Scientist (m/f/d) with focus on climate modelling and diagnosis

In this project, novel storyline scenarios for recent extreme events, such as the heat wave in summer 2018 and wind storms, will be explored. The scenarios will be carried out with the ECMWF (OpenIFS) and ECHAM model by imposing the observed development of the large-scale atmospheric circulation (e.g. the jet stream and other structures) during the course of the integration by employing a scale-dependent spectral nudging approach—thereby separating dynamical from thermodynamic changes in the model. Furthermore, increased greenhouse gas concentrations, higher ocean temperatures and adjusted vegetation will be used to illustrate how recent extreme events and their impacts (e.g., on hydrology and rivers) would unfold in 2030, 2050 and 2100 for pathways in to 1.5°C, 2°C and 4°C warmer worlds. Focusing on scenarios for recent extreme events, that are fresh to people’s memory, facilitates understanding of climate change and thus adaptation.

Tasks

• Setup, carry out and analyse model experiments (storyline scenarios) for European extreme events with the AWI-CM in which the Jetstream is constrained towards reanalysis data employing a spectral nudging approach.
• Make the model data available to other HI-CAM partners.
• Evaluate the model data in terms of how recent European extremes events, such as the heat waves in 2018 and 2019, might evolve in 2050 and 2100 for pathways into 1.5, 2 and 4C warmer worlds. Also consider how these heat waves would have unfolded in pre-industrial times.
• Present the results at project meeting and national as well as international conferences.
• Write publications and contribute to the preparation of outreach material

Requirements

• PhD in natural sciences (very good or excellent marks)
• Good understanding of climate dynamics
• Fluency in English (oral and written)
• Proven experience in publishing papers in the peer-review literature

Additional advantageous knowledge and skills

• Experience in carrying our experiments with climate models
• Experience in analyzing big data
• Experience with Fortran, Python, Jupyter notebooks

Further Information

For further information please contact
Prof. Dr.Thomas Jung
(Thomas.Jung@awi.de, +49(471)4831-1761).
The position is limited to 2 years and is advertised subject to availability of funding. The salary will be paid in accordance with the German Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes (TVöD Bund), up to salary level

14
. The place of employment will be
Bremerhaven.

This characterizes us

• our scientific success - excellent research.
• collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary.
• opportunities to develop – on the job, aiming at other positions and beyond AWI.
• a culture of reconciling work and family – audited, and even more than that.
• our outstanding research infrastructure – ships, stations, aircraft, laboratories and more.
• an international environment – everyday contacts with people from all over the world.
• having an influence – fundamental research with social and political relevance
• flat hierarchies – freedom and responsibility.
• exciting topics – also in technology, administration and infrastructure.

Equal opportunities for women and men are an integral part of our personnel policy. Therefore, we encourage women to apply.
Disabled applicants will be given preference when equal qualifications are present. The AWI fosters the compatibility of work and family through various means. Because of our engagement in the area of work-life compatibility we have been awarded the certificate “Career and Family”.

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