanks to everyone for their continued interest in SABER. Should you have any inquiries regarding the new SABER NO data, please feel free to reach out to Dr. Martin Mlynczak (m.g.mlynczak at nasa.gov) or me (nwang7 at gmu.edu).

Ningchao Wang (George Mason University)


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JOB OPENING: Solar Wind Physicist Position at the University of Colorado

From: Paul Lotoaniu (paul.lotoaniu at noaa.gov)

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) has an immediate opening for a Research Scientist to join the CU-CIRES Space Weather group working within the space magnetic fields (MAG) team supporting NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Solar-Terrestrial Physics (STP) section on different NOAA/NASA spacecraft missions. The scientist will provide solar wind / heliophysics subject matter expertise, undertake solar wind scientific research, support spacecraft MAG instrument science efforts, work on MAG data product research-to-operations efforts and data product stewardship. We work on multiple satellite programs including the GOES-R mission series, the SWFO-L1 mission, SWFO-Next mission series, and solar sail concept mission studies.

A Ph.D. with emphasis on solar wind or heliophysics research is required. 

Please note that due to the requirement to access export-controlled data and information, only U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents (green cards), or other protected individuals (i.e., persons designated as an asylee, refugee, or a temporary resident under amnesty provisions) may apply to this position.

For more information and to apply please go to:
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/CIRES-NOAA-NCEI-Solar-Wind-Heliophysics-Physicist/56479

For questions, please contact the space magnetic fields (MAG) team lead: 
Dr. Paul Lotoaniu (paul.lotoaniu at noaa.gov) 


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JOB OPENING: Multiple Open Job Offers in a DFG Research Unit Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Plasmasphere, Thermosphere as a Coupled System (MIPT)

From: Yuri Shprits, Karina Wilgan (wilgan at gfz-potsdam.de)

The overarching science objective of the research unit is to better understand how the magnetosphere, ionosphere, plasmasphere, and thermosphere are coupled to each other. The complexity of this system, which covers altitudes from tens to tens of thousands of km and time scales from minutes to decades, requires an interdisciplinary team with specialists in different domains, expertise in modeling and observations, as well as established collaborative ties to the international community.

The Research Unit is planned for 4 years with a possible extension for another 4 years. We offer 6 (postdoc/PhD) positions, one for each project of the Research Unit at 5 Institutions: German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), University of Bonn (Uni Bonn), Technische Universität München (TUM), Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU), and German Aerospace Center (DLR). 
All current job announcements and links to online applications can be found at: https://spaceweather.gfz-potsdam.de/mipt-job-center

For additional questions please contact Prof. Yuri Shprits (yshprits at gfz-potsdam.de) or Dr. Karina Wilgan (wilgan at gfz-potsdam.de).


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