Research scientist, Regional climate-ocean modelling, reference number 1245
The ocean part of an existing regional coupled atmosphere-ice-ocean model of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea will be further developed. The model system will be applied to study the impact of changing climate on ocean processes, to asses climate adaptation strategies and to investigate the attribution of climate change on detected trends in observations. For this aim a dynamical downscaling approach will be performed utilizing results from a regional climate model which is forced at the lateral boundaries by data from global climate model scenario simulations. The model system is built on the confidence of the models´ capacity to simulate changing climate in northern Europe. By comparing observed and simulated present climate the predictive skills of the model will be assessed and model uncertainties will be quantified. Advanced analyses of long-term simulated changes in past and future climates will be performed and uncertainties of scenario simulations will be studied.
Research scientist, Coupled physical-biochemical modelling, reference number 1246
To investigate the combined impacts of changing climate and nutrient load reduction scenarios on the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, an existing high-resolution three-dimensional coupled biogeochemical-physical ocean model of the Baltic Sea and North Sea will be further developed. The present model describes mainly the dynamics of the nitrogen and phosphorus, three groups of phytoplankton and oxygen and the model sediment, includes process descriptions for nutrient regeneration as well as denitrification and permanent burial of nutrients. A Wave-model and wave-current interaction is used to improve the simulation of horizontal transports of organic nutrients due to sediment resuspension. The model will be used to assess climate variability of the past 100 years and to study the impact of future climate ecosystem at the end of the 21st century. Also pale climate studies will be performed. A significant part of the working time will be filled by project management and research administration.
Your profile
You will be expected to participate in ongoing team projects funded by national funding agencies, the EU, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the BONUS+ program (www.bonusportal.org) and SMHI-wide applied research activities. Responsibilities will include planning and completion of research projects, preparation of manuscripts for publication in collaboration with other SMHI researchers, presentation of research findings at public and professional meetings and working with SMHI researchers to pursue additional research funding. You will also be expected to contribute to international networks, such as BALTEX (www.baltex-research.eu).
You should have
* Demonstrated experience on ocean research with a PhD in oceanography, meteorology, mathematics, physics or in a related field
* Good programming skills
* Familiarity with Linux and Fortran 90, and preferably MPI (message passing interface)
* Experience on numerical modelling
* Good oral and written command of the English language
Good organization and communication skills are requested. You should be able to work on own initiative and be able to prioritise.
Information and application
Both positions are permanent positions.
For further information please contact the Head of the Oceanographic Research Unit, Markus Meier, phone +46 11-495 8612 (markus.meier@smhi.se) , or Arne Andersson, Human Resources (arne.andersson@smhi.se). Union representatives are Lennart Robertson, SACO (lennart.robertson@smhi.se) and Barry Broman, ST (barry.broman@smhi.se). They can also be reached on phone +46 11-4958000.
Please submit your application together with refence number, detailed curriculum vitae, copies of relevant certificates and the names, addresses and telephone number of two references to SMHI, SE-601 76 Norrköping, Sweden, or by e-mail to registrator@smhi.se, not later than 25 July 2010.
The selection process will start on 25 July 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. Interviews are planned for the period 24-27 August 2010.
The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute is an equal opportunity employer.
