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Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Urban Weather and Climate

University of Reading, Reading

Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Urban Weather and Climate

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University of Reading, Reading

  • Part time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 21 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

Working with international and national partners as part of ERC urbisphere, NERC ASSURE and AFESP URBANE, and with ECMWF, Met Office, NCEO (National Centre for Earth Observation), researchers the candidate will undertake research activities under the supervision of the Principle Investigator and in collaboration with others. This includes Conducting urban weather modelling in cities (e.g. London, Berlin, Paris, Bristol) using urban land surface models (e. g. SUEWS, MORUSES) offline and online (e.g., UM, IFS, WRF-SUEWS. SUEWS-DAVE, SUEWS-EnergyPlus).

  • Analyse observations such as undertaken in urbisphere-Berlin (Fenner et al. 2024, BAMS)
  • Evaluate model performance using observations
  • Contribute to the development of improvements to urban canopy model schemes considering momentum, radiation, anthropogenic heat, moisture and other scalars

    We seek to appoint one or two outstanding Postdoctoral researchers with expertise in weather and climate modelling and / or observational data analysis to join our ERC synergy urbisphere, NERC ASSURE, and AFESP URBANE

    The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and is a leading LGBT+ rights organisation.

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