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Today's Topics:
1. Postdoc in Climate Prediction at MeteoSwiss
(Mark.Liniger@meteoswiss.ch)
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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 05:44:20 +0000
From: <Mark.Liniger@meteoswiss.ch>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Postdoc in Climate Prediction at MeteoSwiss
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The Swiss Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss is the Swiss National Weather Service. We record, monitor and forecast weather and climate in Switzerland and thus make a sustainable contribution to the well-being of the community and to the benefit of industry, science and the environment. The Climate Division carries out statistical analyses of observed and modelled climate data and is responsible for providing the results for users and customers. As part of our involvement in the international EU FP7 project EUPORIAS, we are looking for someone to fill the following post:
Postdoc in Climate Prediction
Your tasks will include preparing and validating long-term forecasts on seasonal to decadal time-scales. You will work with stakeholders to identify and examine application-oriented parameters, with a particular focus on indices for the insurance sector and the Europe target region. You will develop algorithms for deriving these indices from global circulation models and compare the results with alternative approaches. Probabilistic forecasts of the indices will be validated against observational data sets. You will analyze the uncertainties of the model cascade, methodology and the inherently limited predictability. As part of the international project, you will be involved in the main goal of the overall project, namely setting up prototypes of climate services in cooperation with users. Your responsibilities will include publishing results in scientific journals and reports, reporting and coordinating our contribution for the European project and presenting results at national and international conferences.
As a candidate for this post, you will have a university degree in natural sciences and a doctorate in the field of climatology or meteorology. You will have experience in validating ensemble climate or weather forecasting models and in translating model results into application-oriented parameters. You will be familiar with Unix, proficient in handling very large and complex data sets and able to use various programming languages (especially R) and tools (e.g. CDO, NCL). Your working languages will be both, German and English. You must also be willing to travel regularly.
We are looking for a motivated person who has good communication skills and enjoys working in a team. We offer varied and interesting activities in a modern company and a diverse working environment at the interface between research and application. The post is limited to two years. The office is located at Zurich Airport.
Links: http://www.euporias.eu/
http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/de/forschung/projekte_aktuell/climate/euporias.html
Please submit your application online by 29 June 2014 via the federal government jobs portal: www.stelle.admin.ch.
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Mark Liniger
Head Climate Prediction
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
Climate Division
new address from June 2014:
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
Operation Center 1
P.O. Box 257
8058 Z?rich-Flughafen
Tel: +41 58 460 91 11
Tel (direct): +41 58 460 93 27
Tel (mobile): +41 79 875 14 75
mailto:mark.liniger@meteoswiss.ch
http://www.meteoswiss.ch/
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