[Wrf-users] Post-doc position in Optimization of new scalable atmospheric codes at Barcelona Supercomputing Center

[ojorba]

Dear wrf-users,

The Earth Sciences Department of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center –
Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) invites applications for a
Postdoctoral Scientist in ATMOSPHERIC-COMPUTER sciences for optimization
of new scalable atmospheric codes. The BSC-CNS
(http://www.bsc.es/) is the National Supercomputer Facility in Spain
which hosts one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe and the
world. The mission of BSC-CNS is to investigate, develop and manage
information technology in order to facilitate scientific progress. With
this objective, it has been taken special dedication to areas such as
Deep Computing and e-sciences. The Earth Sciences Department of the
BSC-CNS has as main topics of research: air quality (photochemical and
aerosol pollution); climate change (feedback with air quality and
radiative forcing); and global and regional modelling of desert dust. We
are seeking applicants for:

Vacancy:
Postdoctoral Scientist in ATMOSPHERIC-COMPUTER sciences - Consolider-
Optimization of new scalable atmospheric codes (Earth Sciences)


Reference:
PSDConsolider-2 (ES)

The impact of mineral dust on air quality, climate and ecosystems
represents a major scientific and societal issue. The BSC-CNS has been
delivering operational dust forecasts over North Africa and Europe in
the last years with the Dust Regional Atmospheric Modeling System
(DREAM). The candidate will be involved in a project mainly designed to
increase the resolution of global and regional dust simulations for
short- and long term applications under new computationally demanding
parameterizations of physical processes such dust-radiation feedbacks.
The DREAM model will be improved, calibrated and validated for accurate
prediction of mineral dust events in a global and regional scale. For
this, DREAM will be coupled with a state-of-the-art global/regional
atmospheric model. The candidate will contribute to develop the new
model within the EARTH SYSTEM MODELING FRAMEWORK (ESMF) and optimize the
code in a massively parallel infrastructure.

Requirements:

•	Have a PhD degree in one of the following areas: Computational Science
in atmospheric physics, Physics/Meteorology or Environmental Science.
•	Proven expertise in the development, application and/or validation of
meteorological and/or chemistry transport models.
•	Previous experience in model development and application in parallel
computing environments will be appreciated.
•	Experience on the EARTH SYSTEM MODELING FRAMEWORK (ESMF) or similar
will be highly appreciated.
•	Excellent computing skills (FORTRAN, C, LINUX/UNIX).
•	High level in English.

Personal abilities:

•	Work both independently and in a team
•	Skills in presentation techniques and a good publication record
•	Open-minded

All applications should contain:

A presentation letter
Your C.V with contact data

Deadline: 30 May 2008

Please submit your applications to the following email address,
indicating the offer reference (PSDConsolider-2 (ES)) in the subject
message:  santiago.gasso at bsc.es



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Dr. Oriol Jorba Casellas
Earth Sciences Department
Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación
Edifici Nexus II
C/ Jordi Girona 29, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
phone +34 934134050 fax +34 934137721
mail to: oriol.jorba at bsc.es
BSC web page: http://www.bsc.es
Daily AIR QUALITY model forecasts for the Iberian Peninsula region:
http://www.bsc.es/projects/earthscience/aqforecast-en/
Daily DREAM dust model forecasts for the Euro-Mediterranean region:
http://www.bsc.es/projects/earthscience/DREAM/
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