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PhD Position (m/f/d) on regional climate modelling for urban areas
Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon GmbH
Hamburg (DE)
Aktualität: 25.10.2024
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25.10.2024, Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon GmbH
Hamburg (DE)
PhD Position (m/f/d) on regional climate modelling for urban areas
Aufgaben:
- perform a literature review about regional climate change information and its impacts in Lower Saxony with respect to extreme, compound and high-impact events
- develop research questions with respect to adaptation and mitigation of climate change in urban areas in the frame of the project UCFL
- analyse regional climate change simulations with respect to impacts on urban areas and their surroundings under past, present and potential future climate conditions with a special focus on Lower Saxony
- develop new analysis methods to identify high-impact events of climate change related to socio-economic factors together with the project partners of UCFL
- contribute to stakeholder engagement in the frame of UCFL as well as to the dissemination of research results
- collaborate with UCFL project partners, prepare project reports and participate in UCFL project meetings
- publication of research results in peer-reviewed journals
- representing GERICS externally at scientific conferences and meetings
Qualifikationen:
- Master degree in meteorology, physics, physical geography or related disciplines in natural sciences and Earth science
- experience in regional climate modeling and in analyzing climate model simulations on high performance computers
- extensive knowledge of programming in Python and working under Linux operating systems
- experience in conducting workshops for researchers and practitioners is desirable
- experience in working in national and international research projects and international environments or communities such as EURO-CORDEX is desirable
- motivation to work in a multi-disciplinary and international environment
- experience in publishing peer-reviewed articles
- additionally, we welcome knowledge on working in the urban context and supporting adaptation processes
- a very good command of German and English is required, since activities of the UCFL will be conducted in both
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