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Volume 2024 Number 17 - September 7, 2024
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Dear E-SWAN readers,
We hope you enjoyed the summer holidays.
The new naming committee I announced in the previous newsletter met on the 4th of July to discuss the organisation of the work, the identification of key contacts to involve and setting up the initial actions to undertake. The matter was further discussed on 17 July during the COSPAR meeting, and we received an email from the WMO Secretariat expressing their interest in and willingness to collaborate on naming large Space Weather events.
Also, the other committees and working groups were active during the summer.
You may have noticed that the registration for the ESWW in Coimbra, Portugal (4 – 8 November 2024) is open. The ESWW is a crucial event for our Space Weather and Space Climate community. Like last year, E-SWAN will organize an exhibition stand, and you can meet with E-SWAN representatives from committees and working groups and learn about their activities and future endeavours.
Please also pay some attention to the required renewal of the E-SWAN Executive Board (EB).
The E-SWAN EB Search Task Force called for applications for an EB seat.
The link to the application website is here.
Enjoy reading this Newsletter.
Stefaan Poedts,
President of E-SWAN
Topical Issues open for submission
"Severe Space Weather Events of May 2024 and Their Impacts", deadline 28 February 2025
Topical Editor-in-Chief (T-EiC):
"Swarm 10-Year Anniversary”, deadline 15 February 2025
Topical Editor-in-Chief (T-EiC):
Georgios Balasis (gbalasis-at-noa.gr), National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Greece
"Fast and Slow Solar Winds: Origin, Evolution, and Space Weather effects", deadline 31 October 2024
Topical Editor-in-Chief (T-EiC):
"Observing, modelling and forecasting TIDs and mitigating their impact on technology", deadline extended to 30 September 2024
Topical Editors-in-Chief (T-EiCs):
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European Space Weather Week 2024 Registration, Final Deadline for Abstract Submission and Fair
The European Space Weather Week (ESWW) is the main annual event in the European Space Weather and Space Climate calendar. It is an international meeting organised annually within the European Region in collaboration with prominent members of the European space weather and Space Climate community. The event will take place in Coimbra, Portugal, from 4th – 8th November 2024.
Registration for the ESWW 2024 is open with student/discounted and regular participant rates, for in person or online participants, and which are tiered by registration date:
early bird –15th September 2024
regular –15th October 2024
late/onsite – after 15th October 2024 (this is also the last date for cancellations)
Registration for the mini-ISWAT satellite event (3rd November 2024) will be done through the ESWW2024 registration form with a complementary fee of 50€. Details of this event will be made available here:
https://www.iswat-cospar.org/events
A Vigil workshop is planned for the afternoon of 8th November.
The full preliminary schedule may be found here:
https://esww2024.org/programme/schedule/
(this is subject to minor adjustments until September 2024)
The final submission deadline for posters is 4th September 2024. Abstracts may be submitted under the Abstract Management page found under Login on the main website.
The Space Weather Fair, where users and service providers will interact in an informal working environment, will run the throughout the conference with a dedicated exclusive slot on Wednesday afternoon/evening. Those interested in applying for a fair booth may find cost information and the submission form here:
https://esww2024.org/info-guidelines/space-weather-fair/
A full list of important dates for ESWW2024 may be found here:
ISWAT Meetings – November 2023 and February 2024 – Pre-Announcements
We are pleased to announce that we are having a Mini ISWAT Meeting at ESWW2024 on Sunday 03 November 2024 in Coimbra, Portugal, and also a full ISWAT2025 Meeting 10-14 February 2025 in Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Details of both meetings are being made available when read from links at the top of the ISWAT website: https://iswat-cospar.org/ - please click the two main meeting links for details currently available including the link through to the live booking Google Doc for the mini-ISWAT meeting.
ISWAT2025 will bring us into the next big stage of the ISWAT Initiative, going beyond the new roadmap with all ideas welcome from the community going forward…
Please check back regularly for updates.
The fifteen years since the launch of SDO has seen papers describing wide ranges of science results from this mission. Join us during the maximum of Solar Cycle 25 to discuss what we have learned about the Sun and compare the new cycle and those in the past. To accommodate the interest in multiple research topics, SDO 2025 will include parallel sessions on developments in helioseismology and coronal modeling.
Any research result using SDO data can be submitted as a contribution to the workshop. Invited speakers will introduce 7 themed sessions spanning SDO‘s wide range of research topics:
Solar Internal Dynamics and Structure
From Creation to Emergence: Magnetic Fields of the Sun
Coronal Dynamics: Unveiling the Origins of the Solar Wind
Energetic Outbursts: Deciphering Solar Flares, CMEs, and SEPs
Impacts of Solar Variability on Earth, Other Planets, and Space Weather
Next Horizon: the Future Solar and Heliophysics Missions
Stellar insights from the SDO Observations
There will also be one day of parallel mini-workshops and an EUV calibration workshop.
Registration, abstract submission, and other information about SDO 2025 will be available at http://sdo2025.sdo-workshops.
Please send a message to
Open Post-Doc positions at IAP CAS, Prague
The Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences announces open positions of Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Ionosphere and Aeronomy.
Requirements: (1) Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences, geophysics, or physics, received in 2019 or later. (2) Demonstrated publication activity, experience in the relevant research field. (3) Active knowledge of the English language. Topics: couplings in the atmosphere-ionosphere system, or space weather and its influence on ionosphere and atmosphere, or development of the International Reference Ionosphere, or long-term trends in the stratosphere-mesosphere-thermosphere-ionosphere system. We offer: Start date: 1 November 2024 or later, full-time employment, 2-year contract with a possibility of extension, supportive and pleasant working environment, flexible working hours, 5 weeks of vacation, home office.
Candidates should submit: (1) Curriculum vitae with list of publications, (2) short (1 page maximum) proposal of their work, (3) copy of their PhD diploma.
Contact person:
Applications should be sent to:
IMPRS PhD Positions in Solar System Science, Göttingen, Germany
https://www.mps.mpg.de/phd/
The International Max Planck Research School for Solar System Science at the University of Göttingen and at TU Braunschweig in Germany (Solar System School - https://www.solar-system-
Solar System School students collaborate with leading scientists in these fields and graduates are awarded a doctoral degree from the University of Göttingen or TU Braunschweig.
The Solar System School is open to students from all countries and offers an international three-year PhD programme in an exceptional research environment with state-of-the-art facilities on the Göttingen Campus. Successful applicants will be offered a 3,5-year doctoral support contract as well as post-doc wrap-up funding.
The language of the structured graduate program is English, with complimentary German language courses offered (optional). The program includes an inspiring curriculum of scientific lectures and seminars as well as advanced training workshops and provides relocation costs and travel funds to attend international conferences.
Applicants to the Solar System School should have a keen interest in Solar system science and a record of academic excellence. They must have, or must be about to obtain, an M.Sc. degree or equivalent in physics, chemistry, geosciences or a related field, including a written Masters thesis, and must document a good command of the English language.
* Applicants can register immediately at the online application portal.
* Applications should be submitted between 1 August and 1 October.
* The School will contact the referees named by the candidate upon submission of the application, and will ask referees to submit their letters through the online portal no later than 10 October.
To start your application, please see the following pages:
Solar System School https://www.solar-system-
Call for Applications 2023 https://www.mps.mpg.de/phd/
Frequently Asked Questions https://www.mps.mpg.de/phd/faq
List of Open PhD Projects https://www.mps.mpg.de/phd/
Online Application Portal https://www.application.mps.
Multiple open job offers in a DFG Research Unit Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Plasmasphere, Thermosphere as a Coupled System (MIPT)
The overarching science objective of the research unit is to better understand how the magnetosphere, ionosphere, plasmasphere, and thermosphere are coupled to each other. The complexity of this system, which covers altitudes from tens to tens of thousands of km and time scales from minutes to decades, requires an interdisciplinary team with specialists in different domains, expertise in modeling and observations, as well as established collaborative ties to the international community.
The Research Unit is planned for 4 years with a possible extension for another 4 years. We offer 6 (postdoc/PhD) positions, one for each project of the Research Unit at 5 Institutions: German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), University of Bonn (Uni Bonn), Technische Universität München (TUM), Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU), and German Aerospace Center (DLR).
All current job announcements and links to online applications can be found at: https://spaceweather.gfz-potsdam.de/mipt-job-center
For additional questions please contact
Multiple open positions at GFZ-Potsdam
Space Physics and Space Weather at GFZ Potsdam, Germany is pleased to announce multiple open positions related to machine learning, numerical modelling, and data analysis.
Our section is working on understanding of the dynamical evolution of the hazardous space radiation environment and developing the tools for specification and prediction of the adverse effects of space environment using models and data assimilation. We study physical processes in the near-Earth space environment and focus on the understanding of fundamental processes responsible for the evolution of space radiation.
For more information about the section, please visit: spaceweather.gfz-potsdam.de
For additional questions please contact
All current job announcements and links to online applications can be found at: spaceweather.gfz-potsdam.de/job-openings
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