Open International Scholarships

Dalhousie University and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) are searching for Postdoctoral Fellows and/or Research Associates to join a network recently funded by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences entitled “Prediction and Predictability of the Global Atmosphere-Ocean System from Days to Decades”. The successful candidates will collaborate with researchers at Dalhousie University, UQAM other universities in the network, and with scientists from Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, on numerical modelling and data assimilation involving both ocean and coupled atmosphere-ocean models.

The overall goal of the network is to improve forecasts of the ocean and atmosphere on time-scales of days to decades, and space scales of tens of km (e.g., ocean eddies) to global. The successful applicants will focus on time-scales of days to seasons. The project involves the assimilation of a wide range of data types, including relatively new data streams such as temperature and salinity profiles from Argo floats, into ocean and coupled models using novel assimilation schemes. Specific research activities include: enhancing ocean and coupled atmosphere-ocean modeling and data assimilation capabilities; identifying the sources of, and limits to, predictability in the ocean and coupled system; and undertaking and physically interpreting decadal scale reanalyses.

The successful applicants will have a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, Physical Oceanography or related discipline. Experience in running and developing state-of-the-art ocean and/or atmosphere models is required. Knowledge of data assimilation is desirable. Appointments will begin as soon as possible after January 1, 2007 and will initially be for a 12 month period. Extensions may be granted for up to three more years subject to performance. The annual salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. Dalhousie University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons and women. The same conditions are true for UQAM. UQAM is a francophone university based in Montréal, Canada. The competition will remain open until suitable candidates are found.

Applicants should send a statement of interest, curriculum vitae including a list of publications, and the names and addresses of three references to:

Ms. Susan Woodbury, ACM, FCMOS
Acting Network Manager
Global Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction and Predictability (GOAPP)
Prévision et prévisibilité globales océan-atmosphère (PPGOA)
Department of Oceanography
Room 5660A LSC
Dalhousie University
1355 Oxford Street
Halifax, NS B3H 4J1 Canada

Email: susan.woodbury@phys.ocean.dal.ca Submission by e-mail is encouraged.
Fax: (902) 494-2885

Category: Canada, Postdoctoral