[Grad-postdoc-assn] Fwd: Indian Monsoon Dynamics: Research Fellowship (fwd)

Mon Jul 13 20:52:51 MDT 2015

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Subject: 	Indian Monsoon Dynamics: Research Fellowship (fwd)
Date: 	Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:34:47 +0100
From: 	Douglas Parker <D.J.Parker at leeds.ac.uk>
Reply-To: 	Douglas Parker <D.J.Parker at leeds.ac.uk>
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<paul.field at metoffice.gov.uk>, Fink, Andreas (IMK) <andreas.fink at kit.edu>
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Dear friends,

I would be grateful if you could bring this PDRA opportunity to the
attention of anyone you know who might be suitable.

Thanks!

Doug

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Joint Met Office Professor of Meteorology
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science
School of Earth and Environment,             tel. +44 (0)113 343-6739
University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.     fax. +44 (0)113 343-6716
d.j.parker at leeds.ac.uk      http://homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~lecdjp/
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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:21:16 +0100 (BST)
From: Douglas Parker <D.J.Parker at leeds.ac.uk>
To: met-jobs at lists.reading.ac.uk
Subject: Indian Monsoon Dynamics: Research Fellowship

Interaction of convective organisation and monsoon precipitation, atmosphere,
surface and sea (INCOMPASS) project

University of Leeds, UK

Fixed term for 36 months, available from 1 January 2016

We seek an ambitious scientist with interests in atmospheric dynamics to study
the physical processes controlling rainfall in the Indian monsoon. As part of a
joint project with the University of Reading, Indian Institute of Science
(IISc), UK Met Office, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) Wallingford,
Indian National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and a number of other partners in
India, we will collect a unique set of measurements of the 2016 monsoon season.
The observational data will be integrated with data from kilometre-resolution
numerical models to understand how patterns of rainfall in India respond to
local climatic feedbacks and global forcing.

You will join one of the largest Atmospheric Science research centres in
Europe, with a large and active group studying deep convection and tropical
dynamics. We have a formal partnership with the Met Office, and we host the
Directorate of the UK's National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS).

The Indian monsoon rainfall has critical importance to the well-being of
millions of people, but our weather and climate models have fundamental
shortcomings in their ability to represent the monsoon precipitation. The
INCOMPASS project aims to improve predictions of Indian monsoon rainfall, in
order that models are better able to support decision-making. We expect that
the work will have a high impact in terms of research outputs and benefits to
society.

INCOMPASS is jointly funded by the joint Natural Environment Research Council
(NERC) and the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). You will be part of a
large collaborative research team among the partners in the project, which
includes expertise in observations and modelling of land-atmosphere exchange
and monsoon dynamics. The work will be embedded in large research groups at
each of the institutions in the UK and India, offering opportunities for wider
collaborative work.

You will be expected to participate in the main field campaign in 2016,
including planning of research flights, and assistance in the deployment of
ground-based instruments in the field. You will analyse data from the
experiment, and use it to evaluate numerical model simulations of monsoon
dynamics.

The high resolution of the numerical simulations to be used in INCOMPASS
represents a step-change in our ability to model tropical rainfall. The results
will be used to improve our theoretical and conceptual understanding of monsoon
onset and variability. We aim that the results will increase the accuracy of
model predictions of Indian monsoon rainfall, and will influence methods and
policies for exploitation of these forecasts.

You will be expected to contribute to the ongoing research in atmospheric
science in the School. Your work will lead to significant publications in
atmospheric and climate science and you will also present your research at
national and international meetings. You will communicate outcomes of the
research to relevant stakeholders outside academia.

You must have a PhD (or be close to obtaining) in a quantitative physical
science, such as Atmosphere Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics or
Meteorology, and experience of the use of observational or numerical model
datasets. Knowledge of Atmospheric Climate Dynamics would be advantageous. You
will be used to programming on a unix/linux operating system and have excellent
communication skills.

The University of Leeds’ commitment to women in science has been recognised
with a national accolade. The University has received the Athena Swan Bronze
Award in recognition of our success in recruiting, retaining and promoting
women in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET).  The Faculty of Environment
are in the process of preparing an application for an Athena Swan award to
recognise our commitment and work in these areas.

See: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ENVEE1064

Job sharing arrangements can be considered

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Doug Parker, email
d.j.parker at leeds.ac.uk, tel +44 (0)113 343 6739.

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Joint Met Office Professor of Meteorology
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science
School of Earth and Environment,             tel. +44 (0)113 343-6739
University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.     fax. +44 (0)113 343-6716
d.j.parker at leeds.ac.uk      http://homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~lecdjp/
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