Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ocean Data Assimilation, IMCS, Rutgers University
Applicants are invited for a post-doctoral position at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University to work on an ocean data assimilation project in the Lombok Strait. This is a three-year multi-institution project funded by the Office of Naval Research DRI on the Characterization and Modeling of Archipelago Strait Dynamics. This DRI has both observational and modeling components. The Lombok Strait, together with the Ombai Strait and Timor Passage, transports a large fraction of the Indonesian Throughflow from the Pacific into the Indian Ocean. The circulation in this area has large amplitude variations on interseasonal, seasonal, and interannual timescales (dominated by ENSO in the Pacific and IOZDM in the Indian Ocean). One of our major tasks is to investigate the impact of variational data assimilation (4DVAR) on the simulation and predictability of the meso- and submesoscale circulation features using ROMS.
The position is available for two years with the possibility on an extension. Previous experience in ocean modeling, data assimilation, and adjoint methods is desirable. The successful applicant will be primary working with the IMCS Ocean Modeling Group but will collaborate with other scientists on this project: Andrew M. Moore (University of California, Santa Cruz), Weiqing Han (University of Colorado), and Emanuele Di Lorenzo (Georgia Institute of Technology).
Applicants should send a brief letter of research interests, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references with contact information to
Dr. Hernan G. Arango
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey
71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901-8521, USA
arango@marine.rutgers.edu
Rutgers is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.