[Wrf-users] PhD - extreme weather development in the Arctic

[Idar Barstad]

3 years PhD at Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research – Bergen – Norway:


WHERE:

At Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR) located in the city of 
Bergen, Norway. BCCR has about 75 employees and focus on the northern 
Atlantic climate system. The centre has been awarded the status “Centre 
of Excellency” by the Norwegian Research Council, and is participating 
in the United Nations climate panel (IPCC) where simulations from a 
fully coupled climate model are provided. Bergen is located by the ocean 
and surrounded by mountains with great opportunities for outdoor 
activities. The BCCR has a relatively young staff including many post 
docs and PhD students.


WHEN:

The duties for the PhD candidate will commence in the autumn of 2007.


SUBJECT:

The successful applicant will focus his/her work on studying the 
development of extreme weather in the polar region and its implication 
on air-sea interaction in the climate system. The study will make use of 
a simplified coupled system where a mixed layer model for the ocean and 
a wave model will be coupled to an atmospheric component (wrf). More 
information may be obtained from the contact person, see below.


REQUIREMENTS

The applicants must hold a Master’s degree in either meteorology, 
oceanography, mathematics or physics before the deadline of the 
application. The deadline will be set later, and interested potential 
applicants not yet graduated are asked to notify the BCCR when the 
graduation is expected so that the deadline maybe set accordingly.


FURTHER INFORMATION:

Please contact _Idar.Barstad at bjerknes.uib.no 
<mailto:Idar.Barstad at bjerknes.uib.no>_ at the BCCR if you are interested 
in this position and need further information.