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FP7 ITARS ITN: EEarly Stage Researcher (ESR13): Investigation of the performance of Air Quality Modelling (AQM) in forecasting the distribution of pollutants over Europe
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
- 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 assess the potential of advanced remote-sensing instrumentation and capabilities as an ingredient in a future observation system based on both ground-based networks and space-borne observations.
The work of the selected candidate will focus on the evaluation of the Air Quality Forecasting System CALIOPE in the distribution of gaseous photochemical pollutants and particulate matter by synergistic observations (lidar, passive sensors) to perform a quantitative evaluation of CALIOPE-forecasted pollution episodes.
The post is available for 3 years at the Earth Science Department of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), Barcelona, Spain, and the salary will be commensurate with a Marie-Curie Early-Stage Researcher (ESR) position.
Nr. Job Positions: 1
Research Fields
Air quality modeling, Model evaluation, Air quality forecast
Career Stage
Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)
Research Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
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For ITARS overview see www.itars.net and http://www.bsc.es/earth-sciences for the instrumentation
Requirements
Required Education Level | |
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Degree | Master Degree or equivalent |
Degree Field | Environmental engineering, Physics, Engineering, Atmospheric sciences |
Required Languages | |
Language | ENGLISH |
Language Level | Good |
Additional Requirements
Good computer programming skills (FORTRAN 77/90 and C) and experience with UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting languages
Good written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently and in a team
Applicants must be researchers who have not yet been awarded the doctorate degree and are in the first 4 years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers. This includes the period of research training, starting at the date of obtaining the degree which would formally entitle them to embark on a doctorate either in the country in which the degree was obtained, irrespective whether or not a doctorate is envisaged.
Applicants may not have resided or carried out their main activity in Germany for more than 12 months in the last 3 years. Short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.