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Today's Topics:
1. Two postdocs in Central and Southern African Climate
Variability UMFULA project - UCT (Chris Reason)
2. Four (4) short-term positions (2-3 months) at the National
Observatory of Athens, Greece (Kostas Lagouvardos)
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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 12:43:51 +0000
From: Chris Reason <chris.reason@uct.ac.za>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Two postdocs in Central and Southern African
Climate Variability UMFULA project - UCT
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Two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
CLIMATE MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OVER CENTRAL & SOUTHERN AFRICA
Applications are invited for two post?doctoral research fellowships on climate modelling and analysis over central & southern Africa (CSA) as part of the UK DFID funded project UMFULA (Uncertainty reduction in Models for development Applications), beginning July 2015. The positions will be based in the Department of Oceanography at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
We seek energetic and motivated young scientists to join an international team of researchers working on climate science and applications over Africa. One appointee will focus on the multi-scale analysis of global and regional climate model performance over CSA relative to observations, and the other fellow will focus on regional ocean-atmosphere coupling over the neighbouring oceanic regions such as the Seychelles-Chagos thermocline ridge, the Angola-Benguela frontal zone and the Agulhas retroflection that are known to be important for climate variability and change over CSA.
The tenure of the fellowship is for up to four years, subject to satisfactory progress each year. The value of the fellowship is about R300,000 per annum (the exact amount depends on the GBP exchange rate). The fellowship does not include benefits or travel/relocation costs but there are some funds for conference expenses.
Eligibility
1. Applicants must have completed their PhD within the last 5 years in Atmospheric Science, Physical Oceanography or Climate Science or a related field
2. Demonstrated experience in regional or global climate modelling
3. Excellent computing and analytical skills
Applications
Applications should be sent to chris.reason@uct.ac.za and should include:
1. A comprehensive CV, including names and contact details of three referees;
2. A letter of motivation outlining research interests; and
Further information can be obtained from chris.reason@uct.ac.za . Please see www.sea.uct.ac.za for further information about the Department of oceanography, UCT
Closing date for applications: 15 July 2015
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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:51:18 +0300
From: "Kostas Lagouvardos" <lagouvar@meteo.noa.gr>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Four (4) short-term positions (2-3 months) at the
National Observatory of Athens, Greece
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Two (2) Post-doc positions in lightning meteorology and forecasting and Two
(2) MSc. positions in analysis of lightning, ground and satellite data, at
the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Greece
Supervisor: Dr Kostas Lagouvardos (Institute for Environmental Research,
National Observatory of Athens, NOA)
Project: TALOS
Date of issue: 25/06/2015
Application deadline: 02 July 2015
Among the primary objectives of this project (TALOS: Thunder and Lightning
Observing System) is to develop an operational tool for forecasting
lightning activity over Greece for the next 48-72 hours, based on parameters
forecasted by WRF model, the nowcasting of lightning activity, as well as
the study of relation between lightning, ground and satellite data.
The project is co-funded by the European Union (European Social Fund) and
the Greek State (national funds) under the "ARISTEIA II" Action of the
"OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING". The position offers
four (4) contracts of 2 or 3 month duration, see below for details),
starting in August 1st 2015 (with the condition of acceptance of the
project prolongation), at NOA's premises in the northern suburbs of Athens,
Greece.
Position (TALOS1): Post-Doc position with subject: "Additional work on the
application of weather prediction models in lightning forecasting", 3 month
duration, starting on August 1st 2015, with a total remuneration of 6.000
Euros.
Necessary qualifications and weighting factors for the selection of the best
candidate are:
. Experience in the use of numerical weather prediction models (40%)
. Experience in analysis of lightning detection network data (15%)
. Experience in the use of satellite data (10%)
. Perfect knowledge of English (10%)
. Perfect knowledge in working with Fortran and/or C in Linux/Unix
environment (25%)
Position (TALOS2): Post-Doc position with subject "Additional work on the
development of lightning nowcasting, 2 month duration, starting on August
1st 2015, with a total remuneration of 4.000 Euros.
Necessary qualifications and weighting factors for the selection of the best
candidate are:
. Experience in analysis of lightning detection network data (25%)
. Experience in the analysis of satellite data (40%)
. Perfect knowledge of English (10%)
. Perfect knowledge in working with Fortran and/or C in Linux/Unix
environment (25%)
Positions (TALOS3 and TALOS4): Two MSc. positions with subject "Additional
work on the on the analysis of lightning data and analysis of ground and
satellite observations", 3 month duration of each position, starting on
August 1st 2015, with a total remuneration of 4.690 Euros for each position.
Necessary qualifications and weighting factors for the selection of the best
candidate for TALOS 3 position are:
. Experience in analysis and archiving of ground and satellite
observations (50%)
. Good knowledge of English (10%)
. Perfect knowledge in working in IDL and/or MATLAB environment
(40%)
Necessary qualifications and weighting factors for the selection of the best
candidate for TALOS 4 position are:
. Experience in analysis and archiving of ground and satellite
observations (45%)
. Experience in analysis of data from numerical weather prediction
models (15%)
. Good knowledge of English (10%)
. Perfect knowledge in working in Linux/Unix environment (30%)
Interested candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae by 02 July 2015 to
Dr Kostas Lagouvardos ( <mailto:lagouvar@noa.gr> lagouvar@noa.gr)
The candidates can have access to the evaluation sheets of the candidates
within 10 days after the announcement of the selection results.
Dr. Kostas Lagouvardos
ResearchDirector
National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Environmental Research
Lofos Koufou, 15236-Penteli
Athens-Greece
Tel: 30 210 8109127, Fax: 30 210 8103236
e-mail: <mailto:lagouvar@meteo.noa.gr> lagouvar@meteo.noa.gr
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Dr. Kostas Lagouvardos
Research Director
National Observatory of Athens/Institute for Environmental Research
Lofos Koufou, 15236-Penteli, Athens, Greece
Tel: 30 210 8109127, Fax: 30 210 8103236
e-mail: lagouvar@meteo.noa.gr
ResearcherID: <http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-5683-2014>
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-5683-2014
Weather forecasts: http://www.noa.gr/forecast (in english)
or http://www.meteo.gr <http://www.meteo.gr/> (in greek)
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