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anand
2nd March 2005, 03:35 AM
This post will investigate the importance of including a fully resolved
stratosphere in model simulations of climate change, using the Hadley
Centre Climate model to carry out simulations of the past 25 years.

The position is funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council
(NERC). It is based at the Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
(CGAM), in the internationally renowned Department of Meteorology at
the
University of Reading. The Department was awarded the top 5* rating in
the most recent Research Assessment Exercise. CGAM is one of the NERC
Centres for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). The appointed Research Fellow
will work as part of a group of scientists studying diverse aspects of
climate and climate variability and will be supervised by Professor
Lesley Gray. The Fellow will also work in close collaboration with the
Hadley Centre.

Candidates will have a Ph.D, or equivalent experience, in the physical
or mathematical sciences, and experience of scientific programming. A
background in atmosphere or ocean modelling, or analysis of large
datasets, would be an advantage.

Further details: www.reading.ac.uk/jobs

Please contact Prof. Lesley Gray (lesley@met.reading.ac.uk; Tel:
+44(0)118 378 7991) with any questions concerning the position.

Closing Date: 30/03/2005
Interview date: 18/04/2005.

Full time, fixed term for up to 3 years

Payscale: Grade RA1A £19,460 to £29,128 per annum

Application forms and further particulars are available from the
Personnel Office, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217,
Reading, RG6 6AH, telephone 0118 378 6771 (voicemail). Email
Personnel@reading.ac.uk giving full name and address.

Application forms and further particulars are also available from
www.reading.ac.uk/Jobs .Please quote Reference R0526.




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Prof. Lesley J. Gray

NCAS Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling,
Meteorology Dept., Reading University,
Earley Gate, PO Box 243,
Reading RG6 6BB, U.K.

tel: 0118 378 7991 fax: 0118 378 8316
e-mail: lesley@met.rdg.ac.uk
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