Table of Contents
- 4th SWMF Users Meeting Update
- 2020 VGEM Report: Interhemispheric approach to understand M-I Coupling (IHMIC) focus group
- 2021 NASA Heliophysics Summer School - Recruitment Announcement
- Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series
- JOB OPENING: Tenure Track Faculty Position in Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
- JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Research Position in the Physics Department at Auburn University
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1. 4th SWMF Users Meeting Update
From: Tamas Gombosi, Tuija Pulkkinen, Aaron Ridley, Gabor Toth, Shasha Zou (tamas at umich.edu)
This is the second announcement of the upcoming 4th SWMF Users meeting that will take place via Zoom between November 4 and 6, 2020.
A Zoom Webinar is set up for the 3-day meeting. The same Zoom link will work all three days. All speakers, Session Chairs and Note-takers have already received panelist invitations (if you see your name on the enclosed tentative schedule and you have not received an invitation, please let me know immediately). Those who registered as participants have also been sent Zoom links to the meeting. If you would like to participate and have not registered yet please go to https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0JFK86-MQv-zRw6fzOiFlA to register. After registration you will receive an individual link to the meeting.
Now we have a tentative schedule for the meeting. It will run from 12:30pm EST to 6pm EST every day. Presentations will be in 90 minutes blocks and at the end of each day we scheduled a 30 minutes long open discussion.
For you information below is the tentative schedule. We note that this schedule might change as we approach the meeting.
Day 1
#Block 1: Nov 4, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, Chair: Tuija Pulkkinen; Note-taker: Lulu Zhao
#01: 10 min Tamas Gombosi: Introduction
#02: 20 min Gabor Toth: SWMF goes open source
#03: 20 min Gabor Toth: Latest & greatest SWMF
#04: 20 min Aaron Ridley SWMF and GITM
#5: 20 min Valeriy Tenishev: Space radiation simulations with AMPS
Block 2: Nov, 4 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Chair: Shasha Zou; Note-taker: Qusai Al-Shidi
#06 : 15 min Bart van der Holst: Latest AWSoM and AWSoM-R developments
#07 : 15 min Nishtha Sachdeva*: Updated EEGGL CME generation tool
#08 : 15 min Igor Sokolov: M-FLAMPA: Multi field-line SEP modeling
#09 : 15 min Yuxi Chen: FLEKS: A FLexible Exascale Kinetic Simulator for MHD-EPIC
#10 : 15 min Xiantong Wang**: Adaptive XMHD-EPiC simulations of the magnetosphere
#11 : 15 min Shasha Zou: I-T-M coupling with the SWMF
Block 3: Nov 4, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Chair: Gabor Toth ; Note-taker: Tamas Gombosi
#12 : 15 min Meng Jin: Coronal Dimming as a Proxy for Solar/Stellar CMEs
#13 : 15 min Raluca Ilie: Updates to HEIDI
#14 : 15 min Natasha Ganushkina: Probing near-Earth magnetotail dynamics in SWMF
#15 : 15 min Yingjuan Ma: Solar wind interaction with unmagnetized planets: Mars and Venus
#16 : 15 min Chuanfei Dong: Modeling Atmospheric losses from Mars and exoplanets
#17 : 15 min Xianzhe Jia: Simulating planetary magnetospheres with the SWMF
Nov 4, 5:30 - 6:00: Open discussion; Discussion lead: Gabor Toth
Day 2
Block 4: Nov 5, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, Chair: Aaron Ridley; Note-taker: Nishtha Sachdeva
#18 : 15 min Enrico Landi: SPECTRUM: Calculating solar emission lines
#19 : 15 min Judit Szente*: Charge state simulations with AWSoM
#20 : 15 min Chip Manchester: CME simulations with the SWMF
#21 : 15 min Yinsi Shu: PIC capabilities of AMPS in the SWMF
#22 : 15 min Alex Glocer: NextGen PWOM
#23 : 15 min Dan Welling: Reproducing small scale dB/dt with the SWMF
Block 5: Nov 5, 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Chair: Natasha Ganushkina; Note-taker: Shasha Zou
#24 : 15 min Yue Deng Influence of mesoscale-scale forcing on the I-T system
#25 : 15 min Xing Meng GITM research applications at JPL
#26 : 15 min Agnit Mukhopadhyay** Ionospheric Response in the SWMF - Conductance
#27 : 15 min Natasha Buzulukova & John Dorelli: High resolution SWMF simulation of IMF turning
#28 : 15 min Tuijs Pulkkinen & Qusai Al-Shidi*: Magnetic storm simulations with the SWMF
#29 : 15 min Julian Alvarado-Gomez: Eruptive events in active stars: Lessons from numerical simulations
Block 6: Nov 5, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Chair: Xianzhe Jia; Note-taker: Chip Manchester
#30 : 15 min Mei-Ching Fok: CIMI2 and SWMF
#31 : 15 min Nick Arge: The WSA model
#32 : 15 min Zhenguang Huang: WSA in the SWMF
#33 : 15 min Tamas Gombosi, Austin Brenner**, Yingjie Zhu**: SWMF as a teaching tool
#34 : 15 min Dan Welling: Consequences of Plasmasphere Coupling within the SWMF
#35 : 15 min Rona Oran: Impact simulations of lunar crustal magnetization
#Nov 5, 5:30 - 6:00: Open discussion; Discussion lead: Aaron Ridley
Day 3
Block 7: Nov 6, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, Chair: Dan Welling; Note-taker: Natasha Ganushkina
#36 : 15 min Mike Liemohn: The CHARGED project
#37 : 15 min Merav Opher: Our Heliospheric Shield: the SHIELD DSCproject
#38 : 15 min Tamas Gombosi: The SOLSTICE DSC project
#39 : 15 min Gabor Toth: NextGenSWMF using data, physics and UQ
#40 : 15 min Aaron Ridley: The Aether project
#41 : 15 min Howard Singer: Use of SWMF and Plans for Geospace Modeling
Block 8: Nov 6, 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Chair: Alex Glocer; Note-taker: Xiantong Wang
#42 : 15 min Al Hero: Interpretable ML for space weather
#43 : 15 min Yang Chen: Flare forecasting with ML
#44 : 15 min David Fouhey: Cross-emulating solar images with ML
#45 : 15 min Richard Higgins**: Fast and accurate ML emulation of the HMI pipeline
#46 : 15 min Daniel Iong**: Statistical Methods for forecasting SYM-H
#47 : 15 min Enrico Camporeale: Probabilistic estimate of regional ground magnetic perturbations
Block 9: Nov 6, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Chair: Tamas Gombosi; Note-taker: Tuija Pulkkinen
#48 : 15 min Jim Spann: Space weather investigations at NASA
#49 : 15 min Janet Kozyra: Heliophysics DRIVE Science Centers
#50 : 15 min Slava Lukin: The NSF plasma simulation programs
#51 : 15 min Mangala Sharma: The NSF Space Weather program
#52 : 15 min Bill Murtagh: National Space Weather Policy
#53 : 15 min Masha Kuznetsova: CCMC and the SWMF
Nov 6, 5:30 - 6:00: Open discussion; Discussion lead: Tamas Gombosi
Notes: *postdoc, **student
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2. 2020 VGEM Report: Interhemispheric approach to understand M-I Coupling (IHMIC) focus group
From: Hyomin Kim, Robert Lysak, Tomoko Matsuo (hmkim at njit.edu)
The Interhemispheric approach to understand M-I Coupling (IHMIC) focus group organized two sessions on July 23 at the 2020 Virtual GEM Workshop. Session schedules as well as the focus group information can be found on the wiki page: https://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawiki/index.php/FG:_Interhemispheric_Approaches_to_Understand_M-I_Coupling_(IHMIC)
Session 1: This session began with Dan Welling’s presentation on his newly funded NASA DRIVE Center called “The Center for the Unified Study of Interhemispheric Asymmetries (CUSIA)” which looks to address the challenges in understanding the nature of interhemispheric asymmetries by ushering in the next generation of theory and models that account for the ever-present asymmetries imposed onto the geospace system. This talk described the strategy, progress, and upcoming tasks for the Phase 1 DRIVE center. Opportunities for others to become involved were also discussed. Ramon Ropez and Robert Strangeway introduced initial event studies conducted as part of the CUSIA activity, focusing mainly on the effects of large IMF By on ring current models, since those models currently only couple to the northern hemisphere whereas IMF By produces significant interhemispheric asymmetries. Mark Engebretson presented observations of large nighttime magnetic perturbation events (MPEs) relevant to geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) at conjugate high latitudes. The spatial and temporal extent of perturbation amplitudes and derivatives (dB/dt) have been compared between conjugate stations, suggesting that the MPEs tend to favor a current generator model over a voltage generator model. Quarter wave modes, which exist when the ionosphere on one footprint of the field line is in sunlight and the other is in darkness, have been reported by Robert Lysak, who suggested that the ratio between the Pedersen conductances on the two footpoints is greater than 5 and the quarter waves are preferentially excited when they can couple to a cavity mode covering the dayside magnetosphere. Zhonghua Xu presented a statistical survey of interhemispheric comparison of ULF waves associated with interplanetary shocks, concluding that the first ULF wave response is generally observed in hemisphere the shock strikes first – consistent with a shorter transit time for Alfven waves. However, the statistical results for intensity response implicate that there are other controlling factors in the M-I system, such as seasonal variations in ionospheric conductivity and local time dependencies.
Session 2: James Weygand presented examples of hemispherically conjugate auroral omega bands from DMSP SSUSI auroral images. His study suggested that the source of auroral omegas is within the magnetotail and are closely associated with high speed earthward flows. A model, in which neutral winds at magnetically conjugate points in both hemispheres do not map, has been introduced by Stephan Buchert to explain the well-known Sq magnetic variations and to estimate the global Joule heating (JH) by Sq. From Poynting flux analysis, his study showed that a neutral dynamo in one of the hemispheres is the source of JH in the other hemisphere. Qing-He Zhang reported a new and general mechanism for the formation of multiple transpolar auroral arcs (TPA), by using the comprehensive observations from DMSP satellite in the ionosphere, ARTEMIS satellite in the distant magnetotail, all sky imager at Chinese Zhongshan station, and comparing with a high-resolution 3D global MHD simulation. The identified general mechanism is that the auroral arcs are generated by field-aligned acceleration of electrons through the Knight’s current-voltage process caused by the Filed-Aligned Current (FAC) sheets that are generated by the strong flow shears in the magnetosphere. The above processes operate on either open or closed field lines. He claimed that the study resolves the decades-long controversy: TPAs on open versus closed field lines. Delores Knipp and Liam Kilcommons showed calculations of Poynting flux in the auroral zone and polar cap from both hemispheres using 5 spacecraft-years of DMSP data. The resolution of their statistical patterns is two-three times that of previous studies. The patterns of median Poynting flux clearly show the most persistent, intense DC Poynting flux in the dayside flow channels. Secondary intensity maxima near dusk and in the post-midnight region may be associated with sub-auroral flow channels. Xueling Shi reported ground observations of large amplitude (>100 nT) isolated magnetic impulses with notable interhemispheric asymmetry, probably associated with field-aligned currents around the magnetopause. Her study concluded that these magnetic perturbations were not directly driven by the solar wind pressure pulses, instead they were driven by upstream transients probably triggered by an IMF rotational continuity. Yu Hong presented GITM simulations showing the inter-hemispheric asymmetries of E-region electron density, F-region neutral density and total Joule heating of I-T system, which are caused by: season, geomagnetic field configuration, particle precipitation and IMF By. The results show that seasons have significant influence on all the parameters; different geomagnetic field configurations lead to daily variation of all parameters; the particle precipitation asymmetry causes obvious effect on electron density and Joule heating, but little effect on neutral density; IMF By results in asymmetric neutral density and Joule heating, but has limited effect on E-region electron density.
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3. 2021 NASA Heliophysics Summer School - Recruitment Announcement
From: Kendra Greb (kgreb at ucar.edu)
Long-Term Solar Activity: Earth and Space Climate
NASA’s Living with a Star Heliophysics Summer School
June 15 - 22, 2021
Deadline For Applications is January 22, 2021
We welcome you to apply for the 2021 Heliophysics Summer School, which will be held June 15 - 22, 2021 in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. We are seeking approximately 35 graduate students - from masters through postdoctoral fellows - to join us this coming summer for a unique professional experience. You will learn about the exciting science of heliophysics as a broad, coherent discipline that reaches in space from the Earth’s troposphere to the depths of the Sun, and in time from the formation of the solar system to the distant future.
The 2021 Heliophysics Summer School focused on the physics of the connections between the Sun, the heliosphere, the magnetospheres and the upper atmospheres of the planets, and its implications for Earth and space climate. The solar system offers a wide variety of conditions under which the interaction of objects with a plasma environment can be studied, while exoplanets and Sun-like stars offer an even wider range of perspectives with lessons about our local cosmos from distant past to distant future. The lecture series will include a core set of lectures covering the fundamentals of heliophysics and the underlying plasma physics. Additional lectures will include solar cycle predictions, solar spectral irradiance, and long-term evolution of the geospace climate. The lectures will be supplemented with hands-on laboratory exercises that explore the Sun-Earth system. Both lectures and laboratories will draw on a set of 5 textbooks developed over previous years of the summer school. The aim of the summer school is to provide students with the background and understanding they need to do research and make discoveries about the interconnected Heliophysics system in their professional careers.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 Heliophysics Summer School may be held in a virtual format. More information will be provided as available.
For more information please visit: https://cpaess.ucar.edu/heliophysics/summer-school/recruitment-announcement
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4. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series
From: Kyle Murphy, David Sibeck (magnetosphere.seminars at gmail.com)
You are invited to join the Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series every Monday at 12 pm (EDST, 1600 UT).
On Monday October 19, Jim Drake will discuss Magnetic reconnection and the structure of the magnetopause at 12 PM EDST. A link to join the seminar via Zoom or YouTube can be found on our home page (https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/). The password to join the Zoom seminar is Mag@1.
On Monday October 26 Jimmy Reader will be discussing Global MHD.
You can see previous talks here - https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/blog.html
And add your name to the mailing list here - https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/mail-list.html
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5. JOB OPENING: Tenure Track Faculty Position in Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
From: Chris Ruf (cruf at umich.edu)
The Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in the field of space science with strong interest and expertise in plasma processes preferably of the near-Earth space environment. We seek candidates interested in advanced numerical methodologies and models and/or in the development, operation, and analysis of data from related spaceborne space science instruments. Although the position is open to all ranks, we especially seek candidates at the Assistant Professor level. We look for candidates who are capable of developing an internationally recognized research program, successfully competing for external funding, mentoring doctoral students, and participating in our educational programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. We welcome applications from candidates whose research addresses cross-disciplinary areas that complement our existing strengths in space sciences and engineering and the development of space instrumentation and missions.
Applications should include a cover letter, CV, research and teaching statements, a statement describing any activities, contributions, or plans related to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a list of four references with contact details. For full consideration, applications compiled into a single PDF should be received before December 1st, 2020. Applications should be addressed to clasp-fac-search@umich.edu. Questions about the position or application process can be directed to the search committee chair Chris Ruf (cruf at umich.edu). The availability of this position is contingent upon final University approval.
University of Michigan is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. CLASP and the College of Engineering are especially interested in exceptionally well qualified candidates who will contribute, through their research, teaching, and service, to the department's goal of eliminating systemic racism and sexism by embracing our culture of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. The University is also responsive to the needs of dual-career couples. The University is a non-discriminatory, affirmative action Employer.
Michigan Engineering’s vision is to be the world’s preeminent college of engineering serving the common good. This global outlook, leadership focus, and service commitment permeate our culture. Our vision is supported by a mission and values that, together, provide the framework for all that we do. Information about our vision, mission and values can be found at: http://strategicvision.engin.umich.edu/.
The University of Michigan has a storied legacy of commitment to DEI. The Michigan Engineering component of the University’s comprehensive, five-year, DEI strategic plan—with updates on our programs and resources dedicated to ensuring a welcoming, fair, and inclusive environment—can be found at: http://www.engin.umich.edu/college/about/diversity.
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6. Postdoctoral Research Position in the Physics Department at Auburn University
From: Hong Zhao (zzh0054 at auburn.edu)
The Physics Department at Auburn University has an opening for a postdoctoral research fellow position in Space Physics. The researcher is expected to investigate the role of electric fields in producing the deep penetration of energetic (10s to 100s of keV) particles into the radiation belts. This position will involve data analysis using particle and field observations from the Van Allen Probes, THEMIS, and DMSP, as well as accompanying modeling efforts. Experience in particle and/or electric field data analysis of satellite data is highly desirable. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to submit an application before January 1, 2021 to the COSAM Postdoctoral Fellow Pool 2020-2021 (http://www.auemployment.com/postings/19435), and please refer to "Space Physics" in the cover letter. The contact person for this position is Dr. Hong Zhao (zzh0054 at auburn.edu).
The College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) at Auburn University located in Auburn AL (http://www.auburn.edu/cosam) is seeking candidates for the position of postdoctoral fellow in the sciences and mathematics. From time-to-time, postdoctoral positions become available under a variety of research grants and projects in the college. We are seeking applications from individuals with a Ph.D. at the time employment begins in any one area such as: biology, chemistry, geosciences, mathematics, statistics, physics or related fields. The candidates selected for these positions must be able to meet eligibility requirements to work in the United States at the time appointment is scheduled to begin and continue working legally for the proposed term of employment; and must possess excellent written and interpersonal communication skills. The positions are available for a minimum of one year as full-time 12 month appointments, with renewal possible based on performance, need, and/or funding for a maximum of four years. These are non-tenure track positions. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. Review of applications will begin after September 25th, 2020 and continue throughout the year as positions become available. Please upload a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, statement of contributions to diversity and inclusion (more information https://www.auburn.edu/cosam/about/mission-vision-oied.htm), and contact information for three professional references.
Auburn University is an EEO/Vet/Disability Employer and committed to building an inclusive and diverse community.
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