[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - August 10, 2020

[Gkioulidou, Matina]

Heliosphere News - August 10, 2020
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: Matina Gkioulidou (matina.gkioulidou at jhuapl.edu)
Co-Editor: Jamie Rankin (jsrankin at princeton.edu)

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******************* Announcements *******************

1. MEETING: 3rd Annual Interstellar Probe Exploration Workshop, November
17-19, 2020, Silver Spring, Maryland
2. MEETING: COSPAR Scientific Assembly, NEW DATES: 28 January - 4 February, 2021
3. MEETING: MUAN 2020: Upper Atmospheres and Ionospheres in the Inner Solar
System, September 9-11, 2020, New York, New York

4. ANNOUNCEMENT: Solar Orbiter In-situ Working Groups

5. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Civil Servant Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center

6. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Research Associate position in the Cooperative Institute
for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at CU Boulder supporting
NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
7. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Space Weather Forecast Applications Scientist Position
in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
at CU Boulder supporting NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)

8. ANNOUNCEMENT: Special Issue on Dynamical Processes in Space Plasmas in
Applied Sciences Journal
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1. MEETING: 3rd Annual Interstellar Probe Exploration Workshop November
17-19, 2020 Silver Spring, Maryland
The 3rd Annual Interstellar Probe Exploration Workshop is scheduled for
November 17-19, 2020 at the Tommy Douglas Conference Center in Silver
Spring, Maryland.
The workshop is being organized for heliophysicists, planetary scientists,
astrophysicists, and engineers from all over the world.
The purpose of the workshop is to gather together and discuss the
objectives, design, and operations for a near-term, pragmatic interstellar
probe mission.
The workshop is organized by a team at the Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory studying such a mission for the Heliophysics Division in
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.
Visit the JHU APL Interstellar Probe website for detailed information about
the ongoing study.
IMPORTANT: To be added to the mailing list to receive pertinent information
about this workshop and to indicate your interest in participating, please
submit an Indication of Interest.
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/interstellarprobe2020/
#interstellarprobe2020
For more information, contact:
Meeting and Publication Services
USRA/Lunar and Planetary Institute
meetinginfo at hou.usra.edu
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2. MEETING: COSPAR Scientific Assembly, NEW DATES: 28 January - 4 February, 2021.
43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly will take place on 28 January - 4 February
at the International Convention Center in Sydney, Australia.
The 2021 Assembly will combine the latest in space research findings with
activities designed to enrich the global space research community -
including helping equip our future leaders, and workshopping with space
industry - and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. You
will have the opportunity of a lifetime to interact directly with everything
that Australia has to offer - our science and innovation, our people, our
heritage, and our beautiful environment. The Assembly website is
https://www.cospar2020.org/.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
Early Bird Registration Deadline 31 October 2020
Speaker Registration Deadline 31 October 2020
Accommodation Booking Deadline 15 December 2020
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3. MEETING: MUAN 2020: Upper Atmospheres and Ionospheres in the Inner Solar
System, September 9-11, 2020, New York, New York
This three-day workshop will bring together scientists interested in the
general dynamics of, and coupling between, ionized and neutral atmospheric
constituents of three key inner Solar System planets: Mars, Earth, and
Venus. Other bodies, such as comets and moons are also welcome. The
objective is to embrace comparative studies between different planetary
bodies in addition to the usual Mars aeronomy and plasma physics
discussions, as this will lead to a better understanding of the role of
upper atmospheres on planetary evolution and habitability at Mars and in the
Solar System.
The main topics for discussion are:
- Planetary aeronomy - past, present and future.
- Thermosphere-ionosphere-magnetosphere-exosphere (TIME) coupling.
- Lower-upper atmosphere connections.
A significant part of the workshop will be devoted to brainstorming and
opportunities to discuss different science aspects, and to help establish
fruitful collaborations.
Our workshop will be hosted by Columbia University in New York City, with
opportunities to present posters or talks. The workshop will be limited to
100 attendees, so to aid us in planning, we encourage all those interested
to please indicate your interest here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVgrQ8cIQx8mOgF5rVV76Re6hh6u1_xwtK4XXhKSpVSOU2_A/viewform
SOC:
Beatriz Sanchez-Cano (University of Leicester) David Andrews (Swedish
Institute of Space Physics) Mark Lester (University of Leicester) Robert
Lillis (UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory) Hermann Opgenoorth (Umea
University) Dmitri Titov (ESA) Michael J. Way (NASA Goddard Institute for
Space Studies) Olivier Witasse (ESA) Email inquiries about this meeting can
be directed to Linda Sohl (LOC) at linda.sohl at columbia.edu.

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4. ANNOUNCEMENT: Solar Orbiter In-situ Working Groups

The Solar Orbiter In-situ Working Groups are now ready for you to sign
up!

The goals of these community-driven Working Groups are to form
collaborations, to avoid overlap in research activities, to make the
community aware of ongoing work with Solar Orbiter data, and to
guarantee the delivery on the Solar Orbiter Science Activity Plan (SAP).

Membership in the Working Groups is open for interested researchers on
all career levels and without restrictions. We recommend, however, that
you only sign up to the Working Groups that you want to actively
participate in.

You can find more detailed information about the Working Groups,
including short summaries of the groups' objectives and the instructions
to sign up, on this website that Andrew Dimmock has set up:
https://sites.google.com/view/soloiswg/

We also have created a shared Google Calendar with the information about
all meetings. You can subscribe to the calendar to stay up to date about
the ongoing meetings.

The Working Groups will start their work in early September.

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5. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Civil Servant Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center
The Energetic Particle Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is
looking to hire a scientist with experience in designing, building and
analyzing data from instruments that measure ionized and neutral high-energy
particles in the heliosphere and magnetosphere. The laboratory currently has
instruments in development for the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration
Probe (IMAP) mission (launch in 2024), several cubesats for Low-Earth Orbit
and interplanetary space, and the Lunar Gateway.
The Energetic Particle Laboratory is in the Heliospheric Science Laboratory
(Code 672) of Goddard's Heliophysics Science Division. This is a US
Government Civil Servant position, therefore applicants are required to be
either US citizens or currently holding a green card and are expected to
have a PhD in a related field and several years of experience beyond
completion of their PhD. Interested individuals should send a current CV to
Adam Szabo (adam.szabo at nasa.gov), Code 672 Lab Chief, and Eric Christian
(eric.r.christian at nasa.gov), Code 672 Associate Lab Chief and head of the
Energetic Particle Laboratory.
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6. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Research Associate position in the Cooperative Institute
for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at CU Boulder supporting
NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at
the University of Colorado at Boulder has an immediate opening for a
Research Associate supporting NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental
Information (NCEI). This position is for an Energetic Particle Space
Scientist in NCEI’s Solar and Terrestrial Physics (STP) Group. A team of
dedicated scientists within STP works to ensure that current and future
space weather sensors on NOAA satellites provide effective operational
products for use by the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Space Weather
Prediction Center (SWPC). STP’s overall responsibilities also include
providing access to these environmental data by spacecraft engineers and the
scientific community. The Energetic Particle Space Scientist will be
primarily responsible for ensuring the quality and availability of data from
the Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS), operated on-board NOAA’s
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R series system.
SEISS measures the local charged particle environment across a broad energy
range at multiple pitch angles. The GOES-R series is NOAA?s newest
generation of GOES spacecraft. The first GOES-R satellite, GOES-16, was
launched in November 2016. The fourth and last GOES-R satellite is expected
to launch in 2024. SEISS calibration and validation activities are ongoing.
Required:
-This position involves handling export-controlled documents and data, thus
only applications from US citizens or permanent residents (green card
holders) can be considered.
-If hired, you will need to pass a National Agency Check with Inquiries
(NACI, Federal background check).
-Ph.D. in Physical Science, Engineering or similar technical discipline.
-Four years of experience at the post-bachelor’s level in satellite sensor
design, algorithm development, and/or scientific research with space
environmental data.
What We Would Like You to Have:
-Ph.D. in Space Plasma Physics.
-1-2 years postdoctoral experience working with space plasma
instrumentation and instrument data.
-Familiarity with NOAA’s satellite programs, particularly GOES.
-Willingness to pursue independent funding for research.
For additional information and application instructions go to
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail?jobId=23539
Please direct questions about this position to Brian Kress (brian.kress at
noaa.gov).
* Note, this position was originally posted on 09-Jan-2020, but the hiring
process has been on hold due to rapidly changing hiring policy at CU Boulder
during the coronavirus pandemic. We are restarting the search for this
position.

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7. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Space Weather Forecast Applications Scientist Position
in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
at CU Boulder supporting NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
encourages applications to fill a Research Associate position resident at
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather
Prediction Center (SWPC)! SWPC is the nation’s official source of space
weather alerts and warnings. SWPC forecasts and products support a wide
range of customers, including power grid operators, Global Navigation
Satellite Systems (GNSS), aviation, satellite operators, and emergency
managers.

Our Research Associate will work within the SWPC Testbed section of the
Space Weather Prediction Center, working with the wider Deep Space Climate
Observatory (DSCOVR), Space Weather Follow On - L1 (SWFO-L1), and Compact
Coronagraph teams. Specifically, this position will initially support the
DSCOVR mission, with the expectation the candidate will take a lead in
developing experimental space weather forecasting applications for the
benefit of forecasters and customers. In addition to data from DSCOVR,
the successful applicant is encouraged to investigate future missions
including the SWFO-L1 and Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe
(IMAP) for their use in crafting new space weather applications. Together,
these missions are important to ensuring the highest quality space
weather forecasts and it is encouraged that the applications developed
using these missions will be used to improve and enhance SWPC’s geomagnetic
and radiation storm forecasts. Through this role, the successful candidate
will participate in preparing these missions, ground systems, and forecast
products for post-launch, real-time operations!

For Additional Information and to Apply:
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=26121

For Direct Questions Regarding the Position,
Please Contact Eric Adamson: eric.adamson at noaa.gov

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8. ANNOUNCEMENT: Special Issue on Dynamical Processes in Space Plasmas in
Applied Sciences Journal

From: Georgios Nicolaou

We are happy to announce our special Issue on Dynamical Processes in Space
Plasmas in Applied Sciences Journal by mdpi.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/Dynamical_Processes_Space_Plasmas

We welcome original papers with theoretical, modelling and/or data-analysis
research on dynamical mechanisms in collisionless space plasmas. We strongly
encourage papers demonstrating new methods, measurement and analysis
techniques to resolve physical processes in space plasmas.

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