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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington invites applicants for a postdoctoral research associate
in mesoscale-microscale weather model coupling for wind-energy purposes. This work will be performed in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NREL<span style="color:black;background:white">). </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The emphasis of this position is on coupling the wind-plant and atmospheric-boundary-layer scale flow (microscale) with the regional-scale weather
(mesoscale). This coupling between the mesoscale and microscale is important because it greatly expands the range of conditions of wind-plant flows that we can simulate. Large-eddy simulation is used to compute the microscale flows and numerical weather prediction
codes are used to compute the mesoscale flows. In this work, we are particularly interested in i) offshore mesoscale-microscale coupling to capture effects within the wind plant including coastal low-level jets, sea breezes, and frontal passages and ii) mesoscale-microscale
coupling applied to wind-plant simulation cases. Examples of research projects include, but are not limited to, devising methods to simulate sea breeze flows and/or coastal low-level jets and examining ways to simulate multiple days to a full week of conditions
on the U.S. eastern seaboard.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Applicants must have a Ph.D. in atmospheric science, physics, engineering, or a related field prior to employment. Basic qualifications include:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">• expertise in computational fluid dynamics, numerical weather prediction, or turbulence modeling in the atmospheric boundary layer,</span><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">• the ability to work independently and collaboratively with other researchers,</span><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">• written and oral communication skills, including publishing research findings in scholarly journals and oral presentations at conferences,</span><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">• experience with developing, modifying, and running modern computer codes on parallel, high-performance computing systems.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Desired qualifications also include:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">• a general understanding of mesoscale meteorology,</span><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">• experience with large-eddy simulation,</span><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">• the ability to code in object-oriented C++ and Python,</span><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">• knowledge of modern computer code development practices, such as version control using git.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To apply, please visit the following webpage:
<a href="http://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/8957" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/8957</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You will need to submit a cover letter, CV,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">statement of research, and contact information for 3 references. We will begin to review applications on December 31, but the position will remain open until
filled.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please feel free to contact me with any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#D47500">______________________________________________________</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Ben Kravitz</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Assistant Professor</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Indiana University</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">1001 East 10<sup>th</sup> Street</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bloomington, IN 47405-1405</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Tel: (812) 855-4334</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:bkravitz@iu.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">bkravitz@iu.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="http://pages.iu.edu/~bkravitz/"><span style="color:#954F72">http://pages.iu.edu/~bkravitz/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Pronouns: he/him/his</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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