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Today's Topics:
1. PhD or Postdoc Position at KU Leuven (Belgium): Soil Moisture
Data Assimilation (Gabrielle De Lannoy)
2. Two current vacancies at the Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
(Roger Brugge)
3. Hydroclimate Scientist at the Pacific Climate Impacts
Consortium (Canada) (Roger Brugge)
4. Two Post-Doctoral Positions at Scripps Institution of
Oceanography (USA) (Roger Brugge)
5. PhD or Postdoctoral Position at ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
(Roger Brugge)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:18:27 +0200
From: Gabrielle De Lannoy <gabrielle.delannoy@kuleuven.be>
To: met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD or Postdoc Position at KU Leuven (Belgium):
Soil Moisture Data Assimilation
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PhD or Postdoc Position in Satellite-Based Data Assimilation for Soil
Moisture Estimation
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Our team: http://ees.kuleuven.be/bwb/index.html
Soil moisture is a key variable in the water, energy and carbon cycle
over land. The objective of this project is to merge large-scale land
surface simulations with satellite-based microwave observations from the
ESA Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and NASA Soil Moisture Active
Passive (SMAP) missions, using an advanced data assimilation scheme
which corrects for both the random and persistent errors in soil
moisture estimates. The improved soil moisture time series will help
enhancing subsequent predictions of flooding, landslides, soil and
vegetation carbon, deeper groundwater and the atmospheric boundary layer.
We are searching for an enthusiastic researcher with a keen interest in
land surface processes to implement advances to a global land surface
data assimilation system. You will be part of the Department of Earth
and Environmental Sciences, Division Soil and Water Management, at the
KU Leuven (Belgium), working under the supervision of prof. dr. ir.
Gabrielle De Lannoy.
Profile
==========
- Master (for PhD position) or PhD (for postdoc position) degree in
Hydrology, Civil or Environmental Engineering, Meteorology, Remotely
Sensed Earth Observation, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Sciences, or
equivalent
- Experience with data-processing applications such as Matlab/Python,
IDL,GrADS, R, or other; interest in (for PhD position) or strong
experience with (for postdoc position) programming and scientific computing
- Excellent motivation and grades
- Creative, critical, analytical and innovative mindset
- Ability to work independently
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
Offer
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- For PhD position: PhD scholarship for 4 years; support and training to
PhD students through the Arenberg Doctoral School
(https://set.kuleuven.be/phd)
- For postdoc position: 2-year position with a competitive salary;
support in career development
- Multi-disciplinary and international professional environment
- Leuven is a charming historical university town, located in the heart
of Western Europe
Interested?
==========
Applicants should submit their resume, along with a motivation letter
and two names for possible references on-line. The starting date is
October 1, 2016. For more information please contact prof. dr. ir.
Gabrielle De Lannoy, tel.: +32 16 37 67 13, mail:
gabrielle.delannoy@kuleuven.be.
You can apply for this job no later than September 01, 2016 via the
online application tool :
http://www.kuleuven.be/eapplyingforjobs/light/53807202
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:16:55 +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] Two current vacancies at the Cyprus Institute,
Cyprus
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Two current vacancies at the Cyprus Institute, Cyprus:
Computational Scientist (CaSToRC_CS_16_04):
http://jobboard.cyi.ac.cy/?q=node/248
Computational Scientist (CaSToRC_CS_16_03)
http://jobboard.cyi.ac.cy/?q=node/247
Sossanna Andreou
Administrative Assistant/HR
THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE – 20 Konstantinou Kavafi Street, 2121 Aglantzia, P. O. Box 27456, CY-1645 Nicosia, Cyprus
www.cyi.ac.cy
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:19:33 +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] Hydroclimate Scientist at the Pacific Climate
Impacts Consortium (Canada)
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Forwarded from CLIMLIST...
Hello,
PCIC is seeking to hire Hydroclimate Scientist. Closing Date: continue
until suitable candidates are found.
The Hydroclimate Scientist works as part of a multi-disciplinary team to
study the impacts of climate variability and change on hydrology within
the Pacific and Yukon Region of Canada.
Application: Please send your application including a cover letter,
CV, and three professional references to Markus Schnorbus,
climate@uvic.ca <mailto:climate@uvic.ca>, with "ATTN: Hydroclimate
Scientist" in the subject line. Please indicate whether you are
legally able to work in Canada. All qualified candidates are encouraged
to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Review of applicants will start August 15th, 2016 and continue until
suitable candidates are found.
Valerie Acosta
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)
University House 1 | PO Box 3060 STN CSC
University of Victoria | Victoria BC Canada V8W 3R4
http://www.PacificClimate.org
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:20:39 +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] Two Post-Doctoral Positions at Scripps Institution
of Oceanography (USA)
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Forwarded from CLIMLIST...
Two Post-Doctoral Positions
Available at the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E)
Part of UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Location: La Jolla, CA.
Deadline: Positions are available immediately. Applications will be
considered until positions are filled. Preference will be given to
applications received by 31 July 2016
Number of new positions available: 2
The Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, (CW3E; cw3e.ucsd.edu
<http://cw3e.ucsd.edu>) is a research and applications center
established in 2013 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography by its
Director, Dr. F. Martin Ralph. CW3E focuses on the physical
understanding, observations, weather predictions, seasonal outlooks and
climate projections of extreme weather and water events to support
effective policies and practices to improve resilience in the Western
U.S. Funding for this set of Postdoctoral positions is in place from
several federal, state and local agencies, with a major emphasis on the
unique science and applications needs associated with water supply and
flood risk in the Western United States. CW3E carries out its goals
with a diverse network of research and operational partners at more than
ten other institutions across the U.S. Individuals will be joining a
group of several existing Postdoctoral scholars and graduate students,
and a number of experienced faculty, researchers and staff at Scripps
who are involved with CW3E.
Per normal Postdoctoral appointment policies, all positions are
envisioned as being initially for 1-year, with extension possible
contingent upon performance and availability of funding. The University
of California, San Diego is an AA/EOE.
Interested individuals are encouraged to submit their resumes and a
1-page statement of relevant personal interests, goals, range of
potential start dates and references.These should be sent to the person
listed below as the "position coordinator" for the position you are
interested in.
Applicants should have 0-2 years of Postdoctoral experience, or be
nearing completion of their Ph.D. (estimated within 3 months), and be
self-motivated and hard-working.Good written and verbal communication
skills, including the ability to produce scientific publications and
presentations and meet project milestones are required.Strong analytical
backgrounds with a Ph.D. in atmospheric science, meteorology,
atmospheric chemistry, climate science, hydrology or environmental
engineering is preferred.Programming experience working in a Unix
environment with experience in scripting languages such as Python, Perl,
R and Matlab along with true programming language experience in C and
Fortran is highly desired. Successful applicants should be comfortable
independently working with large code libraries and producing novel
visualizations.Experience with GIS-based mapping tools is also desired.
Position 1: Data Assimilation (CW3E position coordinator – Dr. Bruce
Cornuelle; bdc@ucsd.edu <mailto:bdc@ucsd.edu>)
CW3E seeks a Postdoctoral researcher to work with local experts to use
data assimilation tools with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)
regional weather model to produce and analyze hindcasts and forecasts of
Atmospheric River (AR) precipitation along the US West Coast. The goals
are to understand and improve the model physics and parameterizations,
improve forecasts, explore sensitivities, quantify uncertainty, identify
the impacts of observations, and optimize sampling.
CW3E intends to unify model evaluation, improvement, and delayed-mode
and real time data assimilation and forecasting, using the assimilation
to provide information on model biases, initialization shortcomings,
error sources and growth, and the limits of predictability. The project
will use two advanced methods already implemented in WRF: the Data
Assimilation Research Testbed (DART), an open-source community facility,
and at least the adjoint component of WRF-4DVAR. Implementation and
testing of these data assimilation methods will focus on monitoring and
predicting key aspects of ARs, including the role of mesoscale frontal
waves.Assimilation of ground-based measurements from the Western US
network of wind profiling radars, snow-level radars and GPS-met
measurements will be a priority.The project will also evaluate the
efficacy of offshore airborne reconnaissance methods using manned and
unmanned aircraft. The ideal candidate will have experience with modern
data assimilation methods and strong computing skills (including Fortran
and Matlab). The candidate should have demonstrated ability to
independently produce new algorithms and successfully integrate them
with existing large code libraries. Experience with WRF is desired but
not required.
Position 4: Forward chemical transport model-based methods for
estimating GHG emissions in Southern California(CW3E position
coordinator – Dr. Andrew Martin; mc@ucsd.edu <mailto:mc@ucsd.edu>)
CW3E seeks a Postdoctoral researcher to design, implement and validate a
high-resolution forward chemical transport modeling system that can be
fully integrated with inverse emissions estimates and directly compared
to weather observations and in-situ trace gas measurements. Work will be
conducted in collaboration with numerical weather prediction and trace
atmospheric measurements experts at Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the National Institute for Standards
and Technology.
The selected candidate will collaborate with CW3E and other Scripps
researchers on projects focusing on forward trace gas modeling with the
WRF/CHEM regional chemical transport model, gas measurement network
design and analysis, and forward model meteorology and gas concentration
validation. Under the direction of project personnel, the successful
candidate will develop a high-resolution WRF/CHEM configuration that
accurately models trace gas accumulation, chemical change, transport,
and removal (the forward modeling system), will analyze the suitability
of trace gas measurements and the forward modeling system under
challenging meteorological scenarios and will validate chemical and
meteorological forecasts using direct measurements. The candidate will
have the opportunity to participate in inverse modeling studies for
source quantification, for which inverse modeling experience may be
valuable.The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to
present results at major conferences and will be expected to publish
results in a peer-reviewed journal as first author.
Julie Kalansky, Ph.D.
California-Nevada Applications Program (CNAP)
Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive Department 0224
La Jolla, CA 92093-0224
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:21:52 +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 or Postdoctoral Position at ETH Zurich
(Switzerland)
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Forwarded from CLIMLIST...
The group for land-climate dynamics at the Institute for Atmospheric
and Climate Sciences, ETH Zürich, has an opening within the ERC
Consolidator Grant DROUGHT-HEAT project (www.drought-heat.ethz.ch
<http://www.drought-heat.ethz.ch/>) for a
PhD or Postdoctoral Position in atmospheric/climate science
(land-climate dynamics, climate change attribution)
The project aims at improving the understanding of land-climate
processes that determine the occurrence of extreme events, with a focus
on droughts and heatwaves.
For the third phase of the project we are seeking a PhD (3 years) or
Postdoctoral (2 years) candidate. The position will focus on the
assessment of the role of land-climate interactions for the attribution
of recent drought and heatwaves, as well as trends in these events.
The investigations will be based on 1) simulations with a
state-of-the-art Earth System Model (CESM, www2.cesm.ucar.edu
<http://www2.cesm.ucar.edu/>) and 2) the analysis of newest
observational datasets. Collaborations with other modeling groups are
planned, in particular building upon the EU-FP7 EUCLEIA project
(http://eucleia.eu <http://eucleia.eu/>). A focus of the project is to
disentangle the role of atmospheric circulation patterns vs regional
land conditions and feedbacks for the occurrence of droughts and
heatwaves under enhanced greenhouse gas concentrations.
The desired qualifications are: Master or PhD degree in climate and/or
environmental sciences, physics, statistics, computational sciences or a
closely related discipline; experience with a higher programming
language (e.g. R, Matlab); fluency in English; good communication
skills; interest in land-climate dynamics and climate extremes research.
Previous experience in climate modeling or climate statistics is of
advantage.
For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Sonia I. Seneviratne
at sonia.seneviratne@ethz.ch <mailto:sonia.seneviratne@ethz.ch> (no
application documents) and/or visit our website
www.iac.ethz.ch/groups/seneviratne
<http://www.iac.ethz.ch/groups/seneviratne>.
We are looking forward to receive your online application:
<https://apply.refline.ch/845721/4776/pub/1/index.html>
Please send it to: ETH Zurich, Human Resources, Mr. Olivier Meyrat,
CH-8092 Zurich.
Reviewing of the applications will start on July 20, 2016, and will
continue until the position is filled. The position start is planned for
September/October 2016, although a later date is possible under
particular circumstances. ETH Zurich is an equal opportunity and family
friendly employer. We specifically encourage women to apply.
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ETH Zurich
Prof. Sonia I. Seneviratne
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
CHN N11, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
http://www.iac.ethz.ch/people/sonia
Personal assistant: Barbara Aellig, barbara.aellig@env.ethz.ch
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