Positions Available
Sea Ice Research and Modeling
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Hamburg, Germany
Selection Process Begins: Saturday, 15 March 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/institut/jobs/mpi-job3.html#c4854
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, is seeking
one postdoctoral fellow for sea ice research and one scientific
programmer for sea ice modeling.
The newly founded research group "Sea ice in the Earth System" will
develop, implement, and use a next-generation sea ice model for climate
studies. The model will be based on as few empirical approximations as
possible, allowing a more realistic representation of air-ice-sea
interaction both on a local and a global scale. The research group is
actively involved in laboratory and field experiments and is running a
cold lab that allows the development of new parameterizations for
numerical and analytical models of sea ice.
The research group is seeking one postdoctoral fellow to develop new
parameterizations of air-ice-sea interaction from theoretical or
experimental studies and one scientific programmer for the numerically
efficient implementation of the new sea ice model. Possible research
topics include, but are not limited to, the summer melt cycle, the
frazil-pancake cycle, and the modeling of snow on sea ice. A background
in physics, mathematics, geophysics, or a related subject is required.
Previous experience with sea ice modeling is of advantage.
The positions are initially offered for three years, with the
possibility of an extension to five years, starting as soon as possible.
The selection process for both positions will start on Saturday, 15
March 2008, and will continue until the positions are filled. The Max
Planck Institute for Meteorology seeks to increase the number of female
scientists and encourages them to apply. Handicapped persons with
comparable qualifications receive preferential status.
Applicants should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, summary
of research achievements, research plan (for the postdoctoral position),
and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three references to:
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Administration/Mr. Letscher
Reference: SNWG08/1 (for postdoctoral position) or SNWG08/2 (for programmer)
Bundesstrasse 53
D-20146 Hamburg
Germany
For further information, please contact:
Dirk Notz
E-mail: dirk.notz [at] zmaw.de