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Today's Topics:
1. Job opportunity: Wind storm modeller (Richard Dawson)
2. Announcement: EOS-COST School on Data Assimilation and Data
Analysis Methods - CMCC Italy, April 2016 (Eleonora Romano)
3. Urban Climate Research Technician Opportunity
(Lee Chapman (Geography))
4. PhD opportunities at Leeds-York NERC DTP - Deadline January
11th (Martyn Chipperfield)
5. Coastal flooding PhD studentship available at University of
Southampton, UK (Brown S.)
6. Research fellow, University of Leeds (Roger Brugge)
7. Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Atmospheric science -
Assistant Professor Level (jian.du@louisville.edu)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:51:53 +0000
From: Richard Dawson <richard.dawson@newcastle.ac.uk>
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Job opportunity: Wind storm modeller
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Dear All,
Please see below an exciting opportunity for a research post on wind storm modelling. Although employed by Newcastle University (UK), the post is hosted by the Met Office in Exeter (UK).
Best
Richard
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D30929R - Research Associate (Wind Storm Hazard Modeller)
Application form can be accessed here:
http://tinyurl.com/gox2feu
or via the University's job vacancy site:
https://vacancies.ncl.ac.uk
Salary: £28,982 to £30,738 (with progression to £37,768)
Closing Date: 18 January 2016
An exciting research post is now available for a suitably motivated and qualified candidate to develop new insights into climate change impacts on wind storms in the NERC STRAIN (STorm Risk Assessment of Interdependent infrastructure Networks) project. You will be employed by Newcastle University but be based at the Met Office Hadley Centre in Exeter in the Understanding Regional Climate Change team led by Dr. Elizabeth Kendon.
In STRAIN, you will investigate wind fields over the UK from the unique CONVEX very high resolution (1.5km) climate model outputs to analyse changes in extreme wind intensity and direction, and compare them to standard models. This will inform the development of wind storm loading functions that are applied by other STRAIN project researchers to analyse risks to electricity networks.
You may come from a science, engineering, maths, geography background. You will hold a PhD and or equivalent research experience, and have previous experience in the analysis of climate model outputs. In addition to having a strong technical background, you will have good interpersonal skills and the ability to combine independent thinking with being part of a multi-disciplinary team.
This post is available fixed term for 12 months
Professor Hayley Fowler (research post line manager) or Professor Richard Dawson (STRAIN project Principal Investigator)
Hayley.fowler@ncl.ac.uk or Richard.dawson@ncl.ac.uk
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ceg/research/water/index.htm
www.ncl.ac.uk/ceser
The School holds a bronze Athena SWAN award in addition to the University's bronze Athena SWAN award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality, and the University holds the HR Excellence in Research award for our work to support the career development of our researchers. We are also a member of the Euraxess network.
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Professor Richard Dawson
Director, Centre for Earth Systems Engineering Research (CESER)
School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Room 3.19: Cassie Building, Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
Tel: +44(0)191 208 6618
www.ncl.ac.uk/ceg/staff/profile/richard.dawson
www.ncl.ac.uk/ceser/
@nclceser
www.ibuild.ac.uk - Infrastructure Research Centre
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 13:21:10 +0100
From: Eleonora Romano <eleonora.romano@cmcc.it>
To: met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk
Subject: [Met-jobs] Announcement: EOS-COST School on Data Assimilation
and Data Analysis Methods - CMCC Italy, April 2016
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*The EU COST Action "Evaluation of Ocean Syntheses" (EOS) is organizing a
training school on data assimilation and data analysis techniques from 4
to 15 April 2016 in Lecce (Italy).******In the fields of oceanography, meteorology and climatology, the data
analysis and data assimilation techniques combine in an optimal way
different data sets, possibly using dynamical constraints defined by
numerical models. ****The EOS-COST DAAM School will provide training in fundamental
methodology, standard techniques and several state of the art
applications. ****Theoretical lectures will be followed by practical exercises. The school
will cover Bayesian, variational and ensemble techniques, and will
present applications with operational systems and climatological data
analysis.******Topics******Fundamentals of combining physical data in an optimal way****Bayesian and Ensemble methods****Variational methods****Hybrid methods (ensemble + variational)****Reduced order methods****Optimal interpolation****Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis (DIVA)****Application of DIVA******Further information about the School and the application procedure can
be found in the attached flyer or visiting the website:
http://www.cmcc.it/applications/eos-cost-school-on-data-assimilation-and-data-analysis-methods-eos-cost-daam******Application deadline: February 17 2016.******Contact and information: **daam@cmcc.it *
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Eleonora Romano
Fondazione CMCC
Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce
Tel +39 0832 671041
eleonora.romano@cmcc.it - www.cmcc.it
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Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 15:30:51 +0000
From: "Lee Chapman (Geography)" <L.Chapman@bham.ac.uk>
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Urban Climate Research Technician Opportunity
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The team at the University of Birmingham have spent a number of years investigating new and innovative ways in which to measure the urban climate. The result has been the Birmingham Urban Climate Laboratory which was established as an exemplar network to meet the demand for urban observations in the canopy layer. It comprises of an array of 84 wireless air 'Internet of Things' temperature sensors nested within a coarser array of 24 automatic weather stations.
A new research project now seeks to extend the network by making high resolution measurements in the boundary layer. This will be achieved by the use of Biotelemetry/bio-aerial-platforms as a novel and practicable solution to the data paucity above rooftop height. The project will develop a suite of Avian-Meteorology-Instrument Packages (initially measuring temperature and wind) for deployment in Birmingham as a suitably large and heterogeneous test case.
The applicant will be responsible for the continued routine maintenance of surface weather monitoring equipment across the Birmingham conurbation and will also extensively contribute to the development of the Avian-Meteorology-Instrument Packages and associated field data collection and processing. The post-holder will also be responsible for the organisation, quality and provision of weather data to staff, students and external organisations.
The project calls for an individual with significant experience of working with weather monitoring equipment and data. A knowledge of dataloggers, communications (e.g. WiFi protocols) and programming (e.g. Matlab or R) is desirable, as is a general interest in urban climatology. A degree or higher degree in Climatology or other relevant subject in the physical sciences or engineering is considered essential, but suitable work experience will also be taken into account.
More details are available here:
http://tinyurl.com/oqqwxbe
Informal enquiries to Dr Lee Chapman:
l.chapman@bham.ac.uk
Dr Lee Chapman
Reader in Climate Resilience & Enterprising Birmingham Fellow
Director of Knowledge Transfer
College of Life and Environmental Sciences
a: School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
B15 2TT, UK
e: l.chapman@bham.ac.uk
w: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gees/chapman-lee.aspx
t: ++44 (0)121 414 7435
f: ++44 (0)121 414 5528
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 10:56:10 +0000
From: Martyn Chipperfield <M.Chipperfield@leeds.ac.uk>
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD opportunities at Leeds-York NERC DTP -
Deadline January 11th
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*** Please note imminent deadline ***
The NERC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) at the Universities of
Leeds and York (SPHERES) is currently advertising PhD projects for 2016.
Around 28 studentships are available for students starting in October 2016.
The studentships provide full funding (fees, stipend, research costs, etc.) and
all are available to UK students. A limited number of full studentships
could alternatively be offered to non-UK EU students.
Proposed projects include a wide range of atmospheric science topics
spanning meterology, atmospheric chemistry, climate dynamics, clouds and aerosols.
The DTP also offers projects covering geology, geophysics and the science of the biosphere.
Please see www.nercdtp.leeds.ac.uk for details of all projects and
information on how to apply.
The deadline for applications is January 11, 2016.
For further information please email Prof. Martyn Chipperfield
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Prof. Martyn Chipperfield Tel: (44) 113 343 6459
School of Earth and Environment Fax: (44) 113 343 5259
University of Leeds Email: m.chipperfield@leeds.ac.uk
Leeds LS2 9JT www.see.leeds.ac.uk/people/m.chipperfield
U.K.
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 10:49:17 +0000
From: "Brown S." <sb20@soton.ac.uk>
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Coastal flooding PhD studentship available at
University of Southampton, UK
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Hello
The Faculty of Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton has the following PhD studentship advertised supervised by Dr Sally Brown, Prof James Davey and Prof Robert Nicholls. The studentship is open to UK / EU students only and is fully-funded by a Leverhulme Trust doctoral scholarship. Closing date is 4th February. Please feel free to forward to anyone who you may feel is interested.
Sally
What are the social equity challenges for coastal flood adaptation and insurance in terms of engineering and legal issues facing private dwellings?
Coastal flooding is set to increase under sea-level rise unless adaptation is undertaken. However, only 64% of UK householders have building insurance and so have the possibility to claim against flooding. This is concerning, most particularly as it is most likely that those in lower income householders are not insured. Following change in legislation, insurance premiums are caped according to council tax banding, plus an additional levy on all household insurance. However, council tax bands do not reflect income, particularly at a regional level. This PhD aims to question issues surrounding the social equity of flooding and government/institutional response by asking the following questions:
1. Where are large housing developments being built in flood prone areas post 2009 and why?
2. How can risks be reduced through greater preparedness in low income areas?
3. What level of Council Tax do flood prone homes have?
4. What are the social trade-offs and legislative issues relating to insurance?
5. Can insurance offer incentives for risk reduction, including those in lower income properties?
We would like to recruit an excellent student, with at least a 2:1, and preferably with a Master's degree. The successful candidate should have a strong multi-disciplinary background and an ability to learn legislative and engineering issues, but also present results in a geographically interesting way to increase impact (e.g. maps). This could be a student from engineering, earth science or geography. The ability to understand legislative issues and/or manipulate big data in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) would be an advantage.
The fully-funded studentship (fees and stipend) is open to UK/EU students only. Please enclose a cover letter (stating your nationality), CV and proof of English Language ability (if required) with your application. The successful candidate would be expected to participate in the Leverhulme Trust's Doctoral Training scheme at the University, who fund this research, and undertake additional training in a different discipline if necessary. For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Dr Sally Brown. Closing date: 4th February. Interview date: 2nd March.
If you wish to discuss any details of the project informally, please contact Dr Sally Brown, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment Email: sb20@soton.ac.uk<mailto:sb20@soton.ac.uk>, Tel: +44 (0) 2380 59 4796.
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Dr Sally Brown
Faculty of Engineering and the Environment
University of Southampton
University Road
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
+44(0)2380 594796
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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 11:11:08 +0000
From: "Roger Brugge" <r.brugge@reading.ac.uk>
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Research fellow, University of Leeds
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Research Fellow: Development of a new microfluidics instrument to measure the concentration of atmospheric ice nucleating particles at the University of Leeds (Ben Murray)
We seek an ambitious individual to develop a new microfluidics instrument for the detection and quantification of atmospheric ice nucleating particles. This project is part of a large €2.7 M European Research Council Consolidator fellowship led by Dr Ben Murray, which is focused on quantifying the concentration of ice nucleating particles in remote marine locations. This builds on our recent work which shows that there is a biogenic marine source of INPs (Wilson et al. Nature, 2015<http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v525/n7568/abs/nature14986.html>). This study highlights the need for instruments which are capable of making semi-autonomous measurements of INP concentrations with very high sample statistics and low detection limits.
Your primary role will be to use your microfluidics expertise to develop a novel microfluidics device for quantifying INP. This will involve working with Dr Jung-uk Shim, a microfluidics expert based in Physics in Leeds. You will also be embedded within the Ice Nucleation group in the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science. Part of this project will involve taking the new instrument into the field, in close collaboration with the other group members, in order test it and also produce much needed datasets.
You will have an experimental PhD (or close to submission) in some field of Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Engineering, or a related discipline. You will also have experience in design and construction of microfluidics lab-on-a-chip devices as well as the ability to use drawing tools such as AutoCAD for the design of microfluidics devices.
Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Ben Murray email: b.j.murray@leeds.ac.uk<mailto:b.j.murray@leeds.ac.uk> tel: +44 (0)113 34 32887 or
Dr Jung-uk Shim, email: j.shim@leeds.ac.uk<mailto:j.shim@leeds.ac.uk> tel: +44 (0)113 34 33903
A link to the full job description can be found at the bottom of this page: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ENVEE1091
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 19:53:44 +0000
From: jian.du@louisville.edu
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Subject: [Met-jobs] Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Atmospheric
science - Assistant Professor Level
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The Departments of Physics & Astronomy and Geography & Geoscience at the University of Louisville invite applications for a tenure-track position in atmospheric science at the Assistant Professor level, beginning Fall 2016. This is a joint appointment for which we seek a person who will thrive in an interdisciplinary setting and develop an externally funded research program in the broad area of tropospheric processes, including but not limited to mesoscale field studies, severe weather, urban climatology or climate-land dynamics, with proven skills in integrated-system approaches. In addition, the successful candidate will develop and teach courses that support our GS-1340 undergraduate program, such as a course on severe weather, and help expand undergraduate and graduate-level offerings in both departments. The choice of primary department will be made in consultation with the Dean. A Ph.D. in a relevant discipline is required. Please visit the website www.louisville.edu/jobs<http://www.louisville.edu/jobs>to apply and upload the application package using posting number 32470. The application must contain a cover letter, CV, a research plan and teaching interests; please also arrange for 3 recommendation letters and college transcripts to be sent to: Atmospheric Science Search Committee, Attn: Prof. T. Dowling, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA (Email: tedowl01@exchange.louisville.edu<mailto:tedowl01@exchange.louisville.edu>). The application deadline is February 19, 2016. The University of Louisville is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, Americans with Disabilities Employer, committed to diversity and in that spirit, seeks applications from a broad variety of candidates.
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