Chief Executive Postdoctoral fellowship position at CSIRO, Melbourne

Posted on by October 15, 2013

OCE Postdoctoral Fellowship – Australian emissions of synthetic greenhouse gases
– Participate in state-of-the-art monitoring and modelling of Synthetic Greenhouse Gas emissions
– Conduct innovative research
– Join CSIRO – Australia’s premier science & technology research organisation

The Position
CSIRO offers PhD graduates an opportunity to launch their scientific careers through our Office of the Chief Executive (OCE) Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF). Successful applicants will work with leaders in the field of science and receive personal development and learning opportunities.
Applications are invited for a 3-yr OCE PDF in estimating Australian emissions of synthetic greenhouse gases (SGGs). SGGs are Australia’s fastest growing (~10%/yr) greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sector and currently make up about 15% of Australia’s GHG forcing that contributes to global long-term climate change. The project will enable Australia to demonstrate the viability and efficacy of atmospheric verification as applied to national SGG emissions.
You will lead the team that installs and operates a new SGG monitoring facility at Lucas Heights, NSW (near Sydney), creating an Australian network for SGG observations, based on similar, existing SGG facilities at Aspendale, Victoria (near Melbourne) and Cape Grim, Tasmania. The network will monitor SGG emissions from New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and South Australia (responsible for 70-75% of Australian SGG emissions).
As part of the fellowship you will be exposed to leading-edge technologies in the measurement and emissions modelling of SGGs, for example as part of the international Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE). As such, the successful candidate should finish the appointment in an outstanding position to pursue a research career in this field, or related fields, either in Australia or overseas.

Specifically you will be responsible for:
– The establishment and operation of a state-of-the-art SGG monitoring facility at Lucas Heights.
– The coordinated operation of the Australian SGG monitoring network at Lucas Heights, Aspendale and Cape Grim.
– Assist with development and application of state-of-the-art inverse atmospheric modelling capability for GHG emissions.
– Produce high quality scientific and technical outputs including journal articles, conference papers and presentations, patents and technical reports.
– Develop innovative concepts and ideas for further research.

Location: Aspendale, Victoria
Salary: $81K to $88K plus up to 15.4% Superannuation Ref No: VIC13/03903
Tenure: 3 years

To be successful you will have:
– A PhD in Atmospheric chemistry or related fields.
– Demonstrated ability to conduct and develop innovative research in state-of-the-art atmospheric trace species measurements (preferably by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry).
– Demonstrated skills in the acquisition and processing of large data sets, with proficiency in at least one computer language such as IDL (Interactive Data Language), MATLAB, C/C++, Fortran 90/95, or LabView.
– Demonstrated ability to develop experimental plans which incorporate originality, creativity and innovation in solving problems, and which may introduce new directions and approaches.
– Demonstrated experience in working constructively with interdisciplinary teams.
– Evidence of strong communication skills, including the ability to publish/present results of scientific research in peer-reviewed journals, technical reports, conferences.

Owing to terms of the fellowship, candidates must not have more than 3 years of relevant Postdoctoral experience.

Who we are: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is one of the largest and most diverse scientific organisations in the world. By igniting the creative spirit of our people, we deliver great science and innovative solutions that benefit industry, society and the environment.

Applications close on the 4 November 2013 (at 11:30 AEST)

How to apply:
For further information (including the position description) and to apply online for the position of OCE Postdoctoral Fellowship ‐ Australian emissions of synthetic greenhouse gases please visit our website at CSIRO CAREERS (link below), choose “Jobs Search” and insert Reference Number VIC13/03903 where indicated.

CSIRO Careers website:
http://csiro.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.home

Position announcement at Berkeley National Lab

Posted on by October 15, 2013

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Department at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) seeks a motivated postdoctoral fellow to participate in local to regional predictions of atmospheric transport for multi-scale estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from California.

Responsibilities

Essential responsibilities include meso-scale atmospheric transport modeling and analysis of temporal and spatial datasets for quantification of full-suite GHG fluxes (e.g., CO2, CH4, N2O, and halocarbon). Specific work will include 1) numerical simulation of retrospective meso-scale meteorology using the NCAR Weather Research Forecast (WRF), 2) evaluation and reduction of transport model errors through comparison and assimilation of surface and/or atmospheric measurements, 3) computation of surface influence functions (footprints), and predicted atmospheric GHG signals with a focus on model uncertainties, and 4) publication of combined model-measurement analysis in peer-reviewed literature. Secondary responsibilities may include assistance with quality control of trace gas measurements and compilation and refinement of a priori bottom-up GHG emission maps.

Qualifications

The candidate must have a Ph.D. in atmospheric science, physics, applied mathematics, or related discipline that demonstrates expertise in mesoscale meteorological model development or multi-dimensional Green’s function analysis in a data assimilation framework. Experience with data assimilation and atmospheric transport modeling on local to regional scales would be advantageous. Having strong quantitative and programming skills, and the ability to communicate as evidenced by a record of publication, are necessary. The ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment with scientists from several institutions is important. Experience with spatial data processing and analysis is preferred. Experience with programming in FORTRAN/C/C++, and the R statistical scripting language would be advantageous.

Questions can be addressed to Dr. Marc L. Fischer (MLFischer@lbl.gov)

Job applications should be submitted to the following website:
https://lbl.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=76434

Diversity Statement: Employees at all levels of our organization are expected to work effectively within our diverse culture by promoting and supporting an environment in which all employees are valued, respected, and included.

Marc L. Fischer, Staff Scientist
Sustainable Energy Systems Group
Environmental Energy Technologies Division
E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
MS 90-2014
1 Cyclotron Rd.
Berkeley, CA 94720
510-486-5539 phone
510-486-5928 fax
http://energy.lbl.gov/env/mlf/

Post-doc position Modelling Atmospheric Composition at CzechGlobe

Posted on by March 18, 2013

The Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, seeks a postdoctoral research fellow with the following research focus: Interpretation of data measured at the atmospheric station Křešín u Pacova (Czech Republic) using atmospheric modelling. The main workload will be focused on the application and modification of existing models and development of new models, if necessary. Further, a complex interpretation of the atmospheric station measurement data will be asked.

Deadline for application is 30 April 2013.

Read more here

Call for the position of Director General of ICOS

Posted on by March 1, 2013

Dear all,

The call for the position of Director General of ICOS is open.

The European ICOS Research Infrastructure (ICOS RI) carries out the long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) observations required to understand the present state and predict the future behavior of the global carbon cycle and greenhouse gas sinks/sources (see ICOS Preparatory Phase http://www.icos-infrastructure.eu/).

The ICOS RI seeks a distinguished Director General (DG) for a full-time position. The position is initially for 5 years but the General Assembly can decide upon the extent of the duration. The DG is the legal representative of the ICOS legal entity and the director of the Head Office of ICOS. It is expected that the DG will be selected by June 2013 and that he/she can start working by September 2013. The ICOS Head Office is based in Helsinki, Finland (the statutory seat), with a secondary node in Paris, France. The Head Office in Helsinki is hosted by the Kumpula Science Campus (see http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/english/index.html and http://www.fmi.fi/).

See the Director_General_Call_ICOS document for the detailed information.

With Best Regards, Timo Vesala

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Timo Vesala
Professor of Meteorology
Department of Physics
PO Box 48
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
Tel: +358-405779008
Fax: +358-19150717

EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna, 7-12 April

Posted on by December 21, 2012

You are all invited to contribute InGOS related work to the EGU GA meeting! All info concerning this meeting can be found on the special EGU 2013 web page. Abstract submission deadline is January 9, 2013! Please don’t forget to acknowledge the InGOS project in your poster or presentation, using the phrase:

“The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) in the InGOS project under grant agreement n° 284274”

Some sessions relevant to InGOS are:

AS1.19 “Advances in Lagrangian Modelling of the Atmosphere”
Link to session info
Convenors: Harald Sodemann, Ignacio Pisso and Petra Seibert.
This is a new session at EGU, aiming to build upon the AGU Chapman conference, Grindelwald 2011. Contributions presenting advances in the development of Lagrangian transport and dispersion modelling in the atmosphere, model validation, inverse modelling, and numerous other applications will be accepted.

BG2.10 Climate extremes, ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles
link to session info
Conveners: Markus Reichstein, Michael Bahn, Yiqi Luo, Dorothea Frank.
This session will describe responses of ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles to climate extremes and variability, and identify related feedback mechanisms from the biosphere to the climate system. We welcome conceptual, observational, experimental and modeling approaches, and studies from the local to the global scale. While the conveners are more familiar with terrestrial systems, contributions from aquatic systems would be very welcome as well
The venue: Vienna, Austria, 07-12 April 2013.

BG1.6 – Towards a full greenhouse gas balance of the biosphere (terrestrial & aquatic ecosystems)
link to session info
Convenors: Lutz Merbold, Bert Gielen, Christian Bruemmer, Donatella Zona, Timo Vesala, Tonya DelSontro, Penelope Serrano-Ortiz
This session will go beyond CO2 and instead focus on the investigation of methane (CH4) and/or nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from different ecosystems globally with a broader goal of synthesizing the current research in terrestrial and aquatic systems. Given the fact that both CH4 and N2O emissions from land and water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and streams) can easily offset known carbon sinks (when converted to CO2-eq.), and that knowledge on the drivers of CH4/N2O as well as their temporal and spatial variability is still lacking, we encourage measuring, monitoring and modeling studies of both of these greenhouse gases from either the terrestrial or aquatic environments. Studies that focus on testing hypotheses, isolating mechanisms and processes, upscaling, and identifying knowledge gaps are of particular interest. While studies that already integrate terrestrial and aquatic GHG budgets would be ideal for this session, studies that present only one or the other are still strongly encouraged as they will highlight and open up discussions regarding the lack of interaction between the two sides.

ERE5.1: Measurement of Greenhouse Gases at the Urban Scale
Link to session info
Convenors: E. Crosson, P. Ciais.
The measurement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from urban centers in Europe and the U.S. is of extreme interest to academic researchers, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and industry. This interest is being driven by the fact that the identification and quantification of GHG emissions enable policy makers to make informed, metrics-based decisions and to incentivize changes in transportation and land use patterns In addition, anticipated regulatory changes to GHG emissions requirements, as well as recent claims by the natural gas industry that natural gas is the clean fuel of the future, have given rise to even more interest.
Utilizing a variety of measurement tools, including networks of analyzers, flux measurements, and measurements taken by aircraft and cars, just to name a few, knowledge about urban-scale GHG emissions is quickly growing.
This session is open to those focused on efforts to measure and quantify GHG emissions at the facility-level, the neighborhood-level, and also at city and regional scales. To this end, we welcome those involved with GHG concentration and emissions measurements around urban centers to present their work. In addition, because it is a very fast growing area, plans to develop such measurement capabilities around specific cities or regions are also welcomed. It is hoped that the session will bring together many researchers, and even policy makers, who are interested in pooling resources and collaborating on such projects.

Please be aware that the last date for submission of abstracts is 9 January 2013, and that EGU only accepts abstracts for which a processing fee of 40 Euro has been paid (this policy is not within the responsability of convenors).

InGOS N2O FLUX INTERCOMPARISON CAMPAIGN NEAR EDINBURGH (UK)

Posted on by December 4, 2012

The European Infrastructure Network InGOS (Integrated non-CO2 Greenhouse gas Observing System) aims to optimise and standardise flux measurement systems for non-CO2 greenhouse gases. To support this activity, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) in Edinburgh (UK) is hosting a major intercomparison campaign for the measurement of micrometeorological fluxes of N2O on a managed grassland for the period 3rd to 28th June 2013.

Objectives:

To verify a variety of N2O flux measurement setups using eddy covariance, REA or gradient method on the same field, for a duration of 4 weeks. All instruments will be running in parallel for the first few days measuring background conditions, and continue for a three week period following the fertilisation event.  All system will be calibrated together with the same gas standards. There will be the opportunity to interface various analysers with a common anemometer / data acquisition system or to test independent complete systems against a reference. Data analysis will be performed individually with own methodology and in parallel following a common protocol.

The Easter Bush grazed grassland is split into north and South fields. Both fields are suitable for eddy covariance measurements; the prevailing wind direction is southwesterly and therefore most measurements are made over the south field. White dots are static chambers.     Measurement setup inbetween the north and south fields

Field Site

The Easter Bush measurement site is located in a rural area 10 km south of Edinburgh, Scotland UK (3012’W, 55o52’N, 190 m a.s.l.). The site is situated on the border between two intensively-managed grassland fields of approximately 5 ha each. A full meteorological station is installed at the field site providing data for wind speed and direction, air humidity, solar radiation, soil T and moisture, atmospheric pressure, PAR, rainfall etc. The organic rich soil has consistently resulted in high N2O emission factors from fertiliser application in previous studies (Di Marco et al., 2004; Flechard et al., 2009; Jones et al., 2012).

 Logistics

We will be providing mains power, equipment enclosures and ultrasonic anemometer, as well as a joint data logging system and broadband connection in the field. Desk space and WIFI connection will be available at the CEH Institute, a 5 minute walk from the site.

Participation:

Please register interest in participating in the campaign with Eiko Nemitz and Daniela Famulari (InGOSN2O@ceh.ac.uk; +44 131 4458523). Transnational access (TNA) funds to cover travel, subsistence and shipment costs can be applied for by eligible parties via the InGOS website (see https://www.ingos-infrastructure.eu/?page_id=509 ) after discussion with the organisers.

PhD position Vienna (mind the deadline: 20 nov 2012!)

Posted on by November 16, 2012

At the University of Vienna (15 faculties, 3 centres, about 188 fields of study, approx. 9.400 members of staff, more than 90.000 students) the position of a

University Assistant (“pre-doc”)

at the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics is vacant.

The Research Group of Theoretical Meteorology at the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics of the University of Vienna seeks a scientific staff member (research and teaching)with a diploma or master degree. It is expected that the doctoral degree will be earned during the employment term.

Extent of Employment: 30 hours/week, duration: 4 years
Occupation group in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe(praedoc). On top of this, relevant chargeable work experience determines the assessmentto a particular salary grade.

Areas of work:
The person selected will mainly work in meteorological model development and application (e.g., Lagrangian transport model). She/he should contribute to strengthening the application of professional information science methods in meteorology, especially with respect to software development and data handling. Tasks will include work on a dissertation, contribution to the tasks of the research group projects, and teaching.

Profile:
University degree (diploma, master) in meteorology or a related field. In-depth knowledge of topics (one or more) such as modelling, atmospheric dynamics, boundary layer, environmental meteorology is desired. Good programming experience (Fortran) and in-depth IT-knowledge in a scientific context (Linux, scripting languages, web, LaTeX, …) are required. Applications will also be considered from people who come from IT science or computational physics, if, due to suitable knowledge (e.g. in hydrodynamics) they are able to and willing to train in meteorology, also by visiting lecture courses. On the other hand, applications from meteorology should engage in training in informatics. Interest in scientific work and publication, contributing to research and
teaching, excellent communication skills, orally and in writing, ability to work in a team and willingness to communicate. Good knowledge of English required, proficiency in German is a plus.

Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English) should be sent via Job Center to the University of Vienna (http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than 20.11.2012 and be referenced to the identification number 3477. For further information please contact Univ.-Prof. Dr. Petra Seibert (http://homepage.univie.ac.at/petra.seibert/)

The University of Vienna intends to increase the number of women on its faculty, particularly in high-level positions, and therefore specifically invites applications by women. Among equally qualified applicants women will receive preferential consideration.
Human Resources and Gender Equality of the University of Vienna Identification number of advertisement: 3477
E-Mail: jobcenter@univie.ac.at
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Univ. Prof. Dr. Petra Seibert
Inst. f. Meteorologie u. Geophysik
Universität Wien
Althanstr. 14 / UZA II / 5G508
1090 Wien, Austria
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/petra.seibert/
petra.seibert@univie.ac.at
Tel. +43 1 4277-53790
Fax +43 1 4277-9537
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Univ. Prof. Dr. Petra Seibert
Inst. f. Meteorologie u. Geophysik
Universität Wien
Althanstr. 14 / UZA II / 5G508
1090 Wien, Austria
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/petra.seibert/
petra.seibert@univie.ac.at
Tel. +43 1 4277-53790
Fax +43 1 4277-9537

ICOS Data Assimilation workshop for Carbon Portal 10+11 Jan 2012

Posted on by November 15, 2012

Venue: Rosarium, Amstelpark, Amsterdam, 10+11 January 2013

The ICOS project will soon become an offical European Research Infrastructure (ERIC). Part of ICOS will be a Carbon Portal that will provide external parties, main focus are scientists, with the ICOS data and products. The bid for offering this facility is now open. In order to facilitate the input from the modelling community in the definition of the interfaces and products of this Carbon Portal we will organise a workshop in Amsterdam in January 2013.

More information and registration for the workshop

InGOS N2O flux measurement campaign at DTU Risø, Denmark, April 15‐30, 2013

Posted on by November 13, 2012

This campaign is directed towards the InGOS project task 13.2, combining FTIR‐analyzer with micromet techniques for multi‐species.

The goal of the campaign is to compare different instruments (e.g. FTIR; Off‐axis LGR; Campbell; GC) applied for concentration and/or flux measurements by micro‐meteorological or chamber based approaches.

The campaign will take place at the Risø DTU TNA‐site willow‐plantation, in Zealand, DK. The plantation will becut in the winter 2012/2013, and ca. one week prior to commence of the campaign measurements, the site will be fertilized with digested slurry to achieve a significant N2O emission rate.

The campaign will begin Monday 15.4.2013, and is envisioned to run for two weeks, or longer if needed. Prior to this date, the site will be available for e.g. instrument preparation, installation and pre‐calibration, or other actions needed in order to initiate measurements on the desired date.

Access to a limited number of guest‐rooms is available at the Risø DTU campus, and will be available on a first-come first‐served basis.

A number of conventional hostel/hotel accommodation options are available in the city of Roskilde, ca. 5‐7 km from the test site.
http://www.danhostelroskilde.dk/#!prettyPhoto
http://www.hotelprindsen.dk/prindsen/PRINDSEN/Forside.html
http://www.scandichotels.com/Hotels/Countries/Denmark/Roskilde/Hotels/Scandic‐Roskilde/
http://www.comwellroskilde.dk/

The test site is equipped with mains power and i‐net. See further details at the relevant InGOS website page

Application for site‐access is also available at the InGOS website

If you are interested in participating in this campaign, and for further information, please contact:

Professor Per Ambus
Centre for Ecosystems and Environmental Sustainability (ECO)
DTU Chemical Engineering
Technical University of Denmark
mail: peam@kt.dtu.dk
Tel: +45 2132 5398