PhD Student Position Available
Climate Modeling
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Bergen, Norway
Application Deadline: Sunday, 1 July 2007
For further information, please contact:
Helge Drange
E-mail: helge.drange [at] nersc.no
or contact:
Mats Bentsen
E-mail: mats.bentsen [at] nersc.no
The Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center in Bergen, Norway is
accepting applications for a three-year PhD student position in climate
modeling beginning 1 September 2007. The Nansen Center is a non-profit
research institute affiliated with the University of Bergen (UoB) and
the PhD position is offered through the Geophysical Institute at UoB.
Applicants must hold a Master's degree or equivalent in numerical
geophysical modeling, dynamic meteorology, physical oceanography,
climatology or related fields, or have submitted a Master's thesis for
assessment by the application deadline.
Applications are invited from candidates with experience and interest in
climate research, in particular linked to the natural variability and
climate change at the high northern latitudes. Specifically, the PhD
project will run and analyze output data from the Bergen Climate Model,
a global atmosphere-sea ice-ocean general circulation model. Special
focus will be placed on the simulated variability over the past 500
years governed by internal variations and external forcing related to
volcanoes, solar irradiance, greenhouse gases, and aerosols. The work
will be performed in the Norwegian Research Council project "Arctic and
sub-Arctic climate system and ecological response to the early 20th
century warming" (ARCWARM), headed by Professor Ola M. Johannessen.
The PhD student must take part in UoB's approved PhD program leading to
the degree within a time limit of three years. Applicants must meet the
formal admission requirements for the PhD program. A project plan for
the PhD program will be worked out in collaboration with the discipline
group.
Applications should be submitted in two complete copies, each with a CV
that provides a complete overview of education and professional
activities, copies of Bachelor's and Master's diplomas, transcripts,
scholarly works including a list of publications, and list of contact
persons. Applications should be marked ARCWARM and sent by Sunday, 1
July 2007, to:
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Thormohlensgt. 47
5006 Bergen, Norway