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Postdoctoral position (m/f/d)

PIK
locationPotsdam, Deutschland
VeröffentlichtVeröffentlicht: Heute
Wissenschaft
Teilzeit

Tätigkeitsprofil:

Key responsibilities:

  • work on vegtation impact on energy fluxes permafrost dynamics
  • versee and organize simulation protocol, organize model input-output and evaluation data of the improved LPJmL Dynamic Global Vegetation Model with the goal to analyse simulated fire effects on tundra vegetation and permafrost soils under climate change conditions
  • n the joint project with our project partners you will
    • ooperate with UZH field experts on arctic vegetation to improve the snow model in LPJmL and analyse seasonal effects of fire-induced removal of litter and vegetation cover on heat transfer
    • ooperate with mathematical experts from RICAM to implement and apply heat transfer equations co-developed with mathematical experts at RICAM with the goal to investigate influence of variable root growth
    • oordinate with UZH and RICAM documentation of data, analysis scripts and model code, and organize knowledge transfer of project results
  • nalyse climate-induced changes on arctic tundra and related fire regimes by conducting factorial experiments using multiple climate-change scenarios.

Anforderungsprofil:

Requirements:

  • a in biophysical, environmental and/or ecological sciences
  • bility to work with large environmental and ecological data sets, incl. empirical, remote-sensing and simulated model data
  • nowledge in programming languages (UNIX, C, or similar) and script-based programming (R, Python, or similar)
  • illingness to travel to scientific conferences and workshops and visits to cooperation partners