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Today's Topics:
1. Faculty positions for Earth and Environmental Sciences, India
(Roger Brugge)
2. PhD position (ANU, Australia): Tsunami Forecasting
(S?bastien allgeyer)
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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:19:29 +0000
From: "Roger Brugge" <r.brugge@reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Faculty positions for Earth and Environmental
Sciences, India
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Link to ad:
http://www.iisermohali.ac.in/openingsEarthScience.html
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Faculty positions for Earth and Environmental Sciences
IISER Mohali invites applications for faculty positions in all research
areas of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the broadest sense of the
term from highly accomplished academics. Specific research directions
include but are not limited to:
Earth Science/Geology:
Geology, Geobiology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Tectonics and Structural
Geology, Petrology, Geomorphology, Astrobiology, Biogeochemistry, Organic
Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology, Microbial ecology, Paleomagnetism,
Mineralogy, Seismology, Geodynamics, Mineral physics, Petroleum studies.
Environmental Science:
Effluent treatment, Waterborne pollutants, Hydrology, Sewage and landfill
treatment, Microbial remediation of pollutants, Forest ecology, Himalayan
ecology, Plant ecosystems, Biogeochemistry, Air pollution and emission
modeling, Chemistry-Climate modeling, Satellite remote sensing, Chemical
meteorology, Meteorology and Micrometeorology, Atmospheric Composition and
Climate Change, Cloud chemistry and physics, Chemical kinetics of
atmospheric processes.
Social and Economic implication of Earth and Environmental Sciences:
Economic geology and natural resource management, Environmental pollution
risk assessment, Natural disaster risk assessment, Disaster prevention,
Disaster management, Climate change risk assessment and vulnerability,
Climate change mitigation
We are looking for researchers who have made outstanding contributions in
their areas of expertise. Please send a cover letter outlining your
research and teaching interests, CV, research plan, offprints of two
published manuscripts and the names and contact information of three
references to deanfaculty@iisermohali.ac.in mentioning ?Earth and
Environmental Science faculty application? in the subject line.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to make a presentation at the
institute. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. The emphasis at
IISER Mohali is on both interdisciplinary scholarship and integration of
teaching and research.
IISERs are designated as institutions of national importance within India
inline with IITS and IISc Bangalore. IISER Mohali campus is located near
the planned city of Chandigarh that offers a high quality of life and
immense opportunities for initiating world class research with attractive
start up funds. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work
within and contribute towards the establishment of a premier science
institute.
For further details contact
The Dean (Faculty)
IISER Mohali, Knowledge city
Sector 81, SAS nagar
Manauli PO 140306 India
Telefax +91 172 2240266
Email: deanfaculty@iisermohali.ac.in
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:46:27 +1000
From: S?bastien allgeyer <sebastien.allgeyer@gmail.com>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD position (ANU, Australia): Tsunami Forecasting
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*Summary*
The candidate will develop techniques for the rapid inversion of
multi-sensor data for earthquake fault rupture and tsunami sources. The
different types of data will include near-field and far-field seismic
waveforms and continuous GPS measurements, as well as aftershock and sea
level data. The research should explore ways in which these results can
be used to drive a tsunami forecast that accounts for the complex nature
of uncertainty in tsunami initial condition.
*Research Project*
The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (IOT) tragically demonstrated that
tsunamis are a major threat to coastal populations and infrastructure,
and led to a flurry of activity in the development of tsunami warning
systems (TWSs). Despite this, warning systems in operation today are not
as effective as they could be, because their warning levels apply to
entire ocean basins or swaths of coastline 1000s of km in extent. This
project is aimed at the challenges that need to be addressed in order to
build next generation TWSs capable of producing rapid, robust and
detailed forecasts. Today's TWSs typically use pre-computed tsunami
scenarios to tailor warnings to specific events, but the suite of
scenarios is often limited. Also, because the uncertainty in this
process is not presently quantifiable, current TWSs often issue overly
conservative warnings.
This project will develop new methods for tsunami forecasting based on
the real-time assimilation of different types of data - seismic,
geodetic, and sea level. The forecasts should adapt to the changing
information on tsunami initial condition inferred from the assimilated
data, and should include information about the forecast error that
evolves with the inferred uncertainty in this initial condition. This
position is supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery
Project to undertake research in new methods for real-time multi-sensor
data assimilation and tsunami forecasting. It is open to all candidates
with a strong background in physics, earth physics, or applied
mathematics. Of particular interest are candidates with expertise in
earthquake source characterization or tsunami modelling techniques, and
who have an interest in real-time, data driven algorithms.
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**The Australian National University's Research school of Earth Sciences *
The Earth Physics Area of the Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES)
combines world-leading expertise in earthquake, tsunami and data
inference science. RSES carries out a diverse range of research into the
physics, chemistry, material properties and environmental conditions of
the Earth, and hosts the Centre for Advanced Data Inference (CADI). CADI
has its own Terrawulf III computing cluster, and in addition the ANU
also hosts the national facility for computing infrastructure on campus.
RSES also has close interaction with Geoscience Australia, where the
seismological component of the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning System
is located.
*
**For additional information*
Please send a cover letter and CV to Dr S?bastien Allgeyer
(sebastien.allgeyer@anu.edu.au) or Prof Phil Cummins
(phil.cummins@anu.edu.au)
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