[Shine-participants] SHINE Newsletter April 2019

DE NOLFO, GEORGIA A. (GSFC-6720) georgia.a.denolfo at nasa.gov
Fri Apr 12 16:07:19 EDT 2019


SHINE Newsletter April 2019



Dear SHINE Community,



Registration for the SHINE 2019 Workshop is open on April 15th. The SHINE 2019 workshop will be held in Boulder, Colorado between August 5-9 (Student Day on August 4th). Key deadlines include: early bird registration deadline: June 1, 2019, abstract submission deadline: June 15th, 2019, and student support deadline: May 15th, 2019.  Accommodations for the 2019 workshop will be at the Millenium Harvest House Boulder (see details at www.shinecon.org<http://www.shinecon.org>).  Hotel reservations can now be made through the SHINE website. This year we will provide a support to parents-researchers traveling with family, please follow the instructions in the registration form. Details of the workshop sessions and the workshop schedule are also posted on the SHINE website.



Sincerely,

Georgia A. de Nolfo

SHINE Steering Committee Chair





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Contents:

1.       Faculty Development in Space Sciences

2.       Request for Community Input on Benchmarks for Space Weather

3.       Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF)

4.       Special Collection of papers on science of space weather forecasting solicited by the AGU Space Weather journal

5.       Impact the discussion of Heliophysics in the Digital Age!

6.       NASA SBIR/STTR 2019 Program Solicitation is open and includes Space Weather R2O/O2R Technology Development

7.       Job Opening: University of Colorado, Boulder CIRES/NOAA SWPC Solar Magnetic Field Data Scientific Programmer

8.       Workshop to help guide the Space Weather Benchmarks development

9.       Leadership program

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1. Faculty Development in Space Sciences

The Geospace Section of the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences is pleased to offer awards for the creation of new tenure-track faculty positions within the intellectual disciplines which comprise the space sciences to ensure the health and vitality of solar and space sciences on university teaching faculties. The aim of these awards is to integrate research topics in solar and space physics into basic physics, astronomy, electrical engineering, geoscience, meteorology, computer science, and applied mathematics programs, and to develop space physics graduate programs capable of training the next generation of leaders in this field. Space Science is interdisciplinary in nature and the Faculty Development in the Space Sciences awardees will be expected to establish partnerships within the university community. NSF funding will support the entire academic year salary and benefits of the newly recruited tenure-track faculty member for a duration of up to five years with a total award amount not to exceed $1,500,000.



Full solicitation at

HTML - https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19558/nsf19558.htm

PDF - https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19558/nsf19558.pdf


2. Request for Community Input on Benchmarks for Space Weather

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is sponsoring an effort that seeks to engage the space weather community to develop the next phase of space weather benchmarks. As a point of reference, the U.S. National Science & Technology Council released Phase 1 benchmarks in June 2018. This new NSF-sponsored effort seeks to improve on the Phase 1 Benchmarks and identify opportunities for research efforts that will improve the understanding of extreme space weather, resulting in better benchmarks and preparedness. This effort, supported by NASA and the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute, is being chaired by Geoff Reeves (LANL).

To support this effort, we are requesting input from the space weather community. Your input will help improve the fidelity and utility of space weather benchmarks and support development of a more refined Phase 2 Benchmarks study. This input may also be used to inform Federal research and development R&D priorities. For more information, please see the following link: https://idalink.org/SWxBenchmarks

3. Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF)

The Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (PRF) to highly qualified early career investigators to carry out an independent research program. The research plan of each Fellowship must address scientific questions within the scope of AGS disciplines. The program supports researchers for a period of up to 2 years with Fellowships that can be taken to the institution of their choice. The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential and provide them with experience in research that will broaden perspectives, facilitate interdisciplinary interactions and help establish them in leadership positions within the Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences community. Fellowships are awards to individuals, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows.

For more details please see the full solicitation

HTML - https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19574/nsf19574.htm
PDF - https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19574/nsf19574.pdf

4. Special Collection of papers on science of space weather forecasting solicited by the AGU Space Weather journal
The Chapman conference on Scientific Challenges Pertaining to Space Weather Forecasting Including Extremes was held in Pasadena, CA on 12-15 February this year (https://connect.agu.org/aguchapmanconference/upcoming-chapmans/space-weather-forecasting). The AGU Space Weather journal solicits a Special Collection of papers dedicated to the science of space weather forecasting. The goal of this special collection is to highlight original research results presented at the Chapman conference and other research contributions that address topics relevant to space weather forecasting including extreme events. Recent years have brought significant new developments in modeling and observing capabilities, yet there remain considerable scientific challenges in transforming these capabilities into reliable and consistent space weather forecasting capabilities. We welcome papers that showcase recent successes in forecasting of space weather phenomena within the complex Sun-Earth system and new insights that increase our understanding of all aspects of space weather including extremes. To support the transformative nature of the Chapman conference, we encourage you to submit thought-provoking manuscripts. Papers can be submitted through the GEM (https://spaceweather-submit.agu.org/cgi-bin/main.plex ). The special collection is due to close on 15 November 2019.

Guest Associate Editors of Space Weather for the special collection are:
Olga Verkhoglyadova (JPL, USA), Xing Meng (JPL, USA), Tomoko Matsuo (UC Boulder, USA), Mamoru Ishii (NICT, Japan)

Please contact Olga Verkhoglyadova (Olga.Verkhoglyadova at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:Olga.Verkhoglyadova at jpl.nasa.gov>) or any of the Guest Editors if you have questions.



5. Impact the discussion of Heliophysics in the Digital Age!



Dear SHINE community,

Help define the topical discussion taking shape in our community around Heliophysics in the Digital Age and please consider submitting your fantastic work to an exciting journal topical issue: "Space Weather research in the Digital Age and across the full data lifecycle"!



This is an opportunity for the SHINE community to demonstrate the leadership that each of you has taken in embracing new data science and machine learning approaches to Heliophysics, and to circulate your excellent discoveries to an entirely new and decidedly broad audience.



The topical issue will appear in The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) in 2019 and submission is now open. For a full description of the topical issue, relevant information, and manuscript submission link, please visit :

https://secure-web.cisco.com/1-wdsPvUlnolWYCEnORi4cnLiqbyYOrZLBhwizTH3yiF8ZccQxigcGnZ9ztx4imD_NuPC4rEP3OBHpCIOz2wbGt12lDVE1qh7MVo-zfDh7kzf5fsM06WReU4KSsxlY7LVjUNXxyobifiHPx_ei1tUqZ9Bqx0MN02HfyVffosjhosO21xWophHtxKPfI5SnGDvXtzvl70OBiIM6PSNG6aQVtdcdknOsB2hMPMT4G5OE7n6J1JXrba43eKrE7HV5QNsdI6cO3bV-sMqUbzBmIYl0D8sdBMpbtqEFhnnnHotr7pG7vi0J_r4VLXvnbCglWR237OZx6vzqiDezcPMbqeMpO_fQ5OubXV280X6Xvsr1Isy5ktGOPrxVFXH6hNfabsg7PLSHd62AZV-VeTJ1Lj2ps800LxGYiZl8xHhFVew9nkb9uGauKDAjkZE_99JF3WukbeZE-dCmiB8YAt9F4tVYQ/https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2CerJWZ.



We are eager to highlight your cutting-edge research, so please get in touch with your questions, thoughts, and manuscripts.



Topical Editor-in-Chief (T-EiC):

   - Ryan McGranaghan, Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates

   (ASTRA), Boulder CO; rmcgranaghan at astraspace.net

Topical Editors:

   - Enrico Camporeale, Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam; e.camporeale at cwi.nl

   - Anastasios Anastasiadis, Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications & Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Greece; anastasi at noa.gr

   - Manolis Georgoulis, Academy of Athens, Greece; manolis.georgoulis at academyofathens.gr



For questions regarding this topical issue, please contact the T-EiC, Ryan McGranaghan.

For questions concerning the submission process the Editorial Office (jswsc at edpsciences.org) should be contacted.



Warm Regards,

Ryan McGranaghan on behalf of Enrico Camporeale, Anastasios Anastasiadis, Manolis Georgoulis, and the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate editorial staff


6. NASA SBIR/STTR 2019 Program Solicitation is open and includes Space Weather R2O/O2R Technology Development

NASA SBIR/STTR 2019 Program Solicitation is open and includes Space Weather R2O/O2R Technology Development

The NASA SBIR/STTR programs provide opportunities to small business concerns to engage in the research, development, and demonstration of technologies that both fulfill NASA needs and have the potential for successful commercialization. The 2019 Program Solicitation is now open and includes subtopic S5.06, Space Weather R2O/O2R Technology Development. Phase I proposals are due by March 29, 2019 at 5:00 pm EST.

The subtopic S5.06 is intended to help the NASA Heliophysics Program meet its research obligations to prepare our nation for space weather events.  Four areas have been identified for priority development:
  *   Preparation and validation of existing science models that may be suitable for transition to operational use
  *   Innovations to produce and/or further refine space weather operational benchmarks
  *   Data assimilation innovations that enable tools and protocols for the operational space weather community
  *   Instrumentation concepts, flight architectures, and reporting systems suitable for data assimilation into space weather monitoring and forecasting systems

For complete information, please see the S5.06 Space Weather R2O/O2R Technology Development Subtopic at https://sbir.nasa.gov/solicitations.  The NASA SBIR/STTR Help Desk can answer questions (sbir at reisystems.com<mailto:sbir at reisystems.com> / 301-937-0888<tel:301-937-0888>, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
James Spann, PhD / Space Weather Lead

7. Job Opening: University of Colorado, Boulder CIRES/NOAA SWPC Solar Magnetic
Field Data Scientific Programmer

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder has an immediate opening for a scientific programmer at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).
NOAA SWPC currently relies on the National Solar Observatory (NSO) to run the six worldwide sites comprising its Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG), collect the solar magnetogram and H-alpha data, ship it back to a central location at NSO, and process the raw data to create high level products. The plan for the future is to have NOAA take over the real-time processing of the raw data and the creation of the products used in the operational forecast center and to feed SWPC?s numerical models.

This position will focus on the installation, maintenance, and upkeep of real-time, operational, data processing software, as well as the verification and validation of the processed solar magnetogram and H-alpha data. The data ingest and processing system will duplicate and operationalize the current system run by the NSO, on NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center resources. These GONG data are a critical element of the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center data and modeling system and are used by forecasters in the Space Weather Forecast Office and as input to the solar wind and coronal mass ejection model, WSA-Enlil. The successful candidate will also support the addition of the Air Force Data Assimilative Photospheric Flux Transport (ADAPT) model into SWPC?s operational framework, improving upon the current GONG-WSA-Enlil modeling system by accounting for a more realistic evolution of solar active regions.

Further information and the job application link are available at:
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=16781

For more information, please contact: Dr. Eric Adamson (
eric.adamson at noaa.gov)

8.Workshop to help guide the Space Weather Benchmarks development


A space weather community workshop will be held on April 23, 2019 at the Sheraton Denver West.

The purpose is to gather input to help guide the development of benchmarks for extreme space weather events as called out in the The National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan.
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/National-Space-Weather-Strategy-and-Action-Plan-2019.pdf
<https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/National-Space-Weather-Strategy-and-Action-Plan-2019.pdf>)

The workshop is free but registration is required.
(http://www.cvent.com/events/registration-for-public-session-on-april-23-2019/event-summary-bc09c5c5867f4f17823d7409b0b93e46.aspx <http://www.cvent.com/events/registration-for-public-session-on-april-23-2019/event-summary-bc09c5c5867f4f17823d7409b0b93e46.aspx>)

Written input can also be provided through our request for community input
(https://www.ida.org/STPI/ExploreSTPIResearch/SpaceWeather <https://www.ida.org/STPI/ExploreSTPIResearch/SpaceWeather>)
or by email:  swx at ida.org <mailto:swx at ida.org>
or  Geoff at ReevesResearch.org <mailto:Geoff at ReevesResearch.org>

The Space Weather Phase 1 Benchmarks study provides estimates of the characteristics of extreme space weather events. Specifically, it seeks to define the 1-in-100-year and theoretical maximum events for five phenomena
--induced geo-electric fields
--ionizing radiation
--ionospheric disturbances
--solar radio bursts, and
--upper atmosphere expansion (drag).
(https://www.sworm.gov/publications/2018/Space-Weather-Phase-1-Benchmarks-Report.pdf <https://www.sworm.gov/publications/2018/Space-Weather-Phase-1-Benchmarks-Report.pdf>)

We request community input to:
1)    identify new research or data sets that may be used to improve the benchmark values
2)    identify gaps in existing data sets and methodologies that hinder the production of high-confidence benchmark values; and
3)    suggest future research activities that may close the identified gaps.
Inputs are solicited from both the space weather research and the operations/user communities.

9. Leadership program.
In our ever-growing community, the leadership and team skills are becoming more important. NSF and SHINE steering committee are committed to support training for the new generation of leaders in our field. We are excited to offer our community the opportunity to participate in a leadership training program:  ‘Leadership: Inventing the Future’ (https://execed.gmu.edu/leadership/vanto), in order to provide the ever-growing body of researchers with the necessary tools for successful leadership. In the first year (2019), we will offer support to a limited number of participants (graduate students and postdocs only). The support includes registration fee, and for non-domestic researchers, we will offer travel support of $500. Please, contact  Teresa.Nieves at nasa.gov<mailto:Teresa.Nieves at nasa.gov> with your CV + a brief statement.



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