Postdoctoral Position in Land Surface Interactions -
Center on Global Change at Duke University
We seek a biological or earth system scientist in climate modeling,
biogeosciences, ecology, hydrology, or remote sensing to study the
interactions of climate change and terrestrial ecosystems. The two-year
project, funded by the National Institute for Climate Change Research
and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, attempts
to reduce the uncertainties associated with changing climate and land
cover type on climate forcings, including albedo, latent and sensible
heat, and surface roughness. The project asks three questions: 1) How
will future climatic variability and climate change influence
terrestrial ecosystem structure and functioning, particularly through
differences in energy balance? 2) In what locations will changing
land-cover types (e.g., transitions from pastures to forests) lead to
net climate cooling or warming? and 3) How can field and remotely sensed
data be used to test land-surface parameterizations in climate models
and their representations of the energy balance? The successful
applicant will interact with five land-surface modeling groups and with
ecologists and micrometeorologists who use eddy flux, remote sensing,
and other measurement approaches. The project will allow us to
understand differences in climate models and to build a framework for a
formal inter-model comparison of full radiative forcing for projected
climate and land-cover change. For background on one aspect of the
project, see Jackson, Randerson, Canadell et al. 2008 Protecting climate
with forests. Environmental Research Letters 3, 044006
http://www.biology.duke.edu/jackson/erl08.html
Send a CV, statement of interests, and 3 recommendation letters to: Rob
Jackson, Director – Center on Global Change, Nicholas School, 325 North
Building, 470 Research Drive, Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27708-0658 or by
email to Karen Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Applications received by
January 31, 2009 will be assured consideration. Duke is an equal
opportunity employer; minority applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Charles W. "Will" Cook w 919-660-5144
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 90338, Biology Dept., Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27708
