<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">VACANCY: Researcher in Climate modelling @ NERSC and SKD<br></font></b><p>A researcher position is available (with a start as soon as possible
in 2013) at NERSC with a four years contract period. The position is
supported by the Center for Climate Dynamics (SKD) of BCCR and NERSC.
The research activities will be carried out in close collaboration with
NERSC’s partners.</p><p>The position will strengthen research at NERSC and SKD addressing
naturally occurring and human-made changes to global and regional
climate through analysis and numerical experiments with the Norwegian
Earth System Model (NorESM).</p><p>The successful candidate should have considerable experience using
NorESM, the Community Earth System Model (CESM; developed at the
National Center for Atmospheric Research), or other general circulation
climate models. The research activities may cover various topics
notably: setting up, running and evaluating climate model sensitivity
experiments; conducting analysis relevant for a specific climate target
(e.g., the two-degree target); testing and evaluating new sea ice
dynamics/physics; improved scheme for air-sea-ice interactions; and
preparing climate model output for downscaling.</p><p>Applicants must have a doctoral degree (Norwegian PhD or equivalent)
in meteorology, oceanography, atmospheric sciences or related fields.</p><p>A strong background in climate modelling, insight into the dynamics
and physics of the coupled climate system and knowledge of basic
statistics are required. Experience working in a Unix environment and
with all software necessary (for using NorESM/CESM) is essential (e.g.,
FORTRAN, NCL, shell scripts). Familiarity with parallel computer
platforms is an advantage.</p><p>The candidate's publication record, research interests and potential
to conduct high quality, research supporting the climate modelling in
Bergen will be considered in the evaluation. The successful candidate
will join a lively, interdisciplinary scientific environment where
cooperation and collaboration are encouraged, and so should have good
team working skills.</p><p>The successful candidate will spend 40% of the time at NERSC and 60%
at SKD. The two centers are located close to each other (5 min walk). </p><div><br></div><div>The announcement is available at; <a href="http://www.nersc.no/vacency/vacancy-researcher-climate-modelling">http://www.nersc.no/vacency/vacancy-researcher-climate-modelling</a></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>