Phd Student - Barcelona, España - Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

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Barcelona, España

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Isabel García

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Job Reference:

182_24_ES_AC_R1
Position:
PhD Student
Constraining aerosol composition through data assimilation of Earth observations (R1)
Closing Date:
Friday, 31 May, 2024
Reference: 182_24_ES_AC_R1
Job title: PhD Student
Constraining aerosol composition through data assimilation of Earth observations (R1)
About BSC
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads largescale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 900 staff from 55 countries.
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Context And Mission
Aerosols constitute an important component in the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere, and have profound effects on the atmospheric radiative balance and cloud formation, and yet the uncertainties about aerosols concentrations and distributions, and about their life cycle are considerable. The recent advances in numerical modeling developments, observational capabilities, information technologies and in particular High Performance Computing (HPC) have contributed to a better understanding of aerosol processes and a better quantification of aerosol impacts upon key sectors of society and economy. The synergistic use of the three (model, observations, HPC) has played the most pivotal role in those advances. Observations from new generation sensors (e.g., from the Sentinel, EPS-SG and EarthCARE missions) and stateoftheart modeling combined with advanced data assimilation algorithms will help to further advance our knowledge of atmospheric aerosols and of their impact in the Earth system.
The PhD position will be funded by a grant for predoctoral contracts for the training of doctors under the framework of the State Program for the Promotion of Talent and its Employability in R + D + i under the umbrella and linked to the SPECIES project. SPECIES aims to assess the impact of seamlessly correcting the burden, size and absorption of modeled aerosol particles with observations from new generation sensors at multi scales.
Key Duties
Undertake original research on novel data assimilation methodologies to constrain aerosol composition
Collection and processing of novel Earth System observations for data assimilation (i.e. satellite, insitu)
Advance the BSC data assimilation package (e.g. development of new observation operator,...)
Participate in collaborative projects with partner institutions
Presenting research findings at international conferences; writing manuscripts in top peer review publications; and other duties as assigned

Requirements:

Education
Master's degree in physics, mathematics, geosciences or a related discipline
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Knowledge in environmental, atmospheric sciences
Previous experience in data assimilation will be highly valued
Experience with atmospheric composition (modeling or observations; gases or aerosols) is desirable

Knowledge of atmospheric science data formats (such as NetCDF), scientific tools (e.g., CDO, NCO) and data visualization will be valued

Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Experience in HPC environments
Good computing skills in a highlevel computer language (such as FORTRAN, C or Python)
Experience with revision control systems (e.g., SVN or Git) will be valued
Competences
Fluency in english
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to take initiative, prioritize and work under set deadlines
Ability to work both independently and within a team

Conditions

The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
We offer a fulltime contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with stateoftheart infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
Duration: Openended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
Starting date: December 2023

Applications procedure and process- A full CV in English including contact details