Postdoctoral researcher: data-model comparison of past storminess
We are seeking a Post Doctoral Researcher (Level 2) to work on an Irish Research Council funded project (HoStIr: Holocene Storminess in Ireland). The response of atmospheric circulation to warming is one of the least certain aspects of climate science, due in part to a spread between model simulations of the storm track and uncertainty about the key drivers of change. The HoStIr project seeks to test new proxies for past sea spray deposition to coastal peatlands and then use these to develop multi-millennial records of past storminess for western Ireland. The postdoctoral researcher will use the developed storminess records to conduct a data-model comparison of storminess in Ireland during the mid-Holocene and last millennium, using PMIP4-CMIP6 simulations.
Realisation of the project aims will allow evaluation of how well models capture changes in storminess and transform our understanding of how and why storminess is altered during warm intervals. The successful candidate will work with Dr. Lisa Orme (P.I.) who is leading the project.
The post will run for 16 months and be based within the ICARUS Climate Research Unit and Geography department at Maynooth University, Ireland.
Qualifications
* A PhD in geography, earth science, climate science or other related discipline.
* To be appointed at the grade of Senior Post Doctoral researcher, candidates will need at least two years post-doctoral relevant relative research experience.
* Excellent coding abilities in R (or a similar language).
* Experience of analysing the outputs of climate models and/or palaeoclimate data-model comparison.
* Knowledge of the climate system, atmospheric circulation and/or palaeoclimate research.
* Experience in delivering research projects to a high standard.
* A history of publication commensurate with career stage.
* Excellent oral, written, and analytical skills.
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