Earth System Modeling Post-Doctoral Fellow

The Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA), in collaboration with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, seeks recent Ph.D. recipients to serve as postdoctoral fellows. Successful applicants will conduct original research in Earth system modeling, under collaborative funding from the National Science Foundation, working with mentors at both COLA and one or more of the collaborating centers. The research will include using large ensembles and/or high-resolution Earth system models to assess the predictability of regional climate on intra-seasonal to decadal time scales is particularly targeted. Fellows will receive training and experience in assembling system models from the system components, running the models in controlled experiments, and evaluating model output to test hypotheses and make inferences about climate variability and change. Scientists with backgrounds in coupled ocean-atmosphere-land surface modeling, general circulation modeling of the atmosphere or ocean, or modeling of land-surface or cryospheric processes are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applications, consisting of curriculum vitae, three references for letters of recommendation, and statement of research interest, should be sent to COLA ESM PostDoc Search (gates@cola.iges.org) by 15 September 2010.

Senior Research Scientist

The Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) is pleased to announce the availability of a senior research scientist position. The area of interest is the role of the land surface and biosphere on climate variability and predictability. The successful applicant will carry out research in a multi-disciplinary team research environment, and direct original research by other scientists and doctoral students. A Ph.D. in meteorology, or related field, is required. Research expertise, demonstrated by a suitable publication record, on seasonal to interannual, or longer period, climate modeling and predictability is required. The appointment will be made jointly with the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences (AOES) of the College of Science at George Mason University (GMU), which is offering a position at the level of professor to begin in the autumn of 2011. The position will remain open until filled, but applications received before October 31, 2010 will receive priority.

Applications, consisting of curriculum vitae, three references for letters of recommendation, and statement of research interest, should be sent to COLA Land-Climate Search (kinter@cola.iges.org). COLA is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity.

Research Scientist

The Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) announces a research scientist position in atmospheric modeling and the effects of cloud-system and related processes on the variability and predictability of the climate, within the context of state-of-the-art coupled general circulation models. The appointment will be made jointly with the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences (AOES) of the College of Science at George Mason University (GMU), which is offering a tenure-track assistant professor position to begin in the autumn of 2011. The successful applicant will carry out research in a multi-disciplinary team research environment and direct original research by doctoral students. A Ph.D. in meteorology, or related field, is required. Research expertise, demonstrated by a suitable publication record, on intra-seasonal to interannual, or longer period, climate modeling and predictability is required. The position will remain open until filled, but applications received before October 31, 2010 will receive priority.

Applications, consisting of curriculum vitae, three references for letters of recommendation, and statement of research interest, should be sent to COLA Cloud-System Search (kinter@cola.iges.org). COLA is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity.