CEDAR email: Lou Frank's death, saving HAARP, GOES-R job in Boulder, CEDAR and GEM 2016-2017 location nominations due June 9

[Barb Emery]

This is a generic mailing to the CEDAR community sent 21 May 2014.
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) Passing of Professor Louis A. Frank.
 From kathy-kurth at uiowa.edu via SPA Newsletter 19 May 2014.
See also 
http://hosting-3320.tributes.com/obituary/show/Louis-A.-Frank-101356914

(2) Saving HAARP.
 From Robert McCoy <rpmccoy at alaska.edu> via SPA Newsletter 20 May 2014.

(3) JOB OPENING: Energetic Particle Scientist for GOES-R at CIRES with 
SWPC, Boulder, CO.
 From Juan.Rodriguez at noaa.gov via SPA Newsletter 20 May 2014.
See also http://www.jobsatcu.com for job postings RF01364 and RF01363

(4) Propose your location for the June 2016 and 2017 CEDAR and GEM 
Workshops by June 9!
 From Barbara Emery (emery at ucar.edu) and Xia Cai <xcai at vt.edu> and 
the GEM-CEDAR committee.
See also 
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Workshop:Workshop_Requirements

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(1) Passing of Professor Louis A. Frank.
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 From kathy-kurth at uiowa.edu via SPA Newsletter 19 May 2014.

Dr. Louis A. Frank, Professor Emeritus of Physics & Astronomy from the
University of Iowa died Friday, May 16, 2014.

Memorial services will be held 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 20th at the Gay & Ciha
Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City with visitation from 4-7 p.m.,
Monday at the funeral home. Private family interment will take place at
Oakland Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Van 
Allen
Physics Scholarship Fund at the University of Iowa Foundation.

Louis was born in Chicago, IL and graduated from high school in Fort
Madison, Iowa. He enjoyed nurturing trees and wildlife as well as
automobiles. His passion in life was science.

Dr. Frank was a Professor of Physics at The University of Iowa, where he 
had
been a member of the faculty since 1964. His first professional research
activities occurred in 1958 when he assisted Professor Van Allen in the
calibration of the first U. S. lunar probes, Pioneers 3 and 4, as an
undergraduate student. Since then he had been an experimenter, co-
investigator, or principal investigator for instruments on forty-two
spacecraft. Dr. Frank was the principal investigator for the auroral 
imaging
instruments for the Dynamics Explorer Mission, the plasma instrumentation
for the Galileo Mission to Jupiter, the U. S. plasma instrumentation for 
the
Japanese Geotail spacecraft, and the camera for visible wavelengths for the
Polar spacecraft of the International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP)
Program. His publications encompassed such topics as the first direct
measurements of the terrestrial ring current and of the polar cusp, the
current systems in Earth's magnetotail, the plasma tori at Jupiter and at
Saturn, and global imaging of Earth's auroral zones and atmosphere. His
research interests were directed toward magnetospheric plasmas in the
vicinity of Earth, wave-plasma instabilities, active experiments in the
ionosphere, interpretation of auroral images in terms of global convection
and current systems, the Jovian magnetosphere and its relationship with the
Galilean satellites, computed tomography, geocoronal hydrogen, comets, and
optics. He served on various NASA and NAS/NRC committees and as a Fellow of
the American Physical Society, a member of the American Astronomical
Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science and the
International Academy of Astronautics. He was a Fellow of the American
Geophysical Union and a recipient of the National Space Act Award.

His family includes his two daughters, Jessica Frank of Iowa City and
Suzanne Frank of Waterloo; brother, Clyde Frank of Virginia; sister, Emilou
Woods of Colorado, and grandson Taylor Bergstrom of New York.

(SPA Editor Peter Chi's note: The above obituary is taken from the 
memorial services
website at:
http://hosting-3320.tributes.com/obituary/show/Louis-A.-Frank-101356914
where memories of Prof. Frank are being posted.)

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(2) Saving HAARP.
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 From Robert McCoy <rpmccoy at alaska.edu> via SPA Newsletter 20 May 2014.

The ionospheric heater community, i.e., those who use high power RF
transmitters to perform active experiments in the ionosphere are conducting
a letter writing campaign to convince the Department of Defense to halt
plans to demolish the High frequency Active Auroral Research Program 
(HAARP)
in Alaska.  After 20 years and $290M, the HAARP facility was recently
completed and has just begun to demonstrate it's full scientific 
potential.
There are two other ionospheric heater facilities in the world, EISCAT in
Norway and SURA in Russia, but HAARP is by far the most powerful and
flexible of the three.  With a radiated power of 3.6MW HAARP can enable
experiments at thresholds not possible with any other facility.  HAARP has
an ideal location in the subarctic for auroral, geomagnetic and
magnetospheric studies.

The facility was started with congressional earmarks and completed by AFRL,
ONR and DARPA using their agency funds.  The facility has been used to
conduct basic research experiments and educate new generations of
ionospheric scientists.  HAARP is frequently used to modulate the 
ionosphere
to generate low frequency (e.g. ELF, Alfven) waves to explore a range of
applications including: submarine communication; GPS navigation; over the
horizon radar; and the reduction of trapped electrons in the radiation
belts.  Currently DARPA is completing the Basic Research and Ionospheric
Characteristics and Effects (BRIOCHE).  When the current series of
measurements end in June, AFRL/RV will close the facility permanently and
demolish the site.

As priorities shifted and budgets shrank, the DoD decided it has no further
use for HAARP and decided to remediate the site.  To prevent the loss of 
the
most exquisite ionospheric heater in the world, the scientific community is
organizing a letter writing campaign to demonstrate strong interest in
continued HAARP science.  Concerned scientists are encouraged to write 
their
congressional delegations and the Secretary of Defense to delay the
demolition and encourage the DoD to find a way to build a new business plan
to sustain HAARP for future generations.  In March of last year the 
National
Research Council (NRC) held a workshop to assess the current and future
science supported by HAARP.  While the NRC made no recommendations relative
to HAARP, it did capture and record the great enthusiasm for the science
potential of HAARP by the scientists who testified.

Interested supporters are encouraged to cc Bob McCoy at the Geophysical
Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, rpmccoy at alaska.edu.

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(3) JOB OPENING: Energetic Particle Scientist for GOES-R at CIRES with 
SWPC, Boulder, CO.
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 From Juan.Rodriguez at noaa.gov via SPA Newsletter 20 May 2014.

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at
the University of Colorado at Boulder has an immediate opening for a
Research Associate supporting NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center
(NGDC). This position is for an Energetic Particle Scientist within the 
NGDC
Solar and Terrestrial Physics (STP) division. A small team of dedicated
scientists within STP works to ensure that current and future space weather
sensors provide effective operational products for use by the NOAA National
Weather Service (NWS) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).  STP’s 
overall
responsibilities also include providing access to these environmental data
by spacecraft engineers and the scientific community.  The GOES-R series of
satellites will fly a new suite of particle detectors that measures
magnetospheric electron and ions from 30 eV to several MeV at multiple 
pitch
angles, and solar energetic ions from 1-1000 MeV/nucleon (http://www.goes-
r.gov/spacesegment/seiss.html). As a scientific and technical interface for
STP to the GOES-R satellite program, the Energetic Particle Scientist works
with the program to ensure that the characterization of the GOES-R particle
measurements, and the products derived from these measurements, meet the
needs of NOAA as well as the broader community. Applicants for this 
position
must possess excellent scientific and algorithm development skills as well
as the ability to critically review the products of others. In addition to
satisfying GOES-R responsibilities, the Energetic Particle Scientist is
encouraged to conduct independent research. For more information please
visit http://www.jobsatcu.com and search for job postings RF01364 and 
RF01363 (the
latter for the same position as a Professional Research Assistant).

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(4) Propose your location for the June 2016 and 2017 CEDAR and GEM 
Workshops by June 9!
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 From Barbara Emery (emery at ucar.edu) and Xia Cai <xcai at vt.edu> and 
the GEM-CEDAR committee.

Proposals are being sought from institutions wishing to host the 2016 
and 2017 CEDAR
and GEM workshops which will probably meet separate weeks, but at the 
same location.
The proposals may be free format but should conform to the constraints
and address the issues raised below. The major costs should be 
estimated: student lodging,
non-student lodging, catering, overhead, meeting space, air fares, 
poster rental, A/V,
conference fees etc. Preference will be given to institutions
with strong local CEDAR or GEM science communities, including a student 
base. This is
an opportunity to promote and build CEDAR and GEM science at your 
institution.  Please
propose by Monday June 9 via email to emery at ucar.edu and xcai at vt.edu. 
Interested
institutions are strongly encouraged before submitting their proposal to 
have their administrative lead
directly contact Kendra Greb of CEDAR (kgreb at ucar.edu, 303-497-1605) and 
Xia Cai of GEM
(pronounce: Shia Chua, xcai at vt.edu, 757-325-6790) in order to help the 
CEDAR and GEM
communities make assessments for their respective groups.

The requirements are listed below and also at
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Workshop:Workshop_Requirements
A location will be chosen by the GEM-CEDAR committee with input from their
respective Science Steering Committees during and shortly after their 
annual
June 2014 workshops.  Some of the larger numbers below are for the CEDAR 
Workshop
requirements, but anything that can host CEDAR can also host GEM.

*1) The workshops must occur between the third and fifth weeks of June 
for ~380
total participants, where the 2 workshops meet jointly in-between on a 
weekend.
*2) Each proposal should identify a lead scientific contact.
*3) Each proposal should identify a lead administrative contact, who may 
be from
Conference Services/Management, where we would like an estimated cost of 
their services as well,
including any overhead rates (see #4 also).
*4) Overhead rates should be known in advance, since this is a 
significant extra expense at academic institutions.
*5) A venue capable of seating 500 people for plenary sessions must be 
available.
*6) A venue for dinner with a scientific speaker with banquet seating 
for 400 people.
*7) Poster space for 46 8x4 posters (~5000-6000 sq ft) must be 
available. (THIS IS NOT TO BE
SHARED WITH OTHER SPACE, except perhaps with the dinner listed above!)
*8) Four extra rooms for workshops capable of seating ~100 people should be
available.
*9) Wireless internet connections are mandatory at the meeting site, and 
estimated A/V costs,
including costs of an A/V technician are desirable.
*10)Catering costs are not likely to be per person which is more 
expensive, but based on menu
selections, so please include catering menus for Food and Beverage pricing.
*11) The cost of airfare to the destination city or close-by (within 
~2h) is a consideration
and should be addressed. It is advantageous to have non-stop flights for 
most people, but not required.
*12) Inexpensive options for housing ~130 students at approximately 
$50/night
should be locally available.
*13) Lodging for ~250 non-students relatively close to the meeting venue 
with
parking options described for the lodging and the meeting location(s).
*14) The availability of restaurants within walking distance is 
advantageous and
should be addressed or the necessity to shuttle to relatively nearby 
(~10 min
drive) restaurants
*15) Extracurricular activities nearby are also advantageous.

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