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<div><b><u>2 PhD + 1 PostDoc positions on coupled Greenland ice
sheet and climate modeling with CESM-CISM</u></b></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><b>Job description</b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify">The research team will investigate
past, present and future interactions between the Greenland ice
sheet (GrIS) and the climate system with the Community Earth
System Model (CESM,<a href="http://www2.cesm.ucar.edu/"
target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www2.cesm.ucar.edu</span></a>)
coupled to the Community Ice Sheet Model version 2 (<u>CISM2, <a
href="http://oceans11.lanl.gov/cism/index.htm" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://oceans11.lanl.gov/cism/index.htm">http://oceans11.lanl.gov/cism/index.htm</a></a></u>l).
CESM is a global climate model capable of realistic simulation of
GrIS surface mass balance, including explicit calculations of melt
and refreezing. The offered projects will participate in the
International Model Intercomparison Project 6 (ISMIP6).</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify">The topics for these
positions are: 1) Future GrIS evolution up to A.D. 2300: surface
mass balance processes and coupling with the atmosphere; 2) The
future multi-century coupled GrIS and climate evolution; and 3)
GrIS and climate coupling during the last interglacial (127,000
years BP).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b>Qualifications</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify">PhD applicants
should have a master in meteorology, oceanography, Earth Sciences
or Physics, experience with FORTRAN90 and geophysical models and
Unix-Linux environments. Experience with CESM, CISM or similar
climate and/or ice sheet models is a plus. Good English oral and
writing skills are required.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify">Postdoc applicants
should have a PhD on Earth Sciences, meteorology, oceanography or
glaciology and experience in climate and/or ice sheet modeling.
Excellent skills in FORTRAN90 programming, Linux/Unix shell
scripting, and handling/visualization of large model output are
necessary, as well as in oral and written English.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b>We offer</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify">Full-time positions
during four (PhD) and three (Post-Doc) years. Funding is provided
from the ERC-awarded (<a href="https://erc.europa.eu"
target="_blank">https://erc.europa.eu</a> ) project
“CoupledIceClim”.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><a
href="http://www.tudelft.nl/en/current/latest-news/article/detail/erc-starting-grant-voor-onderzoek-naar-smeltend-groenlands-ijs"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tudelft.nl/en/current/latest-news/article/detail/erc-starting-grant-voor-onderzoek-naar-smeltend-groenlands-ijs">http://www.tudelft.nl/en/current/latest-news/article/detail/erc-starting-grant-voor-onderzoek-naar-smeltend-groenlands-ijs</a></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify">The research team will work at the
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of
Technology, The Netherlands (<a
href="http://www.grs.citg.delft.nl/" target="_blank"><span
style="color:windowtext"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.grs.citg.delft.nl">www.grs.citg.delft.nl</a></span></a>).
The team will collaborate with the Ice and Climate group of IMAU
(Utrecht University, The Netherlands), and scientists from the
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Los Alamos
National Lab (LANL), in the US.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><b>Application</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:14pt;text-align:justify"><font>Please send a
letter of motivation, curriculum vitae and (email) addresses of
two referees to Miren Vizcaino at <a
href="mailto:M.Vizcaino@tudelft.nl" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:M.Vizcaino@tudelft.nl">M.Vizcaino@tudelft.nl</a></a></font><font> with
Subject: “ERC-CoupledIceClim positions”, at the latest by May
31<sup>st</sup> 2016. Starting date is between June 1st and
October 1st 2016. <br>
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