CEDAR email: Radar School Nov in Taiwan; modeling job at U NH; Fall AGU abstracts due 6 Aug

Barbara Emery emery at ucar.edu
Tue Jul 16 17:58:06 MDT 2013


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(1) 11-20 November 2013, International School on Atmosphere-Ionosphere Radar 
(ISAR) at National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan.
See also http://isarncu.tw

(2) JOB OPENING: University of New Hampshire - reviews start 29 July.
From: Jimmy Raeder <j.raeder at unh.edu>.
See also #0901774 on 
https://jobs.usnh.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/search/Search_css.jsp

(3) 09-13 December 2013 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA - abstracts due 6 
Aug on-line at http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/
*(a) SA006: Exploring the Differences in Upper Atmospheric Dynamics During Solar 
Minimum and Maximum.
 From John Meriwether <john.meriwether at ces.clemson.edu>.

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(1) 11-20 November 2013, International School on Atmosphere-Ionosphere Radar 
(ISAR) at National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan.
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The National Central University has again decided to continue the series of 
international radar schools and hold the eighth school ISAR-NCU-2013 over ten 
days from 11 to 20 November 2013. The venue will again be the Graduate Institute 
of Space Science and the Department of Atmospheric Science at
the National Central University (NCU) in Jhongli, Taiwan, which is, together 
with the National Research Council (NSC) of Taiwan, the main sponsor of this 
school.

The general topical direction of ISAR-NCU-2013 will again be a basic overview 
and introduction on radar systems and methods for atmosphere and ionosphere 
research. These span from Doppler weather radars, wind profilers, 
mesosphere-stratosphere-troposphere radars to meteor and ionosphere coherent and 
incoherent scatter radars. Some limited special highlights of weather 
observations with these radar methods will be explained, such as extreme weather 
developments, typhoon passages, frontal systems, tropopause detection, mountain 
lee waves, development of convective clouds, precipitation and lightning radar 
localizing by interferometry, two dimensional turbulence as well as applied 
meteorology and lower and middle atmosphere and ionosphere refractivity 
irregularities The technical and signal processing of radar data will be handled 
more intensely during this year’s school, and will also treat some basics of 
atmosphere/ionosphere radar imaging.

An important intention of this school in 2013 is to attract students to this 
atmosphere and ionosphere research by means of radar. It is not required for the 
applicants to prove established relation or expert knowledge of radar 
techniques, but to show basic interest and some experience in meteorology and/or 
atmosphere and ionosphere physics.

Lecturers will again be from the NCU and the international community of weather 
radar and atmosphere-ionosphere research using ground-based radar methods. The 
school lectures and training will aim towards graduate and PhD students, young 
postdoctoral research scientists from South-East Asian countries and India, who 
have not yet specifically worked but have developed interest in radar atmosphere 
and/or ionosphere science.

Financing support for young students to participate at ISAR-NCU-2013 can be 
provided by NSC/NCU on proven demand.

Look up   http://isarncu.tw  for more information to be available shortly.

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(2) JOB OPENING: University of New Hampshire - reviews start 29 July.
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From: Jimmy Raeder <j.raeder at unh.edu>.

A Research Scientist II position is now available in the field of
global geospace modeling at the University of New Hampshire (UNH)
Space Science Center (SSC). The research will focus on the coupling
between the outer and inner magnetosphere and on the exploration of
data assimilation methods for the magnetosphere. Applicants must have
a Ph.D. in space physics or a related discipline. The position
requires thorough knowledge of numerical modeling and high-performance
computing in a Linux/Unix environment, working knowledge of FORTRAN,
C, and scripting languages such as Perl or Python, as well as a
background in space plasma physics, magnetospheric physics, or a
related field. Good communication skills are also expected. The
position is available for a minimum of one year as a full-time, 12
month position with excellent benefits, and with renewal possible
based on performance and funding. Salary will be commensurate with
education and experience. A new 4096-core CRAY X6E-200 at UNH will be
available for the research to be performed in this position.

Applicants should post a cover letter, CV, and statement of research
interests to the UNH online employment site under posting #0901774 on
https://jobs.usnh.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/search/Search_css.jsp and
should arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent
to Professor Jimmy Raeder at J.Raeder at unh.edu. Inquiries regarding
this position may be addressed to Prof. Raeder at the same email
address. Evaluation of applications will begin on July 29, 2013, and
continue until the position is filled. The University of New Hampshire
is a comprehensive research University located on a 200-acre campus,
65 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts. UNH is an AA/EEO Employer.
UNH is committed to excellence through the diversity of its faculty
and staff and encourages women and minorities to apply.

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(3) 09-13 December 2013 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA - abstracts due 6 
Aug on-line at http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/
*(a) SA006: Exploring the Differences in Upper Atmospheric Dynamics During Solar 
Minimum and Maximum.
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 From John Meriwether <john.meriwether at ces.clemson.edu>.

We invite submission of an abstract to participate in the session SA006 at the 
Fall AGU meeting 9-13 December 2013 in San Francisco, CA.  The name of the 
session is
SA006: Exploring the Differences in Upper Atmospheric Dynamics During Solar 
Minimum and Maximum.

Session description:

Now that solar activity has reached what might well be solar maximum, it is a 
good time to explore how upper atmospheric dynamics have changed since the 
extended solar minimum of 2008-2009. This session seeks contributions that 
examine this issue especially with regard to the forcing functions embedded 
within the non-storm-time ionospheric, thermospheric and mesospheric dynamics. 
It seems likely that the extended weak level of solar activity forcing during 
solar minimum enhanced the influence of gravity wave propagation and tidal 
forcing from below upon the thermosphere and ionosphere.  However, for the solar 
maximum period, these regions may be more dominated by solar in situ forcing and 
high latitude ion drag forcing, coupled with the lingering effects of 
geomagnetic disturbances. Papers regarding the issue of possible long-term 
change of thermospheric dynamics relative to the coupling to the lower 
atmosphere or to the magnetosphere-ionosphere are especially requested.

Please submit your abstract online by the deadline, which is August 6.

The web site for abstract submission is:

https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/account/

Chair persons,      Jonathan Makela, University of Illinois, 
jmakela at illinois.edu,  John Meriwether Clemson Univ,  meriwej at clemson.edu, 
Aaron Ridley, University of MIchigan, ridley at umich.edu

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