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 establish and doc sensitivities and efficiency of state-of-the artwork convection-allowing fashions.
Date posted
Sep. 23, 2022 12:15 pm
Software deadline
Oct. 23, 2022 5:00 pm
Group
CIWRO/NOAA on the College of Oklahoma
Location
Job description
Place Description
It is a career-track MS-level analysis scientist place within the Forecast Functions and Social Science Crew on the Cooperative Institute for Extreme and Excessive-Impression 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 establish and doc sensitivities and efficiency of state-of-the artwork convection-allowing fashions. These actions will likely be in assist of the annual NOAA/Hazardous Climate Testbed (HWT) Spring Forecasting Experiments (SFEs) and real-time, year-round experimental prediction techniques. The place will likely be primarily based on the Nationwide Climate Heart in Norman, OK, a extremely collaborative forecasting, analysis, and educational setting containing a variety of NOAA and OU organizations. The incumbent will work instantly with analysis scientists at NSSL and operational forecasters at SPC, and will likely be co-supervised by CIWRO scientists at each organizations (NSSL and SPC).
Job Tasks
- Lead efforts to reinforce and develop web-based visualizations for the next: real- time ensemble knowledge for NOAA/HWT SFEs, operational techniques (e.g., Excessive-Decision Ensemble Forecast System), and real-time experimental techniques that function year- spherical (e.g., NSSL-WRF, NSSL-FV3, NSSL-MPAS, and Warn-on-Forecast).
- Assist post-experiment analyses of convection-allowing ensembles from Neighborhood Leveraged Unified Ensemble (CLUE) experiments, subjective mannequin evaluations, and different experimental and operational techniques used within the SFE.
- Have interaction within the broader analysis neighborhood by way of public dissemination of
- Work regular hours besides for infrequent irregular hours throughout knowledge assortment, warning/forecast experiments or workshops performed at distant websites.
{Qualifications}
- United States
- A Grasp’s Diploma in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Laptop Science, or associated
- Information and expertise in net growth and graphic design/visualization of fashions, in addition to information in extreme storms meteorology, numerical climate prediction fashions/ensemble techniques together with convection-allowing fashions, and utility of statistical methods for forecast verification.
- Proficiency in Linux (Unix) environments and python, and a robust understanding of JavaScript (together with JQuery), PHP, CSS stylesheets, and learn how to implement dynamic web-based knowledge visualizations by way of libraries corresponding to D3.
- Glorious oral and written communication expertise.
Wage/Advantages
Work/Life Stability at CIWRO
- CIWRO helps a various, non-discriminatory workforce that respects the tradition, beliefs, and practices of all staff.
- Versatile work hours and straightforward space commutes allow staff to deal with private wants with out sacrificing paid go away.
- CIWRO’s structured career-track program permits for development {and professional} status whereas sustaining a wholesome work/life stability.
Residing in Norman, OK
- Norman is a good looking small metropolis with a burgeoning arts motion, vigorous live performance collection, and quite a few athletic occasions.
- Norman’s price of residing could be very low (/bit.ly/livenorman), permitting CIWRO staff to dwell inside a couple of 10-minute drive of the Nationwide Climate Heart.
- Large-city facilities are solely a 20-30-minute drive A number of close by lakes and nature preserves supply extra recreation and leisure.
The way 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 Net 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.
