[Grad-postdoc-assn] Fwd: [CCSM-participants] PhD position - University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Paula Fisher paulad at ucar.edu
Wed Jun 25 21:19:05 MDT 2014


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From: Barbara Ballard <bballard at ucar.edu>
Date: Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 3:52 PM
Subject: [CCSM-participants] PhD position - University of Alaska, Fairbanks
To: ccsm-participants at cgd.ucar.edu


PhD position, earliest start September 2014 (realistically January 2015).

Project: Lake dynamics on Alaskan North Slope

Funding: National Science Foundation.

Shallow lakes and ponds may cover up to 40% of the land surface in Arctic
lowland regions. This project examines the extent and dynamics of bedfast
and floating ice lakes in relation to hypothesized interactions and
feedback with permafrost and climate. A combination of remote sensing,
field monitoring and geophysical measurements, experiments and physical
models will be used to isolate processes, quantify interactions and project
changes. Project findings will be relevant locally for native village
subsistence and for water supply to the petroleum industry, and globally
for scientists studying permafrost thaw and Arctic climate change.

The candidate will also be involved in two other currently ongoing projects
on the North Slope – “Fish CAFE: Response of an Arctic Freshwater Ecosystem
to Climate and Land-use Change in the Fish Creek Watershed, Beaufort
Coastal Plain of Alaska” (
http://ine.uaf.edu/werc/projects/arp-fishcreek/fishcafe.html) and “CALON:
Towards a Circum-Arctic Lakes Observation Network” (
http://www.arcticlakes.org)

The candidate will be working on simulating weather and climate conditions
on Alaskan North Slope using a limited area model WRF (=Weather Research
and Forecasting) in order to diagnose historical changes in hydrology of
the North Slope and to develop future projections of lake dynamics for the
area.

The ideal candidate is a curious and driven person with strong
communication and interpersonal skills. The candidate should be motivated
to work in a multi-disciplinary environment, with field personnel,
modelers, and remote sensors. The candidate should have a Masters level
degree in a relevant area, e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics,
Geography, Engineering, or Earth Sciences. Programming skills and
experience with large atmospheric models, in particular WRF, are important
assets. The candidate must also have a very good standard of written and
spoken English and experience in scientific writing.

The successful candidate will need to apply to the PhD program of the
Department of Atmospheric Sciences in the College of Natural Science and
Mathematics of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
(http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/atm/atm/index.html.html).

Application details are listed here:
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/atm/atm/Academics/admission.html . Please make
a reference to this project in your application.

Details, especially e.g. visa for foreign students, need to be worked out
case-by-case;

Selection process
Reviews of applications will commence on July 15, 2014. You will be
notified you by August 1, 2014 whether we will interview by Skype. We
intend to fill this position earliest possible (by September 2014).
Position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

If you require further information, contact Vladimir Alexeev (
valexeev at iarc.uaf.edu).

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