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Today's Topics:
1. DPhil (PhD) studentship at Oxford (Sarah Harrington)
2. Met Office job vacancy - Post Processing system manager
(Verney, Fiona)
3. New Vacancies Open at EUMETSAT (Geoff Yeats Edwards)
4. PhD-/PostDoc and Scientific Programmer positions available at
the MPI for Biogeochemistry (Jena, Germany) (S?nke Zaehle)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:30:15 +0000
From: Sarah Harrington <Sarah.Harrington@physics.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] DPhil (PhD) studentship at Oxford
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The Sub-Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary Physics (AOPP) at the University of Oxford has a 4-year NERC Industrial CASE studentship to fill. Project description below and further details available at http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduates/atmospheric-oceanic-and-planetary-physics.
Application deadline is 12 June 2015 with interviews on 29 June.
Studentship start date 1 October 2015.
Informal enquiries to Professor Peter Read: peter.read@physics.ox.ac.uk<mailto:peter.read@physics.ox.ac.uk>
Project title: Testing theories of baroclinic adjustment in the laboratory and in simple atmospheric models
Supervisors: Peter Read (AOPP) and Sean Milton (Met Office)
The state of the Earth's climate can be viewed as resulting from a delicate balance between radiative forcing processes and the dynamical response of the system as it seeks to transport heat across the planet. Recent research has tended to focus on quantifying the radiative forcing processes and their associated uncertainties, and various factors (including those human-induced) leading to changes in the climate. But radiative forcing primarily constrains the energy throughput of the climate system and only indirectly influences key climate variables such as the mean surface temperature. Climate variables are also strongly affected by how efficiently heat is redistributed across the planet by dynamical processes in the atmosphere and oceans. These are intrinsically nonlinear, and are affected by internal feedbacks that are still not well understood. This leaves open such fundamental questions as: what determines the mean lapse rate in the extra-tropical atmosphere, and what determines the thermal contrast in the atmosphere between equator and poles or continents and oceans?
In this project, therefore, we will study the relevant dynamical processes in numerical model simulations, based on the Met Office ENDGame dynamical core, (a) in a configuration representing a novel laboratory analogue of the mid-latitude climate system in a real fluid under carefully controlled conditions (currently being investigated experimentally in Prof. Read's group in Oxford), and (b) in simplified global atmospheric models subject to idealized radiative and boundary forcing. Numerical model simulations will be carried out and (for (a)) compared with detailed measurements of the flow and thermal structure in the Oxford experiments. This will enable us to determine the efficiency of heat transfer linking convective and baroclinic regions in order to determine how transport efficiency scales with key parameters and how the flow itself determines the mean static stability. We will also be able to assess the conditions under which fully developed turbulent energy cascades emerge or may be suppressed. This will then be investigated (in (b)) over a range of atmospheric conditions, resolutions and convective parameterizations in the full ENDGame model with idealized forcing.
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:26:47 +0000
From: "Verney, Fiona" <fiona.verney@metoffice.gov.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Met Office job vacancy - Post Processing system
manager
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Post-Processing System Manager
(to apply please use the link at the bottom of this advert)
Region: South West
Country: United Kingdom
Job number: MO-CM00141
Location: Exeter
Contract: Permanent
Salary Information: ?26,010 and for exceptional candidates up to ?35,040 + competitive benefits including Civil Service Pension
Background: The Met Office, as a world leading authority in meteorology, produces and delivers weather forecasts from a range of deterministic and ensemble numerical weather prediction models, which are used to generate a wide array of products to deliver to customers worldwide. Post-processing of the raw model data is currently used both to further improve quality of the data and derive additional forecasts, such as the nowcasts (rapidly updated with the latest observations to provide prediction for the next few hours). The Product Generation System is also used reformat the data and to directly generate many of the products.
The Gridded and Site-Specific Post-Processing teams are responsible not only for improving the science, and supporting and developing the existing system, but also for driving forward a range of strategic initiatives, working closely with Technology and Information Services (TIS) and other Science teams to achieve this.
Site-specific post-processing blends forecasts from various sources to provide a single 'best' forecast out to two weeks ahead which is continually kept up to date. This data process will be streamlined to use standard processing, software and scientific data formats, cover a wider range of parameters and better coverage of sites.
In the future, the gridded post-processing will be used to provide standard forecast information, isolating downstream users from model changes, with all gridded data being delivered through the post-processing suite. The site-specific blending approach will be extended to the gridded forecasts to provide a seamless best gridded forecast from minutes to 2 weeks ahead. The gridded data process will also be streamlined to use standard processing, software and scientific data formats.
Whilst these new development are brought in to operations, it is critical to maintain and develop the existing systems, supporting a growing user-base and help delivery of the strategic vision.
Job Purpose: To develop and maintain the Site-Specific, Gridded Post-Processing and Product Generation systems, providing technical support to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of weather forecast data to the satisfaction of our customers.
Job Responsibilities: Lead on the delivery of improvements to the operational Post-Processing systems, whilst maintaining a robust operational service.
Coordinate the planning and implementation of new releases, including external releases in support of international collaborations, assisting other team members to meet release targets and code standards.
Work closely with Technical & Information Services to develop and implement streamlined data management and delivery using standard processing, software and scientific data formats.
Liaise with customers to understand their requirements and inform the definition and delivery of new services, and respond to ad hoc data requests.
Lead on the maintenance and support of the post-processing systems.
Develop and improve release management and system monitoring processes to ensure releases are fit-for-purpose and maintain the reputation of the Met Office.
Contribute to the definition, development and implementation of programming standards, conducting programming reviews.
Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities: 1. Good honours degree in a physical, mathematics-based science or IT (2.1 or above) and a relevant PhD or equivalent experience.
2. Experience of Linux scripting, Fortran or C/C++ and python or IDL, and programming standards, with significant experience programming in one or more of these languages.
3. Demonstrated ability to communicate their work to other specialists, both orally and in writing. Ability to clearly communicate the work of the team to non-specialists.
4. Experience of running and maintaining a robust operational system, and of designing, implementing and working with complex code.
5. Evidence of the ability to work and collaborate as an active and productive member of a team, and to provide technical advice to other team members and customers.
Senior SSE: Experience of operating in a technical lead role.
6. Proven ability to plan and manage your own work, with limited supervision.
Senior SSE: Experience of managing a project / team.
7. Proven ability to develop new skills quickly.
Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Abilities: 1. Good working knowledge of one or more of the following scientific gridded data formats: netCDF, GRIB, Nimrod format, FieldsFile & PP format.
2. Experience with configuration management systems (e.g. Subversion).
3. Knowledgeable and enthusiastic about weather.
Additional Supplementary Information: As well as the two specific criteria listed above, for consideration at Senior SSE level, candidates would expected to have significantly more experience in one or more of the other criteria (e.g. experience with a wider range of programming languages or of running training courses).
Please apply against the criteria for which your experience is most relevant. We may additionally sift your application at a level above or below the level at which you applied.
The Post-Processing system is written mainly in Fortran, with some C++, with most plotting carried out in IDL, but future developments will make use of python and Iris.
Please note, if you do not currently have permission to work in the UK, we will be unable to provide this for you for this vacancy.
Closing date: 18 May 2015
Click here to apply online <https://emea3.recruitmentplatform.com/syndicated/private/syd_apply.cfm?ID=QBHFK026203F3VBQB79LO8N25&nPostingTargetID=1580&step=DIRECT>
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:23:28 +0200
From: Geoff Yeats Edwards <Geoff.YeatsEdwards@eumetsat.int>
Subject: [Met-jobs] New Vacancies Open at EUMETSAT
To: Geoff Yeats Edwards <Geoff.YeatsEdwards@eumetsat.int>
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Enclosed please find information on 2 new ?local? positions for which EUMETSAT is inviting applications:
? FIDUCEO Scientist
? GAIA-CLIM Engineer
Both positions are for a fixed term related to the duration of the respective H2020 projects, and are offered under German employment law.
It would be appreciated if you could ensure distribution of these vacancies within appropriate areas.
Yours sincerely,
Geoff Yeats-Edwards
Recruitment Assistant
Personnel Division
EUMETSAT
EUMETSAT Allee 1
D-64295 Darmstadt
Germany
Phone: +49 6151 807 642
Fax: +49 6151 807 834
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 21:28:19 +0200
From: S?nke Zaehle <szaehle@bgc-jena.mpg.de>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD-/PostDoc and Scientific Programmer positions
available at the MPI for Biogeochemistry (Jena, Germany)
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The Terrestrial Biosphere Modelling group at the Max Planck Institute
for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, is looking for candiates to fill
the following positions within the European Research Council funded
project QUINCY (Quantifying the effects of interacting nutrient cycles
on terrestrial biosphere dynamics and their climate feedbacks):
-PostDoc #1: Nutrient availability effects on canopy photosynthesis
-PhD-position #1: Nutrient controls on plant carbon-use efficiency
-PhD-position #2: Effects of elevated CO2 on soil organic matter
turnover and plant N uptake
-Scientific Programmer
Application deadline is 1 June 2015.
Expected start date is 1 September 2015.
Details on the positions are attached. More information can be found at
https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgi/index.php/Projects/QUINCY
Please send your inquiries and/or applications including a letter of
interest, CV, and the names and contact information of two references to
Dr. S?nke Zaehle either via email to szaehle@bgc-jena.mpg.de, or
directly to the institute?s address (Dr. S?nke Zaehle, Max-Planck-
Institut f?r Biogeochemie, Postfach 10 01 64, 07701 Jena, Germany).
Deadline: 1st of June 2015. Interviews are foreseen to take place in
Jena during June and July 2015.
--
Dr. S?nke Zaehle
Scientist
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
- Biogeochemical Integration Department
mail: P.O. Box 60 01 64, D-07701 Jena, Germany
email: soenke.zaehle@bgc-jena.mpg.de
phone: +49.36.41.57.62.30
fax: +49.36.41.57.72.00
http://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/~szaehle
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