*Research Associate - ESA Data Assimilation Project , - Ref:1244119* UCL Department / Division Department of Geography Grade 7 Hours Full Time Salary (inclusive of London allowance) £32,055 - £35,707 per annum Duties and Responsibilities
UCL Geography has a vacancy for a post-doctoral scientist funded by a European Space Agency (ESA) Data Assimilation (DA) project to join Professor Philip Lewis of UCL Geography, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Reading. The project involves developing an Earth Observation Land Data assimilation System (EOLDAS), developing from work in a previous ESA project. The successful applicant will conduct research in vegetation dynamics, optical radiative transfer for vegetation canopies and soil, and data assimilation; Software development (python and interfaces to other languages), computer-based experimentation and data analysis. They will also be expected to contribute to specific peer reviewed papers as well as to project documentation and regular reporting to ESA. The post is funded initially for 22 months commencing as soon as possible after the 1st May 2012. Key Requirements Applicants should have a PhD (or be at the stage of having submitted) in an appropriate science area and significant experience, preferably related to vegetation monitoring using radiative transfer models and EO. They should also have extensive experience of programming in Pyton or a high level of competence in another computer language. Details/application on: http://goo.gl/RMH2R Further particulars: http://goo.gl/0QBp1 -- Dr José L Gómez-Dans RSU ■ Dept. of Geography ■ University College London ■ Gower St, London WC1E 6BT UK Tel: +44 (0) 20 767 90590 <http://goo.gl/0QBp1>
