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Today's Topics:
1. University of Cambridge: Lecturer in Climate Modelling
(Howard Jones)
2. PhD studentship at the University of Exeter, UK --
Statistical post-processing of forecast ensembles (Frank Kwasniok)
3. Barcelona Supercomputing Center: new opportunity (Emanuele Zanchi)
4. 1 postdoc/senior scientist and 2 doctoral researcher
positions in cloud physics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
Germany (Corinna Hoose)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 18:41:35 +0100
From: Howard Jones <hrnj1@cam.ac.uk>
To: met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk
Subject: [Met-jobs] University of Cambridge: Lecturer in Climate
Modelling
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The University of Cambridge is recruiting a University Lecturer in Climate Modelling.
Full details are to be found at:
http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/11775/
Closing date: November 30th 2016
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Dr Howard Jones
Academic Secretary
Department of Chemistry
Lensfield Road
Cambridge
CB2 1EW
Tel: +44 (0)1223 336068
E-mail: hrnj1@cam.ac.uk <mailto:hrnj1@cam.ac.uk>
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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 06:39:23 +0100
From: Frank Kwasniok <F.Kwasniok@exeter.ac.uk>
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD studentship at the University of Exeter, UK --
Statistical post-processing of forecast ensembles
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Exeter Climate Systems (XCS)
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences
University of Exeter, UK
We are inviting applications for a fully-funded PhD studentship.
Project:
"Statistical post-processing of ensemble forecasts of extreme weather
events"
This project is funded as a NERC Industrial CASE Studentship with the
Met Office as CASE partner; it is not in competition with other PhD
projects at the University of Exeter.
Candidates should have an interest in the application of mathematics and
statistics to problems in weather and climate science; prior knowledge
in numerical weather prediction and statistical post-processing is not
necessary.
Main supervisor: Dr Frank Kwasniok (University of Exeter)
Co-supervisors: Dr Chris Ferro (University of Exeter)
Prof Jonathan Rougier (University of Bristol)
Dr Gavin Evans (Met Office)
Start date: This studentship is available immediately and needs to
start by March 2017.
Duration: Four years
Application deadline: Sunday 13 November 2016
All information can be found at:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=1925
Enquiries: Dr Frank Kwasniok (F.Kwasniok@exeter.ac.uk)
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Dr Frank Kwasniok
Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences
University of Exeter
Harrison Building
North Park Road
Exeter EX4 4QF
United Kingdom
E-mail: F.Kwasniok@exeter.ac.uk
Web: http://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/fk206/
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:10:36 +0200
From: "Emanuele Zanchi" <emanuele.zanchi@bsc.es>
To: <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Barcelona Supercomputing Center: new opportunity
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Dear all,
At the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, the Spanish National Center of Supercomputing we are looking for an Atmospheric Composition scientist <https://www.bsc.es/about-bsc/employment/vacancies/156escesatmcompeng> support engineer that will join our Earth Sciences Department. If interested, have a look to the details of our vacancy below:
About BSC
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is a hosting member of the PRACE European distributed supercomputing infrastructure. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 460 staff from 44 countries.
Context and Mission
Within the Earth Sciences Department of Barcelona Supercomputing Center, led by Prof Francisco Doblas-Reyes, the Atmospheric Composition (AC) group aims at better understanding and predicting the spatiotemporal variations of atmospheric pollutants along with their effects upon air quality, weather and climate. In parallel, the Computational Earth Sciences (CES) group is a multidisciplinary team with different IT profiles that interacts closely with all the other groups of the Department. The group provides help and guidance to the scientists with the technical issues relating to their work and develops a framework for the most efficient use of HPC resources.
The AC group contributes to a variety of forecasting activities. The dust component of the NMMB/BSC-CTM runs operationally at the first WMO Regional Specialized Meteorological Center for Atmospheric Sand and Dust Forecast (i.e., the Barcelona Dust Forecast Center, BDFC), and contributes to multi-model ensemble forecasts both at the WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System Regional Center (WMO SDS-WAS RC) for Northern Africa, Middle East and Europe, and the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP). Both WMO Regional Centers are co-hosted by BSC and the Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET). The group also develops and maintains the CALIOPE air quality system ("CALIdad del aire Operacional Para España"), which provides high-resolution air quality forecasts over Europe and Spain using the in-house emission model HERMES. CALIOPE is currently based on the WRF and CMAQ systems, and its transition to use the NMMB/BSC-CTM is in progress.
Key Duties
- The applicant will provide technical support for both computational and atmospheric composition engineers and researchers to run experiments using shell scripts and workflow tools. Hence, special emphasis will be placed to make the scripts flexible and robust, as well as efficient from a computational point of view
- Optimize the scripts to adapt them for the needs of the group and develop new features in case
- Provide the necessary support to solve the problems found by other researchers and engineers and do the necessary tests to validate and verify all the features of each model
- Collaborate with scientists and engineers in managing and improving current and future operational forecast systems and products.
- Provide additional support to those partners to include their own solutions into the set of scripts managed from the BSC. The codes will be appropriately documented and updated using SVN and GIT tools.
Requirements
● Education:
Having a Bachelor in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Physics or related discipline
● Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Excellent computing skills in high-level computer languages (especially FORTRAN and C/C++) and experience with UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting languages (bash, Python …)
- Excellent programming skills to manage big and collaborative projects and experience with git and SVN
- Basic knowledge of climate data formats (GRIB, NetCDF) and data dissemination technologies (e.g. ESGF, OPeNDAP)
- Previous experience in a scientific area related to the position, in particular climate or ocean modeling
- Previous experience in scientific software and tools (R, CDO, Python Numpy and Scipy, …)
- Previous experience in HPC architecture and parallel programming (multi-threaded applications) will be valued
- Computer programming experience related to solving scientific computing problems involving the handling of very large projects
● Competences
o Capacity to interact and build strong relations with both climate and computer scientists
○ Excellent written and verbal communication skills
○ Fluency in English
○ Ability to take initiatives, prioritize the tasks and work under set deadlines
○ Ability to work both independently and within a team
What we offer:
The position will be located at BSC within the Earth department in collaboration with the specific program coordinator. The contract will be for two years and we offer a full-time contract, a good working environment, flexible hours and a medical assurance. Salary will depend on the qualifications and experience of the candidate
If you want to have more information or send you application please visit our webpage at: https://www.bsc.es/about-bsc/employment/vacancies/156escesatmcompeng
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Emanuele Zanchi
HUMAN RESOURCES
Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación
<mailto:emanuele.zanchi@bsc.es> emanuele.zanchi@bsc.es
<http://www.bsc.es/> www.bsc.es
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:59:40 +0200
From: Corinna Hoose <corinna.hoose@kit.edu>
To: <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] 1 postdoc/senior scientist and 2 doctoral
researcher positions in cloud physics at Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Germany
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Within the newly funded *ERC Starting Grant project C2Phase* (Closure of
the Cloud Phase), the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research at
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany invites applications for
three open positions in the field of cloud physics:
(1) *5 year position for a postdoctoral researcher/senior scientist*
with significant previous experience in the field of remote sensing of
cloud properties and analysis of large data. The task is to perform
cluster analysis and case studies of satellite observations of cloud
phase (liquid or ice) and convective cloud tracking and analysis. The
person filling this position will be closely collaborating with DWD and
KNMI. To build up this expertise in the group, further prolongation of
the position beyond the C2Phase project period will be offered subject
to satisfactory performance.
(2) *3 year position for a doctoral researcher* with background in
atmospheric science, physics, computer sciences, mathematics or related
fields. The topic of this PhD thesis will be cloud regime clustering of
weather and climate model data with an emphasis on the analysis of cloud
glaciation.
(3) *3 year position for a doctoral researcher* with background in
atmospheric science or a related field, ideally with previous experience
in numerical modelling. The topic of this PhD thesis will be
high-resolution model sensitivity studies of the thermodynamic cloud
phase and its susceptibility to various parameters for selected cloud
types.
Please send applications for these position to Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
(corinna.hoose@kit.edu), including a letter of motivation, CV, copies of
the relevant certificates, preferred starting date, and names of at
minimum two referees.
We are looking for highly motivated, independent candidates. We offer a
dynamic work environment at one of Germany's foremost research
institutions for natural science and technology (read more at
http://www.kit.edu) with attractive programs for young researchers
(http://www.khys.kit.edu) and payment according to TV-L E 13 (100% for
the postdoctoral position, 75% for the doctoral researcher positions).
All positions are available from 1st April 2017 or as soon as possible
thereafter.
Review of applications for all positions will start on **1st *December
2016* and will continue until the positions are filled.
For candidates for positions (2) and (3) from outside Germany, there is
the possibility to apply for an Aspirant Grant
(https://www.khys.kit.edu/aspirant_grant.php) to fund a 1-month stay at
KIT prior to the decision for the doctoral researcher position. If you
are interested in this opportunity, please submit your application to
Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose (corinna.hoose@kit.edu) already by **13th
*November 2016* and fill out the relevant parts of the Aspirant Grant
form as well
(http://www.khys.kit.edu/downloads/Aspirant%20Grant_application%20form_2017.doc).
I'm happy to answer any questions related to these openings.
Best regards,
Corinna Hoose
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
Professor of Theoretical Meteorology
Wolfgang-Gaede-Weg 1
Gebäude 30.23
76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Phone: +49 721 608-43587
Fax: +49 721 608-46101
E-mail: corinna.hoose∂kit.edu
Web:www.imk-tro.kit.edu/14_1794.php
KIT – University of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and
National Research Center of the Helmholtz Association
Since 2010, the KIT has been certified as a family-friendly university.
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