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The Weddell Polynya mystery
For planning shipping routes, tourist cruises or scientific equipment deployments, knowing where and when sea ice will open several months to days in advance is a prerequisite. Yet to date, routine spaceborne microwave remote sensing retrievals of sea ice are unable to provide such information, hence forecasting must rely on models that do not represent the dynamics of sea ice opening accurately. This project, ‘WINDOWS’, funded by the Swedish Space Agency aims to detect an upcoming opening of sea ice up to several months in advance using spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar, altimetry and infrared separately and by combining them. We will develop our tool specifically for the Weddell Polynya, a very large hole in the Antarctic winter sea ice cover that unexpectedly reopened for the first time in forty years in 2016 and in which our group has in-situ validation data from novel instruments. Read more ›

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The Marine Systems Modelling Group at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is seeking to recruit an Ocean Modeller to increase its ocean modelling capability. You will join a vibrant research group at the forefront of the development and analysis of high-resolution numerical models of the global ocean, sea-ice and biogeochemistry.

You will improve the ability of these models to represent the overflows of deep water masses between key ocean basins, and improve our understanding of their important role in the climate system. Your work will initially comprise the implementation and assessment of two very high resolution (1/36°) regional models to represent the overflows between the Nordic Seas and the Atlantic, and from the Mediterranean, including the development and optimization of novel vertical coordinate systems. You will then embed these optimized regional models within a global 1/12° model to assess the impact of the improved overflows on the global ocean circulation. Read more ›

The Physical Oceanography Department is currently searching for a Postdoctoral Investigator to join their team. This is a temporary, full-time, exempt position, and is eligible for benefits. The initial appointment will be for 1 year with possible six-month continuation contingent on progress and funding.

JOB SUMMARY:

Postdoctoral position in Deep Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

The institution has a top-rated postdoctoral program (www.whoi.edu/postdoctoral/) that supports a dynamic postdoctoral community with formal mentoring and career guidance programs. While the primary focus of the work will be in research, the postdoctoral investigator will have an opportunity to participate in educational and outreach activities associated with the project.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

We are seeking a highly motivated, organized, and independent physical oceanographer for a postdoctoral investigator position at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The postdoc will work with a team of researchers on a funded project, Deep Water Dispersion Experiment,” the goal of which is to describe and understand variability in the circulation of the western Gulf of Mexico, as well as the characteristics of particle dispersion at upper-ocean and intermediate depths.

The candidate should have strong skills in the analysis of physical oceanographic observations (with preference for experience in the analysis of Lagrangian data) and numerical model output, and have expertise in meso-scale and large-scale ocean dynamics. The successful applicant will analyze a new rich Lagrangian data set consisting of about 90 long-term RAFOS float trajectories to develop a better description of the boundary current system in the western Gulf of Mexico, the roles of boundary-interior exchange processes, Loop current Rings, topographic Rossby waves, and coherent vortices. A second RAFOS float data set collected during 2011-2015 covering the entire Gulf is also available. The postdoc is expected to include dynamical models as well as numerical model output where appropriate to extend the interpretation of the observations, and collaborate with the co-PI at CICESE in Mexico.

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Opportunities will be available to travel to CICESE for collaboration, but this is not required.
• As deemed necessary by supervisor

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Ph.D. in Oceanography, with experience in physical oceanography
• Required technical skills include substantial experience with the analysis and interpretation of physical oceanographic data and model output, and programming languages including MatLab. The initial appointment will be for 1 year with possible 6-month continuation contingent on progress and funding. Informal inquiries should be addressed to Dr. Amy Bower (abower@whoi.edu).

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Physical duties for this position include but are not limited to, distinguish basic colors as well as visual abilities to include near, far, and peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to distinguish basic colors. Hearing requirements include the ability to hear, talk, travel, work around others as well as alone. This position is continuously sedentary. Physical duties are subject to change.

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As part of a new Academy of Finland project “The impact of Antarctic Ice Sheet – Southern Ocean interactions on marine ice sheet stability and ocean circulation”, we are announcing a postdoctoral research scientist position at the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki. The project is a collaboration between the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, CSC – IT Center for Science and INAR. The consortium leader is Professor John Moore.

Our Coupled Ocean and Land ice Dynamics (COLD) consortium will both develop and apply existing state-of-the-art modelling tools, together with recent observations, to investigate ice sheet — subglacial hydrology — ocean cavity interactions and patterns of change in both landward and seaward directions. We will examine ocean processes governing heat transport to the ice shelves, and ask how Antarctic marginal processes impact large-scale ocean dynamics. We will address Antarctic Ice Sheet stability and its contribution to sea level. We will quantify the wider impacts of Antarctic marginal processes over the coming century in a changing climate.

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The MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences includes a vibrant and inter-disciplinary group in climate science that we seek to expand. We are especially interested in physical oceanography, atmospheric chemistry, and atmospheric dynamics, but we encourage applications from outstanding candidates in all sub-disciplines of climate science. We seek candidates who use any approach or combination of approaches, including observation, theory, modeling, and experimentation. Candidates should have the potential for innovation and leadership in research and a commitment to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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The Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) of the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), invites applications for a Research Associate II position in Physical Oceanography.  The position is concerned with providing technical and science support to observational programs and will involve close collaboration with scientists at RSMAS and the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML). Read more ›

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The coastal biogeochemical dynamics Lab at the University of Connecticut invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher with an interest in oxygen dynamics modelling to participate in an NSF-funded project about regional modeling of hypoxia in the Southern Benguela Upwelling System. This position will provide an opportunity to advance the understanding of the complex oxygen and nutrient dynamics through model-driven hypothesis testing. The successful candidate will have a working knowledge of ocean nutrient and oxygen biogeochemistry, expertise in computational methods, and model evaluation. Preference will be given to candidates with experience with Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). The position will be located at the regional campus at Avery Point working predominately with the laboratories of Samantha Siedlecki and Julie Granger, with opportunities to travel to South Africa to work with colleagues there.

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