[ES_JOBS_NET] University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Modelling the Upper Atmosphere

[Christine Wiedinmyer]

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated researcher to join the
Atmospheric and Planetary Chemistry group within the School of Chemistry at
Leeds. The WAVECHASM (Wave-Induced Transport of Chemically Active Species in
the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere) project, funded by the NERC in the UK
and the NSF in the US, will bridge the gap between high-resolution regional
models and global climate models in representing transport of constituents
by gravity waves. It will contribute to a much deeper understanding of the
key small-scale wave-induced constituent transport processes (advection,
turbulent mixing, dynamical transport and chemical transport), their global
characteristics and their impact on atmospheric chemistry.

 

By making use of a recent novel theoretical approach and developing this to
incorporate these transport processes into a global atmospheric chemistry
model (NCAR's WACCM), this project will significantly enhance our ability to
simulate the global constituent structure of the upper atmosphere. We will
focus on the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT, between 70 and 120 km),
which is sensitive to upward propagating atmospheric waves from below, and
solar radiation and energetic particle precipitation (i.e. space weather)
from above, and is where interplanetary dust particles ablate. This role
will be based at the University of Leeds (UK) but you will be expected to
visit our project partners at the University of Colorado (Boulder, USA)
twice during the project, for two weeks at a time.

 

You will have a PhD (or have submitted your thesis before taking up the
role) in meteorology, atmospheric physics, atmospheric chemistry, applied
mathematics, geophysics or a closely allied discipline, together with a
strong background in computer programming, code development and using large
numerical codes and/or datasets. Experience of working directly on research
problems related to the earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere would be
beneficial.

 

The closing date for applications is 26 May 2020. To view the full details
of this 3-year position, and to make an application, use the link below:

http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/EPSCH1017

 

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