The Cooperative Institute for Extreme & Excessive-Impression Climate Analysis and Operations seeks to fill a Analysis Scientist place for its collaborative analysis as a Cooperative Institute with the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Workplace of Oceanic and Atmospheric Analysis (OAR) Nationwide Extreme Storms Laboratory (NSSL).
Date posted
Dec. 12, 2022 11:45 am
Software deadline
Jan. 12, 2023 5:00 pm
Group
CIWRO on the College of Oklahoma
Location
Job description
CIWRO Analysis Scientist
Social Scientist for Warn-on-Forecast
The Cooperative Institute for Extreme & Excessive-Impression Climate Analysis and Operations (CIWRO
Background:
The WoF system (https://wof.nssl.noaa.gov/) is envisioned to be a main driver of the NWS Forecasting a Continuum of Environmental Threats paradigm (FACETS; https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/tasks/sides/). On condition that the final word purpose is the transition of a WoF prototype system to operations, it will be important that the probabilistic WoFS forecast steerage is usable and helpful to NWS forecasters and different stakeholders. (e.g., Emergency Managers, Broadcast meteorologists, and so on.)
Tasks:
The incumbent will design and conduct research inside NOAA Testbed, NWS Climate Forecast Workplaces or facilities to discover and take a look at operational usability to incorporate elements resembling: 1) visualization, 2) perceptions, understanding, and use of probabilistic forecast steerage and associated uncertainty info, 3) the communication of this info to companions, and 4) identification of operational alternatives for (or issues about) making use of probabilistic info inside the WFO and broader NWS infrastructure. On this function, a main duty of the incumbent will probably be to coordinate the experimental use of the WoF system with NWS leaders and journey to and conduct analysis inside NWS places of work and facilities. All through the analysis course of, the incumbent will collaborate with different social scientists, mannequin builders, and stakeholders to contribute towards the manufacturing of a WoF system prototype prepared for switch to operations. Extra obligations embrace publishing findings in peer-reviewed literature and presenting at conferences.
Required {Qualifications}:
- A Ph.D. in a number of of the next fields: Meteorology, Cognitive Psychology/Industrial Engineering/Human Components; Communication; Anthropology/Ethnography; and/or Science and Expertise Research. C
- Analysis expertise designing and conducting research to watch and elicit suggestions.
- Means to coordinate experimental actions with the NOAA NWS and journey to NWS places of work or facilities to conduct analysis.
- Expertise conducting information assortment and evaluation in a collaborative atmosphere (i.e., remark, consumer analysis, and so on.).
- Wonderful oral and written communication expertise (together with papers printed in or submitted to refereed journals).
- A capability to work each independently and cooperatively with others.
The start wage will probably be aggressive for this place and placement, and will probably be depending on expertise. The College of Oklahoma offers a beneficiant advantages bundle. Info on advantages could also be discovered at https://hr.ou.edu/Staff. The place will stay open till an acceptable candidate is recognized.
To use for the place, please ahead your resume, cowl letter and listing of three references to:
College of Oklahoma CIWRO
120 David L. Boren Blvd., Suite 2100
Norman, OK 73072-7304
Job Requisition – Social Scientist WoF
The College of Oklahoma is an equal alternative/Affirmative Motion employer
