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Modern meteorology requires handling and analyzing vast amounts of data and offer great
and exciting professional challenges. From 1866, Norwegian meteorologists have figured
prominently in the development of the subject, and we are today a leading international
academic community.
SENIOR SCIENTIST/SCIENTIST/POSTDOC – URBAN
METEOROLOGY AND AIR POLLUTION
A permanent position as senior scientist/scientist within the field of "Local scale
meteorology, pollution dispersion, link to regional scale air pollution, operational
forecasting" is open at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (met.no).
The research at met.no on local scale meteorology and air quality is centred around the
HARMONIE/AROME weather prediction model
(https://hirlam.org/trac/wiki/HarmonieSystemDocumentation) and the EMEP air pollution
model (http://www.emep.int/mscw/index_mscw.html). Air quality forecasts are provided for
Norwegian cities in close cooperation with the Norwegian Institute for Air pollution (NILU)
in the framework of the Bedre Byluft project (http://www.luftkvalitet.info). Moreover met.no
takes a central role in the European MACC project to develop further regional and global air
quality forecasting (http://www.gmes-atmosphere.eu/ ). Besides excellent meteorological
forecast services with an outstanding open data policy, the work on air pollution and
associated policy advice has been central to met.no for many years.
met.no’s main contribution to the Bedre Byluft project and MACC has been both the study of
meteorological drivers behind atmospheric pollutant dispersion and the analysis of pollution
on different scales from local to global. It is expected that this work will expand and develop
further in collaboration also with other national and foreign research institutions. The new
scientist should be able to significantly influence the developments within his/her field of
expertise.
The Research Department and the Division for "Climate Modelling and Air Pollution" in the
R&D Department, where met.no’s main air pollution work is organized, has several other
tasks which to some extent are associated with local meteorology and air pollution: The
development of weather forecasting on smaller and smaller scales, the modelling of transboundary transport of air pollutants on regional and global scales through the European
Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP), climate modelling with the NorESM model,
and the emergency modelling related e.g. to radioactivity accidents or volcanic eruptions.
The R&D Department is organized in projects and serves the operational part of the
Norwegian Meteorological Institute as well as external project funders. The R&D
Department is co-located in Oslo Centre for Interdisciplinary Environmental and Social
Research (CIENS) in the research park at the University of Oslo (http://www.ciens.no/5148/)
and takes part in the development of the interdisciplinary environmental research in the
CIENS collaboration.
Responsibility:
The new scientist will work within the field of fine scale meteorology and air pollution
modelling, with particular emphasis on Norwegian Air Quality. He/she will contribute to
advanced scientific diagnosis of results either directly or in co-operation with others. In
addition, the candidate will, to the extent competence and priorities permit, implement model
code for HARMONIE and EMEP models in co-operation with other scientists. Further
scientific activities will partly depend on available external funding, and the candidate will
contribute to relevant project acquisition together with other members of the group.
Preferred qualifications:
 The candidate should have experience with advanced model codes and scripts as
she/he will interact and assist the core model developers,
 a PhD in natural sciences, mathematics, or informatics,
 preferably have a significant scientific track record in dynamics, physics and/or
chemistry of the atmosphere,
 additional competence in processes influencing local meteorology is an advantage,
 experience in team work and with research projects funded from the outside and won
through competition,
 experience with project leadership is an advantage,
 fluency in written and spoken English.
 It is an advantage if the new scientist is familiar with UNIX/LINUX, FORTRAN-90
and has experience with parallelization and optimization of model code.
Conditions:
 Salary on the governmental salary scales dependent on qualifications and experience,
 membership in the governmental pension scheme (2% deducted from gross salary),
 the first 6 months are a mutual trial period.
It is an aim that the composition of the staff at the Norwegian Meteorological institute shall
reflect the composition of the population at large both in terms of gender and cultural
background.
For more details about the position, contact Director of Research Øystein Hov
(ph +47 2296 3360) and Head of Division Michael Schulz (ph +47 2296 3330)
Deadline for application: 30.05.13
The application must be submitted electronically; Click here to apply or see www.met.no
"Vacant positions”. Please attach CV, list of publications and the names of two references.