Table of Contents ====================================================================== 1. 2013 GEM Mini Workshop: Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere 2. 2013 GEM Mini-workshop: Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures 3. Visiting Young Scientist Opportunity at Darthmouth ====================================================================== *************************** ** THE GEM MESSENGER ** *************************** Volume 23, Number 37 December 3, 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 2013 GEM Mini Workshop: Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Cassak , Andrei Runov and Homa Karimabadi At the GEM Mini-Workshop before AGU (Sunday, December 8), there will be two sessions of the "Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere" focus group. The first is from 2:20-4:10pm and the second is from 4:20-6:10pm. Both are in the Civic Room of the Westin San Francisco Market Street on 50 Third St. Sessions will cover diverse aspects of reconnection in the magnetosphere including observations, theory, and modeling on both the dayside and magnetotail at both the global and local scale. If you would like to make a (short, i.e., 3 slides + discussion) presentation, please send an email to Paul.Cassak@mail.wvu.edu if you have not done so already. We will also leave time to discuss the focus for sessions at the forthcoming summer GEM Workshop - participants are invited to share their ideas! FG information: http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/FG:_Magnetic_Reconnection_in_the_Magnetosphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. 2013 GEM Mini-workshop: Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hui Zhang The "Transient Phenomena at the Magnetopause and Bow Shock and Their Ground Signatures" focus group will be having a meeting at the 2013 GEM mini-workshop on Sunday, December 8, from 12:00-1:50pm in the Civic Room at the Westin San Francisco, Market Street, 50 Third St. If you wish to make a presentation, please send the title of your presentation to Hui Zhang (hzhang@gi.alaska.edu) by Friday, Dec 6th. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Visiting Young Scientist Opportunity at Darthmouth ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kristina A. Lynch A visiting appointment for a recent Ph.D. scientist is available at Dartmouth College. The appointment would be for up to 6 months during academic year 2014-2015. The position includes teaching in the departments of Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, or Earth Sciences. Extension of appointment may be possible using appropriate sponsored research projects. To qualify, candidates must be U.S. citizens engaged in research related to space science, planetary science, astrophysics, remote sensing, aerospace technology, or technology dependent on space-based platforms. To apply, send a 1-2 page summary of teaching and research goals, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references to: Visiting Young Scientist, c/o K A Lynch, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, 6127 Wilder Hall, Hanover, NH 03755. For more information, e-mail kal@dartmouth.edu. Applications will be reviewed beginning in February 2014. The position is funded by NASA NH Space Grant. Dartmouth College is committed to diversity in hiring, and members of under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To broadcast announcements to the GEM community, please contact | | Peter Chi, GEM Communications Coordinator, at: | | | | | | Please submit your announcements in plain text or Word document. | | | | To subscribe the GEM Messenger, send an e-mail to | | | | with the following command in the body of your e-mail message: | | subscribe gem | | To remove yourself from the mailing list, the command is: | | unsubscribe gem | | | | GEM Messenger is also posted online via newsfeed at | | http://heliophysics.blogspot.com and | | http://www.facebook.com/heliophysics | | | | Back issues are available at: | | http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/messenger/ | | | | URL of GEM Home Page: http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki | | Workshop Information: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+