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<div>POSTDOCTORATE AND PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY in Remote Sensing and</div>
<div>Signal Processing at the CommSensLab Excellence Unit of the Universitat Politècnica de</div>
<div>Catalunya (UPC) in collaboration with the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary</div>
<div>Sciences (EAPS) at Purdue University, U.S.A.<br>
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<div>Remote Sensing data processing and fusion: Atmospheric Boundary-Layer <span style="font-size: 12pt;">monitoring in the context of severe storm hazards</span></div>
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<div>Description</div>
<div>Synergetic remote sensing of the atmosphere, combined with adaptive/data-fusion techniques, offers</div>
<div>unprecedented opportunities to characterise the evolution of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) and its</div>
<div>critical role in the development of severe storms and associated hazards. Using long-duration, highresolution,</div>
<div>vertically pointing observations from active and passive ground-based remote sensing systems</div>
<div>including, e.g., ceilometers, Doppler lidar, FMCW radar, and new technologies of microwave radiometers, it</div>
<div>is expected to characterise ABL development over distinct regions that are well known for their relatively</div>
<div>high tornado frequency.</div>
<div>The candidate, working at UPC, will address data-fusion techniques based on adaptive estimation and/or</div>
<div>machine learning that are to provide automated or semi-supervised identification of ABL top in nonprecipitation</div>
<div>observations, as well as classification metrics. Verification of ABL heights against independent</div>
<div>observations from a wealth of remote-sensing instruments across collaborating U.S. research institutions</div>
<div>(including e.g., Purdue University, NOAA and Univ. of Massachusetts) will also be a goal. A collaborative visit</div>
<div>to Purdue University with a duration of 3-6 months is anticipated. Larger mobility periods to the US can be</div>
<div>envisaged upon criteria of productivity, excellence and candidate’s needs (on a case-by-case basis, e.g., US</div>
<div>residents). The proposed work is expected to fill knowledge gaps related to characterisation and forecasting</div>
<div>of ABL phenomena.</div>
<div>The preferred funding instrument for this position is the La Caixa bank-foundation fellowship (see below).</div>
<div>This program emphasizes heavily the importance of high-quality, scholarly publication. Tentatively, Ph.D.</div>
<div>fellows are expected to publish no fewer than three (3) papers in top-tier journals in their respective fields</div>
<div>during their tenure, on topics related to their fellowship-funded research.</div>
<div>Candidate requirements:</div>
<div>(i) Post-doc profile: Recent Ph.D. in telecommunications, electronic engineering, or physics with application</div>
<div>to atmospheric remote sensing and data processing. Good English speaking and writing skills.</div>
<div>(ii) Ph.D. profile: Candidates should meet the academic requirements to enter the UPC Ph.D program. They</div>
<div>should hold a degree in telecommunications, electronic engineering, or physics with clear motivation to</div>
<div>study atmosphe<span style="font-size: 12pt;">ric remote sensing and data processing. Good English speaking and writing skills are</span>
<div>preferred.<br>
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<div>Contact persons (Ph.D. advisors):</div>
<div>Francesc Rocadenbosch (CommSensLab, Dep. Of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politècnica</div>
<div>de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, roca@tsc.upc.edu ) and<br>
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<div>Robin L. Tanamachi (Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), Purdue University,</div>
<div>Purdue, rtanamachi@purdue.edu )</div>
<div>http://www.tsc.upc.edu/en/research/commsenslab/grants#boundarylayermonitoring</div>
<div>About CommSensLab http://www.tsc.upc.edu/en/research/commsenslab (see also Remote Sensing Lab.</div>
<div>activity at http://www.tsc.upc.edu/en/research/rslab<br>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">Robin L. Tanamachi, Ph.D.</div>
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