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Associate Project Scientist (JPF09917) | 10/10/2024

Job Description

The UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE) invites applications for a position of Associate Project Scientist whose research will focus on understanding the difference between long-term trends and internal climate variability of the atmosphere and its energy budget, particularly as related to their driving of ice sheet changes.

The research includes the following activities:

· Collaborating with UCLA ice-sheet modelers to develop science plans and proposals to address the sensitivity of ice sheets to atmospheric forcing, in particular separating long-term forced contributions from internal climate variability. This will involve developing and providing forcing datasets to the ice-sheet modelers.

· Evaluating surface fluxes using satellite data products, and relating these to atmospheric processes such as effective radiative forcing, climate feedbacks and modes of internal climate variability

· Critically evaluating the satellite products, based on an understanding of their retrieval methods, to identify when they are appropriate for use in the research.

· Interpreting results using combined expertise in atmosphere and cryosphere science, and performing statistical analysis to disentangle long-term trend components from internal climate variability.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application):

· Appointee must possess a doctorate degree, in the field of engineering, statistics, earth science, or related disciplines.

· Previous training and experience in Python, radiative transfer and statistics, in particular time-series statistics with non-standard errors.

· Extensive knowledge and expertise in satellite retrievals and information content, use of satellite data for science questions, use of climate model outputs, and both cryosphere and atmospheric science, particularly as related to energy budgets.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae

• Cover Letter

• Statement of Research

Salary: $90,100 - $111,400

Jobsites: Los Angeles and Pasadena, CA

APPLY: Interested applicants should send required items to: Thanh Le, tle@jifresse.ucla.edu

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Assistant Project Scientist II (JPF09752) | 09/18/2024

Job Description

The UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE) invites applications for a position of Assistant Project Scientist II whose research will focus on South American-Atlantic-African weather and climate systems. The research includes the following activities:
• Understanding mesoscale convective processes over the Congo Basin via process-level analyses using the MPAS Model
• Understanding the role of South American precipitation in connecting the Pacific and Atlantic weather disturbances and facilitating cross-equatorial propagation of Rossby waves
• Understanding how Amazonia rainfall variability influences Atlantic Niño
• Understanding how seasonal cycle of the eastern Atlantic SST is modulated by land surface condition over Amazonia and downstream convective activities

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application):
• Appointee must possess a doctorate degree, in the field of Atmospheric Sciences. The appointee must have a minimum of four years of professional experience after gaining the doctorate degree.
• Previous training and experience in atmospheric dynamics, ocean dynamics, climate dynamics, atmosphere-land-ocean coupling, mesoscale meteorology, and hydrological extremes.
• Extensive knowledge and expertise in South American and African weather and climate systems with a focus on hydrological extremes; the response of ocean variability to atmospheric and remote land surface forcings; atmospheric wave dynamics; running simplified dynamic models and the newest Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) model; using statistical and machine learning tools, with a focus a causality detections. Appointee must have at least two-year experience in MPAS model and machine learning tools.
• In order to complete two NSF projects, appointee must have a clear understanding of South America’s role, as a land bridge, in influencing surrounding oceans and continents; must be very familiar with the physical and dynamical mechanisms in regulating Congo Basin mesoscale convective processes and clearly know how to design MPAS experiments to complete the research goal.
• Excellent communication skills in working with group members and collaborating with scientists in other universities and national institutes
• Ability to manage at least two NSF projects associated with this position; regularly report updates to NSF manages and NCAR collaborators; help with other projects associated with atmospheric/climate dynamics.
• Appointee must have experience in leading and writing federal and/or state grant proposals. Previous experience with successful grants award is preferred.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter (Optional)
Statement of Research
Statement of Teaching (Optional)
Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document.
Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form
Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements

n/a

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09752

Help contact: tle@jifresse.ucla.edu

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The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

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For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

Job location

Los Angeles, CA and Pasadena, CA