Postdoc Subject area land surface modeling and data assimilation

Description: 

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The position is associated with the research unit FOR2131, which has recently been funded by the German Science Foundation. This research unit sets out to Design and install a data assimilation framework for catchment-scale terrestrial systems encompassing all compartments from the groundwater to the atmosphere including soil, vegetation, and river networks Performing model simulations at a very high spatial resolution in order to analyze the role of land surface heterogeneities on hydrological and atmospheric processes You will independently develop methods for the assimilation of land surface information like land surface temperature, soil moisture and leaf area index Test the methods on a unique virtual catchment and real data from TERENO-catchments Evaluate the value of these data types for improving flood and weather predictions, together with various other German project partners Possibility to work in an interdisciplinary team and with state of the art supercomputer facilities

Place: 
Julich
Germany
Deadline: 
Tuesday, May 1, 2018