[ES_JOBS_NET] Open PhD position on atmospheric transport and cloud microphysics, TU Delft, Netherlands

[Irene Dedoussi]

PhD position at TU Delft (Netherlands) on aviation’s atmospheric effects

Title: Towards climate friendly flight: understanding the underlying chemistry and physics of the climate effects of aviation

Topic: Aviation is a strong and growing sector, which guarantees long-range mobility. However, it also contributes to global warming. Emissions from aircraft increase the atmospheric concentrations of e.g. carbon dioxide, ozone, water vapour, and particulates. Another important effect is the formation of contrails, which also contribute to climate change. For most of these effects a sound understanding of the underlying physical and chemical processes has been developed in recent years, and estimates on their climate impact are available. However, there is one area of uncertainty, which relates to the impact of emitted aerosols, e.g. soot, on clouds. Aerosols impact cloud formation, but also their optical properties and lifetime. Your research, which is embedded in the European project ACACIA, includes the analysis of transport pathways and processes along these pathways to better understand the interaction of atmospheric transport with cloud micro-physics and atmospheric chemistry. It also aims to identify regions, which are more and less climate sensitive, to eventually guide air traffic management towards reducing the climate impact of aviation.

Deadline: January 15th 2020; early applications are encouraged.

Position details and application instructions: https://vacature.beta.tudelft.nl/vacaturesite/permalink/287776/?lang=en
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