Antarctic Rainfall & Sea Ice Scientist

CamWebDir; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 43,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) invites applications for a Climate Scientist to join the Atmosphere, Ice, & Climate team in Cambridge on a fixed-term contract. The ROASII project will quantify rainfall over Antarctic sea ice and its impact on melt ponds, with collaboration across BAS and partner universities.

The role requires a PhD in atmospheric sciences, strong data analysis skills, and proficiency in English, with opportunities to collaborate internationally and to publish results.

Qualifications

• PhD in atmospheric sciences or related field.
• Experience analysing and visualising climate datasets.
• Strong understanding of climate/meteorology.
• Excellent numerical skills with statistics.
• Proficient in written and spoken English.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Compare rain and snowfall characteristics from RCM datasets with observations.
• Use best performing RCM dataset to quantify present-day rainfall over sea ice.
• Use RCM and reanalysis datasets and innovative statistical techniques to identify atmospheric processes.
• Identify a subset of global climate models to derive projections up to 2100.
• Attend project meetings and relevant international science conferences.
• Lead the writing of scientific research papers.

Skills

Climate data analysis

Statistics

English proficiency

Independent working

Team collaboration

Education

PhD in atmospheric sciences

Tools

Cloud profiling radar

Job description

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) invites applications for a Climate Scientist to join the Atmosphere, Ice, & Climate team in Cambridge on a fixed-term contract. The ROASII project will quantify rainfall over Antarctic sea ice and its impact on melt ponds, with collaboration across BAS and partner universities.

The role requires a PhD in atmospheric sciences, strong data analysis skills, and proficiency in English, with opportunities to collaborate internationally and to publish results.