PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 14, Number 40 (September 27, 2020) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Elisabeth Adams Co-Editors: Georgiana Kramer, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. JPL Postdoc in Ocean Worlds Ice Shells 2. First Meetings of the Decadal Survey Scheduled 3. Important Notice for NASA PDS Data Users 4. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 5. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers o---------------------------------------------------------------------o 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 JPL POSTDOC IN OCEAN WORLDS ICE SHELLS https://jpl.jobs/jobs/2020-12443-Postdoctoral-Researcher-Ocean-Worlds-Ice-Shell-Modeling In search of an enthusiastic researcher to join a wonderful group of icy explorers at JPL! JPL is accepting applications for a postdoctoral research position in geophysical modeling relevant to the icy layers of Jupiter's moon Europa, and potentially to other ocean worlds. This may involve modeling of tectonic processes, constructing analytical or first-principles arguments, describing ice shell evolution, melting, freezing, and/or non-ice chemistry incorporation. These results will be used to understand the potential for future measurements by robotic spacecraft, and to derive environmental constraints on potential future concepts for subsurface and ocean access. Dr. Samuel Howell, an ocean worlds research scientist in the Planetary Interiors and Geophysics group, will serve as the primary postdoctoral advisor. Please contact samuel.m.howell@jpl.nasa.gov with any questions. Candidates should have a recent Ph.D. in geology, planetary science, physics, or a related field, with a strong background in analytical, numerical, and/or statistical analysis as applied to geophysical research. Experience in research relevant to the outer planet satellites and the impacts of geophysical processes on habitability are highly desirable 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 FIRST MEETINGS OF THE DECADAL SURVEY SCHEDULED The Steering Group of the Decadal Survey on Planetary Science and Astrobiology will hold its first three meetings on the following dates: 30 September, 2 October, and 16 October. Agendas and URLs will be posted on the survey's website as they become available. http://nas.edu/planetarydecadal 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NASA PDS DATA USERS PDS is considering a change to its standards, which may impact users of PDS data. The current PDS standard requires that each line in ASCII table data and most text files ends with Carriage Return (CR) and Line Feed (LF) characters, the standard format for Windows. The change under consideration would additionally allow a second format used by Linux and MacOS systems in which every line ends with a Line Feed character (LF) alone. Most software applications can accommodate either format, regardless of the operating system. However, this change could affect some end users, especially those who have written software based on the current PDS standard. The line delimiter will continue to be specified in the PDS4 label accompanying such data files. PDS3 products and labels would be unchanged. If and how PDS proceeds with this change depends in large part on the response of the community. Please send us feedback at sbn@psi.edu. Please indicate whether you support this change, and how much advanced notification you would need (e.g., for software revision). More details can be found at: https://sbn.psi.edu/line-feed-notice 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html April 14-16, 2021 The UK Exoplanet Community Meeting 2021 http://www.ukexom2020.uk Birmingham, UK [Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop that you think your colleagues should be aware of, please send the date, title, URL and location to pen_editor@psi.edu.] 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Editor, Faith Vilas http://psj.aas.org No new articles. ********************************************************************** * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at http://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.html, or * send a request to pen_editor@psi.edu * * To unsubscribe, send an email to pen_editor@psi.edu * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor@psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. 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