University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Description
The Institute of Applied Physics (IAP, University of Bern) has an open PhD student position for monitoring, analysis and exploration of atmospheric composition change, radiative transfer and dynamical processes. The IAP is part of the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research and contributes to the Swiss Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) programme and the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC). The IAP has an excellent reputation in atmospheric remote sensing and routinely operates ground-based microwave radiometers for long-term monitoring of ozone and water vapour in the lower and middle atmosphere. You will retrieve and interpret vertical profiles of stratospheric and mesospheric ozone. You will take care on the ozone microwave radiometer. The PhD thesis will focus on the spatio-temporal variability of the ozone distribution. Dependencies between ozone, water vapour, temperature, dynamics, and photochemistry will be analysed on time scales from 10 minutes to 20 years. Coupling of troposphere, stratosphere and mesosphere by radiation, waves, atmospheric circulation and composition will be explored by means of observations and simulations. Cross-validation studies between ground stations, satellites and chemistry-climate models are possible as well as trend analysis of long-term series of stratospheric ozone.
Requirements
These versatile tasks require a PhD student with strong interest in:
Microwave remote sensing and atmospheric processes
Programming, data analysis and retrieval techniques
Time series analysis
Writing and reading of scientifc publications.
Further you should have a Master or Diploma degree in physics, atmospheric sciences or a related field. You like international co-operations and team work.
More information and applications
If you are interested, please send an application by email containing your Curriculum Vitae, statement of interest (1 page), 2-3 references or names of referees (with address), copies of your thesis and certificates. Applications are considered until position is filled.
PD Dr. Klemens Hocke Institute of Applied Physics
University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
E-mail: klemens.hocke@iap.unibe.ch, Phone: +41 316318958
Web: http://www.iapmw.unibe.ch
http://www.oeschger.unibe.ch
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