Dear Colleagues,
Here are a few items which have come to our attention since the last Newsletter.
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General News/UKSP Business:
- The SunPy Project: Open Source Development and Status of the Version 1.0 Core Package
- Topical Issue “Space Weather Instrumentation”, deadline 31 May 2020
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Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- SDO 2020 Science Workshop: A Decade of Discovery
- SOLARNET school “A holistic view of the solar atmosphere – combining space and ground-based observations”
- SOLARNET Public Engagement Training Workshop
- European Cosmic Ray Symposium, July 13-17 2020, Nijmegen
Jobs/Studentships:
- PhD Studentships at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston
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The SunPy Project: Open Source Development and Status of the Version 1.0 Core Package
from Sophie Murray [February 14, 2020]
The SunPy Community is pleased to announce a new publication related to SunPy v1.0 in the Astrophysical Journal (https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab4f7a), with the software reviewed by the Journal of Open Source Software (https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01832).
The goal of the SunPy project is to facilitate and promote the use and development of community-led, free, and open source data analysis software for solar physics based on the scientific Python environment. This paper describes the first official stable release (version 1.0) of the core package, as well as the project organisation and infrastructure.
Please visit sunpy.org for more information about SunPy, including instructions for installation, contact details for any questions you may have, and details on how to contribute to the community.
https://sunpy.org
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Topical Issue “Space Weather Instrumentation”, deadline 31 May 2020
from Natasha Jeffrey [February 5, 2020]
We invite you to submit a paper to a Topical Issue of the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) entitled “Space Weather Instrumentation”. This Topical Issue arises from the “Space Weather Instrumentation” session of the 16th European Space Weather Week held in Liège, Belgium, in November 2019. However, the Topical Issue is NOT restricted to papers presented during this session. Please see full details below (from https://www.swsc-journal.org/news).
Best wishes,
Richard Harrison (on behalf of the editorial team)
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The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) opens a Topical Issue on “Space Weather Instrumentation” to appear in 2020/2021.
Space weather research, forecasting and operations rely on measurements and observations generated by specialized sensors and instrumentation. The purpose of this Topical Issue is to provide a forum dedicated to Space Weather Instrumentation questions and concepts. Topics to be covered include the following:
a. Emerging requirements for Space Weather Instrumentation, data and resources;
b. Ground-based Space Weather Instruments and networks (including magnetometers, VLF receivers, riometers, ionosondes and neutron monitors);
c. Balloon and aircraft-based Space Weather Instruments;
d. Space-based in-situ sensors measuring cause (particles and fields) and effect (internal / surface charging, solar cell degradation etc);
e. Space-based remote-sensing instruments (EUV imagers, coronagraphs, etc);
This Topical Issue arises from the 16th European Space Weather Week held in Liège, Belgium, in November 2019, primarily from the Session 12 entitled “Space Weather Instrumentation”. However, it is not restricted to papers presented during this session. All contributions related to these topics are welcome.
Manuscripts must be submitted via the JSWSC online submission tool. Guidelines for submission of papers are found on the JSWSC web site under the tab “Instruction for Authors”
Deadline: 31 May 2020.
All manuscripts will be peer reviewed according to the quality standards of international scientific journals. The type of contributions must fit the aims and scope of JSWSC. All manuscripts should contain enough new insight, present the results against a properly referenced background of existing work, and present adequate evidence that supports the conclusions.
Manuscripts about new instrumental developments and/or observational procedures are very suitable for publication under the category of technical papers. We encourage and expect that such papers will use measurable physical quantities to demonstrate expected performance or to validate actual performances of these new developments or procedures.
Accepted papers are published in electronic format only, and are freely available to everyone via the JSWSC website. JSWSC offers the possibility to publish supplementary material, such as animations, movies, codes and data.
Topical Editor-in-Chief (T-EiC):
Prof Richard A Harrison, RAL Space, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK [[log in to unmask]]
Topical Editors (TE):
Dr Jackie Davies, RAL Space, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK [[log in to unmask]]
Dr Keith Ryden, University of Surrey, UK [[log in to unmask]]
Dr Volker Bothmer, University of Göttingen, Germany [[log in to unmask]]
Dr Benoit Lavraud, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Toulouse, France [[log in to unmask]]
For questions regarding this Topical Issue, please, contact the T-EiC. For questions concerning the submission process the Editorial Office ([log in to unmask]) should be contacted.
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SDO 2020 Science Workshop: A Decade of Discovery
from W. Dean Pesnell [February 15, 2020]
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) invites you to the SDO 2020 Science Workshop: A Decade of Discovery, to be held October 12-16, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, BC, Canada. All members of the science community are welcome and encouraged to attend.
The ten years since the launch of SDO has seen many papers in wide ranges of science results from this mission. As Solar Cycle 25 begins its rise to maximum, we will get together to discuss what we learned about the Sun and anticipate what the new cycle will look like.
The invited speakers who will introduce themed sessions spanning SDO‘s wide range of research topics are:
Junwei Zhao: Subsurface Flows, the Dynamo, and the Solar Cycle
Stan Solomon: Phun with Photons: Response of atmospheres to EUV variability
Paulo Simoes: Short-term Solar Variability
Aimee Norton: Magnetic Flux in the SDO Era: From Emergence to Eruption
KD Leka: SDO for Space Weather: Science and Applications
Dan Seaton: The SDO Corona and Beyond
Patrick Antolin: Energy and Mass Transfer Between the Corona and the Chromosphere
Xudong Sun: Vector Magnetic Field: Progress and Prospects
There will also be one day of parallel mini-workshops and an EUV calibration workshop.
Registration, abstract submission, and other information about SDO 2020 will be made available at http://sdo2020.lws-sdo-workshops.org/.
The Hyatt Regency can be explored at https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/canada/hyatt-regency-vancouver/yvrrv
We are assessing the need for childcare suring this workshop. Please send your care requirements to William.D.Pesnell (at) NASA.gov.
Dean Pesnell
Chair, SDO 2020 Science Organizing Committee
http://sdo2020.lws-sdo-workshops.org/
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SOLARNET school “A holistic view of the solar atmosphere – combining space and ground-based observations”
from Tirtha Som [February 13, 2020]
Date & Venue: March 23-27, 2020 at UCL – Mullard Space Science Laboratory (Dorking, UK)
The school aims towards the introducing the approaches and analysis methods needed to successfully combine space and ground-based observations of the solar atmosphere from the photosphere to the corona, to provide a complete understanding of the underlying physical processes occurring in a range of different solar phenomena.
To apply for the SOLARNET school, please send to [log in to unmask] no later that February 25, 2020
• a one-page CV
• a brief statement of interest (max. 1/2 page) indicating your field of research and why you want to participate in the school.
More information on programme schedule, student support, etc is available at: https://solarnet-project.eu/A-holistic-view-of-the-solar-atmosphere
https://solarnet-project.eu/Schools
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SOLARNET Public Engagement Training Workshop
from Richard Morton [February 12, 2020]
31st March – 1st April 2020, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.
https://solarnet-project.eu/Public-Engagement-Training-Workshop
A part of SOLARNET, we are putting on a training workshop focused on public engagement. Aimed at both early career and senior researchers, the workshop will build confidence, skills and perspective for a wide range of communication activities and situations.
This workshop will introduce the range of opportunities through which public engagement can occur, and some of the key issues:
– Why do we want to ‘engage the public with science?’
– Designing for evaluation, pathways to impact, and writing engagement into research bids.
– Contexts & approaches: the range of opportunities available for science communication.
– How to talk to people. Understanding your audience, and the ‘communication’ part of ’science communication’.
– Unconscious bias: implications and mitigations.
– Empty vessels to science capital and co-creation: developments and trends within public engagement.
The workshops will be facilitated by highly experienced and award-winning public engagement professionals, who’ve worked with researchers of all levels, internationally. Their combined expertise spans primary school teaching, science broadcast, education leadership, and public engagement project management. They’ve run children’s film competitions and summer camps, built media strategies for learned institutions, and coached hundreds of academics in performance skills.
In order to support attendance of the event, we would like to provide financial help for young researchers to attend. Depending upon the number of people requesting assistance, we may not be able to cover all travel/accommodation requests, but will try to provide at least partial support. If you would like assistance in attending the event, please send an email to Richard Morton ([log in to unmask]) with estimated costs for your travel and accommodation.
https://solarnet-project.eu/Public-Engagement-Training-Workshop
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European Cosmic Ray Symposium, July 13-17 2020, Nijmegen
from Silvia Dalla [February 10, 2020]
Dear colleagues,
the registration and abstract submission are now open for the 27th European Cosmic Ray Symposium, to be held from July 13th to 17th, 2020 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
https://indico.nikhef.nl/event/2110/
Please sign up for the conference on our indico system. Early bird deadline is 13 March 2020 (fee 300 EUR). Final registration deadline is 13 May 2020 (360 EUR fee).
Abstract submission deadline is 15 April 2020.
The European Cosmic Ray Symposium is covering the following topics in Astroparticle Physics:
Cosmic-Ray Physics, Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Neutrino Astronomy, Dark Matter Physics, Solar and Heliospheric Physics, Astroparticle Physics Theory and Models as well as Experimental Methods, Techniques, and Instrumentation.
We are about to compose an exciting program of invited plenary talks, solicited presentations in parallel sessions, and poster sessions. All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the ISPC. Presenting authors are expected to attend the conference. A maximum of two contributions is allowed for each presenting author, among them one oral presentation at maximum. There will be a poster award for the best posters.
The conference starts on July 13th at 9:00 with the registration, followed by the opening ceremony. On Monday evening we will have a welcome reception at nearby historical site Fort Lent with a beautiful view on the skyline of Nijmegen. On Thursday afternoon we will explore the city of Nijmegen (with its Roman roots and 2000 years of history) in a guided tour. In the evening we will experience a typical Dutch tradition, eating pan cakes during a cruise on the river Waal, which will expose us to exciting views of Nijmegen and its surroundings. The conference will conclude on Friday afternoon with the Poster Awards and the closing ceremony. Participants are expected to depart after 16:00 on Friday afternoon.
We are looking forward to your participation at the 27th ECRS and warmly invite you to register for the symposium and submit your abstracts for the parallel and poster sessions a.s.a.p.
We are looking forward to seeing you all in Nijmegen in July
Jörg R. Hörandel on behalf of
The International Advisory Committee
The International Scientific Program Committee
The local organizers
https://indico.nikhef.nl/event/2110/
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PhD Studentships at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston
from Silvia Dalla [February 14, 2020]
Applications are invited for several full time PhD (via MPhil) studentships in a number of subjects, including Solar Physics, in the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute (JHI), University of Central Lancashire, Preston.
Each studentship is tenable for up to 3.5 years full-time (subject to satisfactory progress).
The projects will be in one of the JHI research areas, depending on the preference of the students ranked highest on the list of applicants. The projects within the Solar Physics group (www.star.uclan.ac.uk/solar/) are:
– Investigating the rotation of sunspots with the Solar Dynamics Observatory (supervisor: Dr. Daniel Brown)
– Solar Energetic Particles and Space Weather (Prof. Silvia Dalla)
– Determining the fine scale structure of the solar corona (Prof. Robert Walsh)
For a description of the projects and full list of all projects available in the JHI see: http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/phd-studentships-and-postgraduate-study/
The above projects are suggested opportunities offered by JHI solar physics staff. If you would like more details or would like to discuss the possibility of related research in solar physics, then please contact the project supervisors directly (www.star.uclan.ac.uk/staff-directory).
For informal discussion, please email Prof. Derek Ward-Thompson ([log in to unmask]) or Dr. Mark Norris ([log in to unmask]).
Elegibility criteria vary depending on the type of studentship: please refer to the webpage below regarding eligibility for UK/EU/International applicants.
For further information and how to apply, see:
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/research/study/rs1923-studentship-mathematics-physics-astrophysics.php
Completed application forms should be returned to the Research Admissions via email at [log in to unmask] quoting the studentship reference number: RS/19/23.
** If you are interested in a specific project/s, please state clearly the project title/s on your application form.
Closing date: 28 February 2020
Interview date: 13 March 2020
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/research/study/rs1923-studentship-mathematics-physics-astrophysics.php
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