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Today's Topics:
1. NWP Development Specialist (jobs)
2. Post doctoral position (12 months) at LSCE on trace gas and
aerosol transport and emissions in the Siberian atmosphere from
YAK-AEROSIB aircraft campaigns (JD Paris)
3. PhD position in cloud ice microphysics at KIT, Germany
(Corinna Hoose)
4. PhD position: Atmospheric Chemistry with Specialisation in
Mass Spectroscopy (Mattias Hallquist)
5. PhD Studententship: Modelling Arctic Climate Variability,
with BAS and University of Cambridge (Hosking, Scott)
6. RESEARCH SCIENTIST POSITION in New Zealand (Andy Ziegler)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:12:51 +0100
From: jobs <jobs@ubimet.com>
Subject: [Met-jobs] NWP Development Specialist
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UBIMET is one of the leading private weather services in Europe. In
order to deal with a rapidly growing number of potential clients, we are
looking for an NWP developer to reinforce our team in Vienna.
Please see attachment for details.
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UBIMET GmbH
Dresdner Stra?e 82
A-1200 Wien
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:02:39 +0100
From: JD Paris <jdparis@lsce.ipsl.fr>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Post doctoral position (12 months) at LSCE on
trace gas and aerosol transport and emissions in the Siberian
atmosphere from YAK-AEROSIB aircraft campaigns
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Could you please advertise for this position
Thank you in advance
Best regards
Jean-Daniel
Post doctoral position (12 months) at LSCE on trace gas and aerosol transport and emissions in the Siberian atmosphere from YAK-AEROSIB aircraft campaigns
LSCE ? Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l?Environnement
CEA-Orme des Merisiers, ?
91191 GIF-SUR-YVETTE CEDEX
France
Overview
We are seeking applications for a 12 months (May 2013-May 2014) full time post-doctoral position. The successful applicant will join the Laboratory for Climate and Environmental Sciences (LSCE), a joint research unit of the CEA, CNRS and UVSQ in Gif sur Yvette, France, an internationally renowned institute in the field of biogeochemical cycles and climate research. The post-doctoral subject will be dedicated to better quantify and understand seasonal changes in atmospheric trace gases (CH4, CO2, CO, Ozone over Siberia, and the underpinning atmospheric dispersion, and surface flux processes. The post-doctoral candidate will have access to largely unpublished data from aircraft sampling campaigns between central and eastern Siberia, collected as part of a Russian French program called YAK-AEROSIB Airborne Extensive Regional Observations in SIBeria, https://yak-aerosib.lsce.ipsl.fr. New campaigns in Siberia are planned in 2012 and 2013, and the post doctoral position will be responsible for the coordination of these campaigns. He/ she will join a team of 20 scientist and engineers dedicated to the monitoring of greenhouse gases, including the Integrated Carbon Observing System (ICOS) research infrastructure, and regional inverse modelling.
Scientific context
With a large fraction of forest surface area (800x106 ha) and its huge stocks of carbon (~320 GtC), Siberia is a significant region in the global carbon cycle. Atmospheric measurements are particularly valuable in Siberia, because the atmosphere can integrate the signal of sources and sinks over this vast territory. Very few measurement programmes however exist over Siberia to measure greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Large uncertainties remain on regional CO2 and CH4 fluxes. Siberian forests are currently assumed to be a sink of atmospheric CO2, although with a large uncertainty (Dolman et al., BG, 2013) due to data scarcity for atmospheric inversions. Siberia, with its large forested area and highly seasonal CO2 flux and transport, is a ?hot-spot? of greenhouse gas transport model uncertainties (Gurney et al. 2002) which can be approached using aircraft measurements. Siberia is also a significant source region in the global methane budget including the Western Siberia wetlands emissions and reactivation of bacterial activity through permafrost melting. Long range transport into and from Siberia also add complexity to the determination of regional sources and sinks.
Position Summary
The successful candidate will develop research related to atmospheric measurements and modeling of CO2 and CH4 above Siberia, using new data collected by the YAK AEROSIB aircraft campaigns, and other programmes as well. He/she will be responsible for the coordination of field campaigns, and involved in the management of the project led by J.D. Paris.
Based on the existing and newly acquired data, the successful applicant will investigate the atmospheric impact of boreal ecosystems sources and sinks of CO2 and CH4 emissions, including boreal wildfires, and also anthropogenic emissions, using the regional atmospheric chemistry and transport model CHIMERE integrated at a resolution of 50 km over roughly half of Siberia.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
? Carry on research related to the atmospheric transport and estimation of surface fluxes of CO2 and CH4 over the territory of Siberia based on measurements and Eulerian and Lagrangian model tools available at LSCE (CHIMERE, FLEXPART)
? Coordinate the preparation and execution of aircraft campaigns above Siberia
? Process and quality-control CO2 and CH4 data obtained during the upcoming aircraft campaigns
? Take part to the management of the YAK-AEROSIB Russian-French project
? Participate to meetings and the French project CLimate IMpacts of Short-Lived pollutants In the Polar region (CLIMSLIP) for activities related to CH4 modeling.
Required Experience and Education
? Experience working with atmospheric data analysis using models
? Doctoral degree in an related environmental science field, such as atmospheric chemistry atmospheric physics, biogeochemistry, or other related field
Preferred Experience:
? Data processing and field measurement work in related field of study
? Atmospheric modeling,
? Scientific project management
Skills and Abilities:
? Able to run a geoscientific model (unix environment, scripts) and to interpret results
? Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in written and oral forms
? Self-motivated, autonomous and rigorous
? Good interpersonal skills
? Good command of English (required) and French language (optional)
Salary: commensurate with experience
To Apply: send CV and cover letter to Jean-Daniel Paris, jean-daniel.paris@lsce.ipsl.fr before end of February 2013.
Jean-Daniel Paris
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL)
CEA Saclay, Orme des Merisiers
91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
Tel +33 (0)1 69 08 17 00
http://www.icos-infrastructure.eu/
https://yak-aerosib.lsce.ipsl.fr/
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:01:55 +0100
From: Corinna Hoose <corinna.hoose@kit.edu>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD position in cloud ice microphysics at KIT,
Germany
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At the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, a PhD position in the field of cloud ice microphysics is available. Details are appended below and can also be found at
http://www.imk-aaf.kit.edu/43_647.php andhttp://www.imk-aaf.kit.edu/downloads/2013_REKLIM_PhDstudent_2Topics.pdf. Please contact me with any questions.
Corinna Hoose
PhD position in cloud ice microphysics
Within the Helmholtz Climate Initiative REKLIM (http://www.reklim.de), we are offering a position for a PhD student to work on one of two possible topics. Both suggestions are exciting combinations of numerical modelling and analysis of measured data, with the possibility to take part in further lab/field campaigns to complement the existing measurements.
Topic 1: Simulation and in-situ measurements of Arctic clouds
Supervisors: Martin Schnaiter (martin.schnaiter@kit.edu) and Corinna Hoose (corinna.hoose@kit.edu)
Arctic clouds, which often contain both liquid droplets and ice crystals, are not well represented in weather and climate models. Here we will use in-situ measurements with the Small Ice Detector (SID) and other instruments, operated during VERDI (http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~verdi/), an aircraft campaign in the Canadian Arctic, to evaluate and improve microphysical parameters in high-resolution simulations with the model COSMO.
Tasks: Model setup for semi-idealized case studies based on observations, implementation of the necessary changes in the model code, analysis of microphysics measurements from a previous field campaign, participation in a second field campaign in 2014 and operation of SID, comparison of observed and simulated cloud variables, quantification of spatial variability in observations and simulations, improvement of the representation of the radiative properties of mixed-phase Arctic clouds in the model.
Topic 2: Developing a comprehensive AIDA-based parameterization framework for heterogeneous ice nucleation
Supervisors: Ottmar M?hler (ottmar.moehler@kit.edu) and Corinna Hoose (corinna.hoose@kit.edu)
Over the last 10 years, numerous experiments for heterogeneous ice nucleation with various types of aerosol particles have been conducted in the cloud chamber AIDA (Aerosol Interactions and Dynamics in the Atmosphere). In this project, these data will be used to derive a consistent ice nucleation parameterization covering all atmospherically relevant particles and temperature/humidity conditions. This parameterization will then be applied to simulated aerosol fields in order to calculate regional or global ice nuclei climatologies.
Tasks: Compilation, processing and analysis of relevant existing AIDA measurements, if necessary conduction of further AIDA experiments to fill data gaps, selecting suitable analytical functions to parameterize these data, implementation into a regional or global atmospheric model, model simulations, comparison of projected IN concentrations with field measurements.
Required qualifications for both topics:
. MSc/Diplom or equivalent degree with above-average grades in physics, meteorology or a related subject
. Excellent analytical skills and scientific thinking
. Strong motivation to combine modelling and experimental work
. Good programming skills (ideally IDL/MATLAB or similar, Fortran, Unix/linux shell scripts)
. Fluency in oral and written English
. Previous experience in atmospheric modelling, data analysis, aerosol science and/or cloud physics would be an asset.
We are looking for a highly motivated, independent student. We offer a dynamic work environment at one of Germany's foremost research institutions for natural science and technology with attractive programs for PhD students (http://www.khys.kit.edu,http://www.grace.kit.edu/) and payment according to TV-L 13 (75%) for 3 years. The starting date is negotiable.
Please submit your application as one pdf file, in German or English, including a cover letter indicating the preferred starting date and the preferred topic (1 or 2), curriculum vitae, copies of relevant certificates, and contact details of 2 referees to Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose (corinna.hoose@kit.edu), Prof. Dr. Thomas Leisner (thomas.leisner@kit.edu) and Dr. Martin Schnaiter (martin.schnaiter@kit.edu) or Dr. Ottmar M?hler (ottmar.moehler@kit.edu). Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
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Corinna Hoose, Dr. sc. ETH
Professor of Theoretical Meteorology
Helmholtz Young Investigators Group Leader
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research
Troposphere Research (IMK-TRO) and
Atmospheric Aerosol Research Department (IMK-AAF)
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
D - 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Germany
Phone: +49 721 608-23249 or -43587
Fax: +49 721 608-24332
E-Mail:corinna.hoose@kit.edu
http://www.imk-aaf.kit.edu/44_302.php
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:51:19 +0100
From: Mattias Hallquist <hallq@chem.gu.se>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD position: Atmospheric Chemistry with
Specialisation in Mass Spectroscopy
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Dear all,
We have a PhD position open and you may forward this mail to suitable
candidates:
English:
http://alturl.com/cynpo
Swedish:
http://alturl.com/2ziaw
We are looking for a candidate with a master degree in science, with a focus
on chemistry. The PhD project is application of high resolution mass
spectroscopy for the understanding of secondary organic aerosol (SOA)
formation and properties. These studies should lead to increased
understanding of transformation of organic substances in the atmosphere and
its impact on climate and health. The position is part of the strategic
research area MERGE coordinated within the prominent research environment
"atmospheric-climate ecosystems", see www.science.gu.se / research /
atmosphere-climate ecosystems.
The aim of this project is to quantify, understand and provide tools to
predict the human influences on biogenic secondary organic aerosol (SOA)
formation. Aerosol particles are crucial components in any evaluation
process regarding air quality and climate change. The SOA represents a
significant fraction of the tropospheric aerosol. Still, the current level
of understanding of SOA processes is remarkably low compared to other
processes in aerosol science, i.e. modelled SOA based on experimental
findings and existing theory do not capture the variability of observed SOA
loadings. It has been indicated that biogenic SOA can be largely affected by
anthropogenic pollutants, i.e. NO2, SO2 or organic compounds e.g. aromatics
and aldehydes. The effect of anthropogenic pollutants may explain part of
the discrepancy between models and field observations. Specifically, this
project apply high resolution mass spectroscopy techniques for detailed
analysis of gas and particle phase to elucidate chemical mechanism of
importance for atmospheric SOA.
Yours sincerely,
Mattias Hallquist
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Professor Mattias Hallquist
Gothenburg Atmospheric Science Centre <http://www.gmv.chalmers.se/gac/>
(GAC)
Atmospheric Science, www.cmb.gu.se/english/research/atmospheric-science
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Gothenburg
412 96 Gothenburg
Sweden
tel: + 46 (0) 31 786 9019
e-mail: hallq@chem.gu.se
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:46:53 +0000
From: "Hosking, Scott" <jask@bas.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD Studententship: Modelling Arctic Climate
Variability, with BAS and University of Cambridge
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PhD Studentship: Modelling the links between Atlantic tropical cyclones and Arctic climate variability
Supervisors: Dr Scott Hosking (BAS), Dr Peter Braesicke (University of Cambridge)
The dramatic decrease in Arctic sea ice over the past few decades is a clear indicator of
climate change. Recent studies have suggested that the Arctic climate variability is linked to
remote influences, including teleconnection patterns associated with Atlantic tropical cyclones.
However, the physical processes through which this occurs, their representation in coupled
climate models, and their role within the whole Earth System, are as yet poorly understood.
This proposed study will use climate model experiments to investigate the influence of Atlantic
tropical cyclones on the Arctic climate. The objectives are to: (i) quantify the influence and
timescale of Atlantic tropical variability on key meteorological parameters in the Arctic, (ii)
explain how remote processes are responsible for Arctic climate variability, and (iii) diagnose
the representation of these processes in climate models.
Excellent training will be provided by both BAS and the University of Cambridge including: data
analysis; running the UK Met Office HadGEM3-A climate model; and attending lectures,
workshops and summer schools.
The studentship will be based at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in Cambridge, the
doctorate will be awarded by the University of Cambridge.
Applicants should hold or expect to gain an upper-second class undergraduate degree in
Physics, Mathematics, Meteorology, or any other numerate subject.
Salary: The studentship is expected to last 3.5 years from October 2013. Stipend for
2012/2013 was ?13,590 p.a. For eligibility go to
www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/available/postgrad/eligibility.asp
Applications should be addressed to Dr Scott Hosking, include a covering letter, full CV and the
e-mail addresses of two referees and sent to basstudentoffice@bas.ac.uk. Please quote
reference number AP1
Closing date for applications is 28th February 2013.
For more information:
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment/vacancies/job.php?JobID=793
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Dr J. Scott Hosking
British Antarctic Survey
Cambridge Centre for Climate Science
Cambridge, UK
http://www.bas.ac.uk/profile/scotthosking
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:51:40 +1300
From: Andy Ziegler <andy.ziegler@metservice.com>
Subject: [Met-jobs] RESEARCH SCIENTIST POSITION in New Zealand
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Hi,
Could you please add the following job advertisement to your mailing
list?
Thank you.
Regards,
Andy
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Short Description
Are you curious about the weather? Do you want to predict its future in
New Zealand and around the world? Spending your day with computers is
your ideal? Then here is your chance to put all these together.
Description
As part of our Energy & Automated Prediction Service team this role
involves you with prototyping and testing new computer weather
forecasting systems. You could be working on models of the atmosphere,
advanced statistical and machine learning methods, and pre-operational
development of systems.
We work in a commercial environment and this opportunity will allow you
to use your knowledge to come up with innovative ways to achieve lasting
results in a global market.
Ideally we expect you to have an honours degree or above in mathematics
or physics. Alternatively, your application will be helped by a
computer science qualification at these levels.
Knowledge of meteorology and/or WRF modelling and/or statistical
techniques for forecasting is not essential but would be beneficial.
We also want more from you. Are you a good communicator of scientific
and mathematical concepts to non-scientific people? Do you have solid
programming experience together with a strong willingness to test and
develop new ideas and strategies? Do you get enthusiastic about
statistical analysis and forecasting? If yes, then we want to hear from
you!
Yes we want a lot. In return we provide a great working environment and
staff benefits. You?ll also have plenty of thinking time when you join
our skilled and knowledgeable Researchers who create within a supportive
and collaborative team.
Please apply by answering the screening questions below and sending a
cover letter and a CV to
recruitment@metservice.com
Screening questions:
1. Please state the highest relevant degree that you hold, your
major subject and the university from which you obtained this
degree.
2. If applicable, please comment on the programmes/languages you
have used in a scientific environment.
3. If applicable, do you know of any reason why you would not be
granted a visa to work in New Zealand?
4. What is your availability to commence employment in 2013?
5. How did you find out about this career opportunity?
Applications close 5:00pm 28 January 2013
Contact Details
Dr. Andy Ziegler
Manager, Forecasting Research
MetService
30 Salamanca Road, Kelburn, Wellington 6012
PO Box 722, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
+64 4 4700 700
andy.ziegler@metservice.com
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