The incumbent will present scientific and technical experience to develop and improve actions that: speed up new instruments from analysis to operations, encourage new initiatives for operationally related analysis, and determine and doc sensitivities and efficiency of state-of-the artwork convection-allowing fashions.
Date posted
Sep. 23, 2022 12:45 pm
Software deadline
Oct. 23, 2022 5:00 pm
Group
CIWRO/NOAA on the College of Oklahoma
Location
Job description
Place Description
This can be a career-track PhD-level analysis scientist place within the Forecast Functions and Social Science Workforce on the Cooperative Institute for Extreme and Excessive-Influence Climate Analysis and Operations (CIWRO) on the College of Oklahoma (OU) in collaboration with NOAA’s Storm Prediction Heart (SPC) and Nationwide Extreme Storms Laboratory (NSSL).
Overview
The incumbent will present scientific and technical experience to develop and improve actions that: speed up new instruments from analysis to operations, encourage new initiatives for operationally related analysis, and determine and doc sensitivities and efficiency of state-of-the artwork convection-allowing fashions. These actions shall be in assist of the annual NOAA/Hazardous Climate Testbed (HWT) Spring Forecasting Experiments (SFEs) and real-time, year-round experimental prediction programs. The best candidate shall be enthusiastic about presenting and publishing their analysis. The place shall be primarily based on the Nationwide Climate Heart in Norman, OK, a extremely collaborative forecasting, analysis, and educational surroundings containing numerous NOAA and OU organizations. The incumbent will work immediately with analysis scientists at NSSL and operational forecasters at SPC, and shall be co-supervised by CIWRO scientist at each organizations (SPC and NSSL).
Job Tasks
- Lead efforts to boost and develop web-based visualizations for the next: real- time ensemble knowledge for NOAA/HWT SFEs, operational programs (e.g., Excessive-Decision Ensemble Forecast System), and real-time experimental programs that function year- spherical (e.g., NSSL-WRF, NSSL-FV3, NSSL-MPAS, and Warn-on-Forecast).
- Lead post-experiment analyses of convection-allowing ensembles from Group Leveraged Unified Ensemble (CLUE) experiments, subjective mannequin evaluations, and different experimental and operational programs used within the SFE.
- Have interaction within the broader analysis neighborhood by way of public dissemination of analysis by way of conferences, workshops, peer-reviewed journal articles, and hazardous-weather-related outreach occasions.
- Work regular hours besides for infrequent irregular hours throughout knowledge assortment, warning/forecast experiments or workshops carried out at distant websites.
{Qualifications}
- United States
- A PhD in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Pc Science, or associated
- Data and expertise in net growth and graphic design/visualization of fashions, in addition to data in extreme storms meteorology, numerical climate prediction fashions/ensemble programs together with convection-allowing fashions, and utility of statistical strategies for forecast verification.
- Proficiency in Linux (Unix) environments and python, and a robust understanding of JavaScript (together with JQuery), PHP, CSS stylesheets, and easy methods to implement dynamic web-based knowledge visualizations by way of libraries comparable to D3.
- Wonderful oral and written communication abilities.
Wage/Advantages
Work/Life Stability at CIWRO
- CIWRO helps a various, non-discriminatory workforce that respects the tradition, beliefs, and practices of all workers.
- Versatile work hours and straightforward space commutes allow workers to deal with private wants with out sacrificing paid depart.
- CIWRO’s structured career-track program permits for development {and professional} status whereas sustaining a wholesome work/life steadiness.
Dwelling in Norman, OK
- Norman is a phenomenal small metropolis with a burgeoning arts motion, full of life live performance sequence, and quite a few athletic occasions.
- Norman’s value of residing could be very low (/bit.ly/livenorman), permitting CIWRO workers to dwell inside a couple of 10-minute drive of the Nationwide Climate Heart.
- Huge-city facilities are solely a 20-30-minute drive A number of close by lakes and nature preserves provide further recreation and leisure.
Easy methods to Apply
Ship an announcement of curiosity highlighting the way you meet the place {qualifications}, your resume/CV, and a listing of three skilled references to: ciwro-careers@ou.edu. Enter within the topic line: ATTN: Mannequin Evaluation and Internet Growth Place. For extra details about this place, please contact Dr. Katie Wilson (katie.a.wilson@ou.edu).
The College of Oklahoma is an Equal Alternative/Affirmative Motion employer.
