PhD Student Positions Available - Danish Meteorological Institute and University of Copenhagen

Date

31 January 2008

PhD Student Positions Available
Danish Meteorological Institute
Niels Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen

Application Deadline: Saturday, 15 March 2008

For further information, please go to:
http://www.dmi.dk/eng/2phd
http://ceeh.dk/Opslag/index.html

Three PhD student positions are available on two projects at the Danish
Meteorological Institute and Niels Bohr Institute of the University of
Copenhagen. Position descriptions are below.

1) "Atmospheric pollution, sensitivity and optimisation models for
environmental risk and impact studies"
Danish Meteorological Institute
Centre for Energy, Environment and Health (CEEH)
Niels Bohr Institute of University of Copenhagen

For further information, please go to:
http://ceeh.dk
http://www.dmi.dk/eng/index/research_and_development.htm

or contact:
Alexander Baklanov
E-mail: alb [at] dmi.dk
Phone: +45-39-15-74-41

Allan Gross
E-mail: agr [at] dmi.dk
Phone: +45-39-15-74-43

The Danish Meteorological Institute invites applications for a PhD
student position funded by the Programme Commission on Energy and
Environment (EnMi), which is part of the Danish Council for Strategic
Research (Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation). The PhD
position is linked to the wider projects of the Danish Strategic
Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Health (CEEH) and other
European and DMI research projects. A second PhD student position is
available on this project at the University of Copenhagen.

The successful candidate will carry out research in the field of
atmospheric pollution and meteorological modeling (MM), focusing on
further development of atmospheric chemical transport (ACT) and
sensitivity and optimisation models for environmental risk and impact
studies (based on the integrated ACT-MM system EnviroHIRLAM). This PhD
project is a natural part of the CEEH scientific mission to develop a
modeling system to support planning of future energy systems in Denmark,
where both direct and indirect costs related to environment, climate,
and health are considered. The center works with a number of different
realistic scenarios for the quantity and type of future energy
production and associated emissions.

Applicants should have a Master's degree in geophysics, meteorology,
environmental science, mathematical modeling, computer programming, or a
closely related subject, and will write his/her dissertation in a
relevant discipline. The successful candidate will be located at Danish
Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen and will work closely with the
Niels Bohr Institute of University of Copenhagen and other research
organisations involved into CEEH.

An application marked "041-0005.2008/PHD1" consisting of a complete CV,
statement of proposed research, and two references should be directed no
later than 15 March 2008, to:
The Director General
Danish Meteorological Institute
100, Lyngbyvej
DK-2100 Copenhagen 0
Denmark
E-mail: job [at] dmi.dk

2) "Simulations and studies of meteorological weather parameters
applicable for real time management of Solar/Electric heating systems in
the future energy system"
Danish Meteorological Institute
Niels Bohr Institute of University of Copenhagen

For further information, please go to:
http://www.dmi.dk/eng/index/research_and_development.htm

or contact:
Bent H. Sass
E-mail: bhs [at] dmi.dk
Phone: +45-39-15-74-36

Niels Woetmann Nielsen
E-mail: nwn [at] dmi.dk
Phone: +45-39-15-74-35

The Danish Meteorological Institute invites applications for a PhD
student position funded by the Programme Commission on Energy and
Environment (EnMi), which is a part of the Danish Council for Strategic
Research (Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation). The PhD
position is linked to the project "Solar/electric heating systems in
the future energy system."

The successful candidate will carry out simulations with numerical
weather prediction models computing solar radiation and other relevant
meteorological weather parameters suitable as prognostic input to
heating units making use of solar energy in a future energy system. The
work will be done in cooperation with Danish Technical University and
the Institute for Mathematical Modelling. The emphasis will be on
numerical simulations of surface solar radiation in Denmark using
atmospheric numerical forecast models. The work also involves the
computation of radiation climatology for stations in Denmark measuring
global solar radiation. The study gives an opportunity for studying
different model formulations of clouds affecting solar radiation. In
addition, it is expected that ensemble simulations are carried out to
study uncertainty aspects of the forecasts.

An application marked "041-0005.2008/PHD2" consisting of a complete CV,
statement of proposed research, and two references should be directed no
later than 15 March 2008, to:
The Director General
Danish Meteorological Institute
100, Lyngbyvej
DK-2100 Copenhagen 0
Denmark
E-mail: job [at] dmi.dk

Employment and salary for all positions is according to existing Danish
agreements. The positions last for three years and should result in the
candidates receiving doctoral degrees. DMI wants to contribute to equal
opportunities for women and men, and asks all qualified persons to apply
regardless of age, sexual, or ethnic background.

DMI is an institution under the Ministry of Climate and Energy and
carries out a forecast and warning service as well as continuous
monitoring of weather, climate, and related environmental conditions in
the atmosphere, on ground, and at sea, in order to secure human life,
equipment, and property, and to create a basis for economic and
environmental planning in the society. Furthermore, R&D is carried out
within the DMI working areas.