[CRYOLIST] AGU session C025 Observations and Models of Glacier Change

Hi Cryolist, 

 

Please consider submitting an abstract to AGU session C025 - Observations and Models of Glacier Change. Abstracts due 4 August 2021.

Session Description:
As glaciers respond to environmental forcing, they reveal clues as to the physics that govern their response, change rates of sea level rise, alter geohazard risk, and modify downstream ecosystems and water availability. There has been a recent explosion of data and methods for monitoring glaciers from space that is only accelerating with the launch of NASA's second-generation laser altimeter (ICESat-2) and gravity (GRACE-FO) missions. At the same time we are witnessing rapid advances in the use of machine learning, stereo processing, and modeling of regional climate and glacier response. In support of the IACS Working Groups on "Regional Assessments of Glacier MAss Change (RAGMAC)" and "Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI) and its role in future glacier monitoring and GLIMS", this session brings together in-situ, remote sensing and modeling studies of glacier change outside of the ice sheets, from regional to global scales, that promote understanding of physical processes. 

 

We encourage contributions from a diversity of scientists and scientific perspectives and look forward to reading your abstract submissions. 

 

See you at AGU in New Orleans and online in December.

Best regards, 

Brian Menounos, Alex Gardner, Caitlyn Florentine, Bruce Raup 

[CRYOLIST] Post Doc at NTNU about Arctic AI announced

Dear all

 

At NTNU we are announcing for a Post-doc with in the combination of Arctic and AI within AI https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/208634/postdoctoral-fellow. Please distribute the link to relevant candidates.

 

Best regards, Knut and Ekaterina

[CRYOLIST] PostDoc position in Arctic atmospheric modeling

The section Atmospheric Physics at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Potsdam, Germany, invites applications for a PostDoc position (m/f/d) funded within the project "Synoptic events during MOSAiC and their Forecast Reliability in the Troposphere-Stratosphere System (SynopSys)" by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Within this project, AWI together with the collaboration partners (University of Bremen, German Weather Service DWD) aim to evaluate and enhance to the weather predictive capability in the Arctic.

Specifically, the PostDoc project at AWI is about:

High-resolution simulations of synoptic events in the Arctic during MOSAiC

The overarching objectives of SynopSys are to evaluate and enhance the predictive capability of ICON-NWP (ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic Numerical Weather Prediction model) over the Arctic region in the context of the unique measurements of synoptic processes and events during the MOSAiC expedition (https://mosaic-expedition.org/) and an in-depth process-oriented analysis of synoptic events.

Focus of the PostDocs research will be an assessment of selected synoptic events during MOSAiC, such as occurred cyclone events. A special emphasis is on the identification and understanding of the (thermo-)dynamical mechanisms related to the synoptic event development. This includes the analysis of contrasting cases in terms of the season (winter vs. summer events), location/surface condition (events over the central Arctic vs. the marginal ice zone), and event characteristics (short vs. extended duration/life time, normal vs. extreme cyclone). The key tool for this work will be simulations with the ICON-NWP model applied as limited area model over the Arctic. A high resolution down to ca. 3 km is envisaged. Sensitivity studies will be performed with respect to the resolution, surface conditions and changes in parametrizations. The modeling work is embedded in a corresponding analysis of MOSAiC observations and ERA5 reanalysis.

Overall, the objectives of the work include:

(i) selection and observational-based analysis of synoptic event cases, (ii) performance and evaluation of the ICON-NWP model applied on an Arctic-focussed domain, (iii) analysis and sensitivity studies to clarifying the mechanisms behind the synoptic event development

Requirements

PhD degree in meteorology, physics, or related fields. Experience in climate/numerical modelling and working with reanalysis and climate model data is required. A good knowledge in climate physics and dynamics with a focus on the atmosphere is expected. Good skills in statistical data analysis and scientific programming (R, Python, Fortran, C, Matlab, or similar) are required. Experience with Unix-like operating systems is an advantage. Good English language skills are expected. You are expected to disseminate results on international conferences and in leading scientific journals.

Further Information

For further information, please contact Dr. Annette Rinke (Annette.Rinke@awi.de; +49(331)288-2130) or Dr. Ralf Jaiser (Ralf.Jaiser@awi.de; +449(331)288-2167).

This is a full-time position, limited to 2 years. It is also suitable for part-time employment. The salary will be paid in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation (Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), up to salary level 13. The place of employment will be Potsdam. The targeted starting date is earliest the 1^st October 2021.

Please forward your application by August 15^th 2021 exclusively online via our website (see below).
Reference number 21/125/D/Kli-b

https://www.awi.de/arbeiten-lernen/jobs/stellenangebote.html
https://www.awi.de/en/work-study/jobs/job-offer.html

Postdocs have to register with AWI's postdoc office PROCEED, thereby gaining access to a set of tailor-made career development tools.

The AWI is characterised by

• our scientific success - excellent research.
• collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary.
• opportunities to develop – on the job, aiming at other positions and beyond AWI.
• a culture of reconciling work and family – an audited and well-supported aspect of our operation
  
• our outstanding research infrastructure – ships, stations, aircraft, laboratories and more.
• an international environment – everyday contacts with people from all over the world.
• having an influence – fundamental research with social and political relevance
• flat hierarchies – facilitating freedom and responsibility
• exciting science topics, with opportunities also in technology, administration and infrastructure

Equal opportunities are an integral part of our personnel policy. The AWI aims to increase the number of female employees and therefore strongly encourages qualified women to apply.

Disabled applicants will be given preference when equal qualifications are present.

The AWI fosters the compatibility of work and family in various ways and has received a number of awards as a result of this engagement.

We look forward to your application!

[CRYOLIST] MCM LTER Science Cafe July 8, 8 pm EST "Tiny Plants and Animals from Icy Places", Dr. Rachael Morgan-Kiss

 

Hi all, please join the McMurdo LTER's 2^nd Science Cafe presentation. Dr. Rachael Morgan-Kiss will give a lecture on Thursday July 8, at 8 pm EST. Requires preregistration on Zoom at

 

https://lsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcoc-2qpzIoGt0ywGLgFOM9ecY076ww03D9

 

Please distribute widely

Thanks

 

 

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Professor and John Franks Chair
Department of Geology and Geophysics
E235 Howe Russell Geosciences Complex
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Ph: 225-578-3955
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http://www.lsu.edu/science/geology/people/faculty/doran.php

 

[CRYOLIST] USGS hydrologic tech job in Salt Lake City, Utah

Job alert!! The Utah Water Science Center is hiring a hydrologic technician: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/605702500

As a Hydrologic Technician within the Utah Water Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Surface Water: Making a wading surface-water discharge measurement using the conventional current-meter method and a vertical-axis meter (such as a Price AA or pygmy meter)
• Water Quality: Collecting water-quality samples from lakes, streams or ground-water wells by following specified guidelines.
• Instrumentation / Datum: Running levels at gaging stations to establish/verify vertical datum.
• Infrastructure: Constructing and disassembling gages and supporting structures.
• Groundwater: Collecting water-quality samples from lakes, streams or ground-water wells by following specified guidelines.
• Measuring and recording water levels in groundwater wells.
• Operates a government owned or leased vehicle as an incidental driver.

Apply ASAP! Job closes after the first 50 applicants. 

[CRYOLIST] PhD position - Future risks of debris flows and floods in high mountain Asia (1.0 FTE)

PhD position - Future risks of debris flows and floods in high mountain Asia (1.0 FTE)

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

The department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) is looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate interested in climate change and natural hazards in mountains. In specific, the PhD will work on a project that aims to assess the impact of climate change on debris flow and flood risk in high mountain Asia. A detailed project description and information on the employment conditions at Utrecht University can be accessed via the link below:

https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/phd-position-future-risks-of-debris-flows-and-floods-in-high-mountain-asia-10-fte.

 

We are looking for a candidate with a MSc degree in a relevant area, such as physical geography, hydrology, environmental engineering, earth surface dynamics or a closely related field. We expect the candidate to have a sound affinity with quantitative methods rooted in data-science, remote sensing and/or numerical modelling, and a passion for mountain hazards and extreme environments and the capacity to undertake fieldwork in sometimes challenging circumstances. The application deadline is 27 August 2021.

 

Please contact Walter Immerzeel (w.w.immerzeel@uu.nl) for any enquiries related to the position.

[CRYOLIST] SnowChat Forum!

Dear All,

 

We are running a project , entitled, “ Nordic Snow Network (NordSnowNet)” which aims at (1) making existing Nordic-Arctic research and snow data from observations and models visible for the researcher, data user and education communities and (2) supporting the snow-related research and development of applications by exchange of information and data, arranging workshops, training. The more information can be found in the webpage of the NordSnowNet (https://nordsnownet.fmi.fi/ ).

 

We recently established a SnowChat Forum ( https://nordsnownet.fmi.fi/forums/). Our main objective is to provide an additional tool to support researchers / scientists / experts / technician/ etc/ to communicate, connect and collaborate on the topic of SNOW.

 

We hope that this forum will be active and useful and serve its purposes.

 

With my kindest regards,

 

Ali Nadir Arslan

 

on behalf of NordSnowNet project team

[CRYOLIST] PhD position at Monash University

Dear cryolist,

I wish to draw your attention to a PhD position currently available at Monash University in ice sheet modelling: "Investigating the mechanisms controlling ice flow in Antarctica". The project will work with Dr Felicity McCormack and researchers in the Monash Ice Sheet Initiative (MISI), in the School of Earth, Atmosphere & Environment. More details on the project can be found on the MISI website at icesheet.org. 

Funding, including stipend, fees and project costs, is available on a competitive basis.  Candidates are expected to have a strong background in Earth systems science or physics/mathematics/engineering. Experience in scientific computing (e.g. python, matlab, C/C++, fortran) is highly desirable.

Candidates should address enquiries to felicity.mccormack@monash.edu. Please include in the email a 1-page letter of motivation, outlining your primary area of interest and reason for pursuing a PhD in this field, and your CV (including relevant academic grades and
publications).

The deadline for domestic students (Australia/NZ) is 31 October 2021 and for international students is 31 August 2021. However, please contact me as soon as possible if you are interested.

Best wishes,

Felicity

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Antarctic Research Fellow

Monash Ice Sheet Initiative (MISI) | icesheet.org

School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

Monash University, Clayton, Australia

E felicity.mccormack@monash.edu

P 03 9902 4212

We acknowledge and pay respects to the Elders and Traditional Owners of the land on which our four Australian campuses stand. Information for Indigenous Australians

[CRYOLIST] Post-Doc Opportunity in UAV-based remote sensing of snow, University of New Hampshire, USA

The University of New Hampshire has an opening for a 2-Yr PostDoc position in UAV-based remote sensing of snow.

 

Seeking a post-doctoral scientist to address gaps in the scientific understanding of shallow snowpacks, melt, and runoff with consideration of snow and vegetation interactions using remote sensing via unpiloted aerial vehicle (UAV) and satellite platforms. The position allows the right candidate considerable opportunities for growth, the flexibility to define and pursue new research, and the ability to engage with the broader snow community. The successful candidate will work with a team of engineers, snow scientists, and forest ecologists within the ESRC/EOS at the University of New Hampshire https://rb.gy/xmptkk.

 

Requirements: The project is well suited to applicants with a strong background in hydrology, remote sensing and excellent communication skills. Knowledge in remote sensing and experimentation with a focus on snow is expected, along with skills in statistical data analysis and scientific programming (Python, R, Matlab, or similar). Demonstrated ability to publish papers in leading scientific journals is critical. The applicant should hold a PhD, however a PhD in ABD status will be considered on an exceptional basis. The applicant does not need to have considerable expertise in UAVs and airborne sensors, though experience in related fields and instrumentation would be considered an asset.

 

The position has an expected to start late summer 2021, though a flexible start date may be considered. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

 

For more information, contact Dr. Jennifer Jacobs (Jennifer.Jacobs@unh.edu). 

[CRYOLIST] New version of Permafrost_cci data + workshop 27th September 2021, 14:00-18:00 CET

Dear colleagues,

(1)

A new version of permafrost_cci data (ground temperature, active layer thickness, permafrost extent; 1997-2019) is available on CEDA:

Obu, J.; Westermann, S.; Barboux, C.; Bartsch, A.; Delaloye, R.; Grosse, G.; Heim, B.; Hugelius, G.; Irrgang, A.; Kääb, A.M.; Kroisleitner, C.; Matthes, H.; Nitze, I.; Pellet, C.; Seifert, F.M.; Strozzi, T.; Wegmüller, U.; Wieczorek, M.; Wiesmann, A. (2021): ESA Permafrost Climate Change Initiative (Permafrost_cci): Permafrost version 3 data products. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/8239d5f6263f4551bf2bd100d3ecbead

with

Active Layer Thickness: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/67a3f8c8dc914ef99f7f08eb0d997e23  Permafrost Extent: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/6e2091cb0c8b4106921b63cd5357c97c  Ground Temperature: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/b25d4a6174de4ac78000d034f500a268

(2)

The permafrost_cci user workshop will take place Monday, 27th September 2021, 14:00-18:00 CET

Target audience: current & potential new permafrost_cci users, scientists and organisations interested in permafrost, including specifically climate modellers. Students are welcome.
Venue: Virtual Meeting
Meeting link: Distributed in advance of the meeting to the registered participants

Registration is open until 24th September 2021. The workshop is free of charge and open to presenters and non-presenters. In order to facilitate workshop organisation, we kindly ask to register as soon as possible.

Please register at https://forms.gle/cyX1muLX75tGL14S8

Short presentations of your application in climate research for which you already use, or anticipate using, permafrost_cci data are welcome. Please provide the title of your presentation by 10th September 2021 as part of the online registration.

More details will be available on https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/permafrost/ later this week.

Nice summer!

Annett Bartsch & Tazio Strozzi

on behalf of the entire permafost_cci team

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[CRYOLIST] IGS Global Seminar - Julien Chaput, "Singing snow - seismics in Antarctic firn"

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International Glaciological Society Global Seminar Series 2021 #57
June 30th
Julien Chaput, University of Texas at El Paso
"Singing snow: How Antarctic firn traps seismic waves and reveals dynamic environmental forcing"
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You need to register in advance for the seminars, but your registration should last for several seminars. If it was a while ago that you registered - check your link still works and drop me an email if it doesn't. There's a short question to answer - please tell me enough to accept you! I'll be doing that manually, so just be kind and make it obvious (even if I met you once at AGU)… (something like: I'm a PhD student with X... or whatever). Using your official university email address would make my life particularly easy!
https://tinyurl.com/yyhbcqrq
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the seminar. If you attended this week you use the same link next week and don't need to re-register.
• July 7th Elisabeth Hafner, WSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF and Yves Bühler, "Large scale avalanche mapping with satellites and photogrammetric snow depth mapping"
• July 14th Bastille day - enjoy a nice French wine with Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol, "Epistemic uncertainty in projections of ice sheet contributions to future sea level rise"
• July 21st Three shorter talks:
John Christian, UT Austin, "Outlet glacier variability near instabilities"
Thomas Chen, Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, "The Role of Machine Learning in Glacial Assessment"
Beatriz Recinos Rivas, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, "Simulating the ice thickness of tidewater glaciers at a regional scale"
• July 28th Slawek Tulaczyk, Santa Cruz, "All that glitters is not water: strong radar reflectors are not necessarily subglacial lakes on Earth and Mars"
• August 4th Three shorter talks:
Will Kochtitzky, University of Ottawa, ‘The calving flux of Northern Hemisphere glaciers’
Emily Schwans, Penn State, ‘Bed control on long-term dynamics for Thwaites Glacier’
TJ Young, University of Cambridge, “Characterising ice fabric and flow enhancement from radar sounding”
Then we will have a holiday... and then start again in the fall/autumn.
• Sept 15th Ingrid Reiweger, Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering, Vienna
• Sept 22nd David Rounce, Carnegie Mellon University, "Projecting global glacier mass change through 2100 with the Python Glacier Evolution Model (PyGEM)"
• Sept 29th Romain Millan, IGE Grenoble, "Ice velocity mapping of the world's glaciers helps to reconcile the ice thickness distribution with glacier dynamics"
• October 6th Three shorter talks:
Denis V. Sharapov, Tyumen State University, Russia. "Northwest Siberia as a MIS 2 desert? Inferences from quartz morphoscopy and polygonal ice wedges."
Maryam Zarrinderakht, UBC Vancouver, "Mathematical modeling and stability analysis of crevasses in marine ice shelves"
Brianna Rick, Colorado State University, "Ice-marginal lake evolution in Alaska"
• October 13th Ralf Greve, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Japan, "Of cold ice, warm ice and water: thermodynamics of ice sheets and glaciers"
• October 20th Terry Blackburn, UCSD, Title tba
• October 27th Seelye Martin and Maria Coryell-Martin, Title tba
• November 3rd Karen Alley, University of Manitoba, "The role of channelized basal melt in ice-shelf fracture and stability"
• November 10th Early Career Scientist slots
Ewa Poniecka, University of Warsaw, "Microorganisms of cryoconite holes"
• November 17th Brad Lipovsky, University of Washington, "Rifts, Cliffs, and an Achilles' Heel: Perspectives on ice shelf durability from seismology, altimetry, and mechanical models"
• November 24th Katie Miles and Bryn Hubbard, Aberystwyth University, "Insights from borehole measurements into the 3D structure of Khumbu Glacier, Nepal"
• December 1st Iceland's National Day: Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir (Tolly), University of Iceland, "The glaciers in Iceland during the last and current century"
• December 8th Early Career Scientist slots
• December 15th AGU Fall Meeting
Christmas break

Seminar times:
London - 9pm
Europe - 10pm
East Coast US - 4pm
West Coast US - 1pm
Delhi (+1) - 1.30am
Tokyo (+1) - 5am
Sydney (+1) - 8am
New Zealand (+1) - 10am

The seminar will also be recorded and posted to the Friends of the International Glaciological Society Facebook page after the seminar so that you can watch it afterwards if technology fails or you can't make it! Hope to see you there!

 

[CRYOLIST] NSF Antarctic Subsea Cable Workshop | June 29 - July 1, 1-5pm CDT

Antarctic Subsea Cable Workshop: High-Speed Connectivity Needs to Advance US Antarctic Science

June 29 - July 1, 2021 Virtual Zoom Workshop, 1-5 pm US CDT (6-10 pm UTC)

We are accepting additional attendees, and particularly welcome early career researchers and those traditionally underrepresented in Antarctic science. We want to hear from diverse voices and backgrounds. We also seek additional participants from the Antarctic biology, physics, and astronomy communities. Register by filling out this survey.

The workshop will be streamed to YouTube with chat enabled (Day 1 and Day 3), and a recording will be archived for asynchronous viewing. Live streams are also embedded on the workshop website.

The three day workshop will include a day of short presentations spanning the breadth of Antarctic science supported by NSF, outlining existing need and opportunities for improved networking capabilities, and highlighting how science and operations in Antarctica would benefit from dramatically increased connectivity.

Guest speakers include Vint Cerf (VP and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google), Margaret Leinen (Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Helen Fricker (Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography), and Bruce Howe (Research Professor, University of Hawaii), among others. For active participants, on Day 2 there will be a live Q & A with researchers and support staff at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. See the workshop agenda and background document for more.

Workshop Structure

Day 1: Scene Setting, Lightning Talks

Day 2: Workshop Breakout Sessions

Day 3: Summary and Plan for Drafting Report

This National Science Foundation (NSF) funded workshop will produce a report outlining the science advances and other impacts that would be enabled by massive improvements in digital connectivity to Antarctica. Given recent synergistic opportunities, NSF is interested in a visioning exercise to understand the transformational potential of a submarine fiber optic telecommunications cable between New Zealand and McMurdo Station in the type, kind and conduct of research supported by the United States Antarctic Program. Terabit-scale networking capability could eliminate current bandwidth constraints faced by researchers, educators and support functions while also reducing the latency of current satellite-based communication. The cable infrastructure can itself also serve as a scientific platform (a "SMART" cable) with capability to monitor ocean conditions and seismic activity. Direct fiber connectivity to McMurdo may also enable improved connectivity to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and science infrastructure there.

If you are interested in participating in the workshop, we would appreciate your response to this survey to help gauge interest and determine how a new, instrumented fiber optic cable to Antarctica would advance science. We welcome participation from US and international research scientists, US Antarctic support providers, education and outreach experts, and submarine cable and digital networking experts.

Thank you for your interest.

Initial Organizing Committee Members

Peter Neff, Assistant Research Professor, University of Minnesota

Gwen Jacobs, Director of Cyberinfrastructure, University of Hawaii

David Lassner, President, University of Hawaii

Jonathan Pundsack, Managing Director, Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota

Heidi Roop, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

Garret Yoshimi, Vice President for IT and Chief Information Officer, University of Hawaii

Bruce Howe, Chair, Joint Task Force (JTF), ITU/WMO/IOC SMART Cables for Observing the Ocean

Kristin Timm, Postdoctoral Researcher, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks 

Support for this workshop is provided by the National Science Foundation (Award 2130663). Questions and correspondence should be directed to project PI Peter Neff, pneff@umn.edu.

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University of Minnesota

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[CRYOLIST] 2021 Fall AGU session - Modeling of the Cryosphere: Glaciers and Ice Sheets

Dear Colleagues,

Please consider submitting an abstract to the session "Modeling of the Cryosphere: Glaciers and Ice Sheets" at this years fall AGU meeting in New Orleans, LA, where our invited speakers will be Lizz Ultee (Middlebury College) and Ching-Yao Lai (Princeton Univ.). 

The session description and a link for abstract submission are included below.

We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans (and everyone online) in December.

Mauro Werder (ETH Zurich & WSL)

Marianne Haseloff (Northumbria Univ.)

Helene Seroussi (NASA JPL)

Stephen Price (Los Alamos Nat. Lab.)

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C022: Modeling of the Cryosphere: Glaciers and Ice Sheets

This session focuses on process-based modeling of glaciers and ice sheets that improves our understanding of ice dynamics or enhances the capabilities of current models. We invite contributions from a broad range of theoretical, numerical, or experimental studies that explore new or improved representations of physical processes relevant to ice flow. The range of topics that is encouraged includes, but is not limited to: basal processes (such as glacial hydrology, erosion, surging, the onset of ice streams), mechanical and thermodynamic processes (constitutive relationships, material behavior, ice fracturing), and ice-ocean interactions (for example calving, grounding line dynamics).

[CRYOLIST] Postdoc position in ocean modeling at Scripps (Antarctic and Greenland margins)

SIO Postdoctoral Researcher: Physical Oceanography/Ocean Modeling.

 Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher to investigate continental shelf/slope dynamics around Antarctica and Greenland in a global mesoscale ocean/sea-ice model, in which freshwater representing land-ice melt is released. Potential research directions could include cross-shelf property exchanges and their governing dynamics, the role of slope fronts as barriers to exchange, the impact of property exchanges between adjacent deep basins, and metrics to assess model performance. The successful candidate will work with Dr. Julie McClean and Prof. Sarah Gille and will be expected to conduct independent research, publish papers and present results at scientific meetings.

 Candidates must have received a Ph.D. in physical oceanography or a closely related field such as atmospheric or climate science, and have strong quantitative, modeling and statistical skills. Advanced knowledge of computer languages such as Python, Matlab and Fortran is also necessary. Experience working with climate model codes such as the Community Earth System Model in high performance computing environments is highly desirable. Excellent communication skills and an ability to work collaboratively are also required. 

Initial appointment is for one year with the possibility of extension.

 Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience and is based on UC salary scales.

 Applicants are asked to submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of research experience and interests, and names of at least three references to Dr. Julie McClean (jmcclean@ucsd.edu).  Review of applications is immediate and will continue until the position is filled.

 The University of California, San Diego is an AA/EOE.