Researcher in Meteorology - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Uncertainty about how rain is formed causes problems when representing the effects from clouds in simulations of weather and climate, which introduces errors. The proposed project will answer these questions: (1) What is the balance between the two precipitation mechanisms for ice and liquid phase in a given cloud? (2) How is the balance dependent on the major environmental factors (e.g. those controlling cloud basin temperature)? (3) How does the balance between precipitation mechanisms affect the intensity of charge separation and lightning frequency in storm?
Such issues will be addressed in this meteorological research using numerical models.

Tasks
The work will involve numerical modelling. Individual clouds will be simulated with our aerosol-cloud models. After validation of the simulations, various analyses of precipitation production and lightning from charging in ice-ice collisions will be performed. This will involve coding with FORTRAN 90 in a UNIX environment.

Qualifications
Researchers with a strong background in numerical modeling with knowledge about mesoscale meteorology are encouraged to search.

Requirements:

• The applicant must have a doctorate in meteorology and a bachelor's degree in physics or equivalent field.
• Applicant should have experience of FORTRAN in UNIX environment.
• It is desirable to have documented knowledge from their university education in
  -Mathematics, especially differential equations
  -Numerical methods and/or computer programming
  -Physical meteorology (eg cloud physics).
  -Cloudy observations (eg, ice particles)

In the application, applicants should provide evidence of how they meet these requirements.