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Announcement of

mail to medals[at]space-weather.eu
web address: http://esww17.iopconfs.org/home

Dear colleagues,

We are happy to announce the 2020 contest for the international space weather medals. Of course, we are aware of the pandemic, and still unable to foresee what the medal ceremony will be. The 17th European Space Weather Week is now postponed until 2021, so we will have to be imaginative. However, these medals are worldwide recognitions in space weather, and we feel that they should not be stopped because of a virus. We will find a way!

Medal recipients' work must have been documented in peer review journals or book chapters, or must be a technological contribution that has led to a fully implemented new space weather capability. Medal recipients' work must be relevant to space weather and/or space climate. The work must also be internationally recognized.

In addition to the above common criteria, there are the following specific requirements for each of the three medals:

The Kristian Birkeland Medal for Space Weather and Space Climate:
The recipient of the Kristian Birkeland Medal must have demonstrated a unique ability to combine basic and applied research to develop useful space weather products that are being used outside the research community, and/or across scientific research disciplines. The work must have led to a better physical comprehension of the solar-terrestrial phenomena related to space weather, to a drastic improvement of space weather modeling, or to a new generation of instruments.

The Baron Marcel Nicolet Medal for Space Weather and Space Climate:
The recipient of the Baron Marcel Nicolet Medal must have demonstrated a unique ability to bind the space weather community in a spirit of peace and friendship, to educate within the space weather community, to go also beyond the space weather research community and address larger audiences.

The Alexander Chizhevsky Medal for Space Weather and Space Climate:
The prize rewards a young researcher (younger than 35 years, or having successfully defended her/his thesis within the last 6 years prior to the ESWW2020, i.e. after October 30th, 2014) for outstanding achievements in space weather with an innovative approach. The six-year period is increased with the duration of any parental leave taken during the period.

How to nominate? In order to nominate a person for one of the international space weather medals, please send a pdf document including:

• Your name, first name, professional address.
• The name, first name, professional address of the person that you nominate.
• Which of the three medals you nominate the person for.
• Reasons for the nomination (two pages). Please, make sure that these reasons relate to space weather and fulfill the criteria below*.*
• A full CV of the nominee.
• Please include letters of support from two colleagues, preferably outside your own home institution. You may also include those two colleagues as co-signatories on the proposal. For the Chizhevsky prize, a recommendation letter from the PhD advisor (in case (s)heis not the person sending the application) is recommended. -Up to five references (journal articles, prizes, patents.).

Self-nominations are not allowed.

The medal committee members cannot be nominated or nominate.

You may resubmit a previous nomination that was not successful. Please indicate in your nomination that you wish the committee to reconsider it. You can update the documents or ask the committee to reconsider the already submitted files.

Send your documents by email only to medals[at]space-weather.eu. The deadline for the nominations is September 6th, 2020.

Composition of the Medal Committee: The Medal committee is composed of

Simone Gutt, the Royal Academy of Belgium, Oyvind Sorensen Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Dr. Galina Kotova, of the Russian Academy of Science.

Prof. Joran Moen, Dr. Pål Brekke, Norway Prof. Véronique Dehant, Belgium Prof. Anatoli Petrukovich Prof. Vladimir Kalegaev, Russia

The chair of the ESWW Organizing committee (Mario M. Bisi), Member of the ESWW PC Workgroup for the International Space Weather Medals (R. Van der Linden), the head of the ESA Space Weather Working Team and vice-chair of the medal committee(S. Poedts) and of the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (A. Belehaki).

The following previous winners are also members of the medal committee:
-Bojan Vrsnak, Ji Wu, Elena Popova: in the Committee in 2018 - 2020
-Tamas Gombosi, Hermann Opgenoorth, Christina Kay : in the Committee in 2019 - 2021
-Bruce T. Tsurutani, Delores Knipp, Jiajia Liu : in the Committee in 2020 - 2022
-The Medal Committee is chaired by J. Lilensten.

Announcement

Dear VarSITI Colleagues,

With the current difficulties of hosting face-to-face meetings, SCOSTEP/PRESTO will host online seminars. We are pleased to announce th at the 1st SCOSTEP/PRESTO online seminar will be held on May 26, 2020. The speaker will be Dr. Kanya Kusano of ISEE, Nagoya, Japan. If you are interested, please register for the seminar via the zoom registration link shown below.

Zoom Registration URL:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rCd6IEGhSM-M7pI7oobk-A

Title: A Challenge to Physics-based Prediction of Giant Solar Flares
Author: Kanya Kusano ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan
Date/time: May 26 (Tue), 2020, 12:00-13:00 UT

Abstract:
Solar flares are catastrophic explosions in the solar corona and may potentially cause a severe space weather disaster. However, because the onset mechanism of solar flares is not yet well elucidated, most of the flare forecasts in operation rely on empirical methods. We recently developed a new physics-based model, called the k-scheme, for predicting giant solar flares as one of the major outcomes of the Project for Solar-Terrestrial Environment Prediction (PSTEP), which is the Japanese nation-wide project for space weather and space climate study. The ?-scheme is able to predict imminent giant solar flares through the critical condition of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instability triggered by magnetic reconnection. An analysis of the largest solar flares in solar cycle 24 indicates that the ?-scheme can provide precise information, including location and size, of possible giant solar flares with a small exception. Through this study, we also discovered that the magnetic twist flux density in the vicinity of the magnetic polarity inversion line (PIL) on the solar surface plays a crucial role in determining when, where, and how large solar flares may occur. Finally, we will discuss how important is the development of physics-based prediction to improve our predictive capability and the scientific understanding of solar-terrestrial system dynamics.

Announcement

Dear VarSITI Colleagues,

We would like to note that the interval of SCOSTEP's next 5-year program PRESTO (Predictability of variable solar-terrestrial coupling) is defined to be 2020-2024 at the SCOSTEP Bureau meeting on September 11, 2019.

The mission of PRESTO is to identify "predictability" of the variable solar-terrestrial coupling and its performance metrics through modeling, measurements, and data analysis, and to strengthen the communication between scientists and users.

Details of PRESTO is available at
http://www.issibj.ac.cn/Publications/Forum_Reports/201404/W020190620592906717714.pdf.

We are looking forward to collaborate with any proposals and missions which are related to PRESTO. If you need some letter for collaboration from SCOSTEP, please let us know.

Announcement and Call for Nominations

2020 SCOSTEP Awards

This is a call for nominations for the 2020 SCOSTEP Awards for Distinguished Science, Distinguished Young Scientist and Distinguished Service.

The SCOSTEP Distinguished Science Award is given to recognize an outstanding contribution of a scientist to solar-terrestrial physics.

The Distinguished Young Scientist Award is given to young scientists who have achieved considerable success in solar-terrestrial physics and have taken an active part in SCOSTEP-related activities.

The SCOSTEP Distinguished Service Award This award is given to recognize unique contributions to SCOSTEP-related activities, to realization of its programs and events. This award is nominally made in odd years. Since no award was made in 2019, it may be made retroactively in 2020.

The SCOSTEP awards are given biennially. The first Distinguished Science Awards were awarded in 2014. The first Distinguished Service Award was given in 2013.

The Award Statute and Procedure are placed on the SCOSTEP web site section "Awards" (http://www.bc.edu/scostep/programs/awards).

Announcement of
new functions of the IUGONET web service

Dear SCOSTEP Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that the interactive plottings and ASCII-file download of the upper atmosphere data archived by Japanese universities and institutes are now available on the IUGONET Type-A website: http://search.iugonet.org/

With these functions, users can easily compare several kinds of data on the web or load them into your own analysis software.

The data that can be downloaded as ASCII files are as follows:

• 64Hz induction magnetometer data (obtained by ISEE, Nagoya Univ.)
• 210 magnetic meridian fluxgate magnetometer data
• Fluxgate and induction magnetometer data at Syowa and Iceland.
• Broad-beam riometer data
• EISCAT radar data
• SuperDARN radar data at Hokkaido, Syowa, and King Salmon

You can find the plotter and ASCII downloader by the following steps:

1. Search data at the top page.
2. Select data set.
3. Click "UDAS web" on the right-hand side of the page.

In near future, the plotter and ASCII downloader will be available for more data set.

Announcement of

Short Course on Space Weather

Applications are now being invited for a short Course on Space Weather which will be conducted during 14-27 November, 2019 at Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India under the auspices of the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP), affiliated to the United Nations.

The proposed short course on Space Weather will describe the solar sources of space weather disturbances (i.e., solar flares, coronal mass ejections, solar energetic particles), and their effect on Near-Earth environment with possible disruptions to satellites, communication systems and human life, etc.

The prospective participants should possess a Master’s degree in Physics/Astronomy/Astro-Physics/Solar Physics or other equivalent qualification relevant to Space and Atmospheric Science, OR Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, (B.E./B. Tech.) in Electronics and allied fields / Environmental Science/Engineering. Candidates having teaching or research experience would be preferred. Candidates possessing higher qualifications viz. a Ph. D. would also be eligible for admission.

The course is for participants from the Asia-Pacific region only.

The announcement brochure (containing details and the application form) can be downloaded from websites www.cssteap.org and www.prl.res.in

The Last date for receiving the application form is August 30, 2019.

Second Announcement of

Call for feedback for the next SCOSTEP scientific program

Dear VarSITI colleagues,

This is the second call for community feedback for SCOSTEP's Next Scientific Program (NSP), which will cover the period from 2019 to 2022. for the first call look below

The updated document describing the NSP is accessible at:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Akpx0yeihiGH0hQJ-krlzi0ERMCA

The NSP committee invites feedback from the scientific community, in the form of white papers, or short comments, which should be uploaded to the "Community Feedback Folder":
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Akpx0yeihiGHgYpY3AWDi_F_A_9UKg until February 24 at the latest, in order to be considered for discussion at the SCOSTEP NSP Forum that will be held at the International Space Science Institute in Bern, Switzerland, on February 25÷27.

Your feedback is very much appreciated. Ioannis A. Daglis

Announcement of

Call for feedback for the next SCOSTEP scientific program

Dear VarSITI colleagues,

The SCOSTEP Bureau has established a committee to coordinate the design of SCOSTEP’s Next Scientific Program (NSP), which will cover the period from 2019 to 2022. This committee has prepared a document describing the NSP, which is accessible at: https://1drv.ms/f/s!Akpx0yeihiGHoRrANb2ZkIa_f-Gm
The central scientific topic of the NSP is the predictability of the Sun-Earth system at various time scales.

The NSP committee invites feedback from the scientific community, in the form of white papers, or short comments, or even verbally to one or more of the committee members, which are listed with their email addresses in the NSP document mentioned above. Please send your feedback until July 31, 2018!

To encourage an open and transparent discussion, all white papers will be made publicly viewable at: https://1drv.ms/f/s!Akpx0yeihiGHoRtUB6m2wPKVk8cc

In addition, there will be public opportunities to provide input at discussion sessions to be held at

• the Workshop “Solar Influences on the Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Atmosphere” in Primorsko (Bulgaria) on 4-8 June
• the SCOSTEP 14th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium in Toronto (Canada) on 9-13 July
• the 42nd COSPAR General Assembly in Pasadena, California (USA) on 14-22 July

The NSP committee will use the feedback received to produce a second draft and issue another call for feedback in autumn. The goal of the committee is to have a final description of the NSP by the end of February 2019.

Read also: PreSTo: Variability and Predictability of the Solar-Terrestrial Coupling
NSP concept text prepared by the Committee for the SCOSTEP Next Scientific Program

Figure 1. New Scientific Program Graph
The NSP committee

Ioannis A. Daglis, Chair (University of Athens and National Observatory of Athens, Greece; iadaglis[at]phys.uoa.gr)

Loren Chang (National Central University, Taiwan; loren[at]ncu.edu.tw)

Sergio Dasso (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; dasso[at]df.uba.ar)

Emilia Kilpua (University of Helsinki, Finland; emilia.kilpua[at]helsinki.fi)

Daniel Marsh (National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA; marsh[at]ucar.edu)

Katja Matthes (Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel and Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Germany; kmatthes[at]geomar.de)

Dibyendu Nandi (IISER Kolkata, India; dnandi[at]iiserkol.ac.in)

Annika Seppälä (University of Otago, New Zealand; annika.seppala[at]otago.ac.nz)

Rémi Thiéblemont (Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, France; remi.thieblemont[at]latmos.ipsl.fr)

Qiugang Zong (Beijing University, China; qgzong[at]gmail.com)

Announcement of VarSITI Discussion on

"Solar Variability and Sunspot Indices"

Dear VarSITI colleagues,

The number of sunspots is the solar activity proxy with the longest record, and widely used to evaluate both solar variability and its terrestrial impacts. Two sunspot indices were traditionally used for long-term studies: the “Wolf number”, or “International sunspot number” RZ (Wolf, 1851) defined by the number of observed sunspots, and the number of the sunspot groups, and the “group sunspot number” RG (Hoyt and Schatten, 1998) based on only the number of sunspot groups. RZ series provides yearly/monthly/daily sunspot index values from 1700/1749/1818, respectively, to May 2015, and the RG series – from 1610 to 1995. The two indices are closely correlated, however their long-term trends differ To rectify the discrepancies between them, a few years ago a full recalibration of the sunspot indices was undertaken. Consequently, since July 2015 the production of the original indices was terminated, and they were replaced by entirely new indices.

As the research in the framework of the VarSITI program critically depends on the quantification of the solar variability, VarSITI’s Steering Committee decided to start a discussion on the "Solar variability and sunspot indices". The questions to be discussed include, but are not limited to:

• Is it necessary to continue the production of the Wolf sunspot number, even if new indices are being created?
• Is it justified to try to rectify the discrepancies between different indices and to develop a single time series of sunspot numbers, or do these discrepancies have physical reasons?
• While the number of sunspots constitutes the longest solar activity record, it is not the most informative index. What additional indices can and should be maintained to estimate the variations of different solar activity manifestations (sunspot areas, sunspot group areas, others)?
• Which observatories can and are ready to provide the continuation of the terminated Wolf number, and which observatories can and are ready to provide the maintenance of other indices? What are the requirements that such observatories must answer (long-term records, few gaps, possibility to reproduce and verify the data, others)?
• What can VarSITI do to have the contributing observatories authorized to maintain these indices, and how to ensure the continuity of long-term time series in the current funding "climate"?

For more details, please refer to the article in VarSITI Newsletter Vol.19

To join the discussion, please send your email address to the VarSITI’s co-chairs Katya Georgieva (kgeorg[at]bas.bg) and Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa[at]isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp).

Please send your materials to be distributed among the participants in the discussion and to be placed on the VarSITI’s web site to Katya Georgieva (kgeorg[at]bas.bg) and to the webmaster Mitko Danov (mitkodanov[at]abv.bg).

IMPORTANT NOTE: Let Subject Line in your letters contain the words
'to Sunspot Indices Discussion'

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Announcement of

AGU SPA "Nonlinear Waves" prize

Dear VarSITI colleagues,

We call attention to an AGU SPA "Nonlinear Waves" prize of ~10,000USD to be given out by the AGU in 2018 (https://ng.agu.org/honors/swnwp-prize/). The deadline for submission is at April 15, 2018. All of the pertinent information can be found on the AGU website. If you still have questions, you can contact Antonio Covington (acovington[at]agu.org) of the AGU or any of the four of us. This prize will be given out every other year (alternating with a prize for Space Weather). The prize is intended to stimulate research in this particular area of science.

Anyone who has published a significant paper or body of papers on nonlinear plasma/MHD waves in space plasmas is eligible. The specific requirement is that the results be observational, theoretical/simulation that explain observations unequivocally, or theoretical/simulations that eventually led to confirmative observations.

A selection committee will be set up by the AGU SPA President (L. Paxton) and President-Elect (C. Cohen) and the AGU Nonlinear Geophysics (NG) Focus Group President (A. Pouquet) to evaluate the submitted nominations.

Announcement and Call for Nominations

2018 SCOSTEP Awards

This is a call for nominations for the 2018 SCOSTEP Awards for Distinguished Science and Distinguished Young Scientist.

The SCOSTEP Distinguished Science Award is given to recognize an outstanding contribution of a scientist to solar-terrestrial physics.

The Distinguished Young Scientist Award is given to young scientists who have achieved considerable success in solar-terrestrial physics and have taken an active part in SCOSTEP-related activities.

The SCOSTEP awards are given biennially. The first Distinguished Science Award and the first Distinguished Young Scientist Award were given in 2014.

The Award Statute and Procedure are placed on the SCOSTEP web site section "Awards" (http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=1356).

Dear VarSITI colleagues,

Following mail is forwarded from Dr. J. Banerji (Course Directror) of the Space and Atmospheric Science, CSSTEAP, Physical Research Laboratory, India.

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Announcement of

web-address http://crd.yerphi.am/Directivity_Functions_Neutron_Monitors

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to inform you that we launched the Directivity Functions (DF) of Neutron Monitors. The database was created with the support of VarSITI. DF represents directional sensitivity of neutron monitor to primary cosmic ray protons. The concept of DF has developed in the paper: G. Karapetyan, “Directivity functions of neutron monitors”, J. Geophys. Res. Space, 2017, v.122, Issue 9.
Web page of the database is: http://crd.yerphi.am/Directivity_Functions_Neutron_Monitors

We hope that the database will provide useful information for researchers.

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Announcement of

Dear colleagues,

We are happy to announce the launch of the EGU - Solar Terrestrial division blogs together with other social media webpages where you can get in touch with us. This is run by a group of enthusiatic volunteers, Koen Hendrickx (Stockholm University, Sweden), Kamalam Vanninathan (University of Graz, Austria) and the editor Athanasios Papaioannou (National Observatory of Athens, Greece).

Connect with us on social media and send us your fascinating images, captivating movies or interesting results in the field of solar terrestrial sciences. Conducting a special event in your institute or city? Tell us about it and we will advertise it for you. Participating in a special event? Again, tell us what it is about and what you did. Post questions for us and engage the community in an engrossing discussion. Facebook and Twitter are also perfect for advertising open postitions available at your institute.

We are putting all our efforts in bringing the community together, to explain science in attractive ways and to encourage others to understand the intimate connection between the Sun and the Earth. Follow our monthly blogposts to find out more.

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Announcement of

web-address http://www.stce.be/esww14/medals.php

Dear colleagues,

We are happy to announce the 2017 contest for the international space weather medals. The new medal recipients will be announced in a medal ceremony at the European Space Weather Week, the 27th of November, 2017, Belgium.

All three prizes (Chizhevsky, Nicolet, Birkeland) are prestigious recognitions of recipients' major contributions in the field of space weather. Medal recipient's work must have been documented in peer review journals or book chapters, or must be a technological contribution that has led to a fully implemented new space weather capability. Medal recipient's work must be relevant to space weather and/or space climate. The work must also be internationally recognized.

Please find the necessary informations (how to nominate...) at http://www.stce.be/esww14/medals.php

Announcement of

web-address hwdc2.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/wds2017/index.html

ICSU World Data System (WDS) will promote an international conference on data activity of Asia-Oceania region in Kyoto from 27 to 29 September 2017. A cooperative event on data analysis of space weather events will be held also in Kyoto on 26 September. More information is below.

Data-Analysis Workshop on Solar-terrestrial Environment (tentative) will be held on 26 September 2017 also at Kyoto University as a cooperative event through the collaboration with the VarSITI community in Japan.

The World Data System (WDS)* is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council of Science (ICSU) with a mission to promote international collaborations on data stewardship, long-term preservation and provision of quality-assessed research data and data services.

The WDS Asia-Oceania Conference will bring together data practitioners, data repositories managers and researchers to reinforce the data stewardship community in the region and help establish a collaborative system for access to and dissemination of research data. In the Asia-Oceania region, VarSITI-related data are being opened by various research institutions and research groups. We hope to establish a collaborative system among these data-oriented activities in this region.

Announcement of

web-address https://nsr-2017.sciencesconf.org/

The Earth is exposed to numerous natural threats that originate from space. Our technology- driven society has become increasingly sensitive to solar storms, while space exploration has generated large amounts of debris that may fall back on Earth without control. Finally, asteroids may also enter the Earth’s atmosphere, lighting up the sky but potentially also causing devastating damage when their size exceeds a few meters.

This summer school aims at providing master and first year PhD students with an intensive training on all these natural space risks. The programme will address space weather, space debris, near-Earth objects, and their societal impacts. Resilience aspects will also be tackled by researchers and by experts from the civil society.

During this one-week school students will have a mix of academic lectures and hands-on sessions on orbitography, solar observations, and applied data reduction and analysis, during splinter sessions. The lectures and the hand-on sessions will be run by experts coming from all over Europe; experts from the industry will explain the importance of natural space risks for their activities. This school is a unique opportunity to meet academic and non academic researchers at the early stage of a career.

Paris Observatory will host the summer school. Being the oldest and largest infrastructure in astrophysics in France, it will offer the possibility to visit some of the most ancient and up-to- date instrumentation.

The selection of the students is a two stages process. Candidates are first invited to apply by providing a CV, a short letter (one page) stating the motivations for the school, copies of recent academic transcripts and contact information for one professional reference. A dedicated committee will then select 30 candidates among the best applications. Applications should be submitted by email to nsr-2017-pilote[at]sciencesconf.org by June 9th, 2017 (17:00 Paris time). The list of the selected students will be available by the end of June. After notification of their selection, the students will be asked to pay the registration fee (100€) to confirm their registration. The fee includes lodging and accomodation and is not refundable.

For more information: https://nsr-2017.sciencesconf.org/

Announcement of
2nd VarSITI General Symposium (VarSITI2017)
10–15 July 2017, Irkutsk, Russia

WEB adress: http://varsiti2017.iszf.irk.ru/index.php/conferences/varsiti

We are pleased to announce that the 2^nd VarSITI General Symposium (VarSITI2017) will be held at the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Irkutsk, Russia, from 10^th to 15^th of July 2017. Please save the date to your calendar. The first announcement with more details will follow shortly.

As you know VarSITI (Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impacts, http://www.varsiti.org/) is the current scientific program of the Scientific Committee On Solar-TErrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP). The first VarSITI General Symposium was held from 6 to 10 June 2016 in Albena, Bulgaria (http://newserver.stil.bas.bg/VarSITI2016/).

Announcement of
2017 IAU Symposium
"Space Weather of the Heliosphere: Processes and Forecasts"
17–21 July 2017, Exeter, Devon, UK

WEB adress: http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/iaus335/

Space weather is increasingly recognised as an international challenge faced by several communities. The ability to understand, monitor and forecast the space weather of the Earth and the heliosphere is of paramount importance for our high-technology society and for the current rapid developments in knowledge and exploration within our Solar System.

To discuss this important area of research we invite you to the IAU Symposium 335: Space Weather of the Heliosphere: Processes and Forecasts. The symposium will be held at the University of Exeter, UK, from 17 - 21 July 2017.

Key Topics of the Scientific Program are the following:

• Solar drivers and activity levels
• Solar wind and heliosphere
• Impact on terrestrial and planetary environments
• Long-term trends and predictions for space weather
• Challenges and strategy plans for Earth and the heliosphere
• Forecasting models
• Space weather monitoring, instrumentation, data and services

You can pre-register your interest in this exciting conference today, before registration formally opens in January 2017. The deadline for the submission of abstracts and for financial support will be 27 February 2017. The deadline for early registration will be 20 April 2017.

The IAU Symposium will have dedicated Conference Proceedings. First details including the lists of provisional invited speakers and public lecturers, information about location, scientific excursions, social events, costs, and travel can be found on the symposium website.

A parallel Education Programme will also take place, and a limited number of rooms are available to use for breakout sessions. Please email the Local Organising Committee at iaus[at]exeter.ac.uk for information on these opportunities.

We look forward to welcoming you in Exeter next year!

On behalf of the IAU Symposium 335 Organising Committees,

The Scientific Organising Committee: Claire Foullon (Chair), Olga Malandraki (Co-chair), Zouhair Benkhaldoun, Francesco Berrilli, Anil Bhardwaj, Allan Sacha Brun, Norma Bock Crosby, Sergio Dasso, Alina Donea, Hans Haubold, Hermann Opgenoorth, Patricia Reiff, Kazuo Shiokawa, Ilya Usoskin, Jingxiu Wang, David Webb

The Local Organising Committee: Claire Foullon (Chair), Mitchell Berger (Co-chair), David Jackson (Co-chair), Mark Baldwin, Alice Mills, David Strange

SCOSTEP Visiting Scholarship (SVS)
Call for Applications 2017

WEB adress: http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=2103

The submission of applications for the 2017 SCOSTEP Visiting Scholarship is now open.

The SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS) program is a capacity building activity of SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics), which complements the current scientific program, VarSITI (Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact, http://www.varsiti.org/) and SCOSTEP's public outreach activities.

The objective of the SVS program is to provide training to young scientists and graduate students from developing countries in well-established solar terrestrial physics institutes, for one to three months. The training will help the young scientists to advance their career in solar terrestrial physics using the technique/skill they learned during the training. SCOSTEP will provide the airfare, while the host institute will provide the living expenses (accommodation, sustenance, ground transportation, visa fees and other incidentals). Trainees should have their own health insurance or arrange a provision with the host institution.

Interested candidates should contact one of the SVS program hosts listed below and at http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=2103 and work out the details of the visit. Once the applicant and the host agree on a visit, the applicant needs to prepare an application package including the following details of the visit: (i) work to be performed; (ii) applicant's curriculum vitae, (iii) dates of the visit and an estimate of the airfare in economy class; (iv) letter from the applicant's supervisor, and (v) a letter from the host scientist/institution.

A single pdf file of the above materials should be sent to SCOSTEP's Scientific Secretary,
Dr. Marianna G. Shepherd (mshepher[at]yorku.ca).

Deadline for applications: February 25, 2017.

List of hosts:

• Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAF), Germany.
  Contact: Dr. Franz-Josef Lübken - luebken[at]iap-kborn.de; https://www.iap-kborn.de/1/home/
• Center for International Collaborative Research (CIRC), Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Japan.
  Contact: Dr. Kazuo Shiokawa - shiokawa[at]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp;
  http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/center01.html
• National Institute of Polar Research (NiPR), Japan.
  Contact: Dr. Takuji Nakamura - nakamura.takuji[at]nipr.ac.jp; http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/
• National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
  Contact: Dr. Yihua Yan - yyh[at]nao.cas.cn; http://english.nao.cas.cn/
• CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, University of Science and Technology of China.
  Contact: Dr. Yuming Wang - ymwan[at]ustc.edu.cn, Dr. Jiuhou Lei - leijh[at]ustc.edu.cn; http://en.ess.ustc.edu.cn/about/labs/201107/t20110706_115544.html
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), USA.
  Contacts: Dr. Antti Pulkkinen - antti.a.pulkkinen[at]nasa.gov,
  Dr. Nat Gopalswamy - nat.gopalswamy[at]nasa.gov, Dr. Seiji Yashiro - seiji.yashiro[at]nasa.gov ; https://www.nasa.gov/goddard
• South African National Space Agency (SANSA), South Africa.
  Contact: Dr. Lee-Anne McKinnell - lmckinnell[at]sansa.org.za; http://www.sansa.org.za/
• ReSoLVE Centre of Excellence Research Unit of Astronomy and Space Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland.
  Contact: Dr. Kalevi Mursula - Kalevi.Mursula[at]oulu.fi; http://www.spaceclimate.fi/resolve/
• Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai, India.
  Contact: Prof. D. S. Ramesh, dsramesh[at]iigs.iigm.res.in http://iigm.res.in/
• Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, USA.
  Contact: Pete Riley - pete[at]predsci.com http://www.predsci.com/portal/home.php
• Centre for Atmospheric Research, National Space Research and Development Agency, Anyigba, Nigeria.
  Contact: Prof. Babatunde Rabiu - tunderabiu2[at]gmail.com

International Joint Research Program and
ISEE/CICR International Workshop

WEB adress: http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/co-re-application.html

Dear VarSITI colleagues,

The ISEE, Nagoya University, has announced the opportunity of International Joint Research Program and ISEE/CICR International Workshop for the fiscal year 2017. The deadline of application is January 15, 2017. For details, please see the following website. http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/co-re-application.html

IUGG Support of Scientific Meetings 2017

WEB adress: http://www.iugg.org/meetings/guidelines.php

The program of IUGG support for scientific meetings (e.g. workshops, advanced schools, symposia) is one of the most important means by which the Union and its Associations pursue a goal of promoting geophysics and geodesy through international collaboration. A fraction of the IUGG's budget is devoted to the support of these scientific meetings. The IUGG Executive Committee places great emphasis on maintaining high scientific standards, coverage of a balanced spectrum of topics, and an appropriately broad and international flavor for the scientific program of the meetings. In that respect, the ICSU rules on non-discrimination in the access of qualified scientists from all parts of the world to any IUGG-sponsored meeting apply.

The following guidelines for obtaining IUGG sponsorship should be observed by prospective proposers:

• An IUGG-sponsored scientific meeting should have a well-defined and scientifically relevant theme, should be scheduled at a propitious time for significant progress in the field, and should be of interest to young researchers as well as senior experts.
• While the IUGG embraces all fields in geophysics and geodesy, a proposed program should maintain a balanced scope relevant to IUGG Associations. Each proposal will be judged on its own scientific merits.
• Given the international nature of the Union, meetings are by definition internationally oriented. This requires a well-balanced geographical and gender distribution.

The deadline for the applications is 31 October 2016.

The applications should be sent to the IUGG Secretariat (fgkugl[at]gfz-potsdam.de) and CCed to the IUGG Secretary General (Alik.Ismail-Zadeh[at]kit.edu).

The guidelines for application can be found here: http://www.iugg.org/meetings/guidelines.php

Postdoctoral and PhD Positions in Solar/Stellar Physics
(SOLVe project)
at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

WEB adress: https://www.mps.mpg.de/institute/organization

The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) invites applications for PhD and postdoctoral positions in solar and stellar physics. The successful candidates will join the SOLVe project based on an ERC Starting Grant and led by Alexander Shapiro. SOLVe will utilize state-of-the-art MHD and radiative transfer codes to extend physics-based models of solar brightness variations from the Sun to other stars. Building on the solar paradigm the project aims at explaining rich patterns of stellar brightness variations observed by the Kepler and CoRoT missions and at improving techniques for detecting and characterizing exoplanets. Furthermore, SOLVe is expected to improve our understanding of solar brightness variability which is relevant for assessing the role of the Sun in climate change.

The project will reside in the solar department of the MPS, one of the largest groups in solar physics worldwide with ample experience in MHD simulations and radiative transfer as well as with leading participations in many major solar space missions. The institute is located in Göttingen (Germany), a lively and scenic university town, in a striking new building.

PhD Positions. PhD projects can be more theory or data oriented, depending on the candidate profile. Please apply via the International Max Planck Research School for Solar System Science online application portal (https://www.mps.mpg.de/phd/applynow), indicating "ERC SOLVe" as funding line in your online application. The deadline for applications is 15 November 2016.

Postdoc Positions. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in physics with focus on solar/stellar physics, astronomy, astrophysics or a closely related field. They should have an outstanding research record and experience in solar or stellar physics. Experience in MHD simulations and/or numerical radiative transfer modeling is of particular advantage. The positions are available as early as 1 February 2017 or later and are offered for initial period of two years. Salary will be according to E13 of the TV–D scale of the German public service. Applications, including a CV, a short description of past research activities (max. 3 pages), and a publication list should be sent as one pdf file to pds[at]mps.mpg.de. In addition, applicants should arrange to have three letters of reference sent separately to the same address. Review of applications will begin 15 November 2016 and continue until positions are filled.

The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer and particularly encourages applications from women. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply.

For further information please contact
Alexander Shapiro (shapiroa[at]mps.mpg.de) or
Johannes Stecker (stecker[at]mps.mpg.de)

Job Announcement
for one or two Foreign Designated Professor positions

WEB adress: http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/index.html

Dear VarSITI colleagues,

The Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE) at Nagoya University, Japan, is actively seeking candidates for one or two Foreign Designated Professor positions. See for details as below. Deadline of application is Oct.31, 2016. Please contact appropriate ISEE staff in your field for details of the application.

Outline:

The Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, has a new opportunity to invite Foreign Designated Professors who will stay three months every year in ISEE to conduct research on science topics related to space and Earth, during the fiscal years 2017-2021. ISEE has seven research divisions: 1) integrated studies, 2) cosmic ray research, 3) heliospheric research,
4) ionospheric and magnetospheric research, 5) meteorological and atmospheric research, 6) land-ocean ecosystem research, and 7) chronological research. It has four interdisciplinary research projects:
a) solar-terrestrial climate research, b) space-Earth environmental prediction, c) interaction of neutral and plasma atmospheres, and d) aerosol and cloud formation. The Foreign Designated Professors are expected to conduct research related to at least one of these seven divisions and/or relevant to at least one of the four interdisciplinary research projects, and to enhance international collaborative research at ISEE. In relation to this opportunity, ISEE at Nagoya University will hire one full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow for each Foreign Designated Professor. The announcement of opportunity and the selection of the Postdoctoral Research Fellow will be made by ISEE in consultation with the responsible Foreign Designated Professor.

Job details:

Employer: Nagoya University (The position is at the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University)

Website: http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/index.html

Location: Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan

Job type: Foreign Designated Professor

Salary: 750,000-1,680,000 Japanese yen per month Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Premiums for mandatory health insurance and welfare pension will be deducted from the payment.

Qualifications: Postgraduate - Doctorate/PhD, Nagoya University has a retirement age of 65 years old.

Job hours: 3 months per year through cross appointment (choose any continuous 3-month period from 1 April to 31 March in every fiscal year)

Required Application Materials: (All materials must be submitted in English.)

1. Curriculum vitae

2. Research plan (maximum three pages)

3. List of publications; provide separate lists for refereed journals and conference proceedings.

4. Names and contact information for two professional references

Announcement of
IAU Symposium 327
Fine Scale Structure and Dynamics of the Solar Atmopshere
9÷14 October, 2016, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

WEB adress: http://iaus327.unal.edu.co/

On behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee, we invite you to Register and Submit a Poster Contribution for the International Astronomical Union Symposium 327 (IAUS327) on “Fine Scale and Dynamics of the Solar Atmosphere”, which will be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, October 9 ÷ 14, 2016.

The scientific goal of this symposium is to discuss recent results on the processes shaping the structure of the solar atmosphere and driving plasma eruptions and explosive events.

The website for registration, abstract submission, hotel and further program details is: http://iaus327.unal.edu.co/

Agenda:

Session 1: Key fundamental questions and challenges

Session 2: Advances in high-resolution solar observations - I

Session 3: Advances in high-resolution solar observations - II

Session 4: Energy, mass and magnetic flux transport between the convection zone and the outer solar atmosphere - I

Session 5: Energy, mass and magnetic flux transport between the convection zone and the outer solar atmosphere - II

Session 6: Multi-scale magnetic reconnection: observations and theories

Session 7: Wave phenomena and atmospheric dynamics

Session 8: Fine structure and dynamics of active regions and sunspots - I

Session 9: Fine structure and dynamics of active regions and sunspots - II

Session 10: Magnetic structure and dynamics of coronal holes and solar wind

Session 11: Energy release and explosive events at the finest spatial and temporal scales

Session 12: Role of small-scale structures in the chromosphere-corona heating

Session 13: Fine-structure of solar flares

Session 14: Solar-stellar connections

Session 15: Future directions

Session 16: High energies - fine structure (Radio, X and gamma rays)

Confirmed Speakers: S. Solanki, A. Asensio, M. Carlsson, J. Martínez-Sykora, J. Qiu, K. Kusano,
K. Shibata, T. Pereira, A. Winebarger, F. Rubio da Costa, C. Xia, T. Van Doorsselaere, S. Bale, L. Glesener

Chair of Scientific Organizing Committee: Santiago Vargas Domínguez- (OAN, Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Alexander Kosovichev (NJIT, USA), Juan Carlos Martínez Oliveros (SSL, UC Berkeley, USA), Patrick Antolin (NAOJ, Japan & University of St Andrews, UK), Louise Harra (MSSL, UK), Cristina Mandrini (CONICET, Argentina)

International Scientific Organising Committee: Laura Balmaceda (Argentina), Luis Ramon Bellot Rubio (Spain), Michele Bianda (Switzerland), Juan Camilo Buitrago-Casas (USA), Mark Cheung (USA), Ineke De Moortel (UK), Sirajul Hasan (India), Ryoko Ishikawa (Japan), Lucia Kleint (Switzerland), Valentin Martinez Pillet (USA), Rob Rutten (Netherlands), Natalia Schukina (Ukraine), Brigitte Schmieder (France), Oskar Steiner (Germany), Mike Wheatland (Australia), Jingxiu Wang (China).

Local Organizing Committee: Benjamiín Calvo Mozo (OAN, Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Jose Gregorio Portilla Barbosa (OAN, Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Juan Manuel Tejeiro Sarmiento (OAN, Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Cristian Goez Theraín (Universidad Libre, Universidad Antonio Nariño), Javier Montoya (Universidad de Cartagena), Jaime Bernal (Universidad Tecnológica de Bolivar), Andrés Torres (Instituto Tecnológico de Medellín), José Iván Campos Rozo (OAN, Universidad Nacional de Colombia).

For questions, contact: Santiago Vargas Domínguez svargasd[at]unal.edu.co

We are looking forward to seeing you in Cartagena de Indias !

Announcement of
IAU Symposium 328 Living around Active Stars
17-21 October, 2016, Maresias, SP, Brazil

WEB adress: www.sab-astro.org.br/IAUS328

Second Announcement:

The variable activity of stars such as the Sun is mediated via stellar magnetic fields, radiative and energetic particle fluxes, stellar winds and magnetic storms. This activity influences planetary atmospheres, climate and habitability. Studies of this intimate relationship between the parent star, its astrosphere (i.e., the equivalent of the heliosphere) and the planets that it hosts have reached a certain level of maturity within our own Solar System – fuelled both by advances in theoretical modelling and a host of satellites that observe the Sun-Earth system. In conjunction, the first attempts are being made to characterize the interactions between stars and planets and their coupled evolution, which have relevance for habitability and the search for habitable planets. This Symposium will bring together scientists from diverse, interdisciplinary scientific areas such as solar, stellar and planetary physics, atmospheric and climate physics and astrobiology to review the current state of our understanding of solar and stellar environments. The Symposium is expected to fertilize exchange of ideas and identify outstanding issues – tackling which necessitates coordinated scientific efforts across disciplines. Scientific themes of the Symposium and an updated list of invited speakers are available at the conference website.

Further details, including registration, abstract submission, and accommodation information are available at the conference website: http://www.sab-astro.org.br/IAUS328

Scientific Organizing Committee: Dibyendu Nandi (Chair), Sarah Gibson (Co-Chair), Pascal Petit (Co-Chair), Margit Haberreiter, Emre Isik, Heidi Korhonen, Kanya Kusano, Duncan Mackay, Cristina Mandrini, Allan Sacha-Brun, Adriana Valio, Aline Vidotto, David Webb

Local Organizing Committee: Adriana Valio (Chair), Gustavo Guerrero (Co-Chair), Alisson Dal Lago, Jorge Melendez, Emilia Correia, Caius L. Selhorst

Contact: iaustars328[at]gmail.com

We look forward to hosting you in Maresias, Brazil.

Announcement of
XIVth Hvar Astrophysical Colloquium:
"Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics: Now and in the Future"
26–30 September 2016, Hvar, Croatia

WEB adress: http://oh.geof.unizg.hr/index.php/en/meetings/xivth-hac

TOPICS / SESSIONS

• Observing techniques, Campaigns and Databases
• Activity of the Sun and Solar-Like Stars
• Eruptive Processes in the Solar Atmosphere
• Solar-Terrestrial Connection and the Heliosphere
• Space Weather and Space Climate Forecasting

DEADLINES

• Finnancial support (only for accommodation and/or registration fee): 1 June 2016
• Abstract submission: 15 July 2016
• Early registration fee (150 EUR): 1 September 2016

With best regards,
Domagoj Ruzdjak

Announcement of Opportunity
of collaborative researches and workshops at ISEE,
Nagoya Univ., Japan

Dear SCOSTEP/VarSITI colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the following two opportunities of collaborative researches and workshops under ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan for the fiscal year 2016 (April 2016-March 2017).

1. ISEE International Joint Research Program:
For scientists outside of Japan to visit ISEE for a few months

2. ISEE CICR International Workshop:
To have a small focused 1-week workshop with limited number of participants at ISEE.

For details of these opportunities, please visit http://cicr.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/kyodo/h28/index_e.html

Deadline of application is April 30, 2016.
Applications related to the SCOSTEP/VarSITI activities are very welcome. For those who are interested in these oppotunities, please contact ISEE researchers in your field.

With best regards, Kazuo Shiokawa

Announcement of Opportunity
The SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS) program

Call for Applications 2016

The SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS) program is a capacity building activity of SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics), which complements the current scientific program, VarSITI (Variability of the Sun and its Terrestrial Impact, http://www.varsiti.org/) and SCOSTEP’s public outreach activities.

The objective of the SVS program is to provide training to young scientists and graduate students from developing countries in well-established solar terrestrial physics institutes, for one to three months. The training will help the young scientists to advance their career in solar terrestrial physics using the technique/skill they learned during the training. SCOSTEP will provide the airfare, while the host institute will provide the living expenses (accommodation, sustenance, ground transportation, visa fees and other incidentals). Trainees should have their own health insurance or arrange a provision with the host institution.

Interested candidates should contact one of the SVS program hosts listed below or at
http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=2103 and work out the details of the visit. Once the applicant and the host agree on a visit, the applicant needs to prepare an application package including the following details of the visit: /(i) work to be performed; (ii) applicant’s curriculum vitae, (iii) dates of the visit and an estimate of the airfare in economy class; (iv) letter from the applicant’s supervisor, and (v) a letter from the host scientist/institution/. A single pdf file of the above materials should be sent to SCOSTEP’s Scientific Secretary, Dr. Marianna G. Shepherd mshepher[at]yorku.ca.

Deadline for applications: May 25, 2016.*
The applicant will be informed within three months after this date.

List of hosts:

• Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAF), Germany.
  Contact: Dr. Franz–Josef Lübken – luebken[at]iap-kborn.de
• The Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STEL), Nagoya University, Japan.
  Contact: Dr. Kazuo Shiokawa - shiokawa[at]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp
• National Institute of Polar Research (NiPR), Japan.
  Contact: Dr. Takuji Nakamura - nakamura.takuji[at]nipr.ac.jp
• National Space Science Centre (NSSC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
  Contact: Dr. Yihua Yan - yyh[at]nao.cas.cn
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), USA.
  Contacts: Dr. Antti Pulkkinen - antti.a.pulkkinen[at]nasa.gov,
  Dr. Nat Gopalswamy – Nat.gopalswamy[at]nasa.gov,
  Dr. Seiji Yashiro – seiji.yashiro[at]nasa.gov
• South African National Space Agency (SANSA), South Africa.
  Contact: Dr. Lee-Anne McKinnell – seiji.yashiro[at]nasa.gov

JOB OPENING
Faculty Position in Remote Sensing & Space Sciences
University of Illinois

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in remote sensing and space sciences, with particular emphasis in one or more of the following areas: novel electro- optics and radio/radar technologies for probing the space environment; emerging sensor technologies for distributed sensing of the space environment; space flight hardware design and development; and high-performance scientific computing and numerical modeling and simulation of the space plasma environment. This position was created in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation for Faculty Development in the Space Sciences. Applications are encouraged from candidates whose research programs will complement existing strengths and activities at Illinois, and have the potential to expand into new directions and form new collaborations within the department, college, and university. The intended appointment is at the Assistant Professor level. However, candidates with significant experience may also be considered.

The ECE Department has one of the very top programs in the United States, granting approximately 350 B.S. degrees, 100 M.S. degrees, and 60 Ph.D. degrees annually. The department has a rich history of pioneering research and education leadership in the development of radio and optical sensing technologies and their applications to space science. The ECE Department has recently moved into its new 235,000 sq. ft. net-zero energy design building. The University of Illinois is home to Blue Waters - one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, supported by the National Science Foundation and developed and operated by the University of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Qualified candidates may be hired as Blue Waters Professors who will be provided substantial allocations on and expedited access to the supercomputer. To be considered as a Blue Waters Professor, candidates need to mention Blue Waters as one of their preferred research areas in their online application, and include a reference to Blue Waters in their cover letter.

Please visit http://jobs.illinois.edu and select Faculty Positions, College of Engineering: Professor (Open Rank) - Electrical and Computer Engineering (F1500094), to view the complete position announcement and application instructions. Full consideration will be given to applications received by December 15, 2015, but applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. Enquiries may be directed to Professor Farzad Kamalabadi, Chair of the Faculty Search Committee; e-mail: farzadk[at]illinois.edu; phone: 217-333-4406.

The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer.

Illinois is an EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu.

Science for Space Weather - January 24-29, 2016
January 24-29, 2016, Goa, India
An ILWS and COSPAR Workshop

Advertisement of Session 1
From Sun to Earth and Beyond: CME propagation in interplanetary space

Invited speakers and topics:
Miho Janvier: In-situ properties and geoeffectiveness of CMEs (geometry of magnetic clouds, in-situ, models)
PK Manoharan: Propagation of CMEs in IP space (radio CMEs, IP scintillation)
Ying Liu: Extreme CME events (CME-CME interaction, super-fast CMEs)

More information can be found here: http://www.cessi.in/ssw/

Deadlines: (Don’t miss them!)   

Look at the Program

A reduced registration fee (US$ 125) will apply for participants from developing countries, but they will have to book their hotel and register by 06 November 2015. For a list of developing countries (Low-income / low-middle income countries) please refer to the list available at http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-and-lending-groups#Low_income.

Group rates have been negotiated with the conference hotel where all activities related the conference will take place. It is expected that all participants will stay here which will ease logistical issues and will also enable interactions amongst the workshop participants.

Two coordinated international efforts
to identify solar signals in climate
strongly related to the VarSITI activity

Recently there has been two coordinated international efforts to identify solar signals in climate (both the stratosphere and troposphere) in re-analyses and coupled climate models (CMIP-5). The reanalysis driven study is part of the Stratospheric Reanalysis Inter-comparison Project
(S-RIP; http://s-rip.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/), and the CMIP-5 analysis is part of the Solar Model Inter-comparison Project (SolarMIP; http://solarisheppa.geomar.de/solarMIP). The papers are published open access, with further work ongoing. Any comments or suggestions are most welcome.

REFERENCES
***** S-RIP

Mitchell, D. M., Gray, L. J., Fujiwara, M., Hibino, T., Anstey, J. A., Ebisuzaki, W., Harada, Y., Long, C., Misios, S., Stott, P. A. and Tan, D. (2014), Signatures of naturally induced variability in the atmosphere using multiple reanalysis datasets. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. doi: 10.1002/qj.2492

***** SolarMIP

Mitchell, D. M., Misios, S., Gray, L. J., Tourpali, K., Matthes, K., Hood, L., Schmidt, H., Chiodo, G., Thieblemont, R., Rozanov, E., Shindell, D. and Krivolutsky, A. (2015), Solar signals in CMIP-5 simulations: the stratospheric pathway. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
doi: 10.1002/qj.2530

Hood, L. L., Misios, S., Mitchell, D. M., Rozanov, E., Gray, L. J., Tourpali, K., Matthes, K., Schmidt, H., Chiodo, G., Theblemont, R., Shindell, D. and Krivolutsky, A. (2015), Solar signals in CMIP-5 simulations: the ozone response. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
doi: 10.1002/qj.2553

Misios, S., Mitchell, D. M., Gray, L. J., Tourpali, K., Matthes, K., Hood, L., Schmidt, H., Chiodo, G., Theblemont, R., Rozanov, E., Shindell, D. and Krivolutsky, A. (2015), Solar signals in CMIP-5 simulations: Effects of atmosphere-ocean coupling. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society in review.

Announcement of Opportunity
The SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS) program

Applications are invited to the SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS) program, a new capacity building activity of SCOSTEP (the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics). The SVS program complements the current scientific program, VarSITI (Variability of the Sun and its Terrestrial Impact) and public outreach activities of SCOSTEP.

The objective

The objective of the SVS program is to provide training to young scientists and graduate students from developing countries in well-established solar terrestrial physics laboratories, for periods of between one and three months. Our aim is to fund four scholars each year, one related to each of the four SCOSTEP VarSITI themes (http://www.varsiti.org/). The training will help the young scientists to advance their career in solar terrestrial physics using the technique/skill they learned during the training. SCOSTEP will provide the airfare, while it is expected that the hosting lab will provide the living expenses (lodging, meals, ground transportation, visa fees and other incidentals). Trainees should have their own health insurance or arrange a provision with the host lab.

Frequency: At least four scholars each year, starting in 2015.

Application Procedure
Please contact one of the SVS program listed below and work out the details of the visit. Once the applicant and the host agree on a visit, please prepare an application package including the following details of the visit:
(i) work to be performed;
(ii) dates of the visit and an estimate of the airfare in economy class;
(iii) letter from the applicant’s supervisor, and
(iv) letter from the host scientist.

Prepare a single pdf file of the above materials and email it to: Dr. Marianna G. Shepherd (mshepher[at]yorku.ca). All applications should be sent to the SCOSTEP Secretariat by not later than
May 31, 2015. The applicant will be informed within three months after this date.

List of hosts:

• Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAF), Germany.
  Contact: Dr. Franz–Josef Lübken – luebken[at]iap-kborn.de
• The Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STEL), Nagoya University, Japan.
  Contact: Dr. Kazuo Shiokawa - shiokawa[at]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp
• National Institute of Polar Research (NiPR), Japan.
  Contact: Dr. Takuji Nakamura - nakamura.takuji[at]nipr.ac.jp
• National Space Science Centre (NSSC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
  Contact: Dr. Yihua Yan - yyh[at]nao.cas.cn
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), USA.
  Contacts: Dr. Antti Pulkkinen - antti.a.pulkkinen[at]nasa.gov,
  Dr. Nat Gopalswamy – Nat.gopalswamy[at]nasa.gov,
  Dr. Seiji Yashiro – seiji.yashiro[at]nasa.gov
• South African National Space Agency (SANSA), South Africa.
  Contact: Dr. Lee-Anne McKinnell – seiji.yashiro[at]nasa.gov

NASA Living with a Star (LWS) Program Announces Support for SCOSTEP/VarSITI Projects

NASA/LWS program has announced a proposal opportunity for US scientists to participate in SCOSTEP/VarSITI projects under ROSES 2015 on December 15, 2014 (Solicitation: NNH14ZDA001N-LWS, Heliophysics Living With a Star Science, Appendix B.6). The maximum duration of awards will be three years to coincide with the 2014-2018 timeframe of VarSITI. Proposals will be judged for compliance based on their (demonstrated) relevance to the SEE, SPeCIMEN or ROSMIC themes. It is anticipated that selected PIs will collaborate and share their models and results with each other and the international VarSITI project leaders.

Details of the announcement can be found in http://nspires.nasaprs.com/.

Announcement - draft

41st Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and Associated Events “COSPAR 2016”
30 July - 7 August 2016, Istanbul, Turkey

Read more

web-address https://www.cospar-assembly.org/

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015
12-17 April 2015, Vienna, Austria

Abstract submission deadline is 07 January 2015, 13:00 CET

Read more

web-address http://www.egu2015.eu/home.html

Job opportunity at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign in remote sensing and space sciences

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in remote sensing and space sciences, with particular emphasis on high-performance scientific computing and numerical modeling and simulation of the space environment; novel electro-optics and radio/radar technologies for probing the space environment; emerging sensor technologies for distributed sensing of the space environment; and space flight hardware design and development. This position was created in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation for Faculty Development in the Space Sciences. The ECE department has a rich history of pioneering research and education leadership in the development of radio and optical sensing technologies and their applications to studying the geospace and solar-terrestrial environments. Candidates will be considered whose research program will continue and expand on this tradition of excellence and innovation. Applications are encouraged from candidates whose research programs have potential to establish new directions and to form new collaborations within the department, college, and university. The intended appointment is at the Assistant Professor level. However, candidates with significant experience may also be considered.

The ECE Department has one of the very top programs in the United States, granting approximately 350 B.S. degrees, 100 M.S. degrees, and 60 Ph.D. degrees annually. This year the ECE Department has moved into its new 235,000 sq. ft. net-zero energy design building, which is a major campus addition with maximum space and minimal carbon footprint. The University of Illinois is home to Blue Waters - one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, supported by the National Science Foundation and developed and operated by the University of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Qualified candidates may be hired as Blue Waters Professors who will be provided substantial allocations on and expedited access to the supercomputer. To be considered as a Blue Waters Professor, candidates need to mention Blue Waters as one of their preferred research areas in their online application, and include a reference to Blue Waters in their cover letter.

Please visit http://jobs.illinois.edu to view the complete position announcement and application instructions.

Full consideration will be given to applications received by November 15, 2014, but applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.

Enquiries may be directed to Professor Farzad Kamalabadi,
Chair of the Faculty Search Committee;
e-mail: farzadk[at]illinois.edu;
phone: 217-333-4406.

added on April 02, 2014

Announcement: VarSITI Newsletter, vol.1

The 1st issue of the VarSITI Newsletter has now been published at this site.

VarSITI (Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact) is the SCOSTEP's new program from 2014 to 2018. This newsletter is to promote communication among scientists related to the four VarSITI Projects (SEE, ISEST/MiniMax24, SPeCIMEN, and ROSMIC).

This newsletter is distributed through the VarSITI mailing list. If you like to be registered in the VarSITI mailing list, please send e-mail to shiokawa[at]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp with the name of Project you are interested.

You are also welcome to submit articles to the newsletter. Details of the article submission is described in the last page of the newsletter.

added on December 02, 2013

SCOSTEP's 13th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP13)
October 12–17, 2014, Xian, Shanxi, China

First Announcement and Call For papers