PhD Research Fellow, Climate & Weather Modeling

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences; Oslo; On-site; NOK 551,000 - 595,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range NOK 550,800–595,000

Job summary

The University of Oslo invites applications for a PhD Research Fellow in Meteorology within the Department of Geoscience, to be located at Blindern in Oslo. The project EEIwarm investigates near-term warming, energy imbalance, and ocean heat content with NorESM3 and CERES datasets.

The role includes data analysis, model experiments, and contributing to a multi-institutional team. Starting as soon as possible, the fellowship lasts three years with potential extension to a fourth year tied to

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Meteorology or related field.
• Four-year Norwegian degree equivalence for foreign qualifications.
• Fluent English, and preferably a Scandinavian language.
• Experience with analyzing weather/climate models and large datasets.
• Strong programming skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze observational datasets to quantify cloud and radiative flux variations during 2023–2025 warming.
• Apply NorESM3 atmosphere-only simulations to explore drivers of rapid warming.
• Diagnose atmosphere-only and coupled NorESM3 simulations to link cloud processes with EEI anomalies.

Skills

Meteorology background

English language

Programming skills

Weather/climate models

Education

Master’s degree in Meteorology

MSc-level degree equivalent (4 years)

Tools

NorESM data

CERES data

Job description

The University of Oslo invites applications for a PhD Research Fellow in Meteorology within the Department of Geoscience, to be located at Blindern in Oslo. The project EEIwarm investigates near-term warming, energy imbalance, and ocean heat content with NorESM3 and CERES datasets.

The role includes data analysis, model experiments, and contributing to a multi-institutional team. Starting as soon as possible, the fellowship lasts three years with potential extension to a fourth year tied to