Post Doctoral Positions in Regional Atmospheric Modelling and Data Assimilation

The atmospheric modelling group of the Waterloo Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (WCAS) has two new positions at the Post Doctoral Level.  The WCAS modelling group is a collaborative research centre that works on meteorology and chemical transport modelling of atmospheric processes in North America using the MM5 and WRF meteorology models and the Models-3/CMAQ CTM system..  The WCAS provides a local weather forecast service at http://www.forecast.uwaterloo.ca and also carries out an extensive program of long range chemical transport studies with a focus on ozone, mercury and persistent organic pollutants.  The new appointees will work on model development and application with a focus on aerosol formation and heterogeneous processes in CTM systems and data assimilation for application to an air quality forecasting system currently under development.

Our regional modelling group currently consists of approximately 15 personnel at the graduate and post doctoral levels.  In addition to PDF level scientific personnel, the group includes a meteorologist and a computer systems specialist.  Computations are done on an 80-processor Linux cluster operated by the Waterloo Centre for Atmospheric Sciences.  Applicants with previous experience in regional atmospheric modelling and data assimilation procedures will be given preference.  Further information on the technical aspects of the work may be obtained from Professor J.J. Sloan, WCAS Research Director (http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~sloanj).

The WCAS is located at the University of Waterloo (http://www.uwaterloo.ca/) in the Kitchener-Waterloo urban area (http://win.uwaterloo.ca/win/), which has a population of approximately 250,000, and is surrounded by a pleasant, mostly agricultural, rural region.

Applications, including a full CV, should be sent immediately to:

Mrs. Yoga Arumugam
Waterloo Centre for Atmospheric Sciences
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON
N2L 3G1 CANADA
Tel: +1 519 888 4567 Ext: 6667
Fax: +1 519 746 0435
e-mail: wcas@uwaterloo.ca
http://www.wcas.uwaterloo.ca