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Today's Topics:
1. Post-doc on improving simulations and predictions in the
tropical Atlantic (Beate Klementsen)
2. 2 PDRA positions in Meteorology at IMK-ASF, KIT,
Karlsruhe/Germany (with hopefully working links)
(Braesicke, Peter (IMK))
3. Post-doctoral position on Decadal climate prediction (terray)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 11:06:35 +0000
From: Beate Klementsen <Beate.Klementsen@uni.no>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Post-doc on improving simulations and predictions
in the tropical Atlantic
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Post-doc on improving simulations and predictions in the tropical Atlantic
A 2-year post-doc position in climate modelling is available at Uni Climate. Situated at the University of Bergen, Uni Climate is a department of Uni Research AS and partner of the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR), a collaboration between Uni Research AS, the University of Bergen, the Institute of Marine Research and the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center. The position is within the EU FP7 project "PREFACE".
Background
The Tropical Atlantic (TA) is a critical area of both historical and future climate change. Environmental palaeo-records indicate large decadal-to-millennial fluctuations with large impacts on the surrounding continental areas. Understanding the origin, the mechanism, and the predictability of such changes, and the correct interpretation of palaeo-records, all rely largely on the ability of numerical models to simulate the climate of the TA and its coupled variability. Similarly, seasonal-to-decadal (s2d) forecasting is seen as an increasingly important area of climate research, with potential to substantially mitigate the socio-economic impacts of future climate variations.
With this in mind, Uni Research AS will participate in the EU FP7 project "PREFACE" to support a process-based evaluation and development of the NorESM model, in synergy with other modelling centres, towards a consistent performance on time-scales from seasons to millennia, while interacting with the European climate-modelling community towards improving our understanding of the climate of the TA and its variability.
Work description
We are seeking a candidate to conduct research aimed at investigating mechanisms responsible for the development of systematic biases in coupled General Circulation Models (GCMs). A focus will be placed on the area of the TA and especially its oceanic upwelling regions.
Initially, an analysis will be conducted of the systematic drift in existing s2d hindcasts integrations that are initialised from observations (Toniazzo and Woolnough, 2013), using high-frequency diagnostic output in both oceanic and atmospheric components.
Sensitivity experiments will then be conducted with the Norwegian Earth-system model (NorESM) and the UK Met Office Hadley-Centre global environmental model (HadGEM) in s2d hindcast mode to isolate relevant mechanisms and the influence of specific processes and model parametrisations on bias development.
Convective heating over either nearby continental land-masses or over the Indo-Pacific sector; atmospheric radiative tendencies and cloud feedbacks; oceanic advection and wave dynamics; PBL-mixed-layer interactions; these are all aspects of the model simulations which may be subject to analysis and experimentation, with the final aim of identifying modelling areas where improvements can lead to significantly better model simulations. Some of the experiments will be also conducted in "climate" mode to investigate impacts on the simulated inter-annual variability.
Close collaboration with UiB and the University of Reading is planned, and a two-way interaction with NorESM model development is envisaged. The applicant will benefit from the European and African collaborative framework of the EU FP7 "PREFACE" project.
Minimum qualifications
* a doctoral degree in physics, fluid dynamics, or the geophysical sciences
* experience with the use and analysis of coupled GCM simulations
* solid background in the theory of atmospheric and oceanic circulation
* familiarity with FORTRAN and both ability and interest in working with large, complex program code
* good working knowledge of the Unix/Linux environment and of software tools for the analysis of GCM output
* good analytical skills
Desired qualifications
* command of the English language
* working experience with particular GCM parametrisation schemes
* creativity and curiosity-driven self-motivation
* interest in collaborative work in an international setting
Please contact Dr Thomas Toniazzo (e-mail thomas.toniazzo@uni.no<file:///\\narve.klient.uib.no\h>, tel 55 58 43 22) for informal queries about this position.
For more information about Uni Research and BCCR, please refer to http://uni.no and http://www.bjerknes.uib.no.
The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at any time.
Please send electronic application, CV, certificates and diplomas/transcripts, and a list of scientific publications by clicking on the button marked "APPLY FOR THIS JOB" on this page: http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=97927.
The application should also contain a statement of research interests, a brief motivation for this position, and the names and contact details of two reference persons.
Closing date for applications is 30 November 2013.
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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 14:15:10 +0100
From: "Braesicke, Peter (IMK)" <peter.braesicke@kit.edu>
Subject: [Met-jobs] 2 PDRA positions in Meteorology at IMK-ASF, KIT,
Karlsruhe/Germany (with hopefully working links)
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Apologies for posting this advert again:
Some people reported problems with the links ...
Two PDRA positions in Meteorology are currently available at IMK-ASF, KIT, Karlsruhe/Germany.
The positions will be part of the new group 'Interactions in the Atmospheric System' (IAS).
Details can be found here (tinyurls for convenience):
http://tinyurl.com/jwh263l
Position 1: 626/2013 / 626/2013e (http://tinyurl.com/kbxnzj9)
Position 2: 627/2013 / 627/2013e (http://tinyurl.com/lo4d6ze)
One position has a stronger emphasis on modelling, the other on data.
Please contact peter.braesicke@kit.edu for additional information.
Kind regards,
Peter Braesicke
http://www.imk-asf.kit.edu/mitarbeiter_1638.php
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:03:31 +0100
From: terray <terray@cerfacs.fr>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Post-doctoral position on Decadal climate
prediction
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*Post-doctoral position on Decadal Climate Prediction:*
A two-year (one year renewable for another year upon mutual agreement)
post-doctoral position is available at CERFACS in Toulouse, France, to
work on decadal variability and prediction using global coupled climate
models.
*Context*:
The post-doctoral position falls within the framework of the new EU FP7
project SPECS (http://www.specs-fp7.eu/SPECS/Home.html), whose
coordinator is F. Doblas-Reyes from IC3, Barcelona, Spain. The work will
involve the assembling, running and analysis of experiments with a high
resolution coupled ocean-atmosphere General Circulation Model in order
to study climate predictability and associated mechanisms at interannual
to decadal time scale. The CERFACS team has participated to the near
term decadal prediction exercise within the framework of the CMIP5 model
intercomparison. The model used to perform all the required simulations
was the CNRM-CM5 model developed jointly by M?t?o-France/CNRM and
CERFACS (http://www.cnrm-game.fr/spip.php?article126&lang=en).
*Description*:
The novel aspect of the proposed work within the SPECS project is to
address the question of decadal predictability with the use of higher
spatial resolution atmospheric (ARPEGE/IFS at a spectral truncature
T359~ 50 km) and oceanic (NEMO at 0.25?) models on high performance
computing (HPC) platforms (for instance PRACE massively parallel
computers such as MareNostrum in Barcelona). The applicant will be in
charge of the setup of the decadal experiments (initialization and
external forcings) as well as running and analyzing the results (skill
assessment and mechanisms involved in predictability for different ocean
and land regions). The applicant will join the Climate Variability
group within the Climate Modeling and Global Change Team at CERFACS. The
group has a strong expertise in climate variability and change studies,
data assimilation and ocean-atmosphere coupling on both scientific and
technical aspects (the OASIS coupler). The team benefits from the strong
technical support provided by a pool of research engineers who are
experts on both software and hardware coupling issues. This work will
also involve substantial collaboration with the other SPECS partners.
The position presents an opportunity for a strongly motivated scientist
to get involved in a novel and growing domain in climate prediction
science in collaboration with all the major European climate
predictability centers.
*Required qualification*: a Ph.D in atmospheric, oceanic, climate or
geophysical science as well as working knowledge in unix/linux
environment, fortran90 and analysis/graphics tools to analyze large
geophysical datasets
*Desired qualification*: good background in climate variability and
predictability, working experience with atmospheric and/or oceanic
general circulation models and high-performance computing environment,
strong interest in collaborative work in an international setting
*Salary*: around 2350 Euros/month
*Closing date for applications is 15 December 2013.*
The interested applicant must send an electronic application with a full
CV with a list of scientific publications and a statement of research
interests as well as the names and contact details of three reference
persons to:
*Contact*:
Dr. Laurent Terray, Head of the CERFACS Climate Group
email: terray at cerfacs.fr
Tel: +33 561193015
Fax: +33 561193000
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