The College of Maryland/Cooperative Institute for Satellite tv for pc Earth System Research (UMD/CISESS) are in search of a scientist to collaborate with the European Centre for Medium-range Climate Forecasts (ECMWF) to guage the anticipated influence of NOAA’s future satellite tv for pc microwave sounding programs.
Date posted
July 26, 2022 10:15 am
Utility deadline
Sep. 30, 2022 5:00 pm
Group
The College of Maryland/Cooperative Institute for Satellite tv for pc Earth System Research
Location
Job description
The College of Maryland/Cooperative Institute for Satellite tv for pc Earth System Research (UMD/CISESS) are in search of a scientist to collaborate with the European Centre for Medium-range Climate Forecasts (ECMWF) to guage the anticipated influence of NOAA’s future satellite tv for pc microwave sounding programs. NOAA is at the moment contemplating devices and constellation choices for its subsequent technology of operational climate satellites. These climate satellites are vital for numerical climate prediction (NWP), and passive microwave sounders have among the many largest influence on whether or not forecasts. A key side is therefore to make sure that instrument and constellation design decisions for the subsequent technology programs keep and additional advance this influence, and to determine necessities for instrument design and orbit configurations.
The profitable candidate will use the ECMWF knowledge assimilation system to simulate the anticipated influence of microwave sounding missions which can be at the moment into consideration at NOAA. An ensemble method will likely be adopted to estimate the anticipated discount within the forecast uncertainty. The mission builds on established strategies which have beforehand been used for different present and future satellite tv for pc programs (e.g., Aeolus, radio occultation, or microwave sounding). The brand new knowledge will likely be assimilated in all-sky circumstances, according to the present use of microwave sounding radiances within the operational ECMWF assimilation system. There will likely be shut collaboration with NOAA and CISESS scientists on specifying the instrument and orbit constellations to contemplate.
As a visiting scientist from UMD/CISESS, the incumbent will spend prolonged durations of time, as much as one 12 months, at ECMWF in Studying, UK. The place is a novel alternative to work with the worlds’ main world knowledge assimilation system and to contribute to shaping the way forward for the US satellite tv for pc sounding programs.
{Qualifications}:
- Implement the aptitude to simulate and assimilate the brand new satellite tv for pc knowledge within the ECMWF forecasting system, adapting operationally used state-of-the-art approaches
- Configure the ECMWF system to make use of an ensemble method to analyze the anticipated influence from the brand new satellite tv for pc knowledge
- Simulate the brand new observations and conduct ensemble influence evaluations
- Liaise with NOAA and CISESS scientist relating to instrument and constellation specs
- Doc and current outcomes as required
{Qualifications} and Required Expertise/Expertise:
- A sophisticated college diploma in Physics, Maths, Meteorology or associated fields, ideally to PhD stage, or equal confirmed analysis expertise
- Related work expertise, ideally masking 3 years
- Familiarity with satellite tv for pc knowledge evaluation, numerical climate prediction, and/or knowledge assimilation is fascinating
- Sturdy computing abilities are required, obtained in a Unix/Linux setting, and ideally together with Fortran/C++ coding, in addition to evaluation instruments akin to Python, IDL, R
- Good interpersonal and staff working abilities, together with strengths in scientific evaluation, synthesis and presentation
- US citizenship is necessary
To Apply: candidates ought to ship a CV with an inventory of at the very least 3 skilled references and a canopy letter explaining how your {qualifications} meet the posted necessities to deb baker <drb@umd.edu>.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER
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