met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk
To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
http://www.lists.rdg.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/met-jobs
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
met-jobs-request@lists.reading.ac.uk
You can reach the person managing the list at
met-jobs-owner@lists.reading.ac.uk
When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Met-jobs digest..."
Please note that attachments can be viewed on the Met-Jobs archive page at http://www.lists.rdg.ac.uk/archives/met-jobs/
Today's Topics:
1. PhD opportunity at Warwick University (D.A.Stainforth@lse.ac.uk)
2. Job vacancy - Physical Oceanographer - BAS (Jenkins, Adrian)
3. Research Scientist & Interns positions available on
Environmental Science, Air Pollution, Numerical Weather
Prediction and Application & Analytics, IBM Research, China
(Beijing) (Hui BJ Du)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 09:52:38 +0000
From: <D.A.Stainforth@lse.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD opportunity at Warwick University
To: <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Message-ID:
<30664EA8E913BD40A876ABA38EB49FCCD2B87C@EXMBOXA2.lse.ac.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
There is an EPSRC funded PhD opportunity at Warwick University on the subject of "Emergence and extreme events in real world complex systems".
Supervisor: Prof. Sandra Chapman (Warwick)
Co-supervisor: Dr. David Stainforth (LSE)
Project description:
Complex systems, that is, systems composed of many interacting elements, can exhibit collective behaviour which is emergent: it cannot be predicted by knowledge of how single elements behave. This emergent behaviour can lead to extreme events, examples of which are stampedes leading to stock price crashes, and atmospheric blocking patterns leading to heatwaves. Understanding the relationship between emergence and extreme events as seen in the far from perfect observations of 'real world' natural and societal systems is a particularly pressing challenge. This project is to explore this relationship in the context of systems that are undergoing slow change. An example of an application is how the likelihood of extreme events is changing as earth's climate is changed, however the underlying ideas that will be developed in this project are of generic application. We wish to develop fundamental understanding that will ultimately lead to quantitative information regarding the likelihood of extreme events and how it may be changing.
This project benefits from collaborations through the EPSRC-funded networks: Network+ (Emergence and Physics Far From Equilibrium) and CliMathNet (http://www.climathnet.org/), and also collaborations with end users.
Further details:
http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=50118&LID=1581
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/prospective/postgraduate/pgintro/projects/priority/
Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 15:24:54 +0100
From: "Jenkins, Adrian" <ajen@bas.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Job vacancy - Physical Oceanographer - BAS
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Message-ID:
<7F8FCD304F29444ABBE9328A09D6355121175E279A@nerckwmb1.ad.nerc.ac.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to draw your attention to the following opening for a Physical Oceanographer to work at BAS. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small but growing team of researchers exploiting Autonomous Underwater Vehicle technology to advance our
understanding of the Antarctic ice shelves and their interaction with the Southern Ocean.
Further information about the vacancy and the application procedure can be found at: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment/vacancies/job.php?tab=1&JobID=980
Informal enquiries can be directed to me.
I would be grateful if you could pass this information along to anyone who might be interested but who might not have received a direct email.
Many thanks,
Adrian
___________________________________
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), part of the Natural Environment Research Council, aims to undertake a world-class programme of scientific research, and to sustain for the UK an active and influential regional presence and a leadership role in Antarctic affairs. We are currently seeking to appoint a physical oceanographer to undertake a programme of research aimed at understanding the processes that regulate the transport of heat to the floating ice shelves of East Antarctica. The main tool will be the NERC Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Autosub3 that will be used to make observations beneath the ice shelves. The appointee will participate in a two-month research cruise in the Antarctica, aboard the Autralian research icebreaker Aurora Australis, which will act as support vessel for the Autosub3 deployments. On return to the UK the appointee will be responsible for processing, archiving, analysis and publication of the data collected by Autosub3.
A number of Antarctica's floating ice shelves are known to be thinning rapidly, as a result of a change in the rate at which they melt into the underlying seawater. The thinning ice shelves exert less restraint on the flow of the inland ice sheet, and as a result the discharge of ice from inland is accelerating. This has a direct impact on the current rate of sea level rise. Understanding the controls on the mass balance of the ice shelves is therefore one of the most urgent tasks for today's climate researchers. This project will make use of a unique scientific platform (Autosub3) to collect data within the otherwise inaccessible ocean cavities beneath two ice shelves in East Antarctica. The results will increase our understanding of how ocean heat is transported beneath the ice shelves and delivered to the ice shelf base.
Qualifications: Applicants should have a minimum of a PhD, or equivalent postgraduate experience, a working knowledge of seagoing observational techniques and some experience at handling large or complex datasets. Previous experience with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles is not essential, but would be an advantage, as would knowledge of polar oceanography and a track record of publication and conference presentation. Please include a CV and full publications list with your application.
Duration: 3 Year Fixed Term Appointment
Salary: Salary will be in the range of ?26,715 to ?30,000 per annum. We offer a generous benefits package including a defined salary pension scheme, free car parking, flexible working hours and 30 days annual leave.
On-line application forms and further information are available on our website at www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment
These are also available from the Human Resources Section, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET. Tel: (01223) 221508.
Please quote reference: BAS 64/14
Closing date for receipt of application forms is: 29th June 2014
Interviews are scheduled to be held on: w/c 14th July 2014
We welcome applications from all sections of the community. People from ethnic minorities are currently under-represented and their applications are particularly welcome.
You will need to be physically capable and medically fit to work in Antarctic conditions.
______________________________
Adrian Jenkins
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0ET U.K.
Phone: +44-1223-221493
Fax: +44-1223-221259
E-mail: ajen@bas.ac.uk
This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system.
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 14:19:10 +0800
From: Hui BJ Du <duhui@cn.ibm.com>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Research Scientist & Interns positions available
on Environmental Science, Air Pollution, Numerical Weather Prediction
and Application & Analytics, IBM Research, China (Beijing)
To: met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk
Message-ID:
<OF3EB98BBA.033F947C-ON48257CEE.00220092-48257CEE.0022C4D9@cn.ibm.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Position Title: Regulars and Interns, R&D on Environmental Science, Air
Pollution, Numerical Weather Prediction and Application & Analytics
Working Location: Beijing
Under the smarter planet strategy, IBM is transforming and developing
smarter city solutions in air pollution simulations. IBM Research ? China
is identified as one of the best places of IBM's 12 Research labs for this
key strategy, as the air quality is the Chinese government's pressing
needs. We are seeking top professionals and graduates as research
scientists in the area of environmental science, especially in air
pollution simulations.?The ideal applicants hold a PhD (preferred) or
master degree in environmental science, meteorology, physics, applied
mathematics, or fluid dynamics, or be masters with rich working experience
in relevant fields. Expected is a strong background in theory and/or
modeling and a capability for research in atmospheric environmental
science. Desirable would be experience in data analytics.
The successful candidates are to be embedded in a research initiative in
IBM research to cooperate with China Government to address serious air
pollution issues and help the government solve this extremely challenging
problem in China. Moreover, they are expected to support environmental
research and projects GLOBALLY. They will work closely with a team
including world-class scientists in atmospheric science, environmental
science, cognitive computing and statisticians. We provide a very
competitive package, and a platform to build and promote our
research/solutions to be applied in largest industrial companies.
Anyone of interest, please send the resume to any of the follow emails:
duhui@cn.ibm.com, whf@cn.ibm.com
Hui Du (??), Ph.D.
Industry Solutions (E&U, Logistics and BAO)
IBM Research - China
Tel: +86 10 58748934
Mobile: +86 13693322853
Email:duhui@cn.ibm.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: /archives/met-jobs/attachments/20140605/a93a5630/attachment.html
------------------------------
_______________________________________________
Met-jobs mailing list
Met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk
http://www.lists.rdg.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/met-jobs
End of Met-jobs Digest, Vol 522, Issue 5
****************************************
