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Today's Topics:
1. PhD in Air-sea coupled modelling: application to high-impact
weather events in Mediterranean (Veronique DUCROCQ)
2. EUFAR-EUROSPEC training course announcement- REFLEX
(eufarsecretary)
3. Postdoc - M?t?o-France - SESAR project (eufarsecretary)
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Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:00:12 +0100
From: Veronique DUCROCQ <veronique.ducrocq@meteo.fr>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD in Air-sea coupled modelling: application to
high-impact weather events in Mediterranean
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_PhD Title_: Air-sea coupled modelling: application to high-impact
weather events in Mediterranean
_PhD supervisors_: Dr. V?ronique Ducrocq, Dr. Herv? Giordani
_Place_: CNRM-GAME, M?t?o-France & CNRS, 42, Avenue G. Coriolis 31057
Toulouse Cedex
_Deadline for application_: 7 March 2012
_PhD goals, proposed methodology_:
The Mediterranean regions are frequently affected by heavy precipitation
and strong winds. These intense atmospheric events strongly influence
not only the upper ocean circulation but also the dense water formation
and thus the Mediterranean Sea thermohaline circulation at the basin
scale. As feedbacks, the Mediterranean Sea constitutes a significant
source of moisture for heavy precipitation events, about half of the
water vapour feeding them is extracted from the Mediterranean Sea. Past
numerical studies have studied the sensitivity to the Sea Surface
Temperature (SST) and air-sea fluxes parameterization of the
kilometric-scale atmospheric forecasts. It has been shown that the both
can influence the location and intensity of heavy precipitation systems.
In addition, it has been found that high-temporal (<3h) and spatial (2-3
km) atmospheric forecasts are required to be able to reproduce the
impact of the intense atmospheric events on the ocean mixing layer with
the driven ocean model.
The PhD aims at developing a coupling between the convection-permitting
numerical weather prediction AROME model and the NEMO ocean model in
order to (i) to simultaneously improve the representation of atmospheric
and ocean boundary layers and (ii) to study the air-sea coupled
processes before, during and after extreme weather events.
During the first year, the O/A models coupling will be adapted to the
western Mediterranean basin. It will be then validating using a
dedicated version of AROME covering the western Mediterranean basin
(AROME-WMED) and the NEMO model for the Mediterranean Sea basin
(NEMO-MED). Its benefit with respect to one-way coupling ocean or
atmospheric models will be assessed.
The HyMeX (http://www.hymex.org <http://www.hymex.org/>) field campaigns
in 2012 and 2013 will provide the ocean and atmospheric boundary layers
observations for validation of the model simulations and for the study
of air-sea coupled processes during intense events. Among the
instrumented platforms, one can mention the gliders, argo floats,
drifting surface buoys, drifting atmospheric boundary layer balloons
that will provide simultaneous measurements in atmospheric and ocean
boundary layers. Air-sea flux measurements onboard aircraft and vessel
will be also performed.
Eventually, some refinements of the air-sea interface description
(vertical resolution near the air-sea interface, ocean state, ...)
within the ocean and atmospheric models will be introduced and evaluated
with respect to the air-sea interaction during intense atmospheric events.
_Required knowledge and experience_ :
Candidates (citizens from the European Union or Switzerland, under age
27) should have or will obtain in 2012 a master degree in Ocean,
Atmospheric, Environmental Sciences or equivalent. The applicant should
be familiar with programming languages (Fortran, Unix,...), background
in numerical modelling is welcome.
French or English spoken, English well-written.
For full consideration, the applicant should sent a detailed CV by
March, 7 to :
veronique.ducrocq@meteo.fr and herve.giordani@meteo.fr
If selected, the candidate will have to submit an application to the
armaments (DGA) portal by March, 15
--
Dr. V?ronique Ducrocq
Mesoscale Meteorology Division, Head
CNRM-GAME (M?t?o-France& CNRS)
42 Av G.Coriolis
31057 TOULOUSE CEDEX France
Tel: +33.561.07.96.02
Mob: +33.688.24.35.08
Fax: +33.561.07.96.26
mailto:Veronique.ducrocq@meteo.fr
http://www.cnrm.meteo.fr/gmme/
information about the HyMeX Program: http://www.hymex.org/
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:57:30 +0100
From: eufarsecretary <bureau@eufar.net>
Subject: [Met-jobs] EUFAR-EUROSPEC training course announcement-
REFLEX
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/Dear /all,///
/We are pleased to inform you about the organization of the next *EUFAR
FP7 - EUROSPEC Training Course* for promoting airborne research in the
European academic community. The course provides a theoretical
background on Earth Sciences and associated physical processes, as well
as training on airborne (and field) instrumentation, measurement, data
processing and analysis. The participants are also trained by aircraft
operators on issues specific to airborne operations. /
/The *5th EUFAR FP7 - EUROSPEC Training Course on* "//*Regional
Experiments For Land-atmosphere EXchanges*/"*(REFLEX)*//is organized by
the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation of the
University of Twente (UT-ITC) from July 18th to 28th 2012, at Albacete,
Spain/. /(see flyer enclosed). //
/You are kindly invited to consider and disseminate this announcement.
The webpage (///www.eufar.net/ET/ <http://www.eufar.net/ET>/) provides
all practical information for accommodation and registration. //
/Thanks in advance for your cooperation and we are looking forward to
meeting you at the REFLEX Training Course./
/Best regards, /
/The EUFAR Office//
--
Best Regards,
Sabrina Bekhat
_________________________
EUFAR/COPAL Secretary
Address:
EUFAR Office
Meteo-France CNRM/GMEI
42, avenue G. CORIOLIS
31057 Toulouse
FRANCE
Phone: +33 5.61.07.98.37
Fax: +33 5.61.07.98.48
Email:bureau@eufar.net
Website:www.eufar.net
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:07:05 +0100
From: eufarsecretary <bureau@eufar.net>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Postdoc - M?t?o-France - SESAR project
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*Proposal for a post-doctoral research position in*
*CONVECTIVE SCALE ENSEMBLE PREDICTION FOR AVIATION (SESAR WP11.2 project)*
*Laboratory: CNRM/GAME*(Centre National de Recherches
M?t?orologiques/Groupe d'?tudes de l'Atmosph?re M?t?orologique),
M?t?o-France, Toulouse, France (www.cnrm.meteo.fr)
The EU-funded SESAR WP11.2 project includes the demonstration of
probabilistic weather products for the aviation sector, using the latest
generation of ensemble prediction systems. One aim is to blend
high-resolution, limited-area ensemble products from several European
weather services, with an emphasis on dangerous convective events. There
are significant challenges in the design and validation of such a
blending procedure, which shall lead to a prototype weather product
generator for the aviation community.
The proposed post-doctoral position will be part of this project. The
recruit will work in a small team dedicated to ensemble forecasting at
CNRM/GAME, and he/she will interact with correspondents at the British
and German meteorological services (the UK Met Office and Deutscher
Wetterdienst). The tasks will be (1) to facilitate the exchange and
archiving of ensemble field data, (2) to solve scientific and technical
issues related to the blending of data from different models, (3) to
design and to validate post-processing and blending algorithms in order
to extract maximum value from an unprecedented dataset of high
resolution ensemble output. Appropriate training and supervision will be
given by the host team. The recruit will be encouraged to publish in the
peer-reviewed meteorological literature.
The recruit should be able to work in English, have good practical
skills with Unix scripts and Fortran-90 (or equivalent) programming,
some previous research experience (PhD recommended), and a strong
background in atmospheric numerical modelling, physics and ensemble
prediction. Applications from closely related fields will be considered
as well.
The initial hiring is expected to start around mid-2012, it will cover
18 months with a possibility of extension. The net salary proposed will
be in the range 2500EUR to 3100EUR, depending on the candidate's
experience.
Applications will be accepted by e-mail only, until *31 March 2012*.
They should comprise: a CV with scientific experience, a letter of
motivation with availability date, and some referee name(s).
Applications and queries should be sent to the following e-mail addresses:
* Fran?ois Bouttier: /francois.bouttier@meteo.fr/
* Olivier Caumont: /olivier.caumont@meteo.fr/
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