[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - October 25, 2016

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Heliosphere News

October 25, 2016

http://heliospherenews.unh.edu/

A newsletter devoted to Heliospheric Science.

Editor: Nathan Schwadron (nschwadron at unh.edu)
Co-Editor: Mihir Desai (mdesai at swri.edu)
Co-Editor: Eric Zirnstein (ejz at princeton.edu)
Co-Editor: Merav Opher (mopher at bu.edu)
Co-Editor: Adele Corona (icnsmeetings at gmail.com)
Co-Editor: Nikolai Pogorelov (np0002 at uah.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: 8th International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and
Heliospheric Radio Emissions (PRE VIII), October 25-27, 2016, Austria

9. MEETING: Cosmic Rays, Astrophysical Turbulence and Magnetic
Reconnection Dec. 5 - Dec. 9 2016, Conference in Natal, Registration
deadline is Oct. 30

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
inEnglish.)

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

7th Solar Orbiter Workshop to be held from 3rd to 6th of April 2017 at
the Granada Convention Center (Granada, Spain). This event will be
hosted by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia - CSIC.

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8. MEETING: 8th International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and
Heliospheric Radio Emissions (PRE VIII), October 25-27, 2016, Austria

The 8th International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and Heliospheric
Radio Emissions (PRE 8) deals with the most recent developments in the
study of non-thermal radio emissions from the Sun, the radio planets,
the heliosphere, and from extrasolar sources like exoplanets or brown
dwarfs.
Special emphasis is put on current spacecraft missions (Juno, Cassini,
Van Allen Probes etc.), but also new developments in ground-based radio
telescopes will be matters of discussion, which should lead to a better
coordination of ground- and space-based radio observations. PRE 8 will
take place October 25-27, 2016, in the conference hotel Schloss Seggau,
which is located about 30 km south of Graz near the town of Leibnitz in
Austria.

For more information please visit our website at
http://pre8.oeaw.ac.at/.

Registration and abstract submission are already open.

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9. Cosmic Rays, Astrophysical Turbulence and Magnetic Reconnection
Dec. 5 - Dec. 9 2016, Conference in Natal, Registration deadline is Oct.
30

The goal of the meeting is to bring the theorists and observers together
in order to outline new approaches to a wide range of astrophysical
problems that involve the propagation and acceleration of cosmic rays,
astrophysical turbulence and reconnection.  The astrophysical problems
that are going to be deal with include the physical processes in
clusters of galaxies, interstellar media, astrophysical jets etc. The
focus of the discussions will be the nature of the fundamental physical
processes underlying astrophysical phenomena and the ways of
observationally testing them. 

Conference will feature talks and posters.

website:

http://www.iip.ufrn.br/eventsdetail.php?inf===QTUV0M

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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-Skłodowska- 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 Programme 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 μm) 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

Best regards,

       Mihir

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Dr. Mihir I Desai Tel: +1 210 522 6754

Director, Department of Space Research Cell: +1 210 454 1671

Space Science & Engineering Division Fax: +1 210 520 9935

Southwest Research Institute Email:mdesai at swri.edu 
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San Antonio TX 78238-5166, USA  

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University of Texas, San Antonio
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