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Postdoc Position on Interannual Climate Prediction at the Climate Forecasting Unit (CFU)

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Sectors Sustainability, Climate, CSR, EMS
Location Spain (North) - Europe
Town/City Barcelona
Type Fixed Term and Permanent Roles
Status Full Time
Level Mid Level
Deadline 01/02/2011
Company Name Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences - Institut Catala de Ciencies del Clima (IC3)
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Postdoc position on interannual climate prediction at the
Climate Forecasting Unit (CFU)
REFERENCE NO: IC3-CFU-2010-03
LOCATION: IC3 headquarters in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

ENVIRONMENT: IC3 is a climate research institute recently created by the
Government of Catalonia. IC3's main scientific goal is to assess and understand climate
variability and change at both global and regional scales to improve both predictions and
projections. Linked to this goal, IC3 works on understanding and simulating how global
change modulates variability and change in society and ecosystems. IC3's mandate is to
become a leading international centre for climate research in Europe, with a regional
focus on the Mediterranean area. IC3 will mainly develop top-quality research on basic
and applied climate sciences, while informing society and stakeholders on future climate
risks. Working languages of IC3 are English, Catalan and Spanish. For details, see
www.ic3.cat.
There is growing interest in the implications of climate variability and change from a
season to a few decades ahead. Reliable climate information is critical to ensure that
adaptation measures to climate variability and change are well justified and efficient. The
Climate Forecasting Unit (CFU), which is led by the ICREA Research Professor F. J.
Doblas-Reyes, undertakes research on the development and assessment of dynamical and
statistical methods for the prediction of global climate on time scales ranging from
months to decades. More information about the activities of the unit is available from the
following links:
http://www.ic3.cat/research.html
http://ic3cfu.wikispot.org
MAIN DUTIES: The successful applicant will investigate the predictability and actual
forecast quality of interannual ensemble predictions carried out with the dynamical global
climate model EC-Earth. The applicant will be involved in developments within the ECEARTH
consortium to carry out initialized interannual ensemble simulations.
Outstanding opportunities exist for collaboration with other European research
institutions.?

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