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Today's Topics:
1. job announcement: experimental meteorology and sensor
development (Jens Bange)
2. Post-Doctoral Position at OMP/LEGOS (France) (Roger Brugge)
3. PhD Position at the University of Zurich (Switzerland)
(Roger Brugge)
4. Mathematical modelling of natural catastrophes at RMS London:
two positions in storm-surge / coastal flood / wave modelling
(Steve Jewson)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:42:51 +0100
From: Jens Bange <jens.bange@uni-tuebingen.de>
Subject: [Met-jobs] job announcement: experimental meteorology and
sensor development
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Dear colleagues,
please find attached a new job announcement for a position in my group
here in T?bingen. We are looking for a PhD student in the fields of
experimental boundary-layer meteorology and sensor development.
May I ask you to published it in your institution and forward it to
suitable candidates? Thank you very much.
Best regards, Jens Bange
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Prof. Dr. habil. Jens Bange
Eberhard Karls Universit?t T?bingen
Zentrum f?r Angewandte Geowissenschaften
H?lderlinstr. 12, Raum S543 (Dachgeschoss)
72074 T?bingen / Germany
office phone: +49 7071 29 74 714
cell phone: +49-172 52 104 75
e-mail: jens.bange@uni-tuebingen.de
http://www.geo.uni-tuebingen.de/umphy
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:59:32 +0000
From: "Roger Brugge" <r.brugge@reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Post-Doctoral Position at OMP/LEGOS (France)
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Forwarded from CLIMLIST...
CALL FOR APPLICATION: 18-MONTH POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AT OMP/LEGOS
(TOULOUSE, FRANCE)
Applications are invited for a 18-month postdoctoral position starting
on April 1 st 2015, in the sea level research group of the OMP/LEGOS in
Toulouse (France) to work on the following subject: "Detection and
Attribution of sea level changes?. The deadline for application is
January 31st 2015.
Framework:
This position is funded by the STAE (?Science and Technology for
Aeronautics and Space?) foundation within the context of the research
activity ?CHAVANA? (in French: ?CHAntier Variabilit? aux ?chelles
d?cennAles et centenNAles?). One main goal of this research activity is
to enhance the use of innovative statistical methods to detect and
attribute changes in new climate/impact variables. It involves mainly
four laboratories (CNRM-GAME, OMP/LEGOS, IMT, CERFACS/SUC).
Work description:
The proposed work will consist in assessing how much natural forcings,
greenhouse gas forcings, and other anthropogenic forcings contributed to
sea level changes over the last few decades. This assessment will be
based on improved statistical methods for detection and attribution, and
simulations performed by several global climate models in the framework
of the CMIP5 project. The following tasks should be considered:
1) Based on CMIP5 outputs, estimate the response to each forcing as
simulated by climate models. Exhibit variables / patterns able to
accurately discriminate between the response to each forcing.
2) Investigate how much internal variability as simulated by CMIP5
models is consistent with recent observations of sea level rise, both in
terms of the global average and spatial patterns.
3) Apply statistical D&A method to sea level rise in order to quantify
contributions from individual forcings.
As a part of this scientific task, the applicant will be asked to write
scientific publication(s) and to contribute to the final report of the
funding project.
Desirable qualifications:
1) A Ph.D. either in climate sciences, in applied mathematics
(statistics), or an engineer diploma.
2) An experience with the linux operating system, some numerical
analysis software (e.g. R, Scilab, Matlab), and netcdf file format.
3) A good practice of English and, conveniently, French languages.
Practical information:
The successful applicant will be contracted by CNRS and will be based at
the OMP/LEGOS. The opened position will start on April 1st 2015 for a
18-month duration. The net salary will be between 2000 and 2500 euros
per month, depending on the qualifications and experience of the
candidate and according to the STAE foundation salary scales. For full
consideration, an application letter including a detailed statement of
research interest, along with a curriculum vitae (including research
experience, publications and conferences, computing skill and different
language practises) and the names, telephone and
email address of 2 referees should be sent by email before January 31st
2015 to:
<benoit.meyssignac@legos.obs-mip.fr>
and:
<aurelien.ribes@meteo.fr>
For more details about this call, please contact:
Benoit Meyssignac
LEGOS,
14 av Edouard Belin
31401 Toulouse
France
mail:benoit.meyssignac@legos.obs-mip.fr
Aur?lien Ribes
M?t?o-France, CNRM/GMGEC/VDR
42 avenue G. Coriolis
31057 Toulouse
France
Email : aurelien.ribes@meteo.fr
For more details about OMP/LEGOS research activities, please visit :
<http://www.legos.obs-mip.fr/>
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 14:00:45 +0000
From: "Roger Brugge" <r.brugge@reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD Position at the University of Zurich
(Switzerland)
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Forwarded from CLIMLIST...
Open PhD position: Ecosystem services monitoring in floodplains using
remote sensing variables and indicators (HyApp-2015-01)
Within the Swiss National Research Programme NRP 70 (?Energy
Turnaround?), a PhD position within the project ?Hydro-Ecology and
Floodplain Sustainability? (HyApp) is available. The aim of HyApp is to
develop and validate tools and indicators to predict, quantify, and
monitor the consequences of hydropower production, adaptive flow
management and other restoration actions for floodplains as centers of
biodiversity of exceptionally high value with respect to ecosystem good
and services.
We therefore invite applications for a PhD position in the area of
ecosystem services monitoring in floodplains using remote sensing
variables and indicators.
The remote sensing component of the project is threefold. First, a
coherent set of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBV) is defined,
suitable for use as indicators describing floodplain ecosystem
properties. Second, indicators and services are defined, serving as
input to ecosystem services capable for monitoring the consequences of
changes in flow management or restoration actions using a stakeholder
driven approach. Finally, a scaling-based approach is used to integrate
in-situ observations with multiple airborne measurements (using imaging
spectrometers and/or drones), and spaceborne data allowing ecosystem
services to be mapped in a spatially continuous fashion.
The successful applicant will be based in Zurich and working at the
University of Zurich (UZH ? <http://www.geo.uzh.ch/rsl>). Supervisionwill
be through Michael Schaepman, Jan Seibert, and Michael D?ring (ZHAW).
Upon start, applicants must have a completed masters degree in Remote
Sensing, (Environmental) Physics, Environmental Science, Ecology, or
Geography, with a high degree of specialization in remote sensing.
Applicants must be able to pursue data-oriented computational research
as well as experimental approaches and fieldwork. Good numerical skills
and literacy in programming and/or knowledge of ecology is an asset. A
good standard of written and spoken English is required. The position
may start as of March 1, 2015 and is limited to 3 years (with an
extension possibility of one year). Salaries correspond to the Swiss
National Science Foundation regulations of PhD salaries.
We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and independent
person with a passion for quantitative science to join our team. We
offer outstanding working conditions, a high quality of life in Zurich,
and an excellent supporting environment.
Please send your application (including position reference
HyApp-2015-01) as one single PDF file (motivation letter, complete CV,
and names of 2 references) to <Rita.Ott@geo.uzh.ch>, no later than
February 1, 2015. Full consideration is given to all complete
applications. For further questions, please contact
<Michael.Schaepman@geo.uzh.ch>.
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:43:23 +0000
From: Steve Jewson <Steve.Jewson@rms.com>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Mathematical modelling of natural catastrophes at
RMS London: two positions in storm-surge / coastal flood / wave
modelling
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Risk Management Solutions (RMS)?is the world's leading provider of mathematical models and information related to the financial impact of natural catastrophes. We have a team of forty PhD scientists and engineers based in London building mathematical models that?predict the distributions of?possible damage due to?the effects of tropical storms, extra-tropical storms, thunderstorms, storm-surges, freshwater floods and tsunamis. We use a combination of observed data, reanalysis data, numerical, statistical and engineering models and data assimilation. We are the pioneers in the development and application of complex statistical and numerical modelling methods for the quantification of natural hazard risk, and our risk models are the most detailed and comprehensive models of natural catastrophes produced anywhere in the world. Our clients include several hundred insurance and reinsurance companies as well as brokers, banks, hedge funds, regional and local governments, and multilateral agencies.
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RMS is always interested in receiving speculative applications from suitably qualified candidates. We are also currently trying to fill two positions related to the modelling of storm-surge, coastal flooding and waves.
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Suitable candidates would have a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Oceanography, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Hydrology, Wind Engineering, or similar. They would be used to working in a UNIX environment, and used to using a compiled programming language (such as FORTRAN or C). They would have experience with either numerical models (such as AGCMs, OGCMs, CGCMs, regional models or mesoscale models), handling large data sets, or statistical modeling. Strong candidates with a different but equivalent profile would also be considered. Previous experience in catastrophe modeling, or specific expertise in modelling natural hazards, is not necessary, although we are currently particularly interested in candidates with coastal ocean or wave modelling experience.
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If you are interested, please send an email, with a covering letter and CV, to london.recruiting@rms.com. Appropriate candidates will be invited for interview in London.
?
Many thanks,
?
Steve
?
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