Nine Post-Doc Positions Available
NERC Climate and Land-Surface Systems Interaction Centre (CLASSIC)
Application Deadline: Friday, 21 November 2003
For further information, please go to:
http://classic.nerc.ac.uk/vacancies.php
or
http://classic.nerc.ac.uk/classic.php
The NERC Climate and Land-Surface Systems Interaction Centre (CLASSIC),
a recently established Centre of Excellence in the application of Earth
Observation, seeks to recruit nine post-doctoral researchers.
CLASSIC is a consortium of the University of Wales Swansea (UWS), the
NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) at Wallingford and Monks
Wood, the University of Durham, and the Hadley Centre for Climate Change
Prediction and Research, and is funded by the UK's Natural Environment
Research Council (NERC).
Appointments in the following fields will be made for an initial period
of three years, with possibility of renewal for up to a further two
years.
UWS (4 posts): Satellite analysis of global change, development of new
observation techniques for land surface modeling.
CEH Wallingford (2 posts): Modeling of land surface/atmosphere
interactions, coupling land surface models with Hadley Centre climate
model.
CEH Monks Wood (1 post): Monitoring and modeling of land cover change
and disturbance.
University of Durham (2 posts): Dynamic vegetation modeling,
ecological modeling.
Applications are welcome from candidates with excellent research skills
and a PhD in any of the following disciplines: earth observation,
climate and atmospheric sciences, earth sciences, environmental
biological, computer science and related numerical or physical
sciences. Candidates should be able to provide evidence of their ability
to contribute to the production of international-quality publications.
Details of the appointments will vary in accordance with the regulations
at the respective institutions. Candidates may apply for more than one
post.
The closing date for applications to all posts is Friday, 21 November
2003. Interviews will be conducted in early December. The successful
candidates will be required to take up their posts as soon as possible
thereafter.
Details of the partners in the centre can be found at:
http://classic.nerc.ac.uk/classic.php
Details of the posts and the application procedures can be found
at: http://classic.nerc.ac.uk/vacancies.php