PhD Position Announcement
Use of Accurate Meteorological Forecasts in the Future Energy Production System
Copenhagen, Denmark
Application Deadline: Friday, 13 June 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/041-0005.2008
Or contact:
Bent H. Sass
Email: bhs [at] dmi.dk
Phone: +45-39-15-74-36
Or:
Niels Woetmann Nielsen
Email: nwn@dmi.d
Phone: +45-39-15-74-35
The Danish Meteorological Institute invites applications for a PhD
student position, funded by the Programme Commission on Energy and
Environment (EnMi), which is a part of the Danish Council for Strategic
Research (Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation). The PhD
position is linked to the project "Solar/Electric Heating Systems in the
Future Energy System."
The successful candidate will carry out simulations with numerical
weather prediction models computing solar radiation and other relevant
meteorological weather parameters suitable as prognostic input to
heating units making use of solar energy in a future energy system. The
work will be done in cooperation with Danish Technical University (DTU -
department for Solar Energy (DTU.BYG) and the Institute for Mathematical
Modelling, IMM). The emphasis will be on numerical simulations of
surface solar radiation in Denmark (DK) using atmospheric numerical
forecast models. The work involves the computation of radiation
climatology for stations in DK measuring global solar radiation. The
study gives an opportunity for studying different model formulations of
clouds affecting solar radiation. In addition, it is expected that
ensemble simulations will be carried out to study uncertainty aspects of
the forecasts.
Applicants should have a Master's degree in Geophysics, Meteorology,
Environmental Sciences, Mathematical Modeling, Computer Programming or a
closely related subject, and will write his/her dissertation in a
relevant discipline. The successful candidate will be located at Danish
Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen and will work closely with the
Niels Bohr Institute of University of Copenhagen and the Danish
Technical University (DTU) involved into the above-mentioned project,
related to solar energy.
The application marked "041-0005.2008," and including a complete CV, a
statement of proposed research, and two references should be directed,
no later than 13 June 2008 to:
The Director General
Danish Meteorological Institute
100 Lyngbyvej
DK-2100 Copenhagen O
Denmark
Or:
Email: job [at] dmi.dk.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/041-0005.2008