CEDAR email: 82363-13289 ABI data and summer student JIREP in Peru applications due 24 Jan

[Barbara Emery]

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(1) AFRL DMSP ABI midnight equatorward boundary on-line from 82363 to 13289.
 From Barbara Emery (emery at ucar.edu).
See also http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/DMSP:ssj4_midnit and 
http://cedar.openmadrigal.org

(2) Jicamarca International Research Experience Program (JIREP) student 
applications due 24 Jan.
 From Sandra Mendieta <jirep at jro.igp.gob.pe>.
See also http://jro.igp.gob.pe/jirep/

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(1) DMSP ABI midnight equatorward boundary on-line from 82363 to 13289.
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 From Barbara Emery (emery at ucar.edu).

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) devised the Auroral Boundary Index
(ABI) from DMSP satellites.  The ABI is an estimate of the auroral equatorward
boundary at magnetic midnight at the NH magnetic latitude from the SSJ4 and
SSJ5 instruments that measure electron and ion particle precipitation.  A full
description is at http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/DMSP:ssj4_midnit
along with references.  Previously, only the estimate of the NH magnetic
latitude was available at the UT of the actual equatorward auroral crossing at
some magnetic local time (MLT).  Now, that MLT is listed, along with the actual
(mlat,mlon) and (glat,glon) of the crossing for the particular DMSP satellite.
Since the ABI is estimated from the Kp index, a pseudo-Kp or provisional Kp,
pKp, is also listed along with a quality flag based on how well the pKp in that
particular satellite bin of (MLT,glon,season,hemisphere) was within 1.5 sigma
of the real Kp in 27 consecutive crossings.

The new data files are available on-line from 82363 to 13289 in the CEDAR and
the CEDAR Archival Madrigal Databases at:

* as AFRL text files in the CEDAR DB at 
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/DMSP:ssj4_midnit
* in the CEDAR Archival Madrigal DB at http://cedar.openmadrigal.org in the 
standard Madrigal formats (ascii, Hdf5, etc)
* soon in the CEDAR DB at http://www.vsto.org/forward.htm?forward=data in 
standard VSTO formats (ascii, netCDF, etc)

The CEDAR DB Rules of the Road apply and logins are needed for the data
in the CEDAR DB.  The madrigal DB requires and email address.

Acknowledgements:  The DMSP particle detectors were designed by Dave Hardy
of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the Auroral Boundary Indices are
provided with permission from the Space Vehicle Directorate, Air Force
Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117, [via the Cedar Database at
the National Center for Atmospheric Research which is supported by the
National Science Foundation.] OR [via the CEDAR Archival Madrigal Database
at Millstone Hill, MIT which is supported by the National Science Foundation.]

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(2) Jicamarca International Research Experience Program (JIREP) student 
applications due 24 Jan.
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 From Sandra Mendieta <jirep at jro.igp.gob.pe>.

Student Research Opportunity in Peru over the summer at the Jicamarca Radio 
Observatory (JRO)

The students will work with staff engineers and scientists on projects
related to ongoing research or instrumentation development programs.
Research may be conducted in neutral atmospheric and ionospheric science
as well as radar/radio instrumentation and software development. Given its
location, frequency of operation, and array system, most JRO's research
capabilities are unique. Besides the unique research capabilities where
students are welcomed to propose and run their own experiments, JRO offers a 
good opportunity to get hands-on-experience on different aspects of radar
systems, from changing the antenna connections, improving RF components of
the system, to develop sophisticated acquisition and processing programs.

A side benefit of the program is that students will get to know Peru,
heir to ancient cultures and rich colonial tradition. This program is
offered to junior/senior undergraduate and/or first and second year graduate
students and will cover the travel expenses (to and from Lima), as well as a
reasonable stipend. Given that the Observatory is located outside Lima city,
transportation will be provided.

* Application deadline: January 24, 2014
* Decision: February 20, 2014
* Starting date: Anytime between May 12 until June 20, 2014
*Duration: 10 weeks

More information and application/recommendation forms can be found at
http://jro.igp.gob.pe/jirep/ or by contacting us at  jirep at jro.igp.gob.pe

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