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Today's Topics:
1. Graduate students wanted for two NERC industrial CASE
projects at Oxford (Helen Johnson)
2. PhD scholarships in Cloud Microphysical Studies - Manchester,
UK (Jonathan Crosier)
3. Two assistant professor openings in atmospheric science at
LDEO/Columbia (Roger Brugge)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:51:07 +0000
From: Helen Johnson <helen.johnson@earth.ox.ac.uk>
To: met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk
Subject: [Met-jobs] Graduate students wanted for two NERC industrial
CASE projects at Oxford
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Two DPhil projects in Physical Climate at the University of Oxford, with CASE funding from the Met Office
Available to start October 2017
We are looking for students to embark on two NERC Industrial CASE projects in physical climate science. Each project:
- provides extra stipend and research expenses on top of the normal NERC allowance.
- offers the opportunity to work with leading scientists at the Met Office on applied climate science questions.
- requires a strong first degree in a quantitative subject (such as Physics, Applied Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Physical Oceanography, etc.), including strong skills in physical and mathematical modelling, an enthusiasm for computational work and a desire to learn about the role that the ocean plays in climate variability and change.
- will be integrated into the Oxford DTP in Environmental Research (https://www.environmental-research.ox.ac.uk <https://www.environmental-research.ox.ac.uk/>), which provides an outstanding training environment for a cohort of ~30 students right across the entire NERC remit. This training programme will be supplemented by specialist courses in scientific computing and in running and analyzing coupled climate models at the Met Office.
1. Meridional overturning circulation and ocean heat uptake
Supervised by Helen Johnson (Earth Sciences, Oxford), David Marshall (AOPP, Oxford) and Mike Bell (Met Office)
Understanding the ocean's response to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere is crucial for predicting regional and global climate on long timescales. The recent hiatus and then surge in global warming has highlighted that improved understanding of what controls variations in ocean heat uptake is a high scientific priority. The ocean's meridional overturning circulations (MOCs) can communicate changes in temperature at the surface down into the deep ocean. These circulations therefore influence the rate and location at which heat is taken up by the oceans, how it is re-distributed vertically, and the long-term rise in sea-level due to thermal expansion. They also transport sufficient heat into the North Atlantic to reduce the severity of winters in north-west Europe. A major challenge for climate science is to develop a robust understanding of their dynamics and predict their fluctuations on time-scales of decades to centuries.
This project will develop and employ novel diagnostics that can be used to probe the behaviour of MOCs and ocean heat uptake under future (and past) forcing scenarios in the current generation of Met Office coupled climate models. The student will use existing simple conceptual and numerical models of the global MOC to better understand what controls variability in ocean stratification, heat content and circulation. For example, they will assess the extent to which wind forcing sets the spatial distribution of heat uptake, determining diagnostic relationships between the temperature field, surface winds and heat fluxes. They will then apply these diagnostics in climate change simulations to provide insight on the attribution of past change in ocean heat uptake along with a robust understanding of predicted future change.
The diagnostic framework developed in this project will contribute directly to the interpretation of Met Office climate forecasts, the assessment of model performance, and the development and design of future predictive systems.
See the Oxford Earth Sciences graduate admissions page (https://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/teaching/graduates/graduate-admissions/ <https://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/teaching/graduates/graduate-admissions/>) or contact Helen Johnson (helen.johnson@earth.ox.ac.uk <mailto:helen.johnson@earth.ox.ac.uk>) for more information. To be considered for this project apply via the Oxford graduate admissions page (http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/applying-to-oxford <http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/applying-to-oxford>) before 12 noon on Friday 20 January, selecting as course a DPhil in Earth Sciences.
2. Impact of fjord circulation on the ocean forcing of melting ice sheets
Supervised by Andrew Wells (AOPP, Oxford), Helen Johnson (Earth Sciences, Oxford) and Jeff Ridley (Met Office)
Melting of the Greenland ice sheet is a key contributor to sea level rise. It also increases freshwater input to the North Atlantic with the potential to alter ocean circulation and significantly influence the climate in north-west Europe. The impact of ocean warming on melting at the glacial margin represents a key uncertainty in our understanding of the Greenland ice mass balance, and how the ice sheet will evolve into the future. Outlet glaciers melt into the ocean in a diverse array of narrow fjords, on scales too small to be resolved in global ocean models. Ocean circulation within a fjord controls the transport of heat and freshwater between the far-field ocean and the ice sheet, and thus the potential for marine melting. However, we lack a complete understanding of the dominant physical mechanisms controlling the circulation in different fjords.
The goal of this project is to develop a fluid-mechanical theory of the coupling of ocean circulation and ice melting in Greenland fjords, and to implement this as a simplified description of fjord processes in a global ocean model. To underpin the theoretical development, the student will run an ensemble of numerical simulations of fluid flow in an idealised fjord, to explore the sensitivity of the circulation to changing fjord geometry, far-field ocean conditions, and varying environmental forcing. This will provide the key physical insight necessary to understand the major circulation regimes, and provide a physically-based prediction of the heat fluxes, ice melt rates, and freshwater export to the ocean. We will use the resulting scaling laws to provide a simple parameterisation of ice melting in fjords, and implement this in the Met Office global ocean model as a tool for future climate projections. Hence this project provides an exciting opportunity to take a project from a fundamental scientific question through to a practical implementation in state-of-the-art ocean and climate models.
See the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics graduate admissions page (http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduates/atmospheric-oceanic-and-planetary-physics <http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduates/atmospheric-oceanic-and-planetary-physics>) or contact Andrew Wells (Andrew.Wells@physics.ox.ac.uk <mailto:Andrew.Wells@physics.ox.ac.uk>) for more information. To be considered for this project apply via the Oxford graduate admissions page (http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/applying-to-oxford <http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/applying-to-oxford>) before 12 noon on Friday 20 January, selecting as course a DPhil in Environmental Research (NERC DTP). Please provide a clear note in the statement of purpose form about your interest in being considered for this NERC CASE project in addition to any other topics of interest amongst the broader NERC DTP, and list Andrew Wells & Helen Johnson amongst your proposed supervisors on the application form.
Candidates are welcome (indeed, encouraged!) to apply for both the above projects, as well as directly to the NERC Doctoral Training Programme in Environmental Research (https://www.environmental-research.ox.ac.uk <https://www.environmental-research.ox.ac.uk/>), if they are interested in all three. Note that the deadline for all three is 12 noon on 20 January, but that the course you must select on the application form in each case differs.
To be eligible for a full NERC studentship, you must usually have at least a 2:1 Bachelors degree (or international equivalent) in a relevant subject and have lived in the UK for the previous three years, with settled status. See https://www.prospects.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/funding-postgraduate-study/research-council-grants <https://www.prospects.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/funding-postgraduate-study/research-council-grants> for further information about eligibility.
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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:39:43 +0000
From: Jonathan Crosier <j.crosier@manchester.ac.uk>
To: met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD scholarships in Cloud Microphysical Studies -
Manchester, UK
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The Centre for Atmospheric Science (CAS) at the University ofManchester,
UK, has two PhD projects in the area of cloud microphysics.CAS has world
leading aerosol and cloud chamber facilities andinstrumentation, and are
routine users of the world leading researchaircraft and radar
facilities. Projects are due to start in September2017, but start dates
may alter depending on the funding stream. Detailsof the two positions
can be found below:
Project 1: Laboratory studies of cloud microphysical processes using
astate of the art particle generation system
Project 2: Remote sensing of clouds: Developing and validatingretrievals
using airborne observations.
Funding Criteria:
Our studentships are funded by NERC and are available to UK nationalsand
other EU nationals that have resided in the UK for three years priorto
commencing the studentship. If you meet this criteria, funding willbe
provided for tuition fees and stipend. Students from EU countries whodo
not meet the residency requirements may still be eligible for afees-only
award. Overseas students may be able to join the programme butwill need
to have arranged funding from other sources.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/studentships-earth-atmosphere-ocean/how-to-apply/
For further details on these two projects contact Dr Jonathan Crosier
-j.crosier@manchester.ac.uk
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Dr Jonathan Crosier
NCAS Weather Scientist
School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences
The University of Manchester
Simon Building, Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
tel: +44 161 306 8398
lab: +44 161 306 3964
fax: +44 161 306 3951
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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 09:33:52 +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] Two assistant professor openings in atmospheric
science at LDEO/Columbia
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All,
please find attached ads for two open positions here at Lamont/Columbia. Both are completely
open searches in atmospheric science at the junior level. One is a regular tenure-track faculty
position while the other is a research faculty position with no teaching obligation (but requiring
that a larger fraction of salary be supported by sponsored projects). Please feel free to forward,
and bring this to the attention of any outstanding candidates.
I am delighted to call your attention to two separate assistant professor searches in atmospheric science at LDEO/Columbia:
1) Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (typical academic tenure track; this is the department I am in at Lamont and Columbia), for which we are looking within atmospheric science, broadly defined.
2) Lamont Assistant Research Professor within the Division of Ocean Climate Physics at Lamont (within which my group is housed). In this case, the search is for an atmospheric scientist conducting research of relevance to climate. This is a soft money position on the research professor track.
Note that review of applications
will begin on Dec. 19 (one week from now) for both positions.
Atmospheric Science Faculty Position
Columbia University
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES) of Columbia University seeks to fill a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in atmospheric science, broadly defined. The successful applicant is expected to develop a high-impact research program at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) focused on problems of global significance and to demonstrate strong potential for effective teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, teaching and research statements, and name at least 3 references using our online site<https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=63610> (https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=63610). Review of applications will commence on December 19, 2016 and continue until the position is filled.
Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, dedicated to fostering a culturally diverse and pluralistic teaching and research environment. We strongly encourage applications from women and members of underrepresented groups.
Lamont Assistant Research Professor
The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University seeks to fill a Lamont
Assistant Research Professor position in atmospheric science of relevance to climate research in
the coming academic year. Assistant Lamont Research Professors receive nine-month
appointments with partial salary support provided from institutional sources. An incentive program
encourages the establishment of a vigorous externally funded research program to provide the
majority of salary support, including an opportunity for summer salary. The successful applicant is
expected to develop a high-impact research program and contribute broadly to climate research at
the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. She/he should have demonstrated potential for significant
research contributions by having published in peer-reviewed journals and potential for supporting
their research programs with external funding. Candidates with strong secondary interests in
science education and outreach are also encouraged to apply.
Eligibility requirements include a Ph.D. in atmospheric science or a related field, evidence of
ongoing externally funded research programs or potential for supporting research programs with
external funding, and at least 1–2 years of relevant research experience. Salary will be
commensurate with experience. All interested candidates should apply online at the following Quick
Link: https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=63719. Candidates should
provide a CV (including a list of publications), two writing samples, statement of research interests,
list of funded projects or grant applications awaiting approval, statement of science education and
outreach interests if applicable, and the names and addresses of at least three references.
Evaluation of applications will begin after 19 December 2016.
For more information contact:
Office of the Director
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964
Telephone: 845-365-8546 • Fax: 845-365-8162 • Email: director@ldeo.columbia.edu
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is committed to diversity. Columbia University is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action – Race/Gender/Disability/Veterans Employer.
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