Ian Kelley successfully defends his MSc thesis on Storm Time Electrified Mid-Scale Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances (MSTIDs)
By: miker on: Thu., July 28, 2022 11:23 AM EDT (105 Reads)ISEE / Nagoya University announce paper published on SuperDARN observations of ionospheric disturbances due to Tonga Volcano explosion
By: miker on: Fri., July 22, 2022 04:39 PM EDT (171 Reads)
Dr. Atsuki Shinbori and colleagues at the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE) at Nagoya University have published a paper in Earth, Planets, and Space (EPS) that uses data from the SuperDARN Hokkaido pair of radars to elucidate the physics of TIDs observed in TEC data following the 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption. It is shown that ionospheric effects reached the Japanese sector faster than atmospheric effects due to conjugacy. Here are links to press releases provided by the first author and coauthors including SuperDARN PI Dr. Nozomu Nishitani::
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/958792 ![]() https://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/news/research-results/2022/20220714.html ![]() The potential significance of this finding for advance warning of disturbance in the coupled atmosphere-ocean system was picked up by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and reported here: https://www.preventionweb.net/news/shockwave-caused-tonga-underwater-eruption-may-help-scientists-predict-future-tsunami ![]() Figure credit and citation: Shinbori, A., Otsuka, Y., Sori, T. et al. Electromagnetic conjugacy of ionospheric disturbances after the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption as seen in GNSS-TEC and SuperDARN Hokkaido pair of radars observations. Earth Planets Space 74, 106 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-022-01665-8 ![]() |
PhD Fellowships in Geospace Data Analytics at Virginia Tech
By: miker on: Sun., June 19, 2022 02:46 PM EDT (258 Reads)NASA Phase II DRIVE Science Center established as the Center For Geospace Storms (CGS) with involvement by Virginia Tech researchers
By: miker on: Fri., June 03, 2022 03:38 PM EDT (269 Reads)
NASA has announced that the Phase I award to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) for the Center for Geospace Storms (CGS) under the Diversity, Realize, Integrate, Venture, Educate (DRIVE) Science Center initiative will be extended into Phase II with five more years of funding. The goals of CGS are to fuse modeling and data to understand the physics of Earth's space environment (geospace) during storm conditions. The program of the DRIVE center is comprehensive with cutting edge research, community outreach, and student training. Virginia Tech is one of several participating universities with robust space programs. The lead researchers from Virginia Tech are Prof. J. Michael Ruohoniemi and Prof. Leonard Smith. The CGS DRIVE Center is led by the PI and director, Dr. Slava Merkin (JHU/APL), and deputy director, Dr. Michael Wiltberger (NCAR). News releases from these organizations and NASA are available at:
https://www.jhuapl.edu/NewsStory/220413-nasa-extends-apl-solar-and-space-physics-drive-center ![]() https://news.ucar.edu/132837/ncar-partners-build-first-ever-comprehensive-community-geospace-model ![]() https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/nasa-selects-hubs-for-innovative-research-in-solar-sciences ![]() |
Boulder Space Weather Summer School to be held July 18-29, 2022 in Boulder, CO (Opportunity: June 3, 2022)
By: miker on: Fri., May 27, 2022 12:37 PM EDT (782 Reads)
The Boulder Space Weather Summer School (SWSS) is a two-week program, funded by NSF and hosted by HAO, that gives students a comprehensive introduction to the science of space weather: what it is, what it does, and what can be done about it. The theme is the physics of space weather and its impacts on the space environment, spacecraft, astronauts and ground based systems. Students will learn from leading researchers in the field and experts in forecasting space weather and meet other students working in the field. The program will appeal to graduate students starting their research careers in space physics as well as selected undergraduate students interested in exploring the topic.
The school wil be held July 18 – 29, 2022, in person in Boulder, CO (circumstances permitting). For more information see https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/SWSS ![]() Application Deadline: June 3, 2022 |
White paper input requested to the “Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033”
By: miker on: Wed., May 25, 2022 12:36 PM EDT (292 Reads)
In the U.S. community preparations are underway for the “Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033” under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences. This will lead to a series of recommendations that will determine research directions for the major agencies (e.g., NSF, NASA, NOAA). Numerous online discussions have been convened with the intention of drafting white papers as input to the agency-led deliberations. A deadline for submission of white papers is expected soon. Nominations to the Survey Steering Committee and Study Panels have closed. Meetings will begin in the July-August timeframe with a draft report expected by the end of the year.
Link to the grand spreadsheet of white paper thematic collections: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mn-RMMlorf-8fO0Vt-Mw1g4CC0o_RzKfBOoijgRSP_w/edit#gid=677557249 ![]() Guidance on preparation of white papers (FAQs): https://nationalacademies.org/docs/DC459497C1AAFFB841F8221165878AE1DA04F96C5805 ![]() |