CEDAR email: Extreme Space Weather report; GEM-CEDAR weekend workshop solicitation; IRI Workshop in Poland; CCMC student research contest; job in Finland
Barbara Emery
emery at ucar.edu
Tue Feb 12 13:45:51 MST 2013
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(1) “Extreme space weather: impacts on engineered systems and infrastructure”
from UK on-line at
http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/Space_Weather_Full_Report_Final.PDF.
From Paul Cannon <pcannon at qinetiq.com> via URSI-CG Distribution 8 Feb.
(2) Solicitations for Weekend GEM-CEDAR workshop June 22-23, Boulder, CO.
Reply to Larry Lyons <larry at atmos.ucla.edu>.
See also http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/2013_GEM-CEDAR_Workshop and
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2013_Workshop:GEM-CEDAR_Workshop
(3) IRI Workshop at the University of Warmia and Mazury (UWM) in Olsztyn,
Poland, June 24 to 28, 2013 - abstracts due March 15.
From: Dieter Bilitza <dbilitza at gmu.edu> and Andrzej Krankowski <kand at
uwm.edu.pl>.
See also http://www.uwm.edu.pl/kaig/iri_workshop_2013
(4) CCMC Student Research Contest - projects due 7 May - winners get funding to
go to CEDAR, GEM, or SHINE where they are invited to present their work in the
CCMC workshops.
From Ja Soon Shim (jasoon.shim at nasa.gov).
See also http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/support/contest-2013/
(5) Space Physics Lectureship Position, Department of Physics, University of
Helsinki, Finland - applications due 8 March.
From: Hannu Koskinen <Hannu.E.Koskinen at helsinki.fi> in SPA Newsletter 7 Feb.
See also http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=63620
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(1) “Extreme space weather: impacts on engineered systems and infrastructure”
from UK on-line at
http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/Space_Weather_Full_Report_Final.PDF.
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From Paul Cannon <pcannon at qinetiq.com> via URSI-CG Distribution 8 Feb.
The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering has just published its report on “Extreme
space weather: impacts on engineered systems and infrastructure”. This is an
in-depth assessment of the potential impacts of solar superstorms. The report
was drawn up with the help of experts from many different disciplines. The
report makes many recommendations to government and industry on measures to
improve resilience against space weather.
A press release on the report is available on
http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=825
This also includes a link to download the full report
http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/Space_Weather_Full_Report_Final.PDF
A summary of the report is available on
http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/Space_Weather_Summary_Report.PDF
Please feel free to distribute this email to your colleagues.
Best wishes
Paul Cannon (Study Report Chair)
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(2) Solicitations for Weekend GEM-CEDAR workshop June 22-23, Boulder, CO.
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Reply to Larry Lyons <larry at atmos.ucla.edu>.
The Organizing Committee is soliciting contributions to and participation
in a coordinated GEM-CEDAR workshop that is directed toward motivating
progress in understanding the very many aspects of the Geospace environment
that involve the full Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere (MIT) system
and towards encouraging continued coordinated GEM-CEDAR activity for the
future. The workshop will be held the weekend between GEM and CEDAR,
Sat-Sun June 22-23, 2013, in Boulder, CO. Some activities related to
the workshop may extend to the first day of CEDAR, June 24, which will
be held at the same venue. A description of the motivation and goals
of the workshop, as well as a list of topics to guide presentations and
discussion, are available at:
http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/2013_GEM-CEDAR_Workshop
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2013_Workshop:GEM-CEDAR_Workshop.
The workshop schedule will consist of invited presentations, short
contributed talks, and extended discussions about present understanding
and future directions. Please send your desire to participate in the
workshop to Larry Lyons (larry at atmos.ucla.edu), chair of the
organizing committee, by March 20, 2013 . If you would like to give
a contributed presentation, please include a statement identifying
the main topic (A-E) from the URLS (and summarized below) and a draft
title. We would like to maintain a lively workshop atmosphere, so
contributed talks should be limited to only a handful of slides.
Students and post-docs are particularly encouraged to attend.
Confirmed invited participants are: Nick Omidi, Drew Turner, Delores Knipp,
Yue Deng, Per Even Sandholt, Anthea Coster, Stefan Eriksson, Bob Lysak,
Shasha Zou, Chih-Ping Wang, Yongliang Zhag, Joe Huba, Bela Fejer,
Yuri Shprits, Vania Jordanova, Howard Singer, Mike Rouhoniemi,
Art Richmond, Yihua Zheng, Lutz Raestatter, and Astrid Maute.
The generalized workshop topics are (with multiple sub-topics listed in the URLS):
*A. Dayside MIT response to transient solar wind, bow shock, and magnetopause
phenomena
*B. Structure and dynamics of polar cap ionospheric convection and plasma
*C. Active MIT coupling on closed magnetic field lines
*D. Coordinated use of space-based RBSP/THEMIS and ground-based observations to
address geomagnetic storm phenomena, including ring current and radiation belt
formation, and plasmasphere evolution
*E. Coordinated model-data studies to support new and innovative CEDAR/GEM science
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(3) IRI Workshop at the University of Warmia and Mazury (UWM) in Olsztyn,
Poland, June 24 to 28, 2013 - abstracts due March 15.
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From: Dieter Bilitza <dbilitza at gmu.edu> and Andrzej Krankowski <kand at
uwm.edu.pl>.
The 2013 International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) Workshop will be held at the
University of Warmia and Mazury (UWM) in Olsztyn, Poland from June 24 to 28,
2013. The workshop will be hosted by the Department of Astronomy and Geodynamics
of UWM with Andrzej Krankowski as the Local Organizer. IRI is a joint project of
the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and the International Union of Radio
Science (URSI) that brings together ionospheric modelers and experimenters with
the goal of developing and improving a data-based international reference model
for the ionosphere.
The focus of this year's workshop will be on "IRI and GNSS". Key topics covered
will include:
* Improvements of IRI with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data
* GNSS monitoring of ionosphere (TEC, fluctuation and scintillation effects)
* Real-Time IRI including the representation of storm-time effects
* Modeling the high latitudes ionosphere
* Mapping of ionospheric peak parameters
* The Ionosphere and IRI during the recent solar cycle
* New inputs for IRI
* IRI Applications
The conference website is at http://www.uwm.edu.pl/kaig/iri_workshop_2013
The deadline for submission of abstracts is March 15, 2013.
Olsztyn is a 3-hour bus ride from the Warsaw International Airport (Chopin).
Transfer between the airport and Olsztyn hotels will be organized.
The IRI homepage is at http://iri.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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(4) CCMC Student Research Contest - projects due 7 May - winners get funding to
go to CEDAR, GEM, or SHINE where they are invited to present their work in the
CCMC workshops.
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From Ja Soon Shim (jasoon.shim at nasa.gov).
The Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) and National Science Foundation
(NSF) are pleased to announce the second annual CCMC Student Research Contest:
http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/support/contest-2013/
We invite undergraduate and graduate students who are using (or have recently
used) CCMC tools and services in a research project or as a part of coursework
to enter the contest. A successful project could involve the use of CCMC tools
to demonstrate a physical process or concept in new and creative ways, or to
gain new understanding of one of the many unanswered questions in space physics.
Winners will be invited to present their work at the 2013 CEDAR, GEM, and SHINE
workshops. A fixed amount of travel support will be awarded to cover airfare and
lodging (exact amount to be determined).
The report (not to exceed 10 pages) should include a problem statement,
description of the CCMC models and tools used, results, discussion, conclusions,
and references. The report should include figures, at least one of which
generated with CCMC visualization tools, to convey the results in a clear and
interesting manner. Ideally, a report can be used as a base for a paper. For
projects completed as part of a collaborative effort, or under the supervision
of a mentor, please include a statement describing which tasks were completed by
the student.
A panel of scientists, none of whom will be CCMC staff members, will evaluate
the reports. Therefore, students are encouraged to contact CCMC staff members
regarding the models and tools available, for consultation on possible research
projects, or for assistance with submitting runs or visualizing results. The
full list of staff members is http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/staff/.
For examples of previous winning reports, see Results of the First CCMC Student
Research Contest: http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/support/contest-winners.php
Deadline for report submission is May 7, 2013. Winners will be announced by
mid-May.
*Student Research Contest Application Form:
http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/support/contest-2013/SRC_ApplicationForm-2013.docx
*Student Research Contest Application Form (in PDF):
http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/support/contest-2013/SRC_ApplicationForm-2013.pdf
CCMC Tools and Services
http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Contacts
* Rebekah Evans, CCMC, Rebekah.e.frolov at nasa.gov
* Masha Kuznetsova, CCMC, Maria.M.Kuznetsova at nasa.gov
* Therese Moretto, NSF, tjorgens at nsf.gov
Students are encouraged to learn more about research opportunities using CCMC
tools and services during community Workshops, by contacting CCMC staff and
other scientists familiar with CCMC tools and services.
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(5) Space Physics Lectureship Position, Department of Physics, University of
Helsinki, Finland - applications due 8 March.
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From: Hannu Koskinen <Hannu.E.Koskinen at helsinki.fi> in SPA Newsletter 7 Feb.
The Department of Physics of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has an open
Physics lectureship position in the field of Space Physics for a 5-year term.
The full announcement can be found at
http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=63620
The dead-line for applications is 8 March 2013 at 15.45 local Helsinki time.
For more information please contact
Professor Hannu Koskinen (Hannu.E.Koskinen at helsinki.fi)
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