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Today's Topics:
1. Open post doc positions at KIT Campus Alpin in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Roger Brugge)
2. New Vacancy at ECMWF - IT Service Desk Associate (Roger Brugge)
3. VN open at EUMETSAT (Roger Brugge)
4. PhD Studentship at IGN-LAREG, University Paris Diderot
(France) (Roger Brugge)
5. Internship in Climatology | The Swiss Federal Office for
Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
(Jedrzej.Bojanowski@meteoswiss.ch)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:57:29 +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] Open post doc positions at KIT Campus Alpin in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL)
"Regional Climate Simulation Analysis"
Postdoc Position (12 months, 100%)
"Climate Monitoring and Station Maintenance"
Postdoc Position (12 months, 100%)
The Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, IMK-IFU) offers positions for two postdocs (m/f) in
Climate- and Hydrological Sciences
Starting date: as soon as possible
to strengthen the WASCAL team at the KIT Campus-Alpin in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Within the framework of the international project WASCAL (www.wascal.org<http://www.wascal.org>) funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the impact of climate- and land surface changes on hydrology, agriculture, biodiversity, and the livelihood of the population in West Africa is investigated. For this purpose, regional climate models and coupled modelling systems were developed and applied for high-resolution regional climate simulations and for the investigation of land-atmosphere interactions. A comprehensive observational network, consisting of automatic weather stations and state-of-the-art turbulent flux measurement towers were installed in southern Burkina Faso and northern Ghana. We are now seeking two motivated postdocs to join our team for the analysis and dissemination of the high-resolution regional climate simulation data and of the observational data collected in the region, as well as for the maintenance of our network of stations in the field. This research is performed in close cooperation with several universities and major research institutions in Germany, the Competence Centre of WASCAL in Ouagadougou and further local and trans-national partners in West Africa.
The Campus Alpin of the Institute of Meteorology and Climate research at KIT is located in the scenic environment of the Bavarian Alps in immediate vicinity of Germany's highest mountain, one hour south of Munich. In addition to an attractive work environment, both positions offer the chance to visit West Africa to work with local scientists and technicians, the ability to shape the future of WASCAL by contributing to the next research agenda, and a sound perspective for continuation.
Postdoc Position "Regional Climate Simulation Analysis"
The successful application will hold an excellent master and PhD degree in meteorology, hydrology, physics, mathematics, environmental science, environmental engineering or related subjects. Comprehensive knowledge in the application of regional climate models (e.g. WRF, CCLM or RegCM4) and in the statistical and graphical analysis of model data is essential. Extensive skills in PYTHON, shell scripting, statistical analysis tools (e.g. MATLAB, R), common data formats (netCDF, grib) and applications (NCO, CDO) in this context are expected. Proven experience in big data analysis and process automatization are a must. Fitness for the tropics, the ability to travel to and work in West Africa, a strong team spirit and perfect communication skills in English are required. Fluency in French is considered as an asset.
Postdoc Position "Climate Monitoring and Station Maintenance"
The successful applicant will hold an excellent master and PhD degree in meteorology, hydrology, physics, geo-ecology, environmental science, environmental engineering, geography or related subjects. Extensive knowledge of state-of-the-art measurement techniques in meteorology or hydrology and the analysis of observational data is expected. Sound experience in the installation and maintenance of meteorological stations, in Eddy-Covariance flux measurement techniques and in the development of operational systems for climate or hydrological monitoring are beneficial. Experience in PYTHON, shell scripting, statistical analysis tools (e.g. MATLAB or R) are required. Fitness for the tropics, the ability to travel to and work in West Africa, a strong team spirit and organisational talent, and perfect communication skills in English are required. Fluency in French is considered as an asset.
The positions remain open until suitable candidates have been selected. KIT/IMK-IFU strives to achieve gender balance at all levels of employment. We therefore particularly encourage female candidates to apply for this position. With appropriate qualifications, applications from handicapped persons will be treated with preference.
Contact
Please send your application by email to:
Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Campus Alpin
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU)
Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Phone: +49-8821-183208<tel:%2B49-8821-183208> Email: harald.kunstmann@kit.edu<mailto:harald.kunstmann@kit.edu>
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:58:35 +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] New Vacancy at ECMWF - IT Service Desk Associate
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The following vacancy was recently published on the ECMWF jobs pages:
VN16-16 – IT Service Desk Associate
Grade: B5
Category: STF-C
Closing date: 31 May 2016
For more information and to apply online, please visit our jobs pages:
http://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/jobs/jobs-ecmwf
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:17:35 +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] VN open at EUMETSAT
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Enclosed please find two new vacancy notices for which the Director General of EUMETSAT is inviting applications:
16/15 – Sentinel-5 Product Development Expert
It would be appreciated if you could ensure distribution of the vacancy notice within appropriate areas.
Applications in English or French should be sent via our online application tool<https://onlineapplication.eumetsat.int/>, attaching curriculum vitae and covering letter quoting the relevant VN reference.
Please note you also have the opportunity to subscribe to hear about EUMETSAT's latest vacancies as soon as they are open, via our mailing list<https://onlineapplication.eumetsat.int/views/user/subscribe.xhtml> or our RSS (see the top right hand corner of the vacancies<https://onlineapplication.eumetsat.int/> page) and Twitter<https://twitter.com/EUMETSAT> feeds.
Yours sincerely,
Candice Berrier Plater
Personnel Assistant
Personnel Division
EUMETSAT
Eumetsat-Allee 1
64295 Darmstadt
Germany
Tel: +4961518078971
Room 114
E-mail: Candice.Berrier@eumetsat.int<mailto:Candice.Berrier@eumetsat.int>
Web: www.eumetsat.int<http://www.eumetsat.int>
From: EUMETSAT Announcements
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 4:55 PM
To: EUMETSAT Announcements
Subject: New VNs Open
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Dear all,
EUMETSAT has opened two new vacancies:
The notices are attached for your information. They are also in the DM Tool and live on the website.
Please note you also have the opportunity to subscribe to hear about EUMETSAT's latest vacancies as soon as they are open, via our mailing list<https://onlineapplication.eumetsat.int/views/user/subscribe.xhtml> or our RSS (see the top right hand corner of the vacancies<https://onlineapplication.eumetsat.int/> page) and Twitter<https://twitter.com/EUMETSAT> feeds.
Best regards,
Candice
Candice Berrier Plater
Personnel Assistant
Personnel Division
EUMETSAT
Eumetsat-Allee 1
64295 Darmstadt
Germany
Tel: +4961518078971
Room 114
E-mail: Candice.Berrier@eumetsat.int<mailto:Candice.Berrier@eumetsat.int>
Web: www.eumetsat.int<http://www.eumetsat.int>
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:39:05 +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] PhD Studentship at IGN-LAREG, University Paris
Diderot (France)
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Forwarded from CLIMLIST...
PhD Studentship on "Development of new homogenisation methods for
atmospheric GNSS data. Application to the study of climate variability."
Supervisors:
Dr. Habil. Olivier BOCK (IGN)
Dr. Emilie LEBARBIER (AgroParisTech)
Hosting institution: IGN - LAREG, University Paris Diderot, 35 rue
Hélène Brion, 75013 Paris, France
Application deadline: May 31th 2016
Project description:
Long records of observational data are essential to climate research.
Space geodetic techniques such as GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite
Systems) provide observations of tropospheric delays and integrated
water vapour for more than 20 years. However, similar to every observing
system, the global GNSS data are affected by temporal inhomogeneities
due to changes in the instruments (sensors, processing software,
measurement practice, etc.) or in measurement conditions (relocations of
instrument, change in the electromagnetic environment of the antenna,
etc.). The inhomogeneities manifest usually as artificial shifts in the
time series which can lead to erroneous interpretation as a climate
signal. It is crucial to detect and correct the inhomogeneities in long
GNSS time series before they can be used faithfully to assess climate
change and variability. The detection of artificial shift in time series
is complex because not all instrumental changes are actually documented
in logsheets, some shifts are not due to instrumental changes but to
changes in measurement conditions, and the number of stations in
continuously increasing. As a consequence, only automatic statistical
homogenisation methods can be reasonably be used. New homogenisation
methods need to be developed to account for the statistical properties
of GNSS data.
The goals of this PhD are:
(1) to comprehensively characterize the GNSS tropospheric data (zenith
delays, gradients, and integrated water vapour) available for different
domains and periods (from regional to global); (2) model the data by
proper stochastic models and infer the optimal detection and estimation
procedures (e.g. using maximum likelihood) and implement rapid and exact
algorithms. Therefore, the methodology used by AgroParisTech for
molecular biology will be applied to develop new, innovative,
homogenisation methods for GNSS tropospheric data. The model and methods
will be tested on the basis of simulation benchmarks and compared to
more traditional approaches.
(3) Apply the algorithms on real GNSS data and use the homogenized data
to analyse the water vapour trends and variability and to validate
regional and global climate model simulations (e.g. CORDEX, CMIP5).
Collaborative framework:
This work will take place in a broad collaborative framework developed
in France between IGN and AgroParisTech and in Europe in the framework
of the COST Action ES1206 (GNSS4SWEC).
Contact for informal enquiries: Dr Olivier Bock (<Olivier.Bock@ign.fr>)
Eligibility:
Applicants for a studentship must have obtained, or be about to obtain,
a Master 2 degree or higher in sciences (mathematics, physics), if
possible specialized in geodesy and/or climatology, and with good skills
in statistics and computer programming. Good communication skills are
essential too as the candidate will join a collaborative project between
several research institutions in France and in Europe.
The three-year studentship is expected to start between 1st September
2016 and 1st December 2016 and will benefit from a stipend of 1680 € per
month during three years. The stipend can include an additional mission
of teaching, dissemination of scientific and technical information,
valuation, or expertise. In that case the stipend is raised to 2020 €
per month.
Application procedures:
Please send your application to <Olivier.bock@ign.fr> and
<emilie.lebarbier@agroparistech.fr>
The applications should clearly identify the title of the project and
include the following documents:
• CV (including any publications)
• Covering letter (outlining your academic interests, prior research
experience and reasons for wishing to undertake this project)
• Transcript (this should be an interim transcript if you are still
studying)
• Reference letter from Master study manager.
• References from recognized personalities in the scientific field
are welcome (the references can be emailed direct to <Olivier.Bock@ign.fr>)
The closing date for applications is midnight Wednesday 31 May 2016.
Interviews are expected to take place in June. Decisions made by
Admission Committee will be communicated by 1st July 2016.
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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 07:24:33 +0000
From: <Jedrzej.Bojanowski@meteoswiss.ch>
To: <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Internship in Climatology | The Swiss Federal
Office for Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
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The Swiss Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss is the Swiss National Weather Service. We record and forecast weather and climate in Switzer-land and thus make a sustainable contribution to the well-being of the community and to the benefit of industry, science and the environment.
We are looking for an intern for the duration of at least 4 months within the Climate Division, preferably from June 2016 or after agreement:
INTERNSHIP CLIMATOLOGY 80-100%
JOB DESCRIPTION
Throughout your placement you'll be supporting ESA's international Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Cloud Project. The CCI Cloud project is making use of satellite data to generate long-term cloud climate data records (http://www.esa-cloud-cci.org/).You will be working with experts from MeteoSwiss to define and test a new set of satellite-based climate indices on cloud cover by applying basic statistical methods to a set of long-term cloud climate data. The tasks also involve carrying out an international user consultation to define requirements and publishing the climate indices for specified user groups. You will have the opportunity to join MeteoSwiss regular climate seminars and to get exciting insights in different fields of applied climate research.
QUALIFICATIONS
Current or recent post graduate/graduate student from all disciplines of Nature Sciences with knowledge in climatology are encouraged to apply. In addition we require:
- Programming skills in R
- Courses in statistics
- Highly motivated and team-oriented person
WE OFFER
We offer a paid internship in an international team at the MeteoSwiss Office Zurich Airport.
If you are interested in the above internship opportunity, please send your CV and a motivation letter until 15 May 2016 to reto.stoeckli@meteoswiss.ch. For more information please contact Mrs. Anke Duguay-Tetzlaff, tel. +41 58 460 96 45, anke.tetzlaff@meteoswiss.ch.
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