[ES_JOBS_NET] Postdoctoral Researchers and PhD Students Wanted for a New Satellite Project

[Christine Wiedinmyer]

*Cluster Hiring:*



*Postdoctoral Researchers and PhD Students Wanted for a New Satellite
Project*



We cordially invite applications for multiple positions to work in the
areas of weather forecasting, climate modeling, satellite data analysis and
comparison, to aid the science development of a new Earth-observing
satellite.



*Research description*



Canada will develop three instruments, TICFIRE (Thin Ice Cloud and Far
InfraRed Emissions), ALI (Aerosol Limb Imager) and SHOW (Spatial Heterodyne
Observations of Water), jointly known as *HAWC (High-altitude, Aerosols,
Water Vapour and Clouds) <https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/hawc/>*,
for the space observations of climate change.



The successful candidates will join the HAWC Science Development Team (SDT)
jointly funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada and the Canadian Space Agency, to undertake a suite of activities
that are crucial to developing the sciences and applications of the
AOS/HAWC measurements. Several postdoctoral and PhD positions are still
open in this round of the SDT recruitment. Each hire will be appointed at a
university, to focus on one subproject of the working groups outlined below.



*1. Aerosols*

Subproject 1 Stratospheric aerosol lifecycle

Subproject lead: Professor Matthew Toohey <matthew.toohey at usask.ca>

Positions open: one PhD

Location: University of Saskatchewan



*2. Water vapour*

Subproject 2 SHOW assessment

Subproject lead: Professor William Ward <wward at unb.ca>

Positions open: one postdoc

Location: University of New Brunswick



Subproject 3 Water vapour variability

Subproject lead: Professor Susann Tegtmeier <susann.tegtmeier at usask.ca>

Positions open: one postdoc

Location: University of Saskatchewan



*3. Clouds and radiation*

Subproject 4 Radiative transfer modelling

Subproject lead: Professor Yi Huang <yi.huang at mcgill.ca>

Position open: one postdoc

Location: McGill University



*4. Observation synergy*

Subproject 5 HAWC OSSE

Subproject lead: Professor Jean-Pierre Blanchet <
blanchet.jean-pierre at uqam.ca>

Positions open: one postdoc

Location: Université du Québec à Montréal



Subproject 6 Ground Lidar-ALI synergy

Subproject lead: Professor Adam Bourassa <adam.bourassa at usask.ca>,
Professor Bob Sica <sica at uwo.ca>

Positions open: one postdoc

Location: University of Saskatchewan



*How to apply*



PhD



To apply for the PhD positions, interested applicants are encouraged to
contact the leads of the subprojects of their respective interests. Please
send a recent academic transcript, an updated resume, and a half-page
statement of research experience and interests. The successful candidates
need to meet the admission requirements of the respective universities.



Postdoc



To be considered for the postdoc positions, an applicant must have a PhD
degree in atmospheric sciences, meteorology, physics, or a related
discipline, received within the past 4 years. The candidate shall have the
ability to conduct original and independent scientific research and is
expected to have experience in one or multiple of these skills:

   - atmospheric modelling,
   - satellite measurement simulation,
   - analysis of model and/or satellite datasets,
   - programming in Fortran, Matlab or Python on Linux systems.



The interested applicants are encouraged to directly contact the leads of
the subprojects of their interest by email, enclosing:

   - a cover letter,
   - a curriculum vitae,
   - transcripts and academic records (B.Sc. and graduate-level), and
   - names and contact information for at least two references.



An applicant can apply for one or multiple of these subprojects
simultaneously but is strongly recommended to clearly identify a primary
subproject at the top of their application. The applications will be
evaluated independently for each subproject. Evaluation of the applications
will start once received and continue until all the positions are filled.



Yi Huang (Lead-PI), McGill University

Kaley Walker (co-Lead), University of Toronto

Jean-Pierre Blanchet, Université du Québec à Montréal

Adam Bourassa, University of Saskatchewan

Rachel Chang, Dalhousie University

Doug Degenstein, University of Saskatchewan

Robert Fajber, McGill University

Chris Fletcher, University of Waterloo

Colin Goldblatt, University of Victoria

Norman O’Neill, University of Sherbrooke

Bob Sica, Western University

Susann Tegtmeier, University of Saskatchewan

Matthew Toohey, University of Saskatchewan

William Ward, University of New Brunswick

Aldona Wiacek, Saint Mary’s University

Xiaoli Zhou, Dalhousie University

of HAWC Science Development Team
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