Postdoc Position on Palaeoclimate Modelling

Postdoc Position on Palaeoclimate Modelling

Utrecht University - Faculty of Science

Utrecht, Netherlands

Your job

The P2F project covers topics like mathematics, physics, geology, (palaeo-)biology and archaeology. Scientists from these fields have joined forces to make the most optimal use of past climatic conditions to better understand Earth’s climate response to different kinds of forcing, with focus on potential abrupt climatic transitions and the crossing of tipping points.

Your tasks will include:

• setting up and performing simulations within the CESM Earth system model for specific PMIP time slice simulations (e.g. Last Glacial Maximum and Pliocene) to perform model-data comparisons with existing and new proxy data collections;
• evaluating the model-data comparisons to identify improvement strategies for earth system models. You will closely interact with consortium partners at NCAR and the PlioMIP, DeepMIP model intercomparison projects to design the model experiments.

Your qualities

We are looking for you if you have multiple of the following requirements:

• a PhD in physics, applied mathematics, meteorology, geosciences or a related field;
• excellent skills in scientific programming and numerical / statistical analysis of simulated and observed data;
• experience with Earth System Modelling and climate model output analyses;
• experience with the CESM or another CMIP model is of advantage;
• experience with proxy data and palaeoclimate model-data comparison is of advantage;
• basic knowledge of (geophysical) fluid dynamics.

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