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2nd December 2005, 03:42 PM
POSTDOC POSITION AVAILABLE
Study of heatwave and drought episodes in Europe.
1 year contract, extendable to 3 years.
Funded on a grant from the french National Research Agency.
starting date: any time beginning January 2006
Salary: around 1700 E/month net
LOCATION: LMD (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique) and/or LSCE
(Laboratoire de Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement) in Paris,
France
REQUIREMENTS
The successful candidate will have a PhD in meteorology/oceanography or
climate sciences, with an operative knowledge of numerical models, will
have a good background in atmosphere/ocean/climate dynamics and will
know multivariate statistical analysis methods. The candidate will also
have an aptitude for multidisciplinary work in contact with scientists
of different disciplines. A knowledge of bio-geo-chemical cycles or of
land surface physics and ecology will be a plus.
SUBJECT
The work will be conducted in the framework of a multidisciplinary
project, approaching heatwaves and droughts as a combination of several
factors: dynamics, physics, interactions between the biosphere and the
atmosphere.
The project has the following objectives:
1) to better understand the typical space-time structures of the
atmospheric circulation of summer in Europe, their characteristics and
their causes. Particular focus will be on the link between weather
regimes, tropical forcing and forcing by soil moisture. with an accent
on the phenomena of heat waves,
2) to analyze the predictabililty of heat waves, to improve knowledge
so that general circulation models better represent and forecast these
phenomena, and to develop statistical methods of forecast.
3) to evaluate the impact of heatwaves on the vegetal ecosystems and
on
the carbon cycle.
4) to develop knowledge in order to be able to put forth hypotheses on
their modifications (in frequency, in intensity, in structure) within
the framework of the global warming of the planet.
In the first year, the postdoc researcher will concentrate on the
conception and the performance of numerical experiments to test the
physical/dynamical mechanisms of heat-waves. Particular attention will
be devoted to the specification of surface hydrology conditions, and to
the analysis of the synoptic meteorological conditions. Tools will
include the LMD General Circulation Model, including the land surface
model ORCHIDEE, limited area models, and the development of conceptual
idealized models.
In the following years the research will develop in different
directions, according to the results obtained and the postdoc's
inclinations: the analysis of heat-waves dynamics in Climate Change
conditions; the effect of heat-wave on the ecosystem and on the carbon
cycle and the feedback of land use on the local climate; forecast
techniques.
CONTACTS:
1) Fabio D'Andrea
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique
Ecole Normale Superieure
24 Rue Lhomond
75231 Paris Cedex 05 - France
email: dandrea@lmd.ens.fr (http://uk.f251.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dandrea@lmd.ens.fr&YY=73444&order=down&sort=date&pos=0)
2) Pascal Yiou
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
CEA Saclay, l'Orme des Merisiers
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex - France
e-mail : pascal.yiou@cea.fr (http://uk.f251.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=pascal.yiou@cea.fr&YY=73444&order=down&sort=date&pos=0)
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Fabio D'Andrea
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique
Ecole Normale Superieure Tel: +33 1 44 32 22 31
24 Rue Lhomond 75231 PARIS CEDEX 05 - France Fax: +33 1 43 36 83 92
Ibrahim Muhammed
Southamtpon
UK
Study of heatwave and drought episodes in Europe.
1 year contract, extendable to 3 years.
Funded on a grant from the french National Research Agency.
starting date: any time beginning January 2006
Salary: around 1700 E/month net
LOCATION: LMD (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique) and/or LSCE
(Laboratoire de Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement) in Paris,
France
REQUIREMENTS
The successful candidate will have a PhD in meteorology/oceanography or
climate sciences, with an operative knowledge of numerical models, will
have a good background in atmosphere/ocean/climate dynamics and will
know multivariate statistical analysis methods. The candidate will also
have an aptitude for multidisciplinary work in contact with scientists
of different disciplines. A knowledge of bio-geo-chemical cycles or of
land surface physics and ecology will be a plus.
SUBJECT
The work will be conducted in the framework of a multidisciplinary
project, approaching heatwaves and droughts as a combination of several
factors: dynamics, physics, interactions between the biosphere and the
atmosphere.
The project has the following objectives:
1) to better understand the typical space-time structures of the
atmospheric circulation of summer in Europe, their characteristics and
their causes. Particular focus will be on the link between weather
regimes, tropical forcing and forcing by soil moisture. with an accent
on the phenomena of heat waves,
2) to analyze the predictabililty of heat waves, to improve knowledge
so that general circulation models better represent and forecast these
phenomena, and to develop statistical methods of forecast.
3) to evaluate the impact of heatwaves on the vegetal ecosystems and
on
the carbon cycle.
4) to develop knowledge in order to be able to put forth hypotheses on
their modifications (in frequency, in intensity, in structure) within
the framework of the global warming of the planet.
In the first year, the postdoc researcher will concentrate on the
conception and the performance of numerical experiments to test the
physical/dynamical mechanisms of heat-waves. Particular attention will
be devoted to the specification of surface hydrology conditions, and to
the analysis of the synoptic meteorological conditions. Tools will
include the LMD General Circulation Model, including the land surface
model ORCHIDEE, limited area models, and the development of conceptual
idealized models.
In the following years the research will develop in different
directions, according to the results obtained and the postdoc's
inclinations: the analysis of heat-waves dynamics in Climate Change
conditions; the effect of heat-wave on the ecosystem and on the carbon
cycle and the feedback of land use on the local climate; forecast
techniques.
CONTACTS:
1) Fabio D'Andrea
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique
Ecole Normale Superieure
24 Rue Lhomond
75231 Paris Cedex 05 - France
email: dandrea@lmd.ens.fr (http://uk.f251.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dandrea@lmd.ens.fr&YY=73444&order=down&sort=date&pos=0)
2) Pascal Yiou
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
CEA Saclay, l'Orme des Merisiers
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex - France
e-mail : pascal.yiou@cea.fr (http://uk.f251.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=pascal.yiou@cea.fr&YY=73444&order=down&sort=date&pos=0)
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Fabio D'Andrea
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique
Ecole Normale Superieure Tel: +33 1 44 32 22 31
24 Rue Lhomond 75231 PARIS CEDEX 05 - France Fax: +33 1 43 36 83 92
Ibrahim Muhammed
Southamtpon
UK