University of Reading – Research Scientist in Arctic Climate

Alberto Troccoli

August 19, 2019 at 8:32 am #9909

Reading RG6
£30,395 – £39,609 a year

The University of Reading are seeking to employ a talented researcher to study Arctic climate in the H2020 APPLICATE project. The environment of the Arctic is rapidly changing, impacting on both local and global climate. APPLICATE is a pan-European Horizon 2020 project which aims to develop enhanced predictive capacity for weather and climate in the Arctic and beyond, and to determine the influence of Arctic climate change on Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, for the benefit of policy makers, businesses and society.

You will be involved in WP3 of APPLICATE (Determining the impact of Arctic climate change on mid latitudes through atmospheric and oceanic linkages). WP3 aims to use climate model experiments to determine the impact of changes in the Arctic on the mid latitudes through atmospheric and oceanic linkages. Effective collaboration with other members of the research team and APPLICATE (http://applicate.eu) will be required.

You will have or shortly be expected to achieve:

• A PhD or equivalent in physical or mathematical sciences
• Experience of analysing or running climate models
• Strong scientific computing skills
• An understanding of physical processes relating to climate

APPLICATE project is currently applying for 6-month extension to the project, and there is the possibility of extending the post by a further 6-months.

Apply at https://jobs.reading.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=5369&source=JobtrainIndeed

Department of Meteorology, University of Reading
The Department of Meteorology at Reading is the largest of its kind in Europe with over 40 academic staff, 20 senior research staff and fellowship holders, around 90 postdocs and around 70 PhD students. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, 86% of our research was graded as world class or internationally excellent and were ranked third in the country in the “Earth Systems and Environmental Science” category for Research Power. The Department hosts around 25 Met Office scientists, the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), NCAS Computational Modelling Services (CMS) and part of the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM).

Informal contact details

Contact role: Principal Investigator

Contact name: Prof Len Shaffrey

Contact phone: +44 (0)118 378 5193

Contact email: l.c.shaffrey@reading.ac.uk

Interviews will be held on 16 September 2019