PhD Student Position Available
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)
Kjeller, Norway
Application Deadline: Tuesday, 1 July 2008
For further information, please contact:
John Burkhart
Email: jfb [at] nilu.no
The Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) and the Norwegian Polar
Institute (NP) announce an immediate opening for a PhD-student position.
The position, based in the Department of Atmospheric and Climate
Research (ATMOS) at NILU, is in Kjeller, Norway. The successful
candidate will work with the atmospheric transport-modeling group on
projects related to the long-range transport of pollutants.
The project has two principal objectives. First, unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) flights will be conducted operationally in Svalbard and Greenland
to provide baseline albedo measurements with a high degree of spatial
variability. Second, transport modeling will provide forecasts for
pollution episodes, which will initiate more intensive flight periods to
measure whether a significant signal in the albedo results from the
pollution.
The PhD-student will participate in this collaborative project between
NILU and the NP, using the NorutIT UAV, CryoWing, to measure pollutant
driven changes in arctic albedo. The student will be expected to
participate in two intensive field campaigns, and must have a degree in
meteorology or a related field. Excellent programming skills and the
ability to work in a highly team-oriented environment are required.
Familiarity with script writing and programming experience in Linux with
FORTRAN/MATLAB/PYTHON, is preferred.
For further information, and to apply, please contact:
John Burkhart
Email: jfb [at] nilu.no
The application deadline is Tuesday, 1 July. 2008.
For more information about the project, please go to:
http://transport.nilu.no/projects/vauuav