Dear colleagues
I am very pleased to announce that there is a Special Issue on the joint 20th International EISCAT Symposium and 15th International Workshop on Layered Phenomena in the Mesopause Region.
Although focused on the joint meeting, this Special Issue is open to all colleagues who are working in the relevant areas.
https://www.annales-geophysicae.net/articles_and_preprints/scheduled_sis.ht…
Authors can submit their contributions by using the online registration form on the ANGEO website: https://www.annales-geophysicae.net/submission.html. The deadline for submission is 1 Jul 2023, but may be extended if there is sufficient demand/need. During the registration process it is important that the correct special issue is selected.
All submissions will be treated exactly the same as a regular submission to Annales, maintaining the highest quality of rigorous peer review and editorial standards. Papers will be published on-line as they become available and will form a digital collection. Thus there is no delay to publication once you have satisfied the reviewers and editors.
Obviously we would hope to capture a good number of papers detailing work presented at the joint workshop, but at the same time other relevant work is very welcome and the special issue is not limited to those who were able to attend the meeting, as described on the website:
"It is intended that this special issue would provide a snapshot of the state of the art in EISCAT and LPMR research, and as such the call is open to all colleagues working in these areas, even if they were not able to attend the joint meeting. As long as your work is related to EISCAT and/or layered phenomena in the mesosphere, you are welcome to submit an article."
Best regards
Andrew
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Dr. Andrew J. Kavanagh | UK EISCAT Support Group (UKESG)| British Antarctic Survey
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Hello,
Please find attached the minutes from the Software Meeting held in December in
Tromsø. There are gaps, particularly when I was speaking, so any additions or
corrections are appreciated.
Simon
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Simon Brown
System Engineer EISCAT Scientific Association
P. O. Box 812, SE-981 28 Kiruna, Sweden simon.brown(a)eiscat.se
(Apologies for cross-posting, but please forward to colleagues/redistribute)
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*PITHIA-NRF Trans-National Access (TNA) Open Call*
PITHIA-NRF <https://pithia-nrf.eu>(Plasmasphere Ionosphere Thermosphere
Integrated Research Environment and Access services: a Network of
Research Facilities) invites applications for access to a variety of the
*best **European**research facilities* (nodes) for studies and modelling
of physical processes acting in the Earth’s upper atmosphere, with
support from experts within the field. There are twelve nodes within
PITHIA-NRF all dedicated to investigating the plasmasphere, ionosphere
and/or thermosphere.
The access can be *physical access* (one-week visit with travel and
accommodation included) or *remote access* (one-month remote access with
weekly support). The available services or resources are limited, and a
competitive process is required following a defined procedure and
criteria for the selection of users.
*Project opportunities:*
Project opportunities and description of the nodes are available at the
information page
<https://pithia-nrf.eu/pithia-nrf-users/tna/tna-calls/fourth-tna-call>.
We encourage any potential applicants to discuss with the relevant node
about the project before submitting their proposals. The TNA Support
Centre <mailto:tna@pithia-nrf.eu> at PITHIA-NRF can help establishing
contact points with the nodes.
*When?*
This spring 2023 call is running from *15 January 2023* until *15
June**2023*. It is an *O**pen Call* and applications will be handled as
they arrive to streamline the timelines of the projects.
*Who?*
Access is provided for science projects to users from Academia, Small
and Medium Enterprises, Industry, and Public Organisations.
*How?*
The application should be filled in and submitted using the online form
<https://pithia-nrf.eu/forms/tna-application-form-4>. After submission,
eligibility and feasibility checks will be performed followed by the
scientific evaluation. Follow the instructions at
https://pithia-nrf.eu/tna/tna-calls/second-tna-call.
*Contact:*
TNA Support Centre: tna(a)pithia-nrf.eu
/EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme Grant Agreement No
101007599/
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Dr. Ingemar Häggström
Leader of WP7: PITHIA-NRF Trans-national access
Dear colleagues,
There is an open postdoctoral scholarship in modeling plasma
interactions with planetary bodies at Umeå University, Sweden:
https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/postdoctoral-scholarships/7-1639-22/
The scholarship is full-time for two years and the start date
will be 15 February, 2023, or by agreement.
Application deadline is 10 February 2023.
Please spread the word among your colleagues and potential postdoc
candidates!
For more information, please contact Dr. Shahab Fatemi
(shahab.fatemi(a)umu.se) or Dr. Maria Hamrin (hamrin(a)space.umu.se).
/Maria
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Maria Hamrin Email: maria.hamrin(a)space.umu.se
Associate Professor Phone: +46 (0)70 325 80 38
Docent in space physics
Department of Physics
Umeå University
Linnaeus väg 24, 907 36 Umeå, Sweden
https://www.umu.se/personal/maria-hamrin/https://www.umu.se/en/research/groups/space-plasma-physics-group/
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Dear all,
EISCAT_3D construction is progressing well. The EISCAT Scientific
Association is currently installing the EISCAT_3D antennas at the
transmitter site in Skibotn, Norway and at the receiver sites in
Kaiseniemi, Sweden and in Karesuvanto, Finland. The current schedule is
to start EISCAT_3D operations in 2023, first in the monostatic mode. In
parallel, EISCAT is planning to develop the legal status of the
organisation in order to achieve long-term stability. The goal remains
non-military scientific operations of the radar to study the Arctic
upper atmosphere and ionosphere as well as geospace phenomena. Efforts
will be made to reduce any negative impact of these changes on the
EISCAT user community, allowing uninterrupted use of the
facilities. Follow the updates of EISCAT_3D on
https://eiscat.se/category/eiscat3d/ <https://eiscat.se/category/eiscat3d/>
EISCAT Council
The call for papers of the URSI 2023 General Assembly and Scientific
Symposium (Sapporo, 19-26 August, 2023) is now open.
We encourage the community to submit achievements, results, and thoughts
on next generation incoherent scatter facilities and networks to the session
G08: New results and contemporary developments in incoherent scatter radar
This session will focus on advances in technique and scientific results
within the field of incoherent scatter radar (ISR) observations of the
geospace environment. The ISR technique represents the most powerful
ground-based probe of the ionospheric plasma, and allows extensive and
precise studies of processes and features in the ionosphere, atmosphere,
plasmasphere, and magnetosphere. The session provides a platform
concentrating on results from coordinated, multi-radar experiments along
with opportunities for discussion of upcoming plans using existing and
future facilities. Topics of interest include long-period continuous
runs for long term trend studies, World Day program operations and
suggested changes, sensor fusion analysis with ISR data as a central
feature, harmonization of ISR data outputs, and advanced derived
scientific products. Contributions are also welcome regarding planning
of next generation observations using future advanced ISR facilities and
networks.
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Please visit the conference website https://www.ursi-gass2023.jp/ and
submit your abstract to our session by 23 January 2023.
We are looking forward to receiving your contribution.
Sincerely,
Philip Erickson, MIT Haystack <pje(a)haystack.mit.edu>
Roger Varney, UCLA <rvarney(a)atmos.ucla.edu>
David Hysell, Cornell University <dlh37(a)cornell.edu>
Anders Tjulin, EISCAT Scientific Association <Anders.Tjulin(a)eiscat.se>
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Dr. Anders Tjulin
Staff Scientist, EISCAT
Bengt Hultqvists väg 1, 981 92 Kiruna, Sweden
Office phone: +46 (0)980 79157
Mobile phone: +46 (0)706 608972
e-mail: anders.tjulin(a)eiscat.se
Skype: anders.tjulin
Dear colleagues,
As the AGU Fall Meeting is around the corner, this means that it is also
EGU abstract submission season! The EGU General Assembly will take place
as a hybrid conference (in Vienna, Austria and online) on 23–28 April 2023.
We would like to draw your attention to Session ST3.6: Ionosphere –
upper atmosphere physics with ground-based instrumentation
<https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/46384>. The
session description can be found at the bottom of this e-mail.
Please note that the abstract submission deadline for EGU23 is on
*Tuesday, 10 January 2023 at 13:00 CEST*. Guidelines on the abstract
submission process can be found on this page
<https://egu23.eu/programme/how_to_submit.html>.
Please do not hesitate to forward this announcement to your colleagues
who make use of ground-based instrument data in their studies of upper
atmospheric and ionospheric processes.
We are looking forward to your contributions and to seeing you at EGU23!
Best regards,
The EGU ST3.6 session convening team:
Veronika Haberle, Maxime Grandin, Jia Jia, and Frederic Pitout
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ST3.6 EDI
<https://www.egu.eu/news/689/egu-announces-new-edi-logo-for-the-2021-general…>
*Ionosphere – upper atmosphere physics with ground-based instrumentation*
Convener: Veronika
HaberleECS<https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/46384#>|
Co-conveners: Maxime
GrandinECS<https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/46384#>,Jia
JiaECS<https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/46384#>,Frederic
Pitout<https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/46384#>
Abstract submission
<https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/abstractsubmission/46384>
The Earth’s upper atmosphere and ionosphere are subject to significant
variability associated with solar forcing. While in situ observations of
the ionosphere-upper atmosphere are only possible with spacecraft and
sounding rockets, a wealth of information is obtained thanks to remote
sensing techniques using ground-based instruments.
For instance, ground-based magnetometers, used in dense networks,
routinely enable the derivation of ionospheric currents and geomagnetic
indices. Optical instruments not only provide measurements of auroral
and airglow emissions, but are also used to observe upper atmospheric
winds and temperatures, e.g. in the thermosphere and mesosphere. Such
parameters can also be measured with radars, spanning a wide range of
active (ionosondes, meteor radars, coherent and incoherent scatter
radars, VLF transmitters, Lidars) and passive (riometers, VLF receivers)
systems.
Combining ground-based observations from various instruments enables the
development of novel data analysis methodologies which in turn enhance
our understanding of the underlying physics of space weather and
ionosphere-upper atmosphere processes. This includes the study of
densities, temperatures and composition of the ionosphere–upper
atmosphere, monitoring of its dynamics and chemistry, and measuring of
fluxes from precipitating particles and current systems.
In this session, we invite contributions featuring the use of
ground-based instruments in studies of the ionosphere–upper atmosphere
system across all latitudes and of space weather and
ionospheric–atmospheric physics processes of various time and spatial
scales.
Dear the EISCAT user community members,
We have posted the following message on the EISCAT Slack (the e3d-cp-wg channel):
Thanks to all the EISCAT_3D Common Programme (CP) WG members, a draft of the EISCAT_3D CP
proposal is ready now. We share it with the EISCAT user community here.
The MS word file (with some comments), the PDF file, and the file on google doc are all
identical.
If you have any comments, suggestions for revisions, or questions, please post them in
this Slack or put them in the draft file on the google doc.
We look forward to constructive comments and/or specific suggestions.
We hope to revise the draft by the end of this year and start specific coordination with
the EISCAT_3D software working group.
The proposal file on the google doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Isl4V3w3ddDYCo6JK1O3k0-ThOF2toHf/edit?u…
Best regards,
Yasunobu Ogawa
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Yasunobu Ogawa, National Institute of Polar Research, JAPAN
E-mail: yogawa(a)nipr.ac.jp Tel: +81-42-512-0664
(sorry for any cross-posting)
Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you to the session R7 (Geospace) at ISAR-7 (Seventh International
Symposium on Arctic Research) to be held as a hybrid symposium (in person & online) on
March 6-10, 2023. On-Site location is National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR),
Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan.
ISAR-7 Web Site: https://jcar.org/isar-7/
The deadline of the submission of Abstract is October 31, 2022.
The deadline of the early-bird registration is December 19, 2022 and online registration
deadline is on February 6, 2023.
On-site registration is also available during the Symposium (March 6-10, 2023).
New entry restrictions and action measures for foreign nationals regarding COVID-19
infection in Japan was revised and relaxed from October 11, 2022. It is also announced at
the ISAR-7 Web Site. We sincerely look forward to your abstract submissions and to seeing
you at the symposium in-person as before.
Description of the session R7 is as follows:
This session is devoted to a forum to discuss recent progress on geospace in the Arctic
region, such as ground-based/space-borne observations, theories and modeling. Geospace is
the atmosphere/space near the earth, including middle atmosphere, upper atmosphere,
thermosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere. In the Arctic region, human lives and social
structures are sensitively affected by the change of geospace disturbed by solar
activities. Recent studies have indicated that the geospace in the Arctic region is not
only linked by magnetic field lines but also by atmospheric dynamical processes including
circulation and waves, and further affect the global atmosphere. Contributions from
international collaborative projects/facilities are highly encouraged.
If you have any inquiries, please contact the session conveners or ISAR-7 Secretariat
(ISAR-secretariat(a)nipr.ac.jp).
ISAR-7 Session R7 conveners
Yasunobu Ogawa (National Institute of Polar Research, Japan),
Takuo Tsuda (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan),
Takanori Nishiyama (National Institute of Polar Research, Japan), and
William Ward (University of New Brunswick, Canada)
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Yasunobu Ogawa, National Institute of Polar Research, JAPAN
E-mail: yogawa(a)nipr.ac.jp Tel: +81-42-512-0664
EISCAT Peer-Review Programme: Call for Proposals
(sorry for any cross-posting)
The EISCAT Scientific Association invites applications for observing
time on the EISCAT facilities in 2023, by individual scientists,
research groups, and consortia throughout the world on equal,
competitive basis. This means that anyone can apply, independent of
whether or not the applicant is from an EISCAT associate country.
While evaluations are merit based, in the case of two applications
having similar merits in evaluation, *preference will be given either to
those applicants who are new to the EISCAT facilities*, in order to
enlarge the EISCAT user community and further more open access to the
facilities, *or to the applicant showing stronger educational impact
in**their proposal*.
The present call is the first one for 2023. In total, 200 hours of
experiment time are open for international, peer-reviewed competition,
and are available for the use of any of the current EISCAT facilities.
Roughly half of this time is allocated in each call.
Please refer to the details of the call at
https://eiscat.se/news/eiscat-peer-reviewed-program-experiments-3/
for more information.
The deadline for proposals is *1 Nov 2022* at 24:00 UTC.
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Dr. Ingemar Häggström
Head of Operations, EISCAT Scientific Association
Mail address: Box 812, SE-98128 Kiruna, Sweden
Visiting address: Rymdcampus 1, SE-98192 Kiruna, Sweden
Phone: +46 98079155 Cell: +46 703212083
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