Postdoctoral Research Associate in The Uk Eo - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

UE07 £36,333 - £43,155 Per Annum

College of Science and Engineering / School of GeoSciences

Fixed Term Contract - 23 Months

Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to help develop a prototype UK and pan-European anthropogenic CO 2 emissions Monitoring and Verification Support (CO2MVS) system.

The Opportunity:

Earth Observations (EO) from space capture immensely valuable measurements of the climate of the UK and worldwide.

EO data are complex and transforming these measurements into information usable for world-class science, climate services and enhanced policymaking is challenging, scientifically and technically.

The UK Earth Observation Climate Information Service (EOCIS) will address this challenge end-to-end, demonstrating a resilient "UK climate data supply chain" for the first time, built on a strong, continuing heritage of research, data creation and national digital infrastructure.

EOCIS builds on UK expertise in key aspects of climate data and their exploitation, ranging from polar ice change to carbon cycling to drought, while maintaining the UK's world-class expertise in climate data and providing a direct link from scientific skills in transforming EO data to climate services.

EOCIS involves 14 partners (including the University of Edinburgh) across the UK.

At the University of Edinburgh, you will lead the GEOS-Chem chemistry transport modelling and the associated data analysis of atmospheric methane, and the development of inversion methods to integrate different EO data.

You will develop a robust Bayesian inverse method to integrate short-wave and thermal IR measurements (e.g., GOSAT and IASI) to improve regional emission estimates of methane, with a particular focus over the UK.

You will also assess the added value of IASI-TROPOMI methane retrievals to estimate regional emission estimates of methane.

As part of this position, you will lead the delivery of results and associated peer-review publications and conference presentations, and liase with research groups within the EOCIS project.

Your skills and attributes for success:

A PhD (or a PhD close to completion) in a relevant quantitative scientific discipline.
Experience in developing and running an atmospheric chemistry transport model.
Experience in data assimilation and/or inverse methods.
Ability to work independently to break apart a large science question into tractable activities that once addressed can then be pieced together to address the original, larger question.
Ability to work collaboratively within the group at Edinburgh and more generally with colleagues within the EOCIS project.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

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The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
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