Job Advertisement: Closing Date 18th December 2016
Tenured Scientist Position at Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Applications are invited for a tenured position at the Swedish
Institute of Space Physics in Uppsala for studies of the magnetosphere
of the Earth, and its interaction with the upper atmosphere, in
response to extreme solar wind driving conditions such as violent
coronal mass ejections. Of particular interest are energy and plasma
exchange between the two major regimes of plasma in the near-Earth
environment, and the related flow of very intense electric currents in
the auroral and sub-auroral zone under extreme storm-time conditions.
We aim to better understand the mechanisms leading to strong
geomagnetically-induced currents affecting man-made equipment on the
ground.
Our research group carries out research to better understand extreme
space weather events and allow improved prognoses of such events and
their potential impacts. We conduct scientific studies utilising all
sources of available solar wind and magnetospheric data, such as the
missions at L1, multi-satellite missions in magnetospheric orbits,
other spacecraft in lower orbits and a variety of ground-based
instrumentation.
The project is coordinated by Professor Hermann Opgenoorth
([log in to unmask], tel. office +46-18-471 5912, mobile +46-76-776 7673).
Closing date: 18 December 2016.
Reference number: 2.2.1-304/16
More information: http://www.irf.se/jobb
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