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Issue 51, June 30, 2009

1. CORRECTION: TWINS Science Team Meeting, 18-20 August, JHU/APL, Laurel, MD
2. CALL FOR PAPERS: The 7th AMS Symposium on Space Weather, 17-21 January 2010, Atlanta, Georgia; Abstracts due August 3
3. MOP: Support for Young Scientists

1. FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT: IAU General Assembly Joint Discussion (JD) 16: Whole Heliosphere Interval; August 12-14, 2009; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. TWINS Science Team Meeting, 18-20 August, JHU/APL, Laurel, MD
3. JOB OPENING: Tenure-track Faculty Position, Upper Atmospheric Space Science, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, VA Tech

1. Seeking Nominations for COSPAR Awards and Medals
2. MOP Program and Registration Deadline

1. NSF ARI and MRI Funding Opportunities
2. JAXA Fellowship Program: JAXA International Top Young Fellowship
3. CALL FOR PAPERS: JGR Special Issue on Chorus
4. JOB OPENING: Research Associate Position, University of Newcastle, Australia

1. NASA National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council's Decadal Survey
2. Second Edition of the Schunk and Nagy "Ionospheres; Physics, Plasma Physics and Chemistry"
3. Elsevier announces the May 2009 publication of "The Earth's Ionosphere: Electrodynamics and Plasma Physics," 2nd edition, by Michael C. Kelley
4. PUBLICATION: Recent Articles in Space Weather

1. NSF Search for New Division Director
2. MEETING: Early Registration Deadline Approaching for SOHO-23: Understanding a Peculiar Solar Minimum, 21-25 September 2009
3. IMPRS Solar System School
4. JOB OPENING: Post-Doc Research Associate/Research Scientist National Solar Observatory

1. DEADLINE REMINDER: 2009 FALL AGU SESSION PROPOSALS
2. CALL FOR PAPERS: Special issue of Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics "Space Climate"

1. New Introductory Book - "The Sun" by David Alexander
2. JOB OPENING: Fellowships for PhD Students in Solar System Physics, International Max Planck Research School on Physical Processes in the Solar System and Beyond

1. Notes from Recent OPP Advisory Committee Meeting
2. Revival of Physics at the University of L'Aquila
3. IAU Symposium 273 on "Physics of Sun and Star Spots", August 23-26, 2010
4. ILWS Conference in Ubatuba, Brazil, October 4-9, 2009

1. Announcement of a New NSF MRI Solicitation
2. Additional Funding for Research Instrumentation and Infrastructure available from NSF
3. Isradynamics 2010 - Dynamical Processes in Space Plasmas, Israel (Dead Sea) 10-17 April 2010
4. THEMIS Project's Science Data Analysis Software Tutorial, National Science Foundation's Summer 2009 GEM workshop, Snowmass Colorado, June 26
5. LPMR Workshop on Layered Phenomena in the Mesospause Region, Stockholm, Sweden, 12-15 July 2009

1. THEMIS Science Data Analysis Software - Version 5.01 Release
2. MOP Registration Now Open
3. 2009 STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Terrestrial Physics, University of Birmingham, UK, September 7 - 11
4. MEETING: Registration is now open for SOHO-23: Understanding a Peculiar Solar Minimum, Northeast Harbor, Maine, 21-25 September 2009

1. Deadline for Abstract Submission for Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference (MOP 2009) -- Friday May 15
2. STEREO 3D Reconstruction Studio released
3. Special Issue of JASTP: "Solar and Solar Wind Control of Planetary Ionospheres During the Declining Phase of the Solar Cycle"
4. PUBLICATION: Recent Articles in Space Weather

1. SHINE Registration Now Open
2. Session MG7: Magnetospheres of extrasolar planets: Detectability and implications for planetary evolution, European Planetary Science Congress, Potsdam, Germany, 13-18 September 2009

1. New Program Scientist at NASA HQ
2. 2nd Announcement: Total Solar Eclipse Meeting, The Dynamic Solar Corona, July 23-26, 2009, Suzhou, China, http://solar.nju.edu.cn
3. Workshop: EISCAT Workshop 2009, 14th International EISCAT Workshop, Tromso, Norway, 3-7 August 2009
4. IAGA 2009 abstract submission deadline: 30 April

1. SPA Social Event at Spring AGU
2. Announcement of extension of submission date for the Special Issue of Advances in Space Research (ASR) Entitled "Recent Advances in Space Weather Monitoring, Modeling and Forecasting"
3. Abstract submission for the Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference (MOP 2009) is now open

1. Art Richmond Selected As Next Nicolet Lecturer

1. High Resolution Activity Indexes Available Through OMNIWeb
2. Correction: Request for supporting letters to Danish authorities regarding Greenland magnetometers (and magnetic observatories) operated by DMI
3. Summer School: Cosmic rays and neutron monitors - a training course in science and applications, Athens (Greece), September 14-19, 2009

1. Request for supporting letters to Danish authorities regarding Greenland magnetometers (and magnetic observatories) operated by DMI
2. CORRECTION: SUMMER SCHOOL: STFC International Undergraduate Summer School, University of Sheffield (UK) June 15 - July 10, 2009
3. 10th International Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space (IPELS), 8-12 June 2009, Djur霵酲et, Sweden
4. JOB OPENING: Assistant Research Physicist ($61,700), Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
5. JOB OPENING: Post-doctoral fellowship on solar spectral irradiance, Laboratory for Physics and Chemistry of the Terrestrial Environment, Orl嶧ns, France
6. JOB OPENING: Post-doctoral Research Associate Position, Solar Physics, Montana State University
7. PUBLICATION: Recent Articles in Space Weather

1. IAGA 11th Scientific Assembly August 23-29, 2009, Sopron, Hungary
3. List of Sessions of Interest to SPA Community
4. Detailed Description of Division II Symposia
5. Detailed Description of Division III Symposia
6. Detailed Description of Division IV Symposia
7. Detailed Description of Selective Symposia in Divisions I, V, and Interdivisional Commissions

1. NSO SOLIS VSM Vector Magnetic Field Inverted Data: Now Available!
2. SPD Abstract Deadline Reminder
3. SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: The Influence of Solar Variability on Geophysical and Heliospheric Phenomena; the 2009 ILWS Workshop, Itamambuca Eco Resort, Ubatuba Beach, S緌 Paulo, October 4-10, 2009
4. SUMMER SCHOOL: Chinese-British Summer School on Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Research, July 13-22, 2009, Nanjing, China
5. SUMMER SCHOOL: STFC International Undergraduate Summer School, University of Sheffield (UK), July 10-15, 2009
6. JOB OPENING: SOLIS Data Scientist, National Solar Observatory
7. JOB OPENING: Tenure-Track Solar Astronomer, National Solar Observatory

1. March 31 deadline (Tuesday) for application for student PFISR/RISR workshop
2. Final Notice: 2009 Space Weather Workshop Registration and poster abstract due date: April 3, 2009
3. Solicitation for 2009 Basu Award Nominations
4. Email Change: Delores Knipp NCAR HAO
5. JOB OPENING: Post-doctoral Research Associate on the Cassini-Huygens Mission
6. JOB OPENING: Post-doctoral 2-year Research Associate position, Radio and Space Plasma Physics Group, University of Leicester, UK

1. 17th Cluster Workshop, 12-15 May 2009, Uppsala, Sweden
2. 21st Annual Planetary Science Summer School
3. CORRECTION: Chang-Yun "Charlie" Fan

1. Mission Madness
2. Workshop on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas in Boulder (May 17-20)
3. The Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling Summer School 2009, July 20-31, 2009, Boston University
4. Chang-Yun (Charlie) Fan (1918-2009)

1. Solar Wind 12 International Conference, Third Announcement, Final deadline for abstract submissions: 22 March 2009
2. Second Swarm International Science Meeting, 24 - 26 June 2009, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany
3. GPS TEC maps now available on CDAWeb
4. JOB OPENING: Assistant Research Physicist, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
5. JOB OPENING: Post-doc Fellowship, Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL), Eureka, Nunavut (80N, 86W)

1. Mario Acuna

1. JOB OPENING: Faculty Position in Space Sciences, Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS), Center for Atmospheric Research (UMLCAR), University of Massachusetts, Lowell
2. JOB OPENING: Assistant Professor of Physics, United States Air Force Academy (#09-33P)
3. JOB OPENING: Two Research Associate Positions, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)

1. MEETING: Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 2009 Meeting August 11-15, 2009, Singapore
2. List of SPA-related Sessions
3. Detailed Description of Solar Terrestrial (ST) Sessions
4. Detailed Description of Planetary Science (PS) Sessions
5. Detailed Description of Selective Atmospheric Science (AS) and Interdisciplinary Working Groups (IWG) Sessions

1. New Proposal Opportunity: Causes and Consequences of the Minimum of Solar Cycle 23
2. 2009 GEM Summer Workshop
3. NASA Planetary Science Summer School
4. Royal Society issue - Progress in understanding Titan's atmosphere and space environment
5. JOB OPENING: Lecturer in Astronomy, Astronomy Unit, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London

1. Mario Acu鎙, 1940-2009

1. The Lunar Exploration Roadmap Invites Community Input
2. MEETING: The 2009 SPD Meeting June 14-18, 2009, Boulder, Colorado
3. Heliophysics Summer School 2009 July 22-29, 2009, Boulder, Colorado
4. CALL FOR PAPERS: Special JGR Issue on Chorus
5. A New Dynamical Empirical Geomagnetic Field Model
6. JOB OPENING: Tenure Track Position in Solar Physics Kiepenheuer-Institut fuer Sonnenphysik (KIS), Freiburg, Germany
7. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position in Solar Physics Kiepenheuer-Institut fuer Sonnenphysik (KIS), Freiburg, Germany
8. PUBLICATION: Recent Articles in Space Weather

1. MEETING: Modern Challenges in Nonlinear Plasma Physics: A conference honoring the career of Dennis Papadopoulos" - Third Announcement June 15-19, 2009, Sani Resort, Halkidiki, Greece
http://www.astro.auth.gr/~vlahos/kp
2. The Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling Summer School 2009 July 20-31, 2009, Boston University
3. MEETING: SOHO-23: Understanding a Peculiar Solar Minimum September 21-25, 2009, Northeast Harbor, Maine
4. SESSION: EAS JENAM/RAS NAM/MIST/UKSP Joint Session: "Heliospheric and Astrospheric Structure and Planetary Interactions" - FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT April 20-23, 2009, University of Hertfordshire (de Havilland Campus, Hatfield) England, United Kingdom

1. Computing Resources at NCAR for Universities
2. NAM/JENAM Joint Session on MHD seismology of solar, space and astrophysical plasmas
3. Course on "Solar terrestrial physics from the polar regions": Extension of the deadline (March 12, 2009), International School of Space Science, April 6-11, 2009, L'Aquila, Italy
4. Second Announcement: Third Solar Orbiter Workshop, "Solar Orbiter and its synergies with future solar-heliospheric missions," Sorrento, Italy, May 24-29, 2009
5. JOB OPENING: Faculty Position in Space Sciences, Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS) and Center for Atmospheric Research (UMLCAR), University of Massachusetts Lowell

1. 2009 Joint Assembly -- General Information Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 24-27, 2009
2. List of Sessions
3. Detailed Description of SA Sessions
4. Detailed Description of SH Sessions
5. Detailed Description of SM Sessions
6. Detailed Description of Other Sessions of Interest

1. Additional Indices Available Through OMNIWeb
2. Invitation to participate in a Topical Issue of Solar Physics on "Solar Image Analysis: Algorithm comparison and effective implementation"
3. AMISR student workshop July 13-17, 2009 SRI International, Menlo Park, CA

1. IAGA 11th Scientific Assembly August 23-29, 2009, Sopron, Hungary
2. List of Sessions of Interest to SPA Community
3. Detailed Description of Division II Symposia
4. Detailed Description of Division III Symposia
5. Detailed Description of Division IV Symposia
6. Detailed Description of Selective Symposia in Divisions I, V, and Interdivisional Commissions

1. ANNOUNCEMENT: COSPAR Capacity Building Workshop on Lunar and Planetary Surface Science, 6-19 September 2009, Harbin, China
2. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral position in ionospheric modification at UNIS, Longyearbyen, Norway

1. WORKSHOP: SUPERDARN 2009, May 11-15, 2009, Cargese Institute of Scientific Studies, Corsica, France
2. WORKSHOP: Second International High Energy Particle Precipitation in the Atmosphere (HEPPA),6-8 October 2009, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
3. MEETING: Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference, MOP 2009, Cologne, Germany July 27-31, 2009
4. IAU Symposium No.264, "Solar and Stellar Variability Impact on Earth and Planets", 3-7 August 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1. MEETING: Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 2009 Meeting August 11-15, 2009, Singapore
2. List of SPA-related Sessions
3. Detailed Description of Solar Terrestrial (ST) Sessions
4. Detailed Description of Planetary Science (PS) Sessions
5. Detailed Description of Atmospheric Science (AS) and Interdisciplinary Working Groups (IWG) Sessions

1. ANNOUNCEMENT: Workshop on Plasma Entry and Transport in the Magnetosphere (PET09) held in Fairbanks, Alaska, March 8 - 13, 2009
2. JOB OPENING: Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Solar Physics, Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
3. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Research Positions, Bartol Research Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware

1. NRC study on The Role and Scope of Mission-Enabling Activities in NASA's Space and Earth Science Missions
2. SHINE Workshop 2009
3. JOB OPENING: Post-doctoral Research Associate, University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL)
4. JOB OPENING: Researcher, Space Plasma Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles
5. A Note on Newsletter Announcements for 2009 Joint Assembly, AOGS, and IAGA Meetings

1. 2009 Joint Assembly -- General Information, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 24-27, 2009
2. List of SPA Sessions
3. Detailed Description of SA Sessions
4. Detailed Description of SH Sessions
5. Detailed Description of SM Sessions
6. Other SPA-sponsored Sessions

1. Passing of Jim Horwitz
2. NSF's Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Solicitation Frequently Asked Questions
3. EAS JENAM/RAS NAM/MIST/UKSP Joint Session: "Heliospheric and Astrospheric Structure and Planetary Interactions"; 20-23 April 2009, University of Hertfordshire (de Havilland Campus, Hatfield) England, United Kingdom
4. JOB OPENING: Faculty and Postdoctoral Positions at Kyung Hee University, Korea, School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Korea

1. Announcement of an Advances in Space Research (ASR) Special Issue on "Recent Advances in Space Weather Monitoring, Modelling, and Forecasting"
2. 2009 Space Weather Workshop Announcement - Student Travel Support Available
3. University of Arizona and National Solar Observatory's, 2009 Summer School in Solar Physics, June 8-12: Sacramento Peak Observatory, Sunspot, NM - with Corrections

1. Workshop Announcement and Call for Papers: Real-Time IRI - Task Force Workshop, US-AFA Space Physics and Atmospheric Research Center, Colorado Springs, May 4-6, 2009
2. University of Arizona and National Solar Observatory's 2009 Summer School in Solar Physics, June 8-12: Sacramento Peak Observatory, Sunspot, NM
3. Second Swarm International Science Meeting, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany, June 24-26, 2009

1. Call for Community Input to the NASA TR&T Program
2. AGU Chapman Conference on Effects of Thunderstorms and Lightning in the Upper Atmosphere, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 10-15 May 2009

1. Cluster-THEMIS Conjunctions #3
2. Abstract deadline extended until 23 January 2009 -- Directions in Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere Research: A Vision for Aeronomy in the Earth-Sun System, 10-12 February 2009, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California
3. Workshop on Plasma Entry and Transport in the Magnetosphere (PET09), Fairbanks, Alaska, March 8 - 13, 2009
4. Course on "Solar terrestrial physics from the polar regions" L'Aquila, Italy, April 6-11, 2009
5. 12th workshop on the physics of dusty plasmas, Boulder, CO, May 17-20, 2009
6. JOB OPENING: Researcher, Space Plasma Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles
7. JOB OPENING: Post-Doc Research Associate, University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics

1. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: TWINS Science Team Meeting (STM), 9-11 February, San Antonio, Texas
2. NAM/JENAM Joint Session on MHD seismology of solar, space and astrophysical plasmas, 20th - 23rd April 2009, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
3. Special Issue on Magnetospheric Response to Solar Wind Discontinuities in JASTP
4. TWINS Stereo ENA Imaging Data Available at twins.swri.edu

1. JOB OPENING: Ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere (ITM) modeler at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center
2. JOB OPENING: Post-Doctoral Position in Computational Solar Physics at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany
3. JOB OPENING: Visiting Young Scientist - Visiting appointment for recent Ph.D. scientist, Dartmouth College

1. SuperMAG now open for the public and accessible via the web site: http://supermag.jhuapl.edu/
2. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: IAU General Assembly Joint Discussion JD16: Whole Heliosphere Interval, August 12-14, 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3. JOB OPENING: Tenure-track/tenured Positions in Solar Physics at the MPS,Germany

1. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009 - General Information April 19-24, 2009, Vienna, Austria
2. Solar-Terrestrial Sciences (ST) Sessions
3. Other Sessions of Interest to SPA community

1. 8th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: Shock Waves in Space and Astrophysical Environments, Kona, Hawaii, May 1-7, 2009
2. Modern Challenges in Nonlinear Plasma Physics: A conference honoring the career of K. Papadopoulos, June 15-19, 2009, Sani Resort, Halkidiki, Greece, http://www.astro.auth.gr/~vlahos/kp
3. ASTRONUM-2009, the 4th International Conference on Numerical Modeling in Space Plasma Flows, Chamonix, France, June 28 - July 3, 2009
4. JOB OPENING: NSF/OPP Vacancy Announcement - Program Manager, Antarctic Research Integration and Support
5. JOB OPENING: One Postdoctoral Position, Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute
6. PUBLICATION: Recent Articles in Space Weather