[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - November 8, 2016
Ken Fairchild
ken at porter.sr.unh.edu
Wed Nov 9 17:36:09 EST 2016
Heliosphere News
November 8, 2016
http://heliospherenews.unh.edu/
A newsletter devoted to Heliospheric Science.
Editor: Nathan Schwadron (nschwadron at unh.edu)
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Announcements
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1. MMS GI Program (as a part of H-GI)
2. POLONEZ Funding Program
3. MEETING: 16th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, March
6-10, 2017, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
4. Foreign Designated Professor Position at ISEE, Nagoya University,
Japan
5. MEETING: Space Weather of the Heliosphere: Processes and Forecasts
IAU Symposium 335 - July 17-21, 2017 - University of Exeter, UK
6. MEETING: GOOD HOPE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA
7. MEETING: 7th Solar Orbiter Workshop: Exploring the Solar Environs,
April 3-6, 2017, Granada, Spain
8. MEETING: 12th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space
Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM-2017)
9. JOB OPENING: Permanent Research Position in Heliophysics, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
10. JOB OPENING: Applications are invited for two PhD positions
(Early Stage Researchers, ESR) at the Politecnico di Torino.
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1. This message is to inform you that the final text for program element
B.8 Magnetospheric Multiscale Guest Investigators (MMS GI) has been
released and is now available on NSPIRES.
The Heliophysics Guest Investigators (H-GI) program is a component of
the Heliophysics Research Program. This particular element of the Guest
Investigator program is offered only for investigations that primarily
use data from the recently launched Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
Mission.
This particular ROSES element supports investigations whose primary
focus is the analysis of MMS data. Proposals should use primarily MMS
data to address
(1) the goals of the MMS mission (found at
http://mms.gsfc.nasa.gov/about_mms.html) or
(2) any of the relevant goals of the Heliophysics Decadal survey (Solar
and Space Physics:
A Science for a Technological Society
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13060):
1. Determine the origins of the Sun's activity and predict the
variations in the space environment;
2. Determine the dynamics and coupling of Earth's magnetosphere,
ionosphere, and atmosphere and their response to solar and terrestrial
inputs;
3. Determine the interaction of the Sun with the solar system and the
interstellar medium;
4. Discover and characterize fundamental processes that occur both
within the heliosphere and throughout the universe.
This program is intended to maximize the scientific return from this
recently launched mission by providing support for research of a breadth
and complexity beyond presently funded investigations.
As for any H-GI proposal, investigations may employ theory, models, and
data from other sources, as needed, to interpret and analyze NASA's MMS
data, but only as a secondary emphasis.
Step-1 proposals are due November 18, 2016, and Step-2 proposals are due
January 13, 2017.
The solicitation can presently be found in the NASA Research
Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES)
2016" (NNH16ZDA001N). It is currently posted on the NASA
research opportunity homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and will
appear at:
http://nasascience.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/roses-2016.
The NASA point of contact for this program element is Errol J. Summerlin
who may be reached at errol.summerlin at nasa.gov.
EJ
Errol J. Summerlin
NASA/HQ SMD
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2. POLONEZ is a funding program addressed to incoming researchers who
may apply for 12- or 24-month fellowships in host institutions in
Poland.
Applicant: a researcher with a PhD degree or at least four years of
full-time equivalent research experience who has not resided or carried
out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Poland for more than 12
months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call announcement
Fellowship duration: 12 or 24 months
Funding:
Researcher receives:
1. Salary (incl. mobility allowance): $ 4,350 gross/month (full time
contract),
2. Family allowance: $ 300 gross/month (for fellows whose families
stay in Poland for at least 3 months),
3. Research grant,
4. Opportunity to participate in research and non-research training
programmes organised by the NCN.
Host Institution receives overheads at a rate of 20%.
Proposals must be submitted in English via OSF
submission system.
More information on the website
https://www.ncn.gov.pl/polonez?language=en.
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3. MEETING: 16th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, March
6-10, 2017, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
From: Gary P. Zank, garyp.zank at gmail.com
The 16th Annual International Astrophysics Conference
will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the La Posada de Santa Fe Hotel
from March 6-10, 2017. (Welcome Reception and Evening Registration
begins Sunday, March 5).
The meeting entitled,"Turbulence, Structures, and Particle Acceleration
throughout the Heliosphere and Beyond" will follow the same format as
before with 25-minute presentations punctuated by selected 40-minute
invited talks that will explore various themes in greater detail.
The website and more details will be available soon. For now, please
mark your calendars and contact us with your interest in attending.
E-mail inquiries about the meeting should be directed to Gary Zank at
garyp.zank at gmail.com or icnsmeetings at gmail.com.
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4. JOB OPENING: Foreign Designated Professor Position at ISEE, Nagoya
University, Japan
From: Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa at nagoya-u.jp)
The Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya
University, Japan, has a new opportunity to invite one or two Foreign
Designated Professors who will stay three months every year in ISEE to
conduct research on science topics related to space and Earth, during
the fiscal years 2017-2021. ISEE has seven research divisions: 1)
integrated studies, 2) cosmic ray research, 3) heliospheric research, 4)
ionospheric and magnetospheric research, 5) meteorological and
atmospheric research, 6)land-ocean ecosystem research, and 7)
chronological research. It has four interdisciplinary research projects:
a) solar-terrestrial climate research,
b) space-Earth environmental prediction,
c) interaction of neutral and plasma atmospheres, and
d) aerosol and cloud formation. The Foreign
Designated Professors are expected to conduct research related to at
least one of these seven divisions and/or relevant to at least one of
the four interdisciplinary research projects, and to enhance
international collaborative research at ISEE. In relation to this
opportunity, ISEE at Nagoya University will hire one full-time
Postdoctoral Research Fellow for each Foreign Designated Professor. The
announcement of opportunity and the selection of the Postdoctoral
Research Fellow will be made by ISEE in consultation with the
responsible Foreign Designated Professor.
Job details:
Employer: Nagoya University (The position is at the Institute for
Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University)
Website: http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/index.html
Location: Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Job type: Foreign Designated Professor
Salary: 750,000-1,680,000 Japanese yen per month
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Premiums for mandatory health insurance and welfare pension will be
deducted from the payment.
Qualifications:
Postgraduate - Doctorate/PhD, Nagoya University has a retirement age of
65 years old.
Job hours: 3 months per year through cross appointment (choose any
continuous 3-month period from 1 April to 31 March in every fiscal year)
Required Application Materials: (All materials must be submitted
in English.)
1. Curriculum vitae
2. Research plan (maximum three pages)
3. List of publications; provide separate lists for refereed journals
and conference proceedings.
4. Names and contact information for two professional references
Application Deadline:
Monday, October 31, 2016, 17:00 (Japanese Standard Time) Interviews may
be held after the closing date.
Application Submission:
Please attach your application materials to an email and send them to
machida at isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Inquiries:
For inquiries about this position, please contact Prof. Shinobu Machida
Director of the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE),
Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
E-mail: Machida at isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp
TEL: +81-52-747-6303; FAX: +81-52-747-6313
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5. MEETING: Space Weather of the Heliosphere: Processes and Forecasts
IAU Symposium 335 - July 17-21, 2017 - University of Exeter, UK
Space weather is increasingly recognised as an international challenge
faced by several communities. The ability to understand, monitor and
forecast the space weather of the Earth and the heliosphere is of
paramount importance for our high-technology society and for the current
rapid developments in knowledge and exploration within our Solar System.
The symposium is planned over 5 days from Monday through Friday
(including half-day excursion on the Wednesday afternoon). Key Topics of
the scientific program are the following:
Solar drivers and activity levels;
Solar wind and heliosphere;
Impact of solar wind, structures and radiation on and within terrestrial
and planetary environments (including magnetospheres, ionospheres and
atmospheres);
Long-term trends and predictions for space weather;
Challenges and strategy plans for Earth and the heliosphere;
Forecasting models; Space weather monitoring, instrumentation, data and
services.
The Symposium aims to further knowledge on space weather by linking
various aspects of research in solar, heliospheric and planetary
physics, and by putting great emphasis on cross-disciplinary
developments, merging different communities, learning from
interplanetary comparisons and linking to atmospheric and meteorological
research for the first time at the international level.
http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/iaus335/
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6. MEETING: GOOD HOPE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA
The Local Organizing Committee is thrilled to welcome you to
the 2017 Joint IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Joint Assembly, endorsed by the University of Cape Town and the
South African Department of Science and Technology, will take place from
27 August to 1 September 2017 at the Cape Town International Convention
Centre (CTICC).
IAGA Lead Sessions
JA 1
SPACE WEATHER FROM SUN TO EARTH: BRINGING DATA AND MODELS
TOGETHER (IAGA, IAMAS)
Convenor - Sarah Gibson
JA 2
THE REFERENCING OF GEOPHYSICAL DATA PRODUCTS: THE ROLE OF
DOIs (IAGA, IAMAS, IAPSO)
Convenor - Masahito Nose
JA 3
FRONTIER CHALLENGES IN DATA ASSIMILATION AND ENSEMBLE FORECASTING
FOR THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEAN AND SOLID EARTH. (IAGA, IAMAS, IAPSO)
Convenor - Weijia Kuang, Craig Bishop
JA 4
SOLAR RELATED VARIABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE (IAGA, IAMAS)
Convenor - Christoph Jacobi
Call for Registration: 15 September 2016
Early Bird Deadline: 5 May 2017
Online Registration Closes: 22 August 2017
http://www.iapso-iamas-iaga2017.com/
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7. MEETING: 7th Solar Orbiter Workshop: Exploring the Solar Environs,
April 3-6, 2017, Granada, Spain
EXPLORING THE SOLAR ENVIRONS
Registration is open. Visit our web page at http://spg.iaa.es/solo2017/
Rationale:
The Solar Orbiter mission will bring the community an excellent
opportunity for doing unique science that embraces most solar topics
from the interior up to the heliosphere employing novel vantage points.
The combined use of results from its four in-situ and six remote-sensing
instruments will provide an unprecedented view of the Sun and the
interplanetary medium. Aimed at discussing most of these topics, the 7th
Solar Orbiter Workshop entitled “Exploring the solar environs” will be
held in Granada, Spain, from the 3rd through the 6th of April, 2017.
Overviews, prospects, and new science about the solar interior, the
photospheric structure, dynamics, and magnetic fields, the chromosphere,
the corona, the solar wind, and the heliospheric magnetic fields and
particles are scheduled. Synergies with other missions and ground-based
observatories will also be covered. Theoreticians, observers, and
instrumentalist astronomers are encouraged to attend.
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8. Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at the
University of Alabama in Huntsville and Maison de la Simulation
(CEA/CNRS/UPS/UVSQ), France will organize ASTRONUM 2017– the 12th
International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows in
Saint Malo, France, on 26–30 June, 2017.
The conference will cover the following topics:
(1) Advanced numerical methods for space, astrophysical and geophysical
flows;
(2) Large-scale fluid-based, kinetic, and hybrid simulations;
(3) Turbulence and cosmic ray transport;
(4) Magnetohydrodynamics
(5) Software packages for modeling and analyzing plasma flows /
Visualisation
with the application to
(1) Physics of the Sun-Heliosphere-Magnetosphere;
(2) Interstellar medium and star formation;
(3) Cosmology and galaxy formation;
(4) Dynamo effect;
(5) Stellar Physics.
The purpose of the conference is to bring together leading experts in
applied mathematics, space physics, astrophysics, and geophysics to
discuss the application of novel numerical algorithms and petascale
parallelization strategies to computationally challenging problems.
The conference will be structured around invited, 40-minute keynote and
25-minute regular talks, and a limited number of contributed talks, with
the attempt to have no parallel sessions. The conference web site will
be established in a few days and provide the information about the
conference venue, registration, and means of transportation. E-mail
inquiries about the meeting should be directed to
Nikolai.Pogorelov at uah.edu and Edouard.Audit at cea.fr.
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9. Applications are invited for a permanent civil service research
scientist position in the area of Heliophysics and more specifically
charged and neutral particle physics focusing on the energization and
propagation of particles in the heliosphere and on the interaction of
the heliosphere with the interstellar medium.
It is desirable that the applicant hold a PhD degree in physics,
geophysics, astrophysics or a related field. At least one year of
experience in spacecraft data analysis or spacecraft instrumentation
development is required. The appointment begins in mid 2017. The
appointment is for a GS-13 position with salary commensurate with the
applicant’s past experience.
U.S. citizenship is required. To view the full vacancy announcement,
which contains further information including qualification requirements
and application instructions, go to
(http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/455714200). The vacancy
announcement will be open from November 9, 2016 to December 8, 2016.
Applications must be received by December 8, 2016 via the USAJobs
website. For additional questions, contact Dr. Adam Szabo via e-mail at
Adam.Szabo at nasa.gov.
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10. Applications are invited for two PhD positions ("Early Stage
Researchers", ESR) at the Politecnico di Torino, funded by the
Marie-Sklodowska- Curie Innovative Training Network COMPLETE -
Cloud-MicroPhysics-Turbulence-Telemetry: an inter-multidisciplinary
training network for enhancing the understanding and modeling of
atmospheric clouds within the Horizon 2020 Program of the European
Commission. The objectives are the numerical analysis of the transport
of energy, water vapor and droplets across the warm cloud/clear air
interface, the Lagrangian analysis of water droplets (1 - 100
micrometre) in suspension, the analysis of the data produced by
innovative expendable radio-probes released in warm clouds and their
comparison with numerical simulations.
Contact persons:
Prof. Daniela Tordella
Department of Applied Science and Technology | Politecnico di Torino
10129 Torino Italy
Tel (+39) 011 090 6812|, daniela.tordella at polito.it;
complete-network at polito.it
Dr. Michele Iovieno
Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering | Politecnico di
Torino 10129 Torino Italy
Tel (+39) 011 090 6853,| michele.iovieno at polito.it ;
complete-network at polito.it
All the best,
Nikolai V Pogorelov
Professor
Department of Space Science
University of Alabama in Huntsville
320 Sparkman Dr.
Huntsville, AL 35805
Tel. 256-961-7617
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