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3rd February 2005, 03:32 PM
Vacancies in Atmospheric Inverse Modelling
Building capacities to exploit earth observation data, both from space and
locally in situ, is a prerequisit for understanding the evolution of
the chemical state in our changing atmosphere.
The advent of a new generation of highly resolving satellite sensors and
in situ techniques, along with massively parallel compute resources render the
challenging task more and more feasible, to combine measurements and
models in a consistent way while observing mathematical rigour.
In response to this challenge
the virtual institute for Inverse Modelling of Atmospheric Chemical
COnstituents (IMACCO) is a newly founded joint centre of excellence
for data assimilation and related objectives, established by the German Helmholtz society.
Partner institutions are
the Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research at the
University of Cologne, the Institutes for Chemistry and Dynamics
of the Geosphere I (Stratosphere) and II (Troposphere), the Institute for
Meteorology and Climate Research of the Research Centre Karlsruhe and the University of Karlsruhe.
For its starting phase IMACCO seeks outstanding applicants
with background in physics, geophysics, meteorology, chemistry, applied mathematics, and computer sciences
for three inverse modelling research programs in the area of
atmospheric chemistry data assimilation.
The positions are open for postdocs or
leading to Ph.D degree in chemistry, geophysics, meteorology, or physics. The research directions include
new areas in atmospheric chemistry inverse modelling,
such as stratospheric and tropospheric data assimilation,
adaptive observation design, chemical mechanism optimisation, mostly adopting
novel applications of variational techniques with adjoint modelling.
Students will work in interdisciplinary teams of geophysicists,
atmospheric chemists and meteorologists.
Ph.D. studentships will be hosted by the University of Cologne for degrees in
chemistry, geophysics, and meteorology, and at University of Karlsruhe for
a degree in physics.
A preliminary web-site is opend at www.fz-juelich.de/icg-ii/imacco (http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg-ii/imacco) .
Qualifications requested are a univerity degree to diploma or
master of science level in physics, geophysics, mathematics,
meteorology, computer sciences, or chemistry, or equivalent.
Good technical expertise in one computer language is another general
requirement.
Strong interests and experience in numerical modelling would be a distinct advantage.
Sound programming skills are prerequisite.
Remuneration will follow German public employee salary grade BAT2a 1/2,
being within the range of 1600 to 2000 Euro per year prior to tax,
depending on personal situation.
Further details are
available from the spokesman of IMACCO
Dr. Hendrik Elbern
Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research
at the University of Cologne
he@eurad.uni-koeln.de
Aachener Strasse 209
D-50931 Cologne
Federal Republic of Germany
to whom completed application forms should be returned by March, 26, 2005.
The start
date is flexible, but probably no later than May 2005.
Building capacities to exploit earth observation data, both from space and
locally in situ, is a prerequisit for understanding the evolution of
the chemical state in our changing atmosphere.
The advent of a new generation of highly resolving satellite sensors and
in situ techniques, along with massively parallel compute resources render the
challenging task more and more feasible, to combine measurements and
models in a consistent way while observing mathematical rigour.
In response to this challenge
the virtual institute for Inverse Modelling of Atmospheric Chemical
COnstituents (IMACCO) is a newly founded joint centre of excellence
for data assimilation and related objectives, established by the German Helmholtz society.
Partner institutions are
the Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research at the
University of Cologne, the Institutes for Chemistry and Dynamics
of the Geosphere I (Stratosphere) and II (Troposphere), the Institute for
Meteorology and Climate Research of the Research Centre Karlsruhe and the University of Karlsruhe.
For its starting phase IMACCO seeks outstanding applicants
with background in physics, geophysics, meteorology, chemistry, applied mathematics, and computer sciences
for three inverse modelling research programs in the area of
atmospheric chemistry data assimilation.
The positions are open for postdocs or
leading to Ph.D degree in chemistry, geophysics, meteorology, or physics. The research directions include
new areas in atmospheric chemistry inverse modelling,
such as stratospheric and tropospheric data assimilation,
adaptive observation design, chemical mechanism optimisation, mostly adopting
novel applications of variational techniques with adjoint modelling.
Students will work in interdisciplinary teams of geophysicists,
atmospheric chemists and meteorologists.
Ph.D. studentships will be hosted by the University of Cologne for degrees in
chemistry, geophysics, and meteorology, and at University of Karlsruhe for
a degree in physics.
A preliminary web-site is opend at www.fz-juelich.de/icg-ii/imacco (http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg-ii/imacco) .
Qualifications requested are a univerity degree to diploma or
master of science level in physics, geophysics, mathematics,
meteorology, computer sciences, or chemistry, or equivalent.
Good technical expertise in one computer language is another general
requirement.
Strong interests and experience in numerical modelling would be a distinct advantage.
Sound programming skills are prerequisite.
Remuneration will follow German public employee salary grade BAT2a 1/2,
being within the range of 1600 to 2000 Euro per year prior to tax,
depending on personal situation.
Further details are
available from the spokesman of IMACCO
Dr. Hendrik Elbern
Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research
at the University of Cologne
he@eurad.uni-koeln.de
Aachener Strasse 209
D-50931 Cologne
Federal Republic of Germany
to whom completed application forms should be returned by March, 26, 2005.
The start
date is flexible, but probably no later than May 2005.