[Wrf-users] postdoc position - PARIS

[D'Andrea Fabio]

OSTDOC POSITION AVAILABLE
Study of heatwave and drought episodes in Europe.
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1 year contract, extendable to 2 years.
Funded on a grant from the french National Research Agency.
starting date: june 2007 or soon thereafter
Salary: around 1650 E/month (NET OF ALL TAXES, and including health
insurance)

LOCATION: LMD (Laboratoire deMÈtÈorologie Dynamique) AND/OR
	LSCE (Laboratoire de Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement)
	Paris, France.

REQUIREMENTS
The successful candidate will have a PhD in meteorology/oceanography or
climate sciences, and a good background in atmospheric/climate dynamics.
Experience of use and/or development of mesoscale numerical atmospheric
models is mandatory. The candidate will also have an aptitude for 
multidisciplinary work in contact with scientists of different 
disciplines. A knowledge of bio-geo-chemical cycles or of land surface 
domain physics and ecology will be a plus.

SUBJECT
The work will be conducted in the framework of  a multidisciplinary
project, approaching heatwaves and droughts as a combination of several
factors: dynamics, physics, interactions between the biosphere and the
atmosphere. The project has the following objectives:
1) to better understand the typical space-time structures of the
atmospheric circulation of summer in Europe, their characteristics and
their causes. Particular focus will be on the link between weather
regimes, tropical forcing and forcing by soil moisture. with an accent
on the phenomena of heat waves,
2)  to analyze the predictabililty of heat waves, to improve knowledge
so that general circulation models better represent and forecast these
phenomena, and to develop statistical methods of forecast.
3)  to evaluate the impact of heatwaves on the vegetal ecosystems and on
the carbon cycle.
4)  to develop knowledge in order to be able to put forth hypotheses on
their modifications (in frequency, in intensity, in structure) within
the framework of the global warming of the planet.

In the first year the development of a coupled mesoscale model will be
the priority. This will include an advanced surface hydrology and
vegetation scheme (ORCHIDEE) and a state of the art atmospheric model 
(MM5/WRF).

In the following year the research will develop in different
directions, according to the results obtained and the postdoc's
inclinations: the analysis of heat-waves dynamics in Climate Change
conditions; the effect of heat-wave on the ecosystem and on the carbon
cycle and the feedback of land use on the local climate; forecast
techniques.

CONTACTS:
1) Fabio D'Andrea
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique
Ecole Normale Superieure
24 Rue Lhomond
75231 Paris Cedex 05  - France
email: dandrea at lmd.ens.fr

2) Pascal Yiou
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
CEA Saclay, l'Orme des Merisiers
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex - France
e-mail : pascal.yiou at cea.fr


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Fabio D'Andrea
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique
Ecole Normale Superieure                        Tel: +33 1 44 32 22 31
24 Rue Lhomond 75231 PARIS CEDEX 05 - France    Fax: +33 1 43 36 83 92