CEDAR email: CEDAR Post on-line, IGNSS in Australia, Dewan scholarship, jobs in FL and UK

Wed Nov 25 14:35:37 MST 2009

This is a generic mailing to the CEDAR community sent Nov 25, 2009.
Meetings and jobs are listed at http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu under
'Community' as 'Calendar of Meetings' and 'CEDAR related opportunities'.
CEDAR email messages are under 'Community' as 'CEDAR email Newsletters'.
All are in 'Quick Links' on the main page.
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(1) Fall 2009 CEDAR Post on-line and via email.
Submitted by Jeff Thayer (jeff.thayer at colorado.edu).
See also http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu (click on Post).

(2) International Global Navigation Satellite Systems (IGNSS) Society
meeting 30 November-03 December 2009 in Queensland, Australia.
 From URSI Commission G mailing on 21 Nov by Mike Rietveld (mike at eiscat.uit.no).
See also http://www.ignss.org.

(3) Edmond Dewan Young Scientist Scholarship at AGU.
 From Jeremy Winick (jeremy.winick at verizon.net).
See also https://www.agu.org/givingtoagu/making_your_gift.php.

(4) Post-Doc at Space Physics Research Lab at Embry Riddle in Florida.
 From Abas Sivjee (sivjee at erau.edu).
See also http://www.sprl.db.erau.edu/site/.

(5) Job at University of Nottingham, UK with Global Navigation Satellite
Systems (GNSS) - application due 7 December.
Submitted by Fabiano Rodrigues (frodrigues at astraspace.net).
Inquiries to Marcio Aquino (Marcio.Aquino at Nottingham.ac.uk).
See also http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx?cat=160#j6385.

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(1) Fall 2009 CEDAR Post on-line and via email.
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 From Jeff Thayer (jeff.thayer at colorado.edu) and Barbara Emery (emery at ucar.edu).

The Fall 2009 CEDAR Post #56 is online at http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu
(click on Post) as a good quality 14.1 MB file and a lower resolution
1.2 MB file for email purposes.  This Post will be mailed out to the
community as usual, but the CEDAR Post will go completely electronic
by 2010.  A list of 50 who replied they prefer a printed Post to web
or email versions in the 2009 CEDAR Workshop registration survey is
on-line on the Post page.  This list can be added to or revised by
those with CEDAR wiki or database logins.  Alternatively, please
email Barbara Emery (emery at ucar.edu) to get on this paper mailing list.

Starting with this issue, a low-resolution (1.2 MB this issue) form
of the CEDAR Post will be emailed to the community via the CEDAR
email list.  Those who prefer a paper copy can delete their email
copies which will arrive much earlier in time than the printed
copy.  Since some emailer locations may not be able to accept the
relatively small .pdf Post because of its size, it will go out
separately from other community announcements.  Those who prefer
the better quality pictures in the web version can make their
personal copy from the web.

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(2) International Global Navigation Satellite Systems (IGNSS) Society
meeting 30 November-03 December 2009 in Queensland, Australia.
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 From URSI Commission G mailing on 21 Nov by Mike Rietveld (mike at eiscat.uit.no).

Please see the web page of the International Global Navigation Satellite
Systems (IGNSS) Society at http://www.ignss.org for their mission and
for details of the 2009 IGNSS meeting in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
from 30 November to 3 December, 2009.

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(3) Edmond Dewan Young Scientist Scholarship at AGU.
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 From Jeremy Winick (jeremy.winick at verizon.net).

Dear Friends and Colleagues of Dr. Edmond M. Dewan,

If you don't know the sad story of the last few years, I will briefly
summarize it here. Otherwise skip the next paragraph.

Edmond Dewan suffered a stroke at the end of July in 2007. He had a slow
rehabilitation over the next two years and this spring was starting to
get back to work a day or so a week. His stroke affected his body, with
weakness and inability to move one side, and he was confined to a
wheelchair. His mind was not affected and he could still take part in
active conversation on matters of science. He did have trouble reading
and of course writing. His progress was slow, but the times colleagues
would visit him, and during his unfortunately brief returns to his
office were the highlights of his past year. Unfortunately over this
past July 4 weekend he suffered a massive stroke and passed away about a
week later.

Edmond Dewan worked for the Air Force for 52 years at Hanscom Air Force
Base. Edmond was a longtime member of the American Geophysical Union
(AGU). With this in mind, the Dewan family has created the Dr. Edmond M.
Dewan Young Scientist Scholarship through AGU to honor Edmond's career
as a physicist, inventor, and explorer of a wide range of subjects. The
fund will provide financial assistance to deserving graduate students of
atmospheric sciences or space physics.

If you would like to contribute to the Dr. Edmond M. Dewan Young
Scientist Scholarship, you can do it in a number of ways. Send a check
payable to "AGU" with a note in the memo portion or in a cover letter
indicating that the funds should be directed to the "Dr. Edmond M. Dewan
Young Scientist Scholarship."  The address is:

American Geophysical Union,
Accounting Department,
2000 Florida Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20009

The scholarship fund is also accessible online at:

https://www.agu.org/givingtoagu/making_your_gift.php

If you are an AGU member, donations can be made at the AGU web site as part
of your membership renewal.  Please Select the Student Grants,
Scholarships, Activities and
click on the Dr. Edmond M. Dewan Scholarship.

Please feel free to pass this information on to any other colleagues
that might be interested. I apologize if you have already received this
information from some other source.

-- Jeremy Winick (jeremy.winick at verizon.net)

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(4) Post-Doc at Space Physics Research Lab at Embry Riddle in Florida.
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 From Abas Sivjee (sivjee at erau.edu).

A Post Doctoral Fellow (PDF) position is available in the Space Physics
Research Laboratory (SPRL) of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU).
Initial appointment will be for a one year period, with a possibility
(upon satisfactory performance) of a renewal for the second year. The
successful candidate will be involved in electro-optical research systems
development, calibration, field operation at six globally distributed
stations and in data analyses.  Research in SPRL focuses on joint Radar
and Electro-Optical Remote-Sensing of Auroral processes,
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions, Radio Heating of the Polar
Ionosphere, and Upper Atmospheric Disturbances as well as Dynamics
in both the Arctic and the Antarctic regions. Candidates for this
position must have completed a Ph.D. in Physics, Electrical Engineering
or allied Sciences and Engineering fields. Annual stipend will depend
on the successful candidate's research experience.

Applications for this PDF position should be sent to:
Dr. G. G. Sivjee (sivjee at erau.edu),
Director, Space Physics Research Laboratory,
Professor of Engineering Physics,
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University,
600 South Clyde Morris Boulevard,
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3966.
See also http://www.sprl.db.erau.edu/site/.

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(5) Job at University of Nottingham, UK with Global Navigation Satellite
Systems (GNSS) - application due 7 December.
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 From Fabiano Rodrigues (frodrigues at astraspace.net).

Research Associate/Fellow in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
Ionospheric Research

Reference : ENG362X1,
Closing Date : 07 December 2009,
Salary : #24,152 to #35,469 per annum, depending on qualifications and experience
(salary can progress to #38,757 per annum, subject to performance) -
(#26,391 maximum without PhD)

This post is available from early in 2010 and will be offered on a fixed-term
contract for a period of three years

Division of Infrastructure & Geomatics,
Institute of Engineering Surveying & Space Geodesy (IESSG)

Applications are invited for the above post in the Faculty of Engineering
(Division of Infrastructure and Geomatics) Institute of Engineering Surveying
and Space Geodesy (IESSG), based on the University of Nottingham Innovation
Park, UK.  This is an exciting opportunity to join the IESSG, which is
internationally recognised for excellence in research in the field
of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). This is an area where
major developments are currently taking place, including the completion
of Europe's own system, Galileo. Although existing GNSS systems, such
as the US Global Positioning System (GPS), underpin a significant part
of modern infrastructure, including financial markets, telecoms, power
generation and distribution as well as transport and emergency services,
they suffer from a number of known vulnerabilities. One such shortcoming
relates to an ionospheric disturbance known as scintillation, which causes
amplitude and phase variations on the satellites signals as they cross the
ionosphere. GNSS receivers are not robust against scintillation and effects
range from degradation of positioning accuracy to the complete loss of signal
tracking.

In January 2010, the IESSG will start a four year co-ordinated research
programme with the Universities of Bath and Leeds entitled 'GNSS Scintillation:
Detection, Forecasting and Mitigation', funded by a grant awarded by the EPSRC.
The project benefits from industrial partnerships with several prominent
collaborators, including the Belgian GNSS receiver manufacturers Septentrio,
world leaders in multi-GNSS receivers.

The project aims are to quantify GNSS positioning errors and vulnerabilities
over the next solar maximum, improve the UK's modeling of GNSS scintillation
and develop corresponding mitigation tools. The project will include the
deployment of GPS scintillation receivers and the setting up of a data
collection/distribution system. The person appointed will take overall
responsibility for the implementation of the data logging, storage,
transmission and sharing strategies, and will be required to travel
to the remote sites. They will also implement the project's data flow
and collaborate strongly with their counterparts based at Bath and Leeds
in research on scintillation prediction, ionospheric mapping and combined
hardware and software development for scintillation mitigation. The IESSG
lead a Work Package dedicated to the impact of scintillation on GNSS users
and the development of mitigation strategies, in which the person appointed
will liaise with the user community to incorporate their technical/operational
issues in the tools that the project aims to develop.

Candidates should have (or be about to complete) a PhD in a numerate subject
such as mathematics, physics, engineering or a closely related subject, and
an interest in radio propagation.  Ideal expertise includes the areas of
geodesy and surveying, with experience in GNSS signals and error modeling.
Evidence of the ability to publish research papers and to present work at
conferences is required. Experience in IT and computer programming, as well
as a willingness to undertake occasional fieldwork are essential for this
post.  Excellent communication and team work skills are fundamental to the
success of this project.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr M Aquino,
Email:Marcio.Aquino at Nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent
directly to this Email address will not be accepted.

http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx?cat=160#j6385

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