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Today's Topics:
1. PhD position at Reading Meteorology Department (Helen Dacre)
2. Funded PhD positions at University of Sheffield (Ted Shepherd)
3. Research positions at MET Norway (Jan Erik Haugen)
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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:52:46 +0000
From: Helen Dacre <h.f.dacre@reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD position at Reading Meteorology Department
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Dear Met-Jobs
Would it be possible to post the following PhD advert to the met-jobs
mailing list please?
Regards
Helen
A PhD position is open at the University of Reading in the Meteorology
Department on the project:
Improving the accuracy of air quality forecasts
The provision of accurate air quality forecasts is very important to
provide guidance to those who are vulnerable to high pollution levels.
Therefore, the Met Office routinely issues an operational 5-day air
quality forecast for the UK using their Air Quality Unified Model
(AQUM). AQUM predicts area average pollutant concentrations over typical
areas between 4 and 12km2 . However the observed, near-surface
concentrations with which they are routinely compared represent a single
point within that area. As the spread of concentrations within each area
can be considerable in reality, the model is often unable to represent
the observed variations in concentration at a specific location. This
mismatch between the spatial representativity of the model and observed
concentrations makes diagnosing errors in the AQUM forecasts difficult
at present. This project aims to improve the accuracy of air quality
forecasts. In order to achieve this aim we first need to be able to
evaluate errors in the air quality forecasts in a meaningful way. This
will be achieved by i) creating interpolated maps of observations,
allowing a 'fairer' comparison between the model and observations, and
ii) exploring new verification techniques which include the use of
additional model areas around the observation location in question to
derive a probability distribution of forecast values. The second
challenge will be to separate out the meteorological and chemical
sources of forecast error. This will be achieved by establishing
relationships between the errors in the Met Office meteorological
forecast and the errors in the AQUM forecasts. This will determine the
degree to which the performance of the air quality forecasts is
dependent on that of the meteorological model, or on the
representativity of chemistry and emissions under different synoptic
situations.
*Collaboration:* The student will work with Dr Helen Dacre at the
University of Reading and also spend at least three months at the Met
Office during the project allowing them to observe how their research
extends into an operational forecast centre. The Met Office
co-supervisors are Dr Marion Mittermaier and Dr Carlos Ordonez.
*Student profile:* This project would be suitable for students with a
degree in physics, mathematics or a closely related environmental or
physical science.
*Funding particulars:* This PhD project has guarenteed funding via a
NERC Industrial CASE Award.
*Start date: *September 2014.
*Contact:* Applicants should visit the University of Reading Meteorology
Department postgraduate web page to download an application form
http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/pg-research/pgrapplications.html
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:51:38 +0000
From: Ted Shepherd <theodore.shepherd@reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Funded PhD positions at University of Sheffield
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PhD POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
SHEFFIELD, UK
Applications are requested for a range of PhD topics including:-
Evaluating daily pressure variability and storminess climate in global
climate model simulations to more reliably predict future climate change
Reconstruction of El Nino Southern Oscillation using Ship's logbook data
Assessing historical storminess in the North Sea for climate and
sediment archives
Deciphering changes in the climate and ice flow of the Antarctic and
Greenland ice sheets from their internal radar stratigraphy
Comparing the environmental and genetic response of continental shelf
and inter-tidal marine species to climate change
Pro-Glacial Dust Emissions
Details of the projects, contacts, studentships and application process
can be found at:- <http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/geography/phd/finance/>
Closing date is 30th April
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:52:54 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jan Erik Haugen <janeh@met.no>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Research positions at MET Norway
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Research Scientists
MET Norway is looking for two new researchers:
A permanent position in regional climate modeling/dynamic downscaling
(position A).
A four-year project position, with a possibility for extension to a
permanent position.
The position is funded within empirical-statistical downscaling
(position B).
More information at
<http://met.easycruit.com/vacancy/1159721/39049?iso=no>
Jan Erik Haugen and Rasmus Benestad
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