Immediate opening for a postdoctoral fellow in ocean dynamics based at
Laboratory of Physical Oceanography (LPO) in Brest, France, working with
Rob Scott and his collaborators in the USA, UK and France. LPO is joint
with IFREMER, IRD and the University of Brest, and is a world leader in
physical oceanography, with 54 scientists and engineers, and 30 postdocs
and PhD students, working on observing, modelling and understanding the
oceanic circulation and its variability on multiple time scales:
http://wwz.ifremer.fr/lpo.
This project is centred on understanding the dynamics of the real ocean
testing theory against /in situ/ data and satellite-based measurements.
The postdoc would have access to, and gain expertise using, the largest
collection of moored current meter records ever assembled. This is a
mature project allowing the postdoc to obtain publishable results
quickly. Specific goals of the project include quantifying the pathways
of mechanical energy from forcing at atmospheric synoptic scales
(thousand km) to dissipation at turbulence micro-scales (centimetres),
while balancing the rate of forcing and dissipation by bottom boundary
layer turbulence, lee wave generation, etc. There's scope for
collaboration in numerical model development with colleagues leading the
field in internal tide modelling with global 1/25th deg resolution,
eddying models at University of Michigan, Florida State and Naval
Research Lab, Stennis Space Center. Essential background of suitable
candidate: Ph.D. in physics, applied mathematics, physical oceanography,
or atmospheric sciences. Helpful: Strong background in theory of ocean
dynamics, skill with MatLab, experience with real ocean data analysis.
Interested applicants should email CV and very brief statement of
interest and anticipated dates available to [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>. The anticipated start date is May
1st, 2011. Applications received before April 1st will receive full
consideration
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