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Today's Topics:
1. Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Ocean
Modelling or Ocean Engineering (Roger Brugge)
2. Geoscience Communication School (Roger Brugge)
3. CASE Ph.D. Studentship in ocean biogeochemistry at the
University of Oxford and Met Office (Samar Khatiwala)
4. PhD Position in Land Surface Modeling, Oslo, Norway
(Frode Stordal)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 12:25:41 +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] Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor
in Ocean Modelling or Ocean Engineering
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School of Energy and Environment
City University of Hong Kong
Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Ocean Modelling or Ocean Engineering
The School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong invites applications for a faculty position in ocean modelling or ocean engineering. The position is open rank and outstanding candidates will be considered for appointment as an assistant, associate or full professor. The appointment will begin in Fall 2016.
Applicants with expertise in any area of ocean modelling or ocean engineering are encouraged to apply. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: (i) marine energy; (ii) coastal engineering or
oceanography; (iii) near-surface ocean dynamics. Requirements include a PhD in ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, physical oceanography or a related field. Preference will be given to
candidates with a demonstrated ability to conduct interdisciplinary research that complements and builds on the School's existing strengths. A commitment to high-quality teaching at the undergraduate
and postgraduate levels is expected.
The application package should include a curriculum vitae, a statement of research accomplishments and interests, and a statement of teaching experience and philosophy. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The application should be submitted online at http://www.cityu.edu.hk/hro/en/job/current/academic.asp?ref=uac-d131. For further information about the School: <http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/see/index.htm> http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/see/index.htm. Informal inquiries may be addressed to Prof. Chak K. Chan, Dean, School of Energy and Environment, seedean@cityu.edu.hk<mailto:seedean@cityu.edu.hk>.
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:16:31 +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] Geoscience Communication School
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Geoscience Communication School
Castiglione del Lago (Perugia, Italy) 10-16 April 2016
The Geoscience Communication School GCS 2016 is supported by the European Geosciences Union (EGU<http://www.egu2015.eu/>), by the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) and by the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) and local organization is provided by island of meetings (iom).
Attending the school students will learn how to effectively convey important research results to a public of both experts and laypeople.
Students will learn how:
- to write scientific papers
- to structure poster and talks for conference presentation
- to write proposals at international level
- to communicate science to general public, students, and policymakers
- to communicate through art and laboratories
- to communicate through social networks and internet
Also students will receive coaching from experienced researchers (Marie Curie Alumni) and Euraxess experts on proposal and report drafting. Laboratory material and representatives of Italian Space Agency and European Space Agency (to be confirmed) will focus part of the school specifically to the Geosciences.
Being involved in science communication activities will allow the students to gain communication technical skills that will be useful in their wider lives and will remind the students that science is an heritage that needs to be shared as a part of our culture.
The school has the aim of offering overview and training of scientific communication skills in all its forms. The school will treat communication not only with an "educative aim" but also with a "scientific aim". The lecturers will therefore not only present an overview of science communication from a theoretical point of view, but also will offer practical activities on abstract/paper writing and poster editing, on proposal and report drafting, and on how to improve communication to policymakers. All the lectures will be accompained by laboratories and students will experience concrete activities: for example each student will present a poster at the beginning of the school and posters will be corrected and improved at the end applying what learned during the school; at the end of the school students will try to provide accurate but concise information about their science to the general public recording a short movie (famelab-like) which will be projected at the next EGU meeting in the EGU Cinema section.
15 EGU Grants, covering the registration fee, will be awarded to participants coming from developing countries.
Applications
The School is open to graduate students, PhD students and early career researchers.
All the info available at the website http://users.ictp.it/~rnoghero/training/geoscience_communication_school/<http://users.ictp.it/%7Ernoghero/training/geoscience_communication_school/>
Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/events/416805438503447/
Registration
http://www.islandofmeetings.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=151&lang=en
Dates
Registration deadline: 27 March 2016
Contacts
Rita Nogherotto: rnoghero@ictp.it<mailto:rnoghero@ictp.it>
School fees
- The school registration fee is 380€ including coffee breaks and teaching material.
- 15 grants offered by European Geosciences Union are available, covering the registration fee.
- Full board registration 800€, thanks to the agreement with the local hotels and restaurants we can offer a full board discounted arrangement depending on the accommodation (sharing room or single room), including accommodation in 3* hotel, breakfasts, lunches (buffet), dinners (first course, second course, side dish, fruit or dessert and drinks), coffee breaks, teaching material and excursion.
School Location
Castiglione del Lago (Perugia, Italy).
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 22:19:03 +0000
From: Samar Khatiwala <samar.khatiwala@earth.ox.ac.uk>
To: met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk
Subject: [Met-jobs] CASE Ph.D. Studentship in ocean biogeochemistry at
the University of Oxford and Met Office
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NERC Industrial CASE Ph.D. Studentship in the Department of Earth Sciences and Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford; the UK Met Office; and National
Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Title: Ocean Biogeochemical Optimisation in ESMs (OBOE)
Supervisors: Profs. Samar Khatiwala (Earth Sciences) and Coralia Cartis (Maths), University of Oxford; Prof. Colin Jones, NERC/Met Office; Drs. Andrew Yool and
Adrian Martin, NOCS
Start date: October 2016
Application deadline: 22 April, 2016
As one of the principal reservoirs of CO2, the ocean plays a crucial role in the carbon cycle and in regulating Earth's climate. Understanding and modelling
the interconnections between the ocean carbon cycle and climate is therefore critical for robust estimates of future climate change. A principal challenge in
this regard is the absence of well-established sets of equations governing the behavior of marine ecosystems, which play a key role in ocean carbon dynamics.
Consequently, fundamental processes, such as the formation and sinking of organic matter from the surface into the ocean interior are crudely parameterised.
Improving the representation of these processes in global ocean biogeochemical models, embedded within Earth System Models (ESMs) used to project future
climate change, is thus an important goal of current research and of this project in particular. Specifically, we seek to evaluate and improve the performance of
MEDUSA (Model of Ecosystem Dynamics, nutrient Utilisation, Sequestration and Acidification), the ocean biogeochemical model in the next generation Met Office/
NERC Earth system model (UKESM), currently under development. MEDUSA models the interaction between macro- and micro-nutrients, phytoplankton and carbon,
representing these processes through a range of parameterisations that include a number of key uncertain parameters. We seek to improve the underlying formulation
of these parameters to better represent available observational constraints.
To achieve this a number of challenges need to be addressed. First, because of the complex interaction between biogeochemistry and circulation, model sensitivities
vary both in space and time, as well as with respect to the model field (e.g., nutrients v primary production). Second, evaluating the performance of global
models is prohibitively expensive as every parameter change requires integrating the model for several thousand simulated years to equilibrium before the model can
be compared with observations. As a result there have been very few attempts at systematically optimising the performance of models such as MEDUSA. To overcome
this, the student will exploit a fast "offline" tracer simulation scheme and recently-developed mathematical optimisation techniques to optimise MEDUSA, a first for a
global biogeochemical model of this complexity, especially one used in a state-of-the-art ESM.
Key outcomes of this project include (1) an estimate of MEDUSA's sensitivity to various parameters and thus the relative importance of key processes that affect the
strength of the biological carbon pump; (2) an optimal set of parameters that minimizes the model-observation cost function built on several fields; and (3) a quantitative
assessment of the impact of parameter optimisation on key aspects of UKESM1-projected Earth system change, such as global climate sensitivity, marine carbon uptake and
the resulting biogeochemical state of the deep ocean.
This project brings together ocean biogeochemists, a mathematician and an Earth system modeller and the student will benefit from working actively with scientists from
several disciplines, including the UKESM model development core group. S/he will receive training in not only marine biogeochemical and Earth system modelling, but
also in high performance computing, numerical analysis and mathematical optimisation techniques with broad applicability in science and engineering. The student will
be affiliated with Oxford's NERC-funded Environmental Science Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) in Environmental Research and will thus benefit from courses offered
through the DTP as well as the Mathematical Institute.
Eligibility: UK/EU students with a good (2.1 or higher, or its equivalent) first degree in the natural sciences, maths or engineering and strong computing skills are
encouraged to apply.
Application process: To apply follow the instructions at http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/graduate_admissions. Informal inquiries may be directed to: Samar Khatiwala
(samar.khatiwala@earth.ox.ac.uk).
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:03:46 +0100
From: Frode Stordal <frode.stordal@geo.uio.no>
To: met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk
Cc: Ryan Bright <Ryan.Bright@nibio.no>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD Position in Land Surface Modeling, Oslo,
Norway
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The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO),Department of
Forest and Climate is seeking a PhD candidate to participate in a
research project that aims to better understand the role of boreal
forest management in the mitigation of climate change. He or she will
work as part of a multidisciplinary team to monitor forest management
processes that affect the exchange of matter and energy between the
surface and atmosphere, and to improve their representation in land
surface models employed in climate research. The candidate will be
enrolled in the PhD program at the University in Oslo (UiO) Department
of Geosciences.
The position-holder will help execute research on the links between
forest management and forest structure and on the physical processes and
mechanisms influencing climate at multiple scales. He or she will
contribute to the development of routines for integrating Norwegian
forest management into the Community Land Model (CLM) – the land surface
model employed in parallel research projects and in the Norwegian Earth
System Model (NorESM). Central to his/her responsibilities will be to
map historical and present day distributions of forest cover and
structure in Fennoscandinavia in formats and resolutions compatible with
CLM using information obtained from remote sensing and national forest
inventory systems. He or she will participate in the design and
implementation of regional climate modeling simulations, in the analyses
of their outcomes, and in the evaluation of the performance of the novel
forest management scheme developed in the project (as implemented in CLM).
The announcement of the position is posted at:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/121398/phd-position-in-land-surface-modeling
For more information, please contact:
Ryan Bright, NIBIO <Ryan.Bright@nibio.no>
Frode Stordal, UiO <frode.stordal@geo.uio.no>
Sincerely,
Frode Stordal
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