[Wrf-users] postdoc in regional climate modeling

[Todd Ringler]

Postdoctoral Fellowship
Los Alamos National Laboratory
for online ad see: http://public.lanl.gov/ringler/ringler.html

Project Title: Impacts of Climate Change on the Hydrologic Cycle in  
the Southwest United States.

Summary: A postdoctoral position is available within the Theoretical  
Division to develop and apply a regional climate model of the  
Southwest United States (SWUS). The work will focus on the use of a  
high-resolution atmospheric model to characterize the regional aspect  
of anthropogenic climate change. Foci will include the  
characterization of the regional hydrologic cycle, the sensitivity of  
the regional hydrologic cycle to increasing greenhouse gases and the  
sensitivity of surface vegetation to changes in the regional  
hydrologic cycle. The work will include participation in a project- 
wide impacts analysis of regional climate change on vegetation  
survival and mortality throughout the SWUS. The successful applicant  
will work within an interdisciplinary team of staff members, postdocs  
and graduate students focused on improved simulation of regional  
climate change. The postdoc will work closely with members of LANL’s  
Climate Modeling group, members of LANL’s Earth and Environmental  
Sciences Division, the University of New Mexico and the National  
Center for Atmospheric Research. This project is primarily a modeling,  
simulation and analysis project with extensive use of observational  
data and experimental results for model development and validation.

Required skills include experience developing and/or using numerical  
models of atmospheric dynamics, demonstrated ability to publish peer- 
reviewed papers, effective written and oral communication skills,  
willingness to work in a team environment, and a Ph.D. pending or  
received within the last five years.

Desired skills include a background in mesoscale atmospheric dynamics,  
exposure to mesoscale atmosphere models, such as the Weather Research  
and Forecasting (WRF) model, and working knowledge of FORTRAN, C or C++.

Candidates may also be considered for prestigious Director's,  
Oppenheimer, Feynman or Reines Fellowships.

For more information please contact Nate McDowell (mcdowell at lanl.gov, http://climateresearch.lanl.gov/) 
  and Todd Ringler (ringler at lanl.gov, http://public.lanl.gov/ringler/ringler.html) 
. To be considered for the position, please send a resume and a short  
statement of your future research goals to Dr.’s McDowell and Ringler.

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Todd Ringler              http://public.lanl.gov/ringler/ringler.html
T-3 Fluid Dynamics   ringler at lanl.gov
MS B216
Los Alamos National Lab  (505) 667-7744 (ph)
Los Alamos, NM 87545     (505) 665-5926 (fax)