Physical Oceanographer - Bremerhaven, Deutschland - Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung

Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government.

AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology, geochemistry and geophysics thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals.


  • Physical Oceanographer
  • Modeler (M/F/d)

Background
The overall objective of


OCEAN:


ICE is to assess the impacts of key Antarctic Ice Sheet and Southern Ocean processes on Planet Earth, via their influence on sea level rise, deep water formation, ocean circulation and climate.

An innovative and ambitious combination of observations and numerical models, including coupled ice sheet-climate model development, will be used to improve predictions of how changes in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets impact global climate.

The position is embedded in Work Package 1 ("Subpolar circulation, heat delivery and water mass export"), and will provide strong opportunities to network and collaborate with model
- and observation-based studies both within AWI and


OCEAN:
ICE.


Tasks
- perform and evaluate a 1979-present circum
  • Antarctic hindcast FESOM model run
- assess the role of meltwater advection on the dense water formation sites in the Weddell and Ross Seas
- investigate the impact of local vs. remote processes on dense water formation in the Weddell Sea
- lead and contribute to publications of your results in peer-reviewed journals


Requirements:


  • PhD degree in physical oceanography or related fields
- extensive experience in the analysis and performance of numerical ocean models
- strong background in fluid dynamics
- strong background in high-level programming
- competitive publication record through first-author publications

  • Very good communication skills in English both written and oral are mandatory
- open to interact with an interdisciplinary and international science community
- strongly motivated


Further Information
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This is a full-time position, limited to 36 months. It is also suitable for part-time employment. The salary will be paid in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation (Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), up to salary level

13. The place of employment will be

Bremerhaven.

The AWI is characterised by
- our scientific success - excellent research
- collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary
- opportunities to develop - on the job, aiming at other positions and beyond AWI
- a culture of reconciling work and family - an audited and well-supported aspect of our operation
- our outstanding research infrastructure - ships, stations, aircraft, laboratories and more
- an international environment - everyday contacts with people from all over the world
- having an influence - fundamental research with social and political relevance
- flat hierarchies - facilitating freedom and responsibility
- exciting science topics, with opportunities also in technology, administration and infrastructure

Equal opportunities are an integral part of our personnel policy. The AWI aims to increase the number of female employees and therefore strongly encourages qualified women to apply.

Disabled applicants will be given preference when equal qualifications are present.

The AWI fosters the compatibility of work and family in various ways and has received a number of awards as a result of this engagement.


January 31

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2023, exclusively online.
Reference number 22/186/D/Kli-b

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