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21st November 2005, 03:07 PM
Position: Two-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Location: Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche & ACRI-ST (Near Nice, South of France)
Date Posted: 17 November 2005
Description: University of Plymouth (UoP) in partnership with Laboratoire dOcéanographie de Villefranche (LOV) & ACRI-ST are part of an international consortium developing an operational service for the delivery of ocean colour level 3 products under ESA funding (GlobColour project). These products will include chlorophyll concentration and normalized radiance in open ocean waters, and chlorophyll concentration in coastal waters when valid. Data from 4 sensors (SeaWIFS, MODIS, MERIS and POLDER) will be merged to produce a 10-year time series. This development will serve as a benchmark for future services operated in the frame of operational oceanography.
The role of the post-doctoral fellow will be to reinforce the collaboration between ACRI-ST, LOV and UoP both on technical and scientific aspects of the project. Although the post-doctoral fellow will be employed by the University of Plymouth, the permanent residence of the candidate will be shared between ACRI-ST and LOV (both are in the same geographical area near Nice, in the South of France Mediterranean coast).
During the first year, the post-doctoral fellow will be part of the scientific team and shall provide support to ACRI-ST for the processor development and to LOV for preliminary assessment from a first characteristic data set. During the second year, he/she will provide support to ACRI-ST for the production of the full data set (global, over the full time period) and to LOV for validation activities, in close collaboration with UoP team.
Besides the important computational aspects, scientific issues regarding the coherency of the data to be merged are to be studied. They include the radiometric inter-calibration of the various sensors despite their differences in channel spectral positions, calibration procedures, atmospheric correction schemes, bio-optical marine algorithms. Ensuring the continuity, from coastal zone to open ocean, of the chlorophyll fields is still among the scientific questions to be solved, as well as that of bidirectionnally corrected water-leaving radiances. The validation program is also an adequate opportunity for scientific studies (timing of blooms, temporal evolution of upwelling systems..), greatly facilitated by the systematic production of long term, coherent time series.
Qualification: Ph.D. in oceanic sciences or related area is required prior to the start of the appointment. The primary selection criteria will be individual excellence in research, autonomy, communication and leadership skills. Strong experience in computer programming and processing of ocean colour remote sensing data is requested in addition to a solid knowledge of the physics of the problem (the post will involve the handling of large data-sets and creation of processing software).
Application: In order to ensure full consideration, a curriculum vitae, statement of professional goals, and three letters of reference should be sent ASAP to:
Dr Samantha Lavender
School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences (SEOES),
Portland Square A504, University of Plymouth
Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Tel: +44 (0)1752 232460, Fax: +44 (0)1752 232406
E-mail: s.lavender@plymouth.ac.uk (s.lavender@plymouth.ac.uk)
Dr Odile Fanton d'Andon,
ACRI-ST
260, Route du Pin Montard, BP234
F-06904 - Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
Tel: +33 (0)4 92 96 75 03, Fax:+33 (0)4 92 96 71 17
E-mail: oha@acri.fr (oha@acri.fr)
Location: Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche & ACRI-ST (Near Nice, South of France)
Date Posted: 17 November 2005
Description: University of Plymouth (UoP) in partnership with Laboratoire dOcéanographie de Villefranche (LOV) & ACRI-ST are part of an international consortium developing an operational service for the delivery of ocean colour level 3 products under ESA funding (GlobColour project). These products will include chlorophyll concentration and normalized radiance in open ocean waters, and chlorophyll concentration in coastal waters when valid. Data from 4 sensors (SeaWIFS, MODIS, MERIS and POLDER) will be merged to produce a 10-year time series. This development will serve as a benchmark for future services operated in the frame of operational oceanography.
The role of the post-doctoral fellow will be to reinforce the collaboration between ACRI-ST, LOV and UoP both on technical and scientific aspects of the project. Although the post-doctoral fellow will be employed by the University of Plymouth, the permanent residence of the candidate will be shared between ACRI-ST and LOV (both are in the same geographical area near Nice, in the South of France Mediterranean coast).
During the first year, the post-doctoral fellow will be part of the scientific team and shall provide support to ACRI-ST for the processor development and to LOV for preliminary assessment from a first characteristic data set. During the second year, he/she will provide support to ACRI-ST for the production of the full data set (global, over the full time period) and to LOV for validation activities, in close collaboration with UoP team.
Besides the important computational aspects, scientific issues regarding the coherency of the data to be merged are to be studied. They include the radiometric inter-calibration of the various sensors despite their differences in channel spectral positions, calibration procedures, atmospheric correction schemes, bio-optical marine algorithms. Ensuring the continuity, from coastal zone to open ocean, of the chlorophyll fields is still among the scientific questions to be solved, as well as that of bidirectionnally corrected water-leaving radiances. The validation program is also an adequate opportunity for scientific studies (timing of blooms, temporal evolution of upwelling systems..), greatly facilitated by the systematic production of long term, coherent time series.
Qualification: Ph.D. in oceanic sciences or related area is required prior to the start of the appointment. The primary selection criteria will be individual excellence in research, autonomy, communication and leadership skills. Strong experience in computer programming and processing of ocean colour remote sensing data is requested in addition to a solid knowledge of the physics of the problem (the post will involve the handling of large data-sets and creation of processing software).
Application: In order to ensure full consideration, a curriculum vitae, statement of professional goals, and three letters of reference should be sent ASAP to:
Dr Samantha Lavender
School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences (SEOES),
Portland Square A504, University of Plymouth
Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Tel: +44 (0)1752 232460, Fax: +44 (0)1752 232406
E-mail: s.lavender@plymouth.ac.uk (s.lavender@plymouth.ac.uk)
Dr Odile Fanton d'Andon,
ACRI-ST
260, Route du Pin Montard, BP234
F-06904 - Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
Tel: +33 (0)4 92 96 75 03, Fax:+33 (0)4 92 96 71 17
E-mail: oha@acri.fr (oha@acri.fr)