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PhD Position at the University of Bonn

Vacant PhD Position at the University of Bonn

Research field:
Numerical modeling of atmospheric chemical processes

Position:
A PhD position is available at the Meteorological Institute of the
University of Bonn.
Together with another Postdoc student,
the applicant will work within a common research project of the
Meteorological Institutes of the Universities of Bonn and Mainz and
the Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry in Mainz.


Contract:
The research is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
It is limited to a three year period with a salary TVL 13/2.

Proposed research of the project:
Numerical modeling of chemical processes in the atmosphere is
essential to increase our understanding of atmospheric composition and
its changes induced by human activity. In recent years, global-scale
atmospheric models have been developed
that calculate the concentration and processing of
atmospheric trace constituents. However, for
key problems, e.g. local air quality and long-range transport from local
sources, the development of high-resolution models is essential.
In this project such a model will be developed.
The model will be driven by consistent meteorological and chemical
fields. This will be achieved through an online coupling of the global
ECHAM5/MESSy system with the COSMO-model of the German Meteorological
Service. First applications of
the newly developed model COSMO-MESSy will serve to investigate its
capabilities for a detailed analysis of field measurements,
the direct simulation of mesoscale chemical perturbations like dust
and biomass burning plumes, as well as an assessment and
forecast of local air quality.

Qualifications:
Diploma/Master in meteorology, physics, informatics, mathematics or
related fields.
Experience with numerical modeling of atmospheric processes.
Skills in Linux, FORTRAN, IDL or others.


Aplications:
Until end of December 2007 at the address:

Prof. Dr. Andreas Bott
Meteorological Institute
University of Bonn
Auf dem Huegel 20
D-53121 Bonn

Email: abott@uni-bonn.de

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