Postdoctoral research positions – Climate Process Team

MPOWIR Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention; Princeton, Boulder, Falmouth, New York (NJ, CO, MA, NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading team of researchers is seeking candidates for multiple postdoctoral research positions across notable institutions, focusing on ocean eddies and energy parameterization. Selected candidates will contribute to model assessments and improve climate predictions, with opportunities available at New York University, Princeton, and others. Ideal for those with a PhD and experience in oceanography.

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant field is required.
• Experience in ocean modeling and parameterization is beneficial.
• Strong analytical and presentation skills are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose energy budgets and assess eddy energy equations at NYU and CU Boulder.
• Characterize EKE and eddy structures at Woods Hole.
• Implement and optimize parameterizations at Princeton.

Skills

Energy budgets diagnostics

Eddy energy transport

Eddy buoyancy statistics

Data synthesis

Education

PhD in Physical Oceanography or related field

Job description

Postdoctoral research positions – Climate Process Team

Multiple postdoctoral research positions are available as part of a multi-institution Climate Process Team (CPT) on Ocean Transport and Eddy Energy. The CPT aims to survey, improve, and unify new advances in energy-, flow-, and scale-aware parameterizations of mesoscale eddies, in process studies and global ocean models; constrain parameters and parameterized fluxes through a synthesis of up-to-date observations of ocean energetics and transport; and implement and assess schemes within IPCC-class climate models at NCAR, NOAA-GFDL, and DOE-LANL. The expectation is that modernized, energetically-consistent mesoscale eddy parameterizations will significantly reduce climate model biases in ocean currents, stratification, and transport.

• New York University (Supervised by Laure Zanna): Diagnose energy budgets from high-resolution simulations; unify buoyancy and tracer closures; assessment and parameterization of vertical energy structure; parameterization of the grey zone. More information and application at https://apply.interfolio.com/68119 .
• University of Colorado, Boulder (Supervised by Ian Grooms): Assessment of 2D eddy energy equation; parameterization of eddy energy transport; parameterizing dissipation in the eddy energy equation. More information is available at https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=20799 .
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Supervised by Sylvia Cole): Characterizing scale-dependent EKE from observations; quasi-3D eddy buoyancy and momentum statistics from observations; analysis of vertical eddy structure in observations; synthesis of observations. More information and application at https://careers.whoi.edu/opportunities/view-all-openings/science-research/ (position 19-08-09).
• Princeton University (Supervised by Alistair Adcroft): Implementation and assessment of extant parameterizations of mesoscale eddies in process, idealized and global ocean models; consistent and optimized formulation of closures; development and assessment of improved and unified closures; evaluation of new closures in climate models. More information and application at https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/13701 .

Applications must include a cover letter, a CV with a list of publications, a statement of research interests, and contact information of 3 references. Applicants wishing to be considered for positions in multiple institutions should indicate this in their cover letter, and submit a separate application to each position of interest. For more information email Laure Zanna (mailto:[e-mail] ), or any of the collaborating PIs listed above.

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