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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">SRON's mission is to bring about breakthroughs in international space research. Therefore, the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">institute develops pioneering technology and advanced space instruments, and uses them to pursue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">fundamental astrophysical research, Earth science and exoplanetary research. As national expertise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">institute SRON gives counsel to the Dutch government and coordinates national contributions to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">international space missions. SRON stimulates the implementation of space science in our society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Our Earth Science Group has a vacancy for a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana-Bold",sans-serif;color:black">Postdoc (f/m)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana-Bold",sans-serif;color:black">vac.nr. 1322<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana-Bold",sans-serif;color:black">Project Outline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The postdoc will work for the GALES project (4-year project). This project is a Science-Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">project aiming to develop science and promote its utilization a.o. by companies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">In this project, we will use the CH</span><span style="font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">4
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">measurements of the highly innovative new satellite instrument<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">TROPOMI (launch October 2017) which has unprecedented spatial resolution and sensitivity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">combined with daily global coverage. This makes the instrument ideally suited for the detection of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">localized CH</span><span style="font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">4
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">point sources on global scale. The research is aimed at detection and quantification of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">these localized sources, in particular those related to the fossil fuel industry. The knowledge from<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">bottom-up emission inventories will be used in this process and will be further improved. The<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">ultimate aim is to support industry and governments in their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">emissions as part of the commitments to international climate agreements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Different companies are connected to the project to further exploit the results and steer the project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">towards (quick) utilization. All results obtained in the project will be published in peer reviewed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">journals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The research team consists of scientists from SRON, VU and TNO. The latter are experts in bottomup<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">emission inventories. The research team is further complemented by a User Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">consisting a.o. of various companies and other highly interested end-users and experts that will<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">advise and support the project with their expertise for the best use of the data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana-Bold",sans-serif;color:black">Tasks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The project will be executed by two postdocs and the work between these two postdocs will be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">roughly split into satellite data analysis and emission quantification, and inventory and update of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">bottom-up emissions (this vacancy), analysis of differences with satellite-based emission estimates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">including reconciliation of the two approaches (both positions). Also, assessment of CH4 mitigation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">potential is aimed for within the project based on the findings from the project on CH4 emissions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">(this vacancy). Clearly, the two postdocs will work closely together, supported by the rest of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">team and the User Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana-Bold",sans-serif;color:black">Requirements</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">We are looking for a highly motivated researcher with a PhD and experience in developing (CH4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">bottom-up emission inventories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana-Bold",sans-serif;color:black">Employment conditions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Employment of these full-time position as a Scientist C at SRON-Utrecht is by NWO (The<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) and will be for a period of 3 years with the option<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">for an extension of 1 year. The salary will be in accordance with the salary scales of NWO with a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">maximum of € 4,154.00 gross per month on a fulltime basis (highly depending on education and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">relevant experience).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">NWO has good secondary employment conditions such as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"SymbolMT",sans-serif;color:black">•
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">An end of year bonus of 8.33% of the gross yearly salary;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">42 days of vacation leave a year on full-time basis;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">An excellent pension scheme;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"SymbolMT",sans-serif;color:black">•
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Options for (additional) personal development;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"SymbolMT",sans-serif;color:black">•
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Excellent facilities for parental leave;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">A holiday allowance of 8% of the gross yearly salary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana-Bold",sans-serif;color:black">For further information
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">about the position, please contact Ilse Aben (</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">i.aben@sron.nl</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">,
+31 88 777<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">5879), or Sander Houweling, (</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">s.houweling@sron.nl</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">,
+31 88 777 5600). More information about<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">SRON can be found at
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">www.sron.nl</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana-Bold",sans-serif;color:black">Letter of application<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">If you wish to apply you can send a motivation letter with CV and the name(s) and address(es) of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">reference(s) (incl. phone and e-mail) to
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">jobs@sron.nl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Please state the vacancy number "SRON 1322” in the subject of your mail and your application letter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Applications will be accepted until 20 October 2017</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">------</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Christine Wiedinmyer, Ph.D. <br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">CIRES Associate Director for Science<br>
University of Colorado Boulder<br>
http://cires.colorado.edu/administration/christine-wiedinmyer<br>
Christine.Wiedinmyer@colorado.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">NOAA: T/W/F 303-497-3584 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">CU: M/Th 303-735-5741<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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