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-Applications are invited for a PhD position to work in the ITARS project, a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) within the FP7 programme. ITARS focuses on the synergistic application of high-end ground-based remote-sensing instrumentation that has the potential to substantially contribute to an improved understanding of aerosols, clouds, and aerosol-cloud interaction processes and their role for both climate and weather. ITARS science objectives are+Applications are invited for a PhD position to work in the ITARS project, a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) within the FP7 programme. ITARS (Initial Training for Atmospheric Remote Sensing) focuses on the synergistic application of high-end ground-based remote-sensing instrumentation that has the potential to substantially contribute to an improved understanding of aerosols, clouds, and aerosol-cloud interaction processes and their role for both climate and weather. ITARS science objectives are
   * to bring together experts from the aerosol and cloud community to efficiently tackle the problems of aerosol-cloud interaction as well as their relevance for climate and weather,    * to bring together experts from the aerosol and cloud community to efficiently tackle the problems of aerosol-cloud interaction as well as their relevance for climate and weather, 
   * to build close ties between industry and research to optimize instrumentation for future networks, and   * to build close ties between industry and research to optimize instrumentation for future networks, and
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 The selected candidate will assess and quantify for the first time the potential of the synergic use of lidar and radar techniques for the study of atmospheric aerosol.  The selected candidate will assess and quantify for the first time the potential of the synergic use of lidar and radar techniques for the study of atmospheric aerosol. 
  
-Advanced multi-wavelength Raman lidar is the most powerful technique for monitoring the temporal and vertical variability of atmospheric aerosols and is the unique technique able to provide range-resolved aerosol microphysical properties. On the other hand, recent studies show that  microwave radars are able to detect ultragiant aerosol particles of volcanic origin. +Advanced multi-wavelength Raman lidar is the most powerful technique for monitoring the temporal and vertical variability of atmospheric aerosols and is the unique technique able to provide range-resolved aerosol microphysical properties. On the other hand, recent studies show that microwave radars are able to detect ultragiant aerosol particles of volcanic origin. 
  
-The combination of lidar and radar observation of atmospheric parameters has been already applied to the retrieval of the effective radius of cloud droplets and ice crystals. The capability of characterizing aerosol layers over a wide size range exploiting the synergy between lidar and radar observations and the implementation of a methodology for the determination of aerosol effective radius from submicron to ultragiant dimensional ranges is the main objective of the PhD project. +The combination of lidar and radar observation of atmospheric parameters has already been applied to the retrieval of the effective radius of cloud droplets and ice crystals. The capability of characterizing aerosol layers over a wide size range, exploiting the synergy between lidar and radar observations and the implementation of a methodology to determine aerosol effective radius from submicron to ultragiant dimensional ranges, is the main objective of the PhD project. 
-The performances of lidar and radar in the observation of aerosol particles in dimensional range from  submicron to ultragiant will be assessed by using both numerical simulation and real measurements. The backbone of the proposed research project is the database of Raman lidar and Doppler polarimetric radar collocated and simultaneous observations available at the atmospheric observatory of the CNR-IMAA, called CIAO (CNR-IMAA Atmospheric Observatory)+The performances of lidar and radar in the observation of aerosol particles in dimensional range from submicron to ultragiant will be assessed using both numerical simulations and real measurements. The database of simultaneous observations from the collocated Raman lidar and Doppler polarimetric radar at the atmospheric observatory of the CNR-IMAA, called CIAO (CNR-IMAA Atmospheric Observatory) is the backbone of the research project. 
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 +The Early Stage Researcher will be seconded to the Technische Universiteit Delft (The Netherlands) to gain more experience on Doppler radar. Possibly, a further secondment could take place. 
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 +The post is available for 3 years at Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale (Potenza, Italy), in cooperation with the University of Basilicata (Potenza, Italy), which will award the PhD title. The salary will be commensurate with a Marie-Curie Early-Stage Researcher (ESR) position.
  
-In addition the Early Stage Researcher will be seconded to the Technische Universiteit Delft (The Netherlands) to gain more experience on Doppler radar. Possibly, a further secondment could take place. 
  
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 **Comment/web site for additional job details** **Comment/web site for additional job details**
  
-For ITARS overview see www.itars.net and www.ciao.imaa.cnr.it for the instrumentation.+For more information on ITARS and on the applications process see www.itars.net ; see www.ciao.imaa.cnr.it for the instrumentation.
  
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