NOTE: THIS VERSION OF THE ISWI NEWSLETTER DOES NOT HAVE ATTACHMENTS. **************************************************************************** * ISWI Newsletter - Vol. 13 No. 012 22 December 2021 * * Editor: George Maeda, ICSWSE ("iku sei"), and LaSEINE * * Archive of back issues: ISWI Website (http://www.iswi-secretariat.org/) * **************************************************************************** Dear members of the ISWI Community: Thanks to all who contributed material in 2021. Please continue to send in your material in 2022. Definitely read the first item (below) from the Executive Director of ISWI. This Newsletter started in 2009 (under UN mandate) and is still going strong! -- Editor. CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE: [01] End-of-Year Message from the ISWI Executive Director, . Dr Nat Gopalswamy (3-page pdf) [02] China-Russia Consortium Global Space Weather Center established [03] COSPAR 2022 - Call for abstracts for C1.3 session on . Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Atmosphere coupling (2nd announcement) [04] The "la Caixa" INPhINIT Doctoral Fellowships 2022 call (Incoming) . is now open for applications [05] Defense of Phd dissertation in Algeria: . "Response of ionospheric VTEC and scintillations from SWARM . satellite data and ground network data, to solar events at low latitudes" . November 21, 2021; by Dr Omar HAMMOU ALI [06] AGS Newsletter - Vol.4 No. 11______08 December 2021 [07] Invitation to Session “Limits of predictability of ionosphere . behavior” - 3rd URSI AT-AP-RASC 2022 **************************************************************************** [01]------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear ISWI colleagues, 2021 December 20 Season’s Greetings! Great to see the resilience of the space weather community and the continued productivity under the pandemic situation. The space weather community has been active on several fronts. The Parker Solar Probe, the Solar Orbiter have joined SOHO, STEREO, and SDO in providing interplanetary space weather. GOLD and ICON are providing data on near-Earth space weather. ISWI networks continue to operate, and data are being utilized for space weather science. UNOOSA has been active and conducted two important workshops . . . . Read the rest in the attached pdf: Dear ISWI colleagues 2021 December 19.pdf [02]------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: XXZhang Date: 2021/11/29 8:56 To: The Editor Dear Editor Dr. Maeda, Here is information for the final issue of 2021: China-Russia Consortium Global Space Weather Center established On the November 16 of 2021, China-Russia Consortium Global Space Weather Center (CRC) was inaugurated. Space weather has bearings on high tech systems like satellite operation, and aviation flight, as well as human health. Aviation flight security, aviation telecommunication, locating, tracking, and the reliability of avionic device are vulnerable to the severe disturbance of space weather. Currently, CMA has set up the main framework of the national-level space weather operation system. Based on the Fengyun satellite and space weather ground monitoring network, the integrated system is equipped with “whole-process” monitoring capacity. CRC is co-built by China Meteorological Administration (CMA), Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), and the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet). It is the first global center in China’s civil aviation meteorology field that is approved by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). This center is the fourth global space weather center. After the establishment of the center, meteorological and civil aviation departments will give play to its respective advantages in operation, technology, services, talents, and international aeronautical meteorology. The three parties will fully fulfill the responsibility of global space weather center, and provide support for the global aeronautical meteorology. : (From Liu Shuqiao, Zhou Qingliang)) Xiaoxin Zhang National Center for Space Weather, China Meteorological Administration. [03]------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Dr. Piersanti Mirko" Date: 2021/11/29 To: The Editor Dear all, the abstract submissions are open for the 2022 Cospar scientific assembly (16-24 July 2022, Athens, Greece). _*The deadline for the abstract submission is 11 February 2022.*_ In particular, we want to highlight the scientific eventC1.3: *MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE COUPLING DYNAMICS AT DIFFERENT TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALES.* The description of the section is: “LEO satellites provide global view of near-Earth plasma, electromagnetic field, and particlesenvironment. Their measurements are complementary to ground-based observations providing great spatial coverage. The AMPERE project and the contribution of the Swarm data into Space Weather program are examples of this approach. Ionospheric measurements availability has been recently increased by the CSES mission. Even if conceived for the monitoring of lithosphere-ionosphere coupling, CSES provides a complete set of instruments for Space Weather studies. On the other hand, the Sun-Earth interactions have to be carefully evaluated for analysis of anomalies induced into the near-Earth space by earthquakes. A multi-instrumental approach, using both ground-based and LEO satellites measurements, can help in clarifying the lithosphere -ionosphere coupling mechanism sassociated to earthquakes. This session aims to collect contributions to the analysis of satellites/ground-based data and to the improvement of magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere coupling model related to both space weather and natural hazard.” *Confirmed Solicited Speakers:* Bruce Tsurutani (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA), Simone di Matteo (The Catholic University of America, Physics Department and Goddard Space Flight Center - NASA, USA) Best regards, M. Piersanti and P. Diego --  Dr. M. Piersanti, PhD, National Institute of Astrophysics, - IAPS - Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133, Rome, Italy. [04]------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: PhD applications - call open From: Teresa Barata Date: 2021/11/29 To: The Editor Dear colleagues, The "la Caixa" INPhINIT Doctoral Fellowships 2022 call (Incoming) is now open for applications at https://fundacionlacaixa.org/en/inphinit-doctoral-fellowships-incoming. *The deadline for applications is 27 January 2022.* These fellowships (with a 3-year maximum duration) are to be granted to early-stage researchers of any nationality in order to pursue their PhD studies at a select number of universities and research institutes in Portugal and Spain, including the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) in Portugal, where our Research Group is based. IA is the reference institute in its field in Portugal. The R&D effort at IA includes most of the topics at the forefront of research in Astrophysics and Space Sciences, complemented by work in instrumentation. *IA is offering 10 research projects in the present call*, all part of its strategy for the 2022-25 period. The list of projects being offered by IA can be found through this link . Simply select *IASTRO - Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço* under *Host organization*. If you require any further information, please feel free to contact: coordenacao@iastro.pt Best regards, Teresa Barata -- Cumprimentos, Teresa Barata *Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências **do Espaço* *Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal* https://www.uc.pt/en/fctuc/research/ia-instituto-de-astrofisica-e-ciencias-do-espaco/ [05]------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following info was submitted by Dr. Christine Amory on 01 Dec 2021. See this attached pdf: PhD-Algeria.pdf [06]------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGS Newsletter- Vol.4 No. 11 08 December 2021 Subject: AGS Newsletter- Vol.4 No. 11 08 December 2021 From: AGS Secretariat Date: 2021/12/08 To: The Editor AGS Newsletter- Vol.4 No. 11 08 December 2021 View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/6cd72fa1c5c6/ags-newsletter-vol1-no-001-27-november-6002336?e=efe83620d9) AGS Newsletter- Vol.4 No. 11 08 December 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Welcome to the AGS Newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Subscribers, Looking for a platform to share your news? AGS Newsletter is your best choice. We encourage you to announce your meetings, conferences, events, job openings, scholarships, and news related to Astronomy, Earth and Space Science. Editor: Aderonke Obafaye (secretariat@afgps.org) Contents of this issue: 1. ISEE, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JOINT RESEARCH & WORKSHOP / CALL FOR PROPOSALS: FY2022 2. AFAS 2022 SEED RESEARCH GRANT - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 3. SCIENTIST OF THE MONTH: PROF JAMES CHIBUEZE 4. POEM OF THE MONTH: “LOVE ME” by SAMANTHA A. KEMMERER *************************************************************** [07]------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Invitation to Session “Limits of predictability of ionosphere behavior” - 3rd URSI AT-AP-RASC 2022 From: Yenca Migoya-Orue Date: 2021/12/10 To: The Editor Dear Dr. Maeda, Could you please include this announcement in the ISWI last 2021 issue? Many thanks in advance! Happy Holidays, Yenca Dear Colleague, it is our pleasure to invite you to submit your research work to the Session G09 “Limits of predictability of ionosphere behavior” of the 3rd URSI Atlantic Meeting AT-AP-RASC 2022, scheduled to take place in Gran Canaria, Spain, from May 30 to June 4, 2022. The webpage of the conference is: https://www.atrasc.com/home.php . Please take into account that the event will be hybrid, so that both in presence or virtual participation is possible. The topic of this Session is to discuss to which extent the near-Earth plasma is predictable in terms of the physics of dynamical systems and statistical results. Ionospheric models attempt to predict ionospheric parameters variations, but there have been always unresolved differences between modelled quantities and real measurements. To determine and understand such mismatch is essential to define the predictability of the ionospheric parameters, making use also of modern techniques like big data and machine learning. It has to be considered too that near-Earth plasma is highly non-linear. The Session G09 intends to have contributions dealing with recent results of prediction models, numerical simulations, case studies and theoretical aspects of the problem. We will appreciate the interest in presenting the results of your work in our session. Note please that the abstract submission deadline is January 15, 2022. The Conveners: *Yenca Migoya-Oruè, STI, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, (ICTP),Trieste, Italy) yenca@ictp.it *Massimo Materassi, Complex System Institute of the National Research Council (CNR-ISC),Florence, Italy, massimo.materassi@isc.cnr.it *Sandro Radicella, Visiting Research Scholar, Boston College Institute of Scientific Research, radicell@bc.edu --  Yenca Migoya-Orue' Researcher, STI Unit The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste,Italy Tel: +39 040 2240338 *****************[ End of this issue of the ISWI Newsletter ]***************