2 Post-doctoral research positions available at the
Service d'Aeronomie( IPSL)/ UniversitÈ Paris VI, Paris, France
Two post-doc positions are available at the Service d'Aeronomie, in Paris, to work within two international projects funded by the European Commission. Both projects focus on the chemical composition of the atmosphere at the global and regional scales.
The objective of the CITYZEN (MegaCITY Zoom for the ENvironment) project is to quantify and understand current air pollution distributions and development in and around selected megacities/hot spot regions, including the interaction across the different spatial scales and to estimate how megacities/hot spots may be influencing climate change. The project involves 13 groups from Europe and Asia; the work performed at the Service d'Aeronomie will focus on the concentrations and deposition of air pollutants in megacities over the last decade, the quantification of export fluxes from megacities, the quantification of past and present greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions from urban agglomeration areas over the last two decades and analysis of satellite data.
The goal of the MACC (Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate) project is to develop a forecasting system for atmospheric composition at the global and regional scales. The project involves 44 groups from different European countries. The work carried out at the Service d'Aeronomie concerns the scientific evaluation of the integrated global forecasting of reactive gases in the troposphere and stratosphere.
It includes an extended evaluation of the model products using independent data and the analysis of well-defined cases studies.
In both projects, the research will be carried out in close collaboration with the scientists involved in the other themes of the project, and the applicant is expected to participate in the scientific meetings of the projects.
Applications are invited from post-doctoral researchers with a PhD in environmental sciences or similar experience. Experience in modelling is desirable together with knowledge of computer programming (Unix, Fortran, IDL) and english. Both positions are for 3 years. The positions are open until filled.
If interested please send your CV including email addresses of 3 referees to claire.granier@ aero.jussieu. fr. The Service d'Aeronomie is located in central Paris at the Jussieu campus (http://www.aero. jussieu.fr). It is a joint CNRS/University laboratory which is also part of the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL). It carries out research into a wide range of topics related to atmospheric science.
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