CEDAR email: CEDAR NSF proposals due 17 July, Radio Heliophysics issue for Solar Physics, and passing of Alan Lazarus

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(1) NSF CEDAR Proposals due Thursday 17 July.
 From Anne-Marie Schmoltner (aschmolt at nsf.gov), NSF Aeronomy Program 
Director.
See also http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14545/nsf14545.htm

(2) Solar Physics Topical Issue “Radio Heliophysics: Science and 
Forecasting”
- Interest Statements due 28 March, manuscripts due 17 October.
 From <Mario.Bisi at stfc.ac.uk> in SPA Vol 21, Issue 18, 19 Mar
See also http://www.editorialmanager.com/sola/

(3)  Passing of Alan Lazarus.
 From Justin Kasper (jckasper at umich.edu) and John Belcher (jbelcher at
mit.edu) in SPA Vol 21, Issue 19, 19 Mar.

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(1) NSF CEDAR Proposals due Thursday 17 July.
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 From Anne-Marie Schmoltner (aschmolt at nsf.gov), NSF Aeronomy Program 
Director.

The new CEDAR Program Announcement was just posted:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14545/nsf14545.htm
The submission deadline is 7/17 in 2014.

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(2) Solar Physics Topical Issue “Radio Heliophysics: Science and 
Forecasting”
- Interest Statements due 28 March, manuscripts due 17 October.
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 From <Mario.Bisi at stfc.ac.uk> in SPA Vol 21, Issue 18, 19 Mar.

Dear Colleagues.

Heliophysics is considered to be the all-encompassing sub-field of
astrophysics which includes subjects from the Sun’s core to planetary 
cores,
and indeed, to the edge of the heliosphere where the Sun’s influence in the
galaxy ends and that of the interstellar medium (IsM) takes over.  There 
are
many different physical domains within Heliophysics, where the physical
specifications and boundary conditions vary considerably, and thus it is a
wide area of current scientific research.

Contributions for this Topical Issue (TI) in Solar Physics (SP), we would
solicit papers from all of radio Heliophysics where radio (observations, 
data,
results, modelling, etc…) forms the basis of each paper or is a strong
complimentary data set to other Heliophysics observations, measurements, or
modelling.  The aim of the TI is to highlight the wide uses and scope and
indeed the capabilities and power of radio observations in scientific and
forecasting investigations of our solar system and the Sun’s influence from
its core to the heliosphere-IsM boundary and especially upon the Earth
environment.  Observations and modelling of the heliosphere 
via/incorporating
radio methods and radio data are of a critical importance to improving our
understanding of the Physics behind the various components of the
Heliophysical system and how each of these components ties into the
next.  Radio observations are also essential to further our 
understanding of
space weather both in the vicinity of the Earth and at other solar-system
bodies (e.g. the Sun-Earth connection from solar dynamo through to ground-
level-events at Earth’s surface).

The TI will consist of completed, original research papers on this common
theme which would benefit from being published together.  All of the papers
will be fully refereed in the normal manner.  To assist the Editor, Dr. 
Mario
M. Bisi, Dr. Bernard V. Jackson, and Dr. J. Americo Gonzalez-Esparza have
agreed to act as Guest Editors for this Issue.

We solicit manuscripts on this general subject, for inclusion in this TI of
Solar Physics, with deadlines of 28 March 2014 (Friday) for submission of a
statement of interest, title, abstract, and suggestions of referees, and of
17 October 2014 (Friday) for submission of the completed manuscript.

There are no publication, page, or colour charges for publishing in Solar
Physics, and the Journal’s impact factor is very respectable, especially in
the Heliophysics field.

In order to respect the other contributors, we will be strict with 
deadlines
for submission, refereeing, and proofing.  To expedite the schedule, 
referees
will be identified prior to the submission of the manuscripts on the 
basis of
the abstracts.  Papers which are late, either because of delays in 
submission
or protracted refereeing, will likely appear individually in later 
issues of
the Journal.

If you wish to participate in this TI of Solar Physics, please let us 
know by
Friday 28 March 2014 to be considered for inclusion by E-Mail to Mario Bisi
(Mario.Bisi [at] stfc.ac.uk) (with the subject line: Radio Heliophysics:
Science and Forecasting Solar Physics TI Proposed Submission) and 
provide us
with a tentative title, abstract, authors, estimated number of pages, as 
well
as names and E-Mail addresses of at least three potential referees. 
Once you
have successfully heard regarding your proposed submission, you should then
prepare and submit your manuscript for refereeing by 17 October 2014
(http://www.editorialmanager.com/sola/ - when submitting you should select
the TI from the drop-down submission-type menu at the start of your
submission).

Many thanks and best wishes,

Mario M. Bisi, Bernard V. Jackson, and J. Americo Gonzalez-Esparza (Guest
Editors),
and
Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi (Editor).

http://www.editorialmanager.com/sola/

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(3)  Passing of Alan Lazarus.
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 From Justin Kasper (jckasper at umich.edu) and John Belcher (jbelcher at
mit.edu) in SPA Vol 21, Issue 19, 19 Mar.

It is with deep regret and sorrow that we report the passing of Dr. Alan 
Jay
Lazarus, Senior Research Scientist at MIT, beloved colleague and pioneering
researcher in the fields of space physics and the solar wind.  Alan died
peacefully in his home in Lexington, Massachusetts on March 13, 2014.

In 1959 Alan began a career of over 50 years at MIT where he joined 
pioneers
in space research to study space physics, focusing particularly on space
plasma and the solar wind.  At MIT’s Center for Space Research (now Kavli
Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research), he helped develop 
instruments
for over 20 spacecraft missions to learn about the solar wind, including 
one
on board the Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, which this past 
fall was
the first man-made object to travel beyond our solar system. 
Instruments he
developed today provide continuous measurements of the solar wind plasma 
that
buffets Earth, as well as the distant boundary between solar plasma and the
interstellar medium. In 1974-1975 he was Staff Scientist at NASA’s 
Office of
Space Science, High Energy Astrophysics.  He was the lead or co-author on
over 200 scientific papers.

He was Principal Investigator for a solar wind experiment on SOL-RAD 11, Co-
Investigator for a solar wind plasma experiment utilizing Faraday cup 
sensors
on Explorers 10, 18, 33, and 35 (for Earth magnetosphere studies) and 
Mariner
4 (Mars), Mariner 5 (Venus), Mariner 10 (Venus/Mercury), Pioneers 6 and 7,
Voyagers 1 and 2 probes and planetary encounter missions, the WIND 
spacecraft,
whose current orbit is roughly at 240 Earth radii and which sends daily 
solar
wind data every 90 seconds to observe interplanetary shocks and other
phenomena, IMP, OGO-1, OGO 3, and the Giotto probe to Halley’s comet.

Al’s DSCOVR Faraday Cup is scheduled to fly in early 2015 as a real time
beacon for NOAA space weather forecasting.  This instrument, because it 
will
be sun-pointed and make fast measurements, will be a prototype for a 
Faraday
Cup on Solar Probe, on which he is a Co-Investigator, scheduled for
2018.  The impact of his innovative ideas and creativity on our field will
continue for years to come.

In addition to his research position, Dr. Lazarus was a Senior Lecturer in
MIT’s Physics Department.  He cared deeply about his students and worked to
bring delight to their learning experiences.  In 1963 he was the first
recipient of MIT’s Everett Moore Baker Award for Outstanding Undergraduate
Teaching, and in 1998 received the Department of Physics’ William W. 
Buechner
Faculty Award for Teaching.  Always ready to share his experience and 
love of
MIT, Alan was a caring and devoted faculty advisor to many, and from 1977-
1980 was MIT’s Associate Dean of Students in Charge of Freshman Advising,
where he was instrumental in the creation of the Undergraduate Academic
Support Office.

Alan’s obituary appeared in the Boston Globe
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=alan-jay-
lazarus&pid=170219913.  Friends are invited to a gathering in his honor 
at a
place and date to be announced, and to add their recollections and learn 
more
about his life and work here http://alanlazarus.wordpress.com/.

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