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<td>Fw: Research Fellow in modelling East African Climate
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<td>John Marsham <a href="mailto:J.Marsham@leeds.ac.uk" target="_blank"><J.Marsham@leeds.ac.uk></a></td>
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<td><a href="mailto:tammy@ucar.edu" target="_blank">tammy@ucar.edu</a> <a href="mailto:tammy@ucar.edu" target="_blank"><tammy@ucar.edu></a>, <a href="mailto:trier@ucar.edu" target="_blank">trier@ucar.edu</a>
<a href="mailto:trier@ucar.edu" target="_blank"><trier@ucar.edu></a>, <a href="mailto:russ.schumacher@colostate.edu" target="_blank">russ.schumacher@colostate.edu</a>
<a href="mailto:russ.schumacher@colostate.edu" target="_blank"><russ.schumacher@colostate.edu></a>, <a href="mailto:weisman@ucar.edu" target="_blank">weisman@ucar.edu</a>
<a href="mailto:weisman@ucar.edu" target="_blank"><weisman@ucar.edu></a>, <a href="mailto:robwood@atmos.washington.edu" target="_blank">robwood@atmos.washington.edu</a>
<a href="mailto:robwood@atmos.washington.edu" target="_blank"><robwood@atmos.washington.edu></a></td>
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<p>Dear all,<br>
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I haven't made it across the Atlantic in a while, but I would be
grateful if you could pass this on to any good candidates you
are aware of
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<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>John<br>
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Dr John
Marsham,
<a href="mailto:j.marsham@see.leeds.ac.uk" target="_blank">j.marsham@see.leeds.ac.uk</a><br>
Academic Research Fellow (Water@Leeds)<br>
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric
Science (ICAS)<br>
School of Earth and Environment<br>
University of
Leeds
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 6422<br>
LS2 9JT,
UK
Fax: +44 (0) 113 343 5259<br>
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<a href="http://homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~lecjm/" target="_blank">http://homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~lecjm/</a><br>
NB: For post, you can ignore Water@Leeds and
ICAS<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> John
Marsham<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 01 December 2015 10:22<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" target="_blank">met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Research Fellow in modelling
East African Climate Dynamics: HyCRISTAL
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<p><b>Research Fellow in modelling African
Climate Dynamics:<br>
Integrating Hydro-Climate Science into
Policy Decisions for Climate-Resilient
Infrastructure and Livelihoods in East
Africa (HyCRISTAL) project</b><br>
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Fixed term for 36 months - available
immediately<br>
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<p>Outline:
<a href="https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ENVEE1088" target="_blank">https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ENVEE1088</a><br>
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or tap to follow the link" href="https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Upload/vacancies/files/3744/ENVEE1088%20%20Research%20Fellow%20in%20modelling%20African%20Climate%20Dynamics.pdf" target="_blank">Job
description:
https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Upload/vacancies/files/3744/ENVEE1088%20%20Research%20Fellow%20in%20modelling%20African%20Climate%20Dynamics.pdf</a></p>
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We seek an ambitious scientist with
interests in atmospheric dynamics
and climate change to study the role
of moist convection in the climate
system of East Africa and the
implications for projections of
change. Many aspects of climate
projections for East Africa are
uncertain, in particular for
rainfall, floods and droughts, and
the rapidly growing population is
vulnerable to such changes.
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You will be a part of the
international HyCRISTAL consortium
that is led from Leeds and has
members in East Africa, the UK and
the USA. You will use
kilometre-scale
convection-permitting simulations of
current and future African climate,
run within the DfID-NERC “Future
Climate for Africa” (FCFA)
programme, to understand future
extreme rainfall and dry spells in
East Africa and how the
representation of convection in
models affects regional circulations
and climate projections. You will
work with the HyCRISTAL team, and
others in FCFA, to address FCFA’s
aims of reducing uncertainty in the
projections of African climate on
the 5-40 year timescale, and making
better use of climate information
for improved decision-making for
those time-scales.
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The £4M HyCRISTAL consortium is one
of five consortia within the FCFA
programme. It is working with the
HyNEWS programme, which is supported
by the World Meteorological
Organisation. You will be joining
other climate-researchers working on
FCFA at Leeds, as well as a much
larger group working on tropical
weather and climate. You will
therefore be part of a large
collaborative research team, which
includes expertise in East Africa
climate change, observations,
modelling and tropical meteorology,
as well as interacting with
colleagues with expertise in impacts
of climate change, engineering and
economics. You will have close
collaboration with colleagues at
Leeds, the Met Office and elsewhere,
especially those working in the
IMPALA (Improving Model Processes
for African cLimAte) project, which
is supplying most of the model data
for HyCRISTAL. You will communicate
effectively throughout the project
with those researching
climate-change impacts, to ensure a
two-way flow of information,
participate in at least annual
meetings in East Africa and help
host visiting scientists from East
Africa. <br>
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This project presents a unique
opportunity: the multi-year
convection-permitting numerical
simulations to be used in HyCRISTAL
represent a step-change in our
ability to model tropical rainfall,
an outstanding research challenge of
global significance. The results
will be used to improve our
theoretical and conceptual
understanding of climate change and
climate variability in the tropics,
and will influence the
interpretation of climate
predictions at local level. The
models and their interpretation will
also be used to drive collaborative
work on physical, ecological and
socio-economic impacts of climate
change in the region, with our
partners conducting studies on
impacts on rural livelihoods and
urban water supply and sanitation in
particular. You will contribute to
our understanding of how global
climate change has impacts on local
and regional climate of Africa.
There is the potential for a number
of important publications arising
from the work. We aim that the
results will increase confidence in
model climate projections for
Africa, and will influence methods
and policies for exploitation of
climate projections in tropical
continental regions.<br>
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.<br>
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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 large
numerical model datasets. You should
be willing to collaborate actively
with partners in Africa, the UK and
the USA. You will be used to
programming on a Unix/Linux
operating system and have excellent
communication skills.
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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.<br>
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The University also offers family
friendly policies including
generous maternity and paternity
leave; full details of the
policies can be found here
<a href="http://hr.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/4/policies" target="_blank">http://hr.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/4/policies</a>
University Grade 7
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Informal enquiries may be made to
Dr John Marsham, email
<a href="mailto:J.Marsham@leeds.ac.uk" target="_blank">J.Marsham@leeds.ac.uk</a>, tel +44
(0)113 343 6422</div>
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Closing Date: 10 January 2016</div>
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Dr John
Marsham,
<a href="mailto:j.marsham@see.leeds.ac.uk" target="_blank">j.marsham@see.leeds.ac.uk</a><br>
Academic Research Fellow (Water@Leeds)<br>
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric
Science (ICAS)<br>
School of Earth and Environment<br>
University of
Leeds
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 6422<br>
LS2 9JT,
UK
Fax: +44 (0) 113 343 5259<br>
<br>
<a href="http://homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~lecjm/" target="_blank">http://homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~lecjm/</a><br>
NB: For post, you can ignore
Water@Leeds and ICAS<br>
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