CEDAR email: student opportunities at Embry-Riddle and Argentina; call to participate in CEDAR Challenge

Mon May 3 15:58:46 MDT 2010

This is a generic mailing to the CEDAR community sent May 3, 2010.
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) Few more scholarships available for Ph.D in Engineering Physics in 
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
 From Katariina Nykyri (nykyrik at erau.edu).

(2)4-9 Oct 2010, School and Workshop on the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Upper 
Atmosphere at the Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute, Argentina.  Student 
applications due 14 May.
 From Diego Janches (diego at cora.nwra.com).
See also http://www.acd.ucar.edu/pasi.

(3) Call for Participation in CEDAR ETI Challenge, model submissions due 1 June, 
discussion at 2010 CEDAR Workshop June 25 in Boulder, CO.
 From Masha Kuznetsova (Maria.M.Kuznetsova at nasa.gov).
See also http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/support/CETI2010/.

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(1) Few more scholarships available for Ph.D in Engineering Physics in 
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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 From Katariina Nykyri (nykyrik at erau.edu).

We still have couple of scholarships available for students with M.S degree in 
physics, engineering physics, space physics or related fields to start our Ph.D 
program  in Fall 2010.

The scholarship covers a full tuition and 20,000 USD annual stipend.
The first year consists of taking the core courses after which students will 
find an advisor to do their thesis research with.

Please see formal program requirements and more information at:
http://www.erau.edu/db/degrees/phd-engineeringphysics.html

Please send your application package and/or contact Dr. John Olivero 
(oliveroj at erau.edu) or Dr. Mahmut Reyhanoglu (reyhanom at erau.edu) for more details.

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(2)4-9 Oct 2010, School and Workshop on the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Upper 
Atmosphere at the Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute, Argentina.  Student 
applications due 14 May.
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 From Diego Janches (diego at cora.nwra.com).

This is a reminder that the deadline for student applications to the 
Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute: School and Workshop on the Dynamics and 
Chemistry of the Upper Atmosphere is approaching (May 14th). The school will 
held in Argentina in October 4-9, 2010.

For more information and application instructions please visit 
http://www.acd.ucar.edu/pasi

Diego Janches (diego at cora.nwra.com), Rolando Garcia (rgarcia at ucar.edu) and 
Claudio Brunini (claudiobrunini at yahoo.com)

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(3) Call for Participation in CEDAR ETI Challenge, model submissions due 1 June, 
discussion at 2010 CEDAR Workshop June 25 in Boulder, CO.
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 From Masha Kuznetsova (Maria.M.Kuznetsova at nasa.gov).

The CEDAR Electrodynamics Thermosphere Ionosphere (ETI) Challenge was initiated 
at the 2009 CEDAR workshop. The goal of the CEDAR Challenge is to help to 
evaluate the current state of the ionosphere/thermosphere models, to track model 
improvements over time, and to facilitate interaction between research and 
operation communities in developing metrics for space weather model evaluations. 
The Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) at the Goddard Space Flight 
Center is supporting the activity. The time intervals, physical parameters, and 
observational data for the Challenge selected at the first CETI Workshop are 
available at the 2009 CEDAR Workshop webpage 
(http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2009_Workshop:CEDAR_ETI_Challenge), 
described in the 2010 CETI Workshop at the 2010 CEDAR Workshop 
(http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2010_Workshop:CEDAR_ETI_Challenge), 
and at the CCMC web site (http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/support/CETI2010), as well 
as listed below.

The CCMC will keep track of both the data and model results. The model output 
archive, on-line visualization tool for timeline comparisons, and configurable 
table of metrics results will be available at the CCMC Challenge Web site.

The 2010 CETI Challenge consists of timelines only of 1-dimensional
data sets along satellite paths or above ground-based locations as listed below:

# (Electrodynamic) Vertical and horizontal drifts at Jicamarca (Viz/VperpN and 
VperpE)
# (Thermosphere) Neutral density at 400 km altitude from CHAMP (Nden400)
# (Ionosphere) Electron density at CHAMP orbit (Eden)
# (Ionosphere) NmF2 from LEO satellites (CHAMP and COSMIC) and ISRs
# (ionosphere) HmF2 from LEO satellites (CHAMP and COSMIC) and ISRs

These parameters will be investigated using metrics for the
following 9 intervals, 3 from the GEM storms, and 6 from
the 13-month climatological CEDAR study from March 2007 to
March 2008.  There are a total of 14 days and 14 hours in the
9 intervals listed below where the UTs refer to the first and
second daynumbers listed:

# E.2001.243 (GEM storm) 24 hr 2001/08/31 01243-01243 (0-24 UT)
# E.2005.243 (GEM storm) 26 hr 2005/08/31 05243-05244 (10-12 UT)
# E.2006.348 (GEM storm) 36 hr 2006/12/14 06348-06349 (12-24 UT)
# E.2007.079 (quiet)     48 hr 2007/03/20 07079-07080 (0-24 UT)
# E.2007.091 (moderate)  36 hr 2007/04/01 07091-07092 (0-12 UT)
# E.2007.142 (moderate)  60 hr 2007/05/22 07122-07144 (12-24 UT)
# E.2007.190 (quiet)     24 hr 2007/07/09 07190-07190 (0-24 UT)
# E.2007.341 (quiet)     48 hr 2007/12/07 07341-07342 (0-24 UT)
# E.2008.059 (moderate)  48 hr 2008/02/28 08059-08061 (12-12 UT)

The outcome of the preliminary round of model output comparisons will be 
discussed at the CEDAR 2010 Workshop in Boulder Colorado on Friday, June 25, 
10:30 - 12:30. Using the experience of this preliminary metrics study we will 
discuss what modifications to the challenge procedure should be made and whether 
we should modify the list of events and physical parameters selected for 
comparison.  Specifically, we hope to expand to climatological studies of data 
from March 2007 to March 2008 and to compare with 2- and 3-dimensional data 
sets.  Examples could be the 2-dimensional data set of 1 degree longitude by 1 
degree latitude vertical TEC estimated every minute from ~400 GPS satellites 
available through the madrigal Database at 
http://madrigal.haystack.mit.edu/madrigal or using s/w from Bill Rideout 
(brideout at haystack.mit.edu).  A further challenge would be to utilize 
3-dimensional vertical electron density profiles from Abel inversions from the 
COSMIC satellites on a sparse global grid.

Further details of the Challenge and instructions on how to participate can be 
found at the CCMC web site: http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/support/CETI2010/

To participate in this fist round of the Challenge, please submit your model 
results using the CCMC on-line submission interface prior to June 1st, 2010.

Please send questions and comments to

Masha Kuznetsova (Maria.M.Kuznetsova at nasa.gov)

Barbara Emery (emery at ucar.edu)

JaSoon Shim (js.shim at aggiemail.usu.edu)

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