Position Announcement
Polar Ice Sheet Modeling Scientist
Met Office
Exeter, United Kingdom
Application Deadline: Wednesday, 8 October 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/recruitment/vacancies/001559.html
The Met Office seeks applicants for a Polar Ice Sheet Modeling
Scientist. This is a permanent position at the Met Office, in Exeter,
UK. The goal of the post is to contribute to improved scenarios of sea
level rise, which is an important aspect of climate change, with large
coastal impacts.
A significant uncertainty in future projections of sea level is
associated with dynamical changes in the Antarctic and Greenland ice
sheets and a key aspect of this uncertainty is the role of ice shelves:
how they might respond to climate change, and the effect this could have
on the ice sheets. The purpose of the job is to incorporate a model of
ice-shelves into the Hadley Centre climate model to develop a capability
to make projections of rapid changes in ice sheets, thereby leading to
improved scenarios of future sea-level rise.
The candidate appointed to this position will:
- Evaluate existing ice shelf models and their appropriateness for
coupling to a global climate model, considering the ocean and
atmosphere boundary conditions required.
- Implement a suitable ice shelf model into the Hadley Centre Earth
System model. The resulting coupled model will be used to study the
behavior of the ice shelf under climate change conditions.
- Work on additional improvements to the land-ice component of the
Earth System model, which will then be used to produce new projections
of the ice sheet contribution to future sea level.
- Collaborate with colleagues at the University of Bristol and
elsewhere to ensure smooth delivery of ice stream model components, and
manage the links that directly relate to this project.
The application deadline for this position is Wednesday, 8 October 2008.
Application instructions, forms, and further information can be found at:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/recruitment/vacancies/001559.html