[Shine-participants] SHINE Newsletter

[Benjamin Chandran]

SHINE Newsletter, April, 2015.

1. Schedule of Sessions for the 2015 SHINE Workshop

2. NSF AGS/Geospace Section Portfolio Review 

3. Job Opening: NSF, Section Head, Geospace Section


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1. Session Schedule for the 2015 SHINE Workshop 
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Below is the session schedule for the upcoming SHINE Workshop. (The last names of the organizers of each session are listed within parentheses.) Also listed is a planned discussion on the evening of Tuesday, July 7, of the NSF AGS/Geospace Section Portfolio Review. (See item 2 below.)

MONDAY PM
1. Understanding the Origin and Transport of GLEs with Modern Observations (deNolfo/Christian/Ryan/Petrosian)
2. Heavy Ion Composition in the Heliosphere (Zhao/Lepri/Landi) 
3. Plasma Turbulence in Solar Wind and Corona: from Fluid to Kinetic Scales. Part 1. (Matthaeus/Tessein/Wan/Shay)

TUESDAY AM
1. Frontiers in modeling magnetic flux emergence and the development of solar eruptive activities (Linton/Fan)
2. Plasma Turbulence in Solar Wind and Corona: from Fluid to Kinetic Scales. Part 2. (Matthaeus/Tessein/Wan/Shay)
3. The Role of Electron Thermodynamics for the Multi-Scale Evolution of the Solar Wind. (Salem/Verscharen) Part 1.

TUESDAY PM
1. Techniques for Connecting In-situ Observations with Solar Sources (Richardson/Wicks/Mays/Miralles)
2. The Role of Electron Thermodynamics for the Multi-Scale Evolution of the Solar Wind. Part 2. (Salem/Verscharen) 
3. Accuracy of spacecraft measurements of solar wind plasma: Past, Present and Future (Podesta/Steinberg)

TUESDAY EVENING, 8pm
Discussion of the NSF AGS/Geospace Section Portfolio Review

WEDNESDAY AM
1. Physics of the relationship of ICMEs to their CME progenitors (Arge/White)
2. The Final Frontier of Kinetic Turbulence: Distribution Function Dynamics (Howes/Klein)
3. Challenges in understanding 3D magnetic reconnection in observations and simulations (Wyper/Guidoni)

THURSDAY AM
1. Campaign Effort on Energy Storage (Leka/Barnes)
2. Ground based, remote sensing and in situ measurements - how to tie multi-platform information together to better address questions about CMEs and SEPs (Korreck/Schwadron)
3. What is the Role of non-Maxwellian Ion Distributions in the Solar Wind? (Verscharen/Klein)

THURSDAY PM
1 The Turbulent Dissipation Problem in Weakly Collisional Plasmas: Moving the Challenge Forward. Part 1. (Parashar/Salem)
2. When And Why Does Space Weather Forecasting Fail?. Part 1. (Richardson/Mays/Thompson/Nieves-Chinchilla)

FRIDAY AM
1. The Turbulent Dissipation Problem in Weakly Collisional Plasmas: Moving the Challenge Forward. Part 2. (Parashar/Salem)
2. When And Why Does Space Weather Forecasting Fail?. Part 2. (Richardson/Mays/Thompson/Nieves-Chinchilla)


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2. NSF's AGS/Geospace Section Portfolio Review
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From: Vladimir Papitashvili <vpapita at nsf.gov>

A review of the facilities, science programs, and other activities supported by Geospace Section (GS) within the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences has been approved by the NSF Advisory Committee for Geosciences. This Portfolio Review will examine the balance of activities supported by the Section, and its investments in science disciplines and respective facilities, to ensure the best scientific return for invested funds. The goal of the Review, and of any resulting adjustments of the GS portfolio, is to enable the continuation of U.S. scientific leadership in Geospace research and to make the best progress toward answering the central science questions highlighted in the recent (2013) National Research Council's (NRC) Decadal Survey Report, Solar and Space Physics - A Science for a Technological Society.

The Review will be carried out from March to October 2015 by a 13-member committee chaired by Professor William Lotko of Dartmouth College.  Additional information on the Review, including the full committee membership, is available at http://www.nsf.gov/geo/ags/geospace-portfolio-review-2015/.

The PR Committee invites input from the Geospace Research community for about 60-day period from March 30, 2015 through May 29, 2015 via email to <geoagsgsportfolio at nsf.gov>. Please limit comments/suggestions to 1-2 standard pages, and try to be clear-sighted and constructive.


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3. Job Opening: NSF, Section Head, Geospace Section
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From: Ilia Roussev (iroussev at nsf.gov)

The National Science Foundation is seeking to fill the position of Section Head of the Geospace Section. More information can be found at the website below.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/400597900