PhD (m/f/d) in the area of sea ice and ocean modelling

The DFG-funded International Research Training Group ArcTrain, a collaborative project between the University of Bremen, the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, and a consortium of eight Canadian universities invites applications for a PhD position (m/f/d) in the area of sea ice and ocean modelling in the framework of project HB-02: Consequences of a changing Arctic for the land-fast ice distribution and season: estimates from a numerical sea ice model.

Immobile land-fast ice in the Arctic peripheral seas strongly affects atmosphere-ice-ocean interactions, ice formation, and even the formation of the Arctic cold halocline layer. Land-fast ice formation and stability is different from open ocean sea ice, so that the general decrease of summer and winter sea-ice extend is not entirely reflected in land-fast ice distribution and timing of breakup. The land-fast ice season often also reduced in length, but land-fast ice decline is more episodic. Estimating the future development of fast ice distribution and breakup requires numerical models with a good fast ice representation.

Tasks

• You will evaluate coupled sea-ice-ocean model simulations with the help of satellite observations with the aim to improve model physics
• You will tune the improved model against remote sensing data and in-situ data using data assimilation techniques
• Future projections of fast ice distributions may be attempted
• You will publish the result of her/his work in peer reviewed journals and at international conferences.

Requirements

• MSc or equivalent in physical oceanography, meteorology, physics, applied mathematics or related fields
• Solid background in sea ice and ocean dynamics
• You should have excellent English language skills and should enjoy working in an international and interdisciplinary team.

Additional skills

• Experience with numerical modelling, scientific computing (UNIX / LINUX, FORTRAN) and large data sets is advantageous.

Further Information

For further information please contact
Dr. Martin Losch
(+49(471)4831-1872, Martin.Losch@awi.de)
The position is limited to 3 years. Desired starting date is September 1st, 2019. The salary will be paid in accordance with the German Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes (TVöD Bund), salary level

13 (66%).
The place of employment will be
Bremerhaven.
As Ph.D. student at AWI you will be member of the Helmholtz Graduate School for Polar and Marine Research ‘POLMAR’ (
) or another graduate school.

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”.

You are interested?

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