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A Post-doctoral / PhD position is available at the University of Leuven
(Belgium) for motivated scientists with an interest in understanding
precipitation processes. The successful candidate will have the
opportunity to work within the project QUEST (Quantitative Evaluation of
Precipitation Forecasts), which takes place in collaboration with
several German universities and research institutes
(http://www.meteo.uni-bonn.de/projekte/SPPMeteo/), the German
Weatherservice and the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium.
Within QUEST, information from ground-based and satellite remote sensing
instruments and from 'state of the art' numerical weather prediction
models is used to improve insight in the temporal and spatial
variability of precipitation.
The position is for a period of 3.5 years starting as soon as possible.
After a model evaluation and model improvement phase, a precipitation
climatology for Belgium at high spatial (2.8 km) and temporal (15 min)
resolution will be created based on a combination of measurements and
model output. This dataset will be used to study mechanisms behind the
precipitation distribution in Belgium and is meant to serve as a
reference database for follow-up studies in geography, hydrology and
agriculture. For more information on the research unit see
http://www.kuleuven.be/geography/frg/index.htm
Requirements:
Posdoc position: a PhD in atmospheric or related sciences, excellent
programming skills (e.g. fortran) as well as familiarity with
LINUX/UNIX environment, experience with numerical modelling or analysis
of remote sensing data and good communicational skills.
PhD position: Candidates should be interested in numerical modelling and
in analysis of remote sensing data. In addition, good
physical/mathematic al understanding, interest in programming and a high
motivation is needed.
Applicants should submit a CV, a description of research interests and
the names and e-mail of at least two references to Prof. van Lipzig at
the email adress given below.
Review of the applications will begin 29 May 2007 and will continue
until the position is filled.
For more information, contact:
Prof. Dr. Nicole van Lipzig, University of Leuven,
Nicole.VanLipzig@geo.kuleuven.be, +3216326453
--
Nicole van Lipzig (Nicole.VanLipzig@geo.kuleuven.be)
Physical and Regional Geography Research Group, K.U.Leuven
Geo-instituut, Celestijnenlaan 200E, P.O.Box 02409, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
tel: +32 16 32 64 53 or +32 16 32 78 00 (secretary)
fax: +32 16 32 29 80
Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm
(Belgium) for motivated scientists with an interest in understanding
precipitation processes. The successful candidate will have the
opportunity to work within the project QUEST (Quantitative Evaluation of
Precipitation Forecasts), which takes place in collaboration with
several German universities and research institutes
(http://www.meteo.uni-bonn.de/projekte/SPPMeteo/), the German
Weatherservice and the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium.
Within QUEST, information from ground-based and satellite remote sensing
instruments and from 'state of the art' numerical weather prediction
models is used to improve insight in the temporal and spatial
variability of precipitation.
The position is for a period of 3.5 years starting as soon as possible.
After a model evaluation and model improvement phase, a precipitation
climatology for Belgium at high spatial (2.8 km) and temporal (15 min)
resolution will be created based on a combination of measurements and
model output. This dataset will be used to study mechanisms behind the
precipitation distribution in Belgium and is meant to serve as a
reference database for follow-up studies in geography, hydrology and
agriculture. For more information on the research unit see
http://www.kuleuven.be/geography/frg/index.htm
Requirements:
Posdoc position: a PhD in atmospheric or related sciences, excellent
programming skills (e.g. fortran) as well as familiarity with
LINUX/UNIX environment, experience with numerical modelling or analysis
of remote sensing data and good communicational skills.
PhD position: Candidates should be interested in numerical modelling and
in analysis of remote sensing data. In addition, good
physical/mathematic al understanding, interest in programming and a high
motivation is needed.
Applicants should submit a CV, a description of research interests and
the names and e-mail of at least two references to Prof. van Lipzig at
the email adress given below.
Review of the applications will begin 29 May 2007 and will continue
until the position is filled.
For more information, contact:
Prof. Dr. Nicole van Lipzig, University of Leuven,
Nicole.VanLipzig@geo.kuleuven.be, +3216326453
--
Nicole van Lipzig (Nicole.VanLipzig@geo.kuleuven.be)
Physical and Regional Geography Research Group, K.U.Leuven
Geo-instituut, Celestijnenlaan 200E, P.O.Box 02409, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
tel: +32 16 32 64 53 or +32 16 32 78 00 (secretary)
fax: +32 16 32 29 80
Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm