The Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group of Wageningen University is looking for a
PhD Candidate
to study the results of a constellation of rainfall satellites called the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM), in particular to study the space-time variability of rainfall across a range of scales with a view to ground validation and rainfall retrieval algorithm development for GPM.
38 hours per week
react before 21 February 2004
Job description
The American, Japanese, and European Space agencies are planning to launch a constellation of rainfall satellites called the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM). The objective of GPM is to monitor precipitation globally with a spatial resolution of 5 km in the horizontal and 250 m in the vertical, with a revisit time of 3 h. The successful candidate will study the space-time variability of rainfall across a range of scales with a view to ground validation and rainfall retrieval algorithm development for GPM. Of particular interest is the quantification of the space-time sampling uncertainty associated with the GPM rainfall retrievals as derived from nested ground-based weather radar observations at complementary resolutions.
Requirements
Required education/skills: University Graduate
MSc degree in (hydro)meteorology, physics, engineering, mathematics, or statistics;
Experience with scientific programming (e.g. IDL, Matlab, C);
Knowledge of (radar) remote sensing and (geo)statistics.
Job type: ENG_Onderzoek/ Advies
Workfield(s):
- Post-doctorates (Scientific expertise: Natural Sciences)
Organization
Wageningen University and Researchcentre
Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group of Wageningen University.
A PhD position funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) is available at the Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group of Wageningen University. The research concerns “Characterizing the space-time variability of rainfall across a range of scales using state-of-the-art ground-based weather radars operating at complementary resolutions”.
Conditions of employment
Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 1683.00
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 year
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
dr.ir. R. Uijlenhoet
Telephone number: +31-317-485760
E-mail address:
Remko.Uijlenhoet@wur.nlApplication
You can apply for this job before 21-02-2004 by sending your application to:
Wageningen University
S.M. Markx
P.O.Box 47
6700 AA Wageningen
NL
E-mail address:
vacatures.dow@wur.nlWhen applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT DOW 04-09.