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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear WRF-Users:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">There is a position opening up at Northrop Grumman for regional climate downscaling with WRF. Please see below for details.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Regards,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-Eric</FONT>
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Requisition for Applied Climate Scientist / Modeler (Meteorologist 5)</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">As climate change receives increasing attention from the US Federal, state & local governments as well from industry, the need for climate adaptation has become evident. The ability to use and apply climate model output to support decision making for adaptation purposes is today an emerging business with a relatively immature capability. Northrop Grumman Information Systems is developing a climate change/adaptation program geared toward developing and maturing a regional climate modeling and critical decision aid capability. This will allow users to make critical decisions on climate impacts that may be felt decades from now. </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Qualifications and Experience:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The candidate will have an advanced degree (preferably a Ph.D.) in the atmospheric or earth sciences with hands on experience of at least three years in the area of climate modeling and/or regional downscaling modeling. The ideal candidate will have direct experience using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model or other climate downscaling models driven by IPCC and reanalysis output to investigate regional climate impacts.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Experience with any of the IPCC models including CCSM is an advantage. The candidate will have experience in analyzing output and </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">performing validation in regional climate models. The candidate will have experience running models within a High Performance Computing (HPC) environment and direct programming experience in one or more of the following languages: C / C++, FORTRAN90, python, MATLAB. </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Job Description:</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The candidate will develop a regional downscaling capability over specified areas using a set of Regional Climate Models and the IPCC models. The candidate will create future scenarios out to several decades in the future. The candidate will interpret results through comparisons to current scenarios. In addition, the candidate will be involved in developing custom decision aids to support defined user applications. The candidate will actively participate with our research partners within the US government (i.e., NASA / NOAA), industry and academia to improve on climate downscaling technologies.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Position is located in Chantilly, VA and requires a United States citizenship. Interested candidates can send their resume to: </FONT><A HREF="mailto:randall.alliss@ngc.com"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">randall.alliss@ngc.com</FONT></U></A></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Eric M. Kemp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Meteorologist, Civil Enterprise Solutions</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Northrop Grumman Corporation</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Information Systems, Civil Systems Division</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Goddard Space Flight Center</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mailstop 610.3</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Greenbelt, MD 20771</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Phone: 301-286-9768</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Fax: 301-286-1775</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">E-Mail: eric.kemp@nasa.gov</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">E-Mail: eric.kemp@ngc.com</FONT>
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