<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Location: </b></span><span style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap">Boulder, CO.<br>Type: Full time, exempt, two-year term.<br>Application Deadline:  This position will be posted until filled.<br><br></span><p style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Where You Will Work:</b></p><p style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">The Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory (CGD) is part of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).  The position is in the CGD Terrestrial Sciences Section (TSS; see <a href="https://www.cgd.ucar.edu/sections/" target="_blank">https://www.cgd.ucar.edu/sections/</a>)</p><p style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px"><br></p></div><div><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">What You Will Do:</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></span></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">This position will conduct research and development focusing on advancing stakeholder-relevant hydrologic prediction science.  The Scientist will support two projects, both of which involve implementing and enhancing models and methods to generate hydrologic and streamflow forecasts.  The work will also leverage earth system observations, numerical weather prediction and climate forecasts.  The first project will demonstrate the science through building out an <span class="gmail-WOM2" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;word-break:break-all;display:inline;text-decoration:inherit">experimentally-operational</span> regional hydrologic prediction system for the Pacific Northwest, in partnership with the managing agency (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) and other partners and stakeholders.  The second project will use similar science to establish a western-US oriented snow modeling and data assimilation system to benchmark the value of new datasets, models and techniques for sub-seasonal to seasonal hydrologic prediction, working with science groups and the Bureau of Reclamation.  The research will center on two process-oriented models primarily -- SUMMA and CTSM (Community Terrestrial Systems Model) -- and involve model development as well as implementation and analysis, running models in uncertainty-aware (ensemble) frameworks, and analyzing and improving forecasts through supporting techniques such as parameter estimation and data assimilation. </p><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">The researcher will also help in the development or processing of multi-variate observational datasets include <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size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