Post:Doctoral Associate : Earth System Science

Post:Doctoral Associate:Earth System Science Interdisciplinary CenterPost:Doctoral Associate in coupled ocean:Ice:Atmosphere modeling and data assimilationDepartment:UMD/ESSICStarting Salary:Commensurate with Experience**:Thursday, June 30, 2016**Duties**:The Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center ESSIC and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC are recruiting a Post:Doctoral Associate to specialize in coupled ocean:Ice:Atmosphere modeling and data assimilation DA in the context of decadal climate variability. The selected applicant will work closely with scientists from the University of Maryland, NASA GSFC, the Massachussets Institite of Technology and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The project involves developing and analysing a novel prototype, property:Conserving, ocean:Ice:Atmosphere model and DA system based on the "replay" capability of the Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 GEOS:5 in conjunction with the adjoint:Model capabilities of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model MITgcm. The resulting DA system and inferred solution will be used to study recent Arctic or Antarctic sea ice changes and their relation to the coupledocean:Atmosphere system. The initial period of scientific interest covers the sa**ite altimetric record 1992 to present.Qualifications:5 or MITgcm and observational data analysis is highly desirable. Familiarity with supercomputing environments and related programming languages in particular Linux and Fortran, as well as analysis tools Matlab or Python are essential. Written and oral communication skills sufficient to lead manuscripts and present research at conferences are also desirable.Starting Date and Duration of Appointment:Position begins immedia**, is a one:Year appointment with the option to extend an additional two years.:Comment*E:Mail *Website