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Today's Topics:
1. Research Fellow in Dust Uplift from Boundary-Layer Processes
(John Marsham)
2. Postdoctoral Researcher Position at Justus Liebig University
of Giessen (Germany) (Roger Brugge)
3. Funded PhD Positions at Kingston University, London (UK)
(Roger Brugge)
4. MetDesk Vacancies: Meteorologists (Roger Brugge)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:59:42 +0100
From: John Marsham <J.Marsham@leeds.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Research Fellow in Dust Uplift from Boundary-Layer
Processes
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Research Fellow in Dust Uplift from Boundary-Layer Processes
An exciting opportunity at the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS) at the University of Leeds to work on boundary-layer processes over the Sahara desert that affect the uplift and transport of Saharan dust, in particular dust devils and dry convective plumes. The 24-month fixed term post is part of the Desert Storms project, which is funded through a European Research Council Starting Grant, and aims to develop parameterisations for peak-wind generation to be used in climate and dust models. You will collaborate with and visit partners at the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany.
ICAS and IMK are two of the world's leading centres for research on the meteorology and climate of West Africa. Joining ICAS, you will join an enthusiastic and motivated School, which aims to achieve the highest standards in its research and teaching. You will have a PhD in some aspect of meteorology or atmospheric science, experience with the modelling, analysis and visualisation of atmospheric datasets, good communication skills, and the ability to work effectively as part of a team. Experience with programming on a unix/linux operating system is essential. You will aid in the supervision of research students, to publish research papers, and to present your research at national and international meetings.
More details and how to apply may be found at jobs.leeds.ac.uk, reference: ENVEE0181. Closing Date: 20 August 2013.
Informal enquiries may be made to Dr John Marsham, +44 (0)113 343 8668, J.Marsham@leeds.ac.uk or Prof Peter Knippertz, +44(0) 113 34 36422, p.knippertz@leeds.ac.uk
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Dr John Marsham, j.marsham@see.leeds.ac.uk
Water@Leeds research fellow
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS)
School of Earth and Environment
University of Leeds Tel: +44 (0)113 343 8668
LS2 9JT, UK Fax: +44 (0) 113 343 5259
http://homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~lecjm/
NB: For post, you can ignore Water@Leeds and ICAS
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 14:32:58 +0000
From: "Roger Brugge" <r.brugge@reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Postdoctoral Researcher Position at Justus Liebig
University of Giessen (Germany)
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Forwarded from CLIMLIST...
A 3 year postdoc position is available within the German Science
Foundation project ?Attribution of Forced and internal Chinese climate
variability in the Common era?. PIs are Dr. Luterbacher (Department of
Geography, University of Giessen); Dres. Zorita and Wagner (Department
of Paleoclimatology of the Institute of Coastal Research,
Helmholtz-Zentrum-Geesthacht, HZG) and Dr. J. Jungclaus (The Ocean in
the Earth System Department, Max- Planck- Institute for Meteorology
Hamburg, MPI-M).
The working place is Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University
of Giessen, Germany (Dr. J. Luterbacher). Starting date is January 2014.
Project description:
The project reconstructs and analyses the climate variability in China
during the last millennium using climate proxy records and climate
simulations, with the main goal of separating forced versus internal
climatic variations in a formal detection and attribution study. The
wealth of natural and documentary proxy information will be used and
apply advanced statistical reconstructions methods, including Bayesian
Hierarchical Modelling (BHM). A product will be a gridded temperature
and precipitation dataset that allows for a consistent and regionally
structured view of climate evolution over the past 1000 years over
China. Emphasis will be given to summer-monsoon-related climatic variations.
We will make use of global paleoclimate simulations from the CMPI5/PMIP3
data base and analyse the ensemble of other existing last millennium
simulations with the models ECHO-G (HZG), ECHAM5-MPIOM, and MPI-ESM
(MPI-M). The ensemble includes a suite of simulations with different
prescribed boundary conditions and is suitable to identify and
disentangle the impact of the past individual forcings. The global
simulations will be augmented by one high-resolution regional simulation
with the model CLM (HZG) that allow for a better representation of the
interaction between the global external forcing, large-scale climate
drivers (e.g. ENSO, the Asian Monsoon, and their interaction with the
regional characteristics (topography, land-sea contrast, land-use). The
output will allow to estimate the sensitivity of the climate in China to
variations in external forcing and to test the skill of climate models
in simulating past climate changes. Further, a detection and attribution
analysis of regional climate variability for the past millennium will be
performed. The project will help constrain the uncertainties in the
regional climate projections for China (including the monsoon regions)
by taking into account the external global drivers, the regional
forcings and the large-scale modification of landscape due to human
activities.
Duties: The postdoctoral researcher will generate a multi-proxy based
gridded high temporal and spatial reconstruction using Bayesian
hierarchical modelling for the past millennium for China. Reconstructed
temperature and precipitation variability in China will be compared with
GCM and RCM simulations provided by MPI-M and HZG to better understand
the physical mechanisms responsible for the forced and unforced climate
variability. Detection/Attribution of forced climatic responses in China
over the past 1000 years will be performed. The work will be published
in the peer reviewed scientific literature. It will be performed in
close collaboration with Dres. Zorita and Wagner (HZG) and Dr. J.
Jungclaus (MPI-M). The project work has also strong links with other
research teams in Europe (Edinburgh, Prof. G. Hegerl; Bjerknes Center
Bergen, Prof. E. Jansen; Madrid, Prof. F.J. Gonzalez-Rouco; Murcia, Dr.
E. Garcia-Bustamante) and China (Institute of Geographic Sciences and
Natural Resources Research, Beijing, Proff. Q. Ge and Z. Hao; Key
Laboratory of Desert and Desertification and Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Lanzhou University, Prof. B. Yang; Research School of Arid
Environment and Climate Change, Lanzhou University, Prof. F. Chen).
Requirements: Candidates should hold a PhD in natural sciences with
experience in paleoclimatological applications and a strong background
in statistical analysis or a PhD in statistics/mathematics ideally with
experience in paleoclimatology. Experience in handling large data sets
and statistical modelling are envisaged. Experience in project
management and ability to work efficiently in multidisciplinary
environment are essential. Applicants must provide evidence of high
quality research and a very good publication record in peer-reviewed
journals. The successful applicant will be expected to publish research
papers in peer-reviewed journals, and participate in international
conferences and spend some time with the project partners in Germany and
other research teams abroad. A motivated, well organized, creative and
enthusiastic team-player is much appreciated.
Pay scale grouping follows the ?Tarifvertrag Hessen? (TV-H).
Duration of the postdoctoral research position is 36 months, starting is
January 2014.
Applicants should prepare a CV, motivation letter (1 page),
qualifications, publication list and contact details of three referees:
Please note that only an electronic version of the application in one
single pdf file will be considered.
Please send your application to Prof. Juerg Luterbacher
(Juerg.luterbacher@geogr.uni-giessen.de).
Deadline of the application end of August 2013.
Severely handicapped persons with comparable occupational qualification
are favourably considered.
Application documents will not be returned to applicants.
Prof. Juerg Luterbacher, PhD
Head for Climatology, Climate
Dynamics and Climate Change
Justus Liebig University of Giessen
Senckenbergstrasse 1 (neues Schloss)
D-35390 Giessen
Germany
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 14:33:58 +0000
From: "Roger Brugge" <r.brugge@reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Funded PhD Positions at Kingston University,
London (UK)
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Forwarded from CLIMLIST...
Call for PhD students:
We are pleased to invite applications for funded full-time PhD
studentships, starting in October 2013, at Kingston University London:
Thunderstorm and Flash Flood Hazards in the UK
Thunderstorms and extreme rainfall cause tornadoes, hail, flash flood
and landslides in the UK recently (summers of 2007, 2009 and 2012).
Financial losses due to flooding (resulting in non-insurability of
property in flood prone areas) and loss of lives (caused by flash flood)
are major environmental hazard problems in the UK. Different physical
mechanisms, e.g. the southward displacement of jetstream, high North
Atlantic sea surface temperatures, melting of Arctic Sea ice, El Nino/La
Nina phenomena and the persistence of upper level trough, are proposed
to explain the occurrence and extremity of these storms. This study aims
to investigate the physical mechanisms for the occurrence of severe
storms in summer in the UK. The trend of thunderstorm frequency and
intensity will be detected by applying statistical models. Numerical
modelling will be used to study the atmospheric and oceanic conditions
conducive to formation and movement of mid-latitude cyclones
geographically in order to improve our predictability of extreme weather
and flash flooding.
Relationship between Asian Summer Monsoon and hydrological hazards
(flood and drought)
This study aims to investigate the climatological mechanisms for the
onset and break of the Asian summer monsoon. The numerical prediction of
the Asian summer monsoon will be improved and the statistical
relationship between the inter-annual and intra-seasonal variability of
monsoon activity and the frequency of flood and drought in south Asia or
Southeast Asia will be evaluated in order to enhance disaster risk
reduction.
Please direct informal queries to Dr Norman Cheung
k.w.cheung@kingston.ac.uk <mailto:k.w.cheung@kingston.ac.uk> about the
above two projects:
<http://sec.kingston.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/current-research-opportunities/funded/>
Deadline: 1700hours, 31st July 2013
How to apply: You can apply online
<http://sec.kingston.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/how-to-apply/> for
admission to the university.
Thanks.
Regards,
Dr. Norman Cheung
DPhil (Oxon), MPhil, B.A.Hons (HKU)|FRMetS, FRGS
Senior Lecturer | Hazards and Disaster Management
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 09:50:53 +0000
From: "Roger Brugge" <r.brugge@reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] MetDesk Vacancies: Meteorologists
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MetDesk is a weather forecasting business specialising in delivering client-specific weather
information services to a diverse weather-critical client base. Headquartered in the Chiltern town of
Wendover with a direct train service to London, MetDesk has ambitious expansion plans and is now
seeking talented, experienced and hard-working meteorologists to join its 24/7 forecast team led by
our Forecast Manager.
Job title
Weather Forecaster/Meteorologist
Please see the attachment for full details
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