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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/CIRES-PSD-Post-Doc-in-Machine-Learning-for-Improved-Weather-Forecasts/18922?">https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/CIRES-PSD-Post-Doc-in-Machine-Learning-for-Improved-Weather-Forecasts/18922?</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:31.9pt'><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636;font-weight:normal'>CIRES/PSD Post-Doc in Machine Learning for Improved Weather Forecasts<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>Job Summary<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>The skill of weather forecasts has improved steadily over the past four decades as the results of better forecasting models, better and more numerous observations, more efficient use of observations through data assimilation, and more refined after-the-fact correction of forecasts based on historical errors. Machine learning techniques, exploiting the explosive growth of knowledge, tools, and software, are now the basis for many corrections. The University of Colorado’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and the Physical Sciences Division (PSD) at the NOAA Earth System Research Lab in scenic Boulder, Colorado, seeks an enthusiastic and capable Postdoc to help us tighten up this loop and use machine learning to make forecasts that require less correction. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>The Postdoc will work with world leaders in data assimilation and ensemble forecasting to improve forecasts by machine-learning short-term forecast error and forecast uncertainty, with the aim of applying those error corrections in-line to improve ensemble forecasts. The requirement to improve probabilistic forecasts - not only the average error but the chaotic variability - makes this an especially challenging and exciting application. This is a real-world application: the project will use NOAA’s next-generation global forecasting system. Our group is tightly linked to the National Weather Service and effective corrections could be affecting national weather forecasts within a few years. <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>Who We Are<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>At CIRES, the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, more than 800 environmental scientists work to understand the dynamic Earth system, including people’s relationship with the planet. CIRES is a partnership of NOAA and the University of Colorado Boulder, and our areas of expertise include weather and climate, changes at the Earth’s poles, air quality and atmospheric chemistry, water resources, and solid Earth sciences. Our vision is to be instrumental in ensuring a sustainable future environment by advancing scientific and societal understanding of the Earth system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>Physical Sciences Division website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'><a href="https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/"><span style='color:#006DB1'>https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>The Postdoctoral researcher will work with NOAA and CIRES scientists at PSD to develop machine learning corrections for ensemble forecasts with NOAA’s prototype global weather forecasting system. Tasks will include replaying the forecasts model against operational analyses on high-performance computing systems to develop a long history of incremental analysis updates, using machine learning to predict the analysis corrections based on the model state, and assessing the degree to which probabilistic forecast skill can be improved by applying the corrections.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>What You Should Know<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>The project is funded for two years with some possibility for extensions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>CIRES commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>This position will be rostered in CIRES at the University of Colorado Boulder, but will be physically situated in the David Skaggs Research Center, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305. If you are the selected finalist you will be required to pass a federal laboratory background clearance for site access.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>What We Can Offer<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box;clip:rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px);overflow:hidden'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>What We Can Offer<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>We can offer a competitive salary, commensurate with experience, along with a generous benefits package. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>Benefits<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box;clip:rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px);overflow:hidden'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>Benefits<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>The University of Colorado offers excellent <a href="https://www.cu.edu/cu-careers/perks/cu-boulder" target="_blank" title="University of Colorado benefits (opens new window)"><span style='color:#006DB1'>benefits</span></a>, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/about" target="_blank" title="University of Colorado Boulder website (opens new window)"><span style='color:#006DB1'>University of Colorado Boulder</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>Be Statements<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box;clip:rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px);overflow:hidden'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>Be Statements<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>Be Challenged. Be Impactful. Be Boulder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>What We Require<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box;clip:rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px);overflow:hidden'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#363636'>What We Require<o:p></o:p></span></h3><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#363636;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto'>A relevant PhD degree is required for this role.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#363636;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto'>Experience in ensemble forecasting, data assimilation, and machine learning.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#363636;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto'>Candidate must be comfortable working in Python and familiar with ensemble forecasting concepts.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#363636;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:top;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Roboto'>Candidate must be competent in using high-performance computing to produce large datasets with a global weather forecasting model.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>