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The work will be part of the Cluster of Excellence “PhenoRob -Robotics and Phenotyping for Sustainable Crop Production” in cooperation with the University of Bonn. The goal of the project is to develop and apply hydrometeorologic models of agricultural systems at multiple space and time scales and merge these models with observations from in-situ sensors and airborne measurements near real-time. Ultimately the developed modeling system will provide digital images of the current state of agricultural systems which are used to perform short- and long-term predictions and plan in-field interventions. The project will be performed in collaboration with the Centre of High-Performance Computing in Terrestrial System, Geoverbund ABC/J.
'''Your tasks in detail:'''<br>
* Implement coupled models of agricultural systems and perform simulations
* Implement real-time simulation and data assimilation workflows
* Analyze simulations results
* Present and publish results at international conference and peer reviewer journals
'''Your Profile:'''<br>
* University degree (Master) in hydrometeorology computer science, physics, civil engineering or applied mathematics
* Experience in atmospheric, hydrologic and/or hydrogeologic modelling, and data analysis
* Knowledge of data assimilation methods is an advantage
* Programming skills with Python, Fortran, C/C++
* Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in an international, interdisciplinary team across institutes
* Very good communication and organizational skills
* Very good command of the English language
'''Our Offer:'''<br>
* Competent and interdisciplinary working environment, as well as an excellent framework in the areas of experiments and modelling.
* Vibrant international work environment on an attractive research campus, ideally situated between the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Aachen
* Attendance at national and international conferences and workshops
* Possibility for further scientific and technical training through international experts
* An exceptional research infrastructure
* Pay in line with 70 % of pay group 13 of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) is offer to attract high-profile candidates
* Usually a contract for the duration of 3 years
There are several fellowships being offered in the division of geological and planetary sciences at Caltech. Applications are due November 10. https://www.gps.caltech.edu/about/positions-available/postdoctoral-positions. Please apply!
Regards<br>
Mike Lamb
https://lamb.caltech.edu/ +
There are three open Postdoctoral positions at the University of California, Davis:
'''1 Position - Managed Aquifer Recharge'''<br>
Drs. Scott Bradford (Research Leader of the USDA, ARS, Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems Unit) and Helen Dahlke (Associate Professor in the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources at the University of California, Davis) seek to hire a postdoc with a background in Soil Physics, Hydrology, Civil or Environmental Engineering to work on Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Central Valley, CA. The goal of this research is to evaluate the independent and joint use of flooding of agricultural lands and drywells to optimize stormwater capture, groundwater recharge, and water quality. This research will involve field studies, laboratory analysis, and vadose zone modeling of flow and transport. Experience in these areas as well as the use of vadose zone models such as HYDRUS or iTOUGH is highly desirable. The selected candidate will be hired through the University of California in Davis (UC Davis), but will work at the USDA facility. Details about salary and benefits for UC Davis postdocs is given at https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2021/2021-postdoc-salary-scales/t23.pdf and https://hr.ucdavis.edu/employees/benefits/post-doc-scholars, respectively.
Interested candidates should email their resumes to Scott.Bradford@usda.gov and hdahlke@ucdavis.edu. Resumes will be accepted until the position has been filled.
'''2 Positions - Geophysics'''<br>
The Department of Land, Air and Water Resources at the University of California, Davis seeks to hire two postdocs in conjunction with the Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems (SAWS) Unit of the Agricultural Research Service at the US Department of Agriculture. The hired postdocs will focus on problems related to assessing and monitoring flood-managed aquifer recharge sites in California’s Central Valley, with potential to expand into other related areas using geophysics for groundwater management. The postdocs will work as part of an interdisciplinary team of scientists at UC Davis and the SAWS unit, including geophysicists, hydrogeologists, soil physicists, and agricultural scientists.
The first postdoc will focus on targeting subsurface sampling strategies based on geophysical data to characterize subsurface heterogeneity. Ground-truth data is essential to quantitatively interpreting geophysical models and our goal is to develop and optimize sampling strategies. The postdoc will employ ground-based electrical resistivity models (e.g. time-domain EM and electrical resistivity tomography) in a geostatistical framework to select sites for subsurface sampling using methods (e.g. soil-core extraction, cone penetrometer testing and geophysical logging methods) and to target infiltration experiments. We seek an individual with a strong background in geostatistics, some experience with field data acquisition, and training in either soil physics or near-surface geophysics. Any experience linking geophysical and hydrogeological parameters is a plus.
The second postdoc will direct their research toward linking geophysical and hydrogeological measurements in order to parameterize 3D groundwater models with the goal of characterizing flow and transport processes within the unsaturated zone. This encompasses the development of rock physics transforms to translate geophysical parameters to hydrogeological parameters as well as joint geophysical and hydrogeological inversion. Quantification of uncertainty due to inversion and the links between geophysical and hydrogeological parameters will be an important component of the postdoc’s efforts. We are particularly interested in candidates with strong computational backgrounds and with experience in time-domain EM and electrical resistivity tomography geophysics.
Details about salary and benefits for UC Davis postdocs is given at https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2021/2021-postdoc-salary-scales/t23.pdf and https://hr.ucdavis.edu/employees/benefits/post-doc-scholars, respectively. Interested candidates should email their resumes to Scott.Bradford@usda.gov and hdahlke@ucdavis.edu. Resumes will be accepted until the positions have been filled.
There are two PhD positions available in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in the area of Hydrology and Water Resources.
Interested candidates are encouraged to send their CV and a research plan to Tirthankar Roy. Please visit the faculty webpage for additional details and contact information.
Shortlisted candidates will be notified by July 15, 2020.
Focus Areas:
* The first project will focus on the modeling of hydrologic extremes using a wide range of datasets, models, and methods.
* The second project will be on modeling human-water interactions.
Preferred Skillset:
* Good programming skill, preferably in MATLAB/Python/R
* Strong background in statistical analyses
* Prior experience with hydrologic modeling and data processing
Relevant Links:
* Roy Research Group: https://roy.unl.edu/
* Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: https://engineering.unl.edu/cee/
* Graduate Admissions: https://engineering.unl.edu/graduate-programs/admissions/ +
There is a 3-year research opportunity in Germany focusing on flash floods in Jordan. They are looking for this as a postdoc but would entertain the idea of a strong MSc graduate. It is preferable if they speak German but that is not a very solid requirement and depends on the candidate. This will be in a very nice town called Koblenz about an hour away from Frankfurt. The position starts soon (June 1). I need your help circulating this among recent graduates.
Please find attached the call for applications and let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,<br>
Mohammad<br>
malsmadi@vt.edu<br> +
There is a great opportunity at NCAR Research Applications Laboratory for a Post Doc Fellow and Land Surface Modeler who will interface with our WRF-Hydro group!
The NCAR Research Applications Laboratory is hiring a Post Doctoral Fellow Land Surface Modeler here at NCAR, located in Boulder, Colorado. As a Post doctoral fellow- you will conduct research on understanding land-atmosphere interactions and developing land-surface and hydrology models. This research will involve scientific investigations of impacts of fine-scale hydrology-land-atmosphere interactions on regional weather and hydroclimate, and vice versa, development of the community land-surface Noah-MP model, and enhancements to other related models. Experience with working in a high performance computing environment and earth system modeling is a plus! See the full Job description here: https://bit.ly/3iEp382
Application Deadline: This position will be posted until Sunday October 25th, 2020. +
There is a postdoctoral research opportunity available in the Centre for Water Resources Research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The research will form part of a bigger IHE Delft Partnership Programme for Water and Development (DUPC2) funded project.
The Water Accounting Plus (WA+) framework aims to utilize remote sensing products and globally available datasets, supplemented by hydrological modelling, to derive relevant spatial and temporal information about the status of water resources to support decision making for river basin management. In this project the WA+ framework and selected hydrological models will be applied in selected catchments across Africa.
Please see the attached advert for further details. +
There is a vacancy for a PhD Research Fellow in the field of sedimentary geology/reservoir physics/physical geography at the Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen. The position is for a fixed-term period of 3 years with the possibility of a 4th year with compulsory other work (e.g. teaching duties at the Department). The position is part of the project DeepReservoir: Predicting reservoir properties in deep structures on the Norwegian Continental Shelf: The critical role of chlorite-coats at the universities of Bergen and Oslo, funded by the Norwegian Research Council, Equinor ASA and AkerBP.
The main ambition for DeepReservoir is to understand the controls on development of porosity-preserving coats of the mineral chlorite on quartz grains. This is important firstly because chlorite coats preserve reservoir properties in deep (3-6 km) reservoirs, something which is of key importance in infrastructure-led exploration for hydrocarbons. There is currently no way to assess the probability of good chlorite coats in un-drilled structures, something which makes deep prospects risky. Secondly, chlorite effectively mineralizes CO2. This effect will be important for large-scale CO2-storage, but we currently know little about the distribution of chlorite in subsurface reservoir rocks. The candidate will work closely with the industry partners.
The main objectives of this PhD project are to understand:
The spatial distribution of chlorite enriched coarse-grained estuarine facies subject to the hydrodynamic conditions under which chlorite minerals preferentially accumulate.
The preservation potential of chlorite enriched estuarine facies.
This knowledge will be used to build a static subsurface geomodel that represents a comparable depositional setting. This geomodel can subsequently be subjected to dynamic fluid flow analysis.In particular, the PhD project will consist of 1) investigation of hydrodynamic controls on deposition of precursor clays to grain-coating in the modern Ravenglass estuary, 2) investigation of constraints on hydrodynamic conditions during deposition of ancient estuarine deposits in East Greenland, 3) investigation of realistic geometries of zones with chlorite coats, and 4) writing academic articles that answers the project objectives. The candidate PhD student will spend 9 months (6+3) on secondment at TU Delft to learn from and collaborate with experts at the cutting-edge of environmental hydrodynamic modelling.
There is an open Post-Doc position in Delft, Netherlands, on mapping of floods and open water:
https://careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Postdoc-Remote-Sensing-of-Flooding-and-Open-Water-2628-CD/820653002/
Best wishes - Nick
Prof.dr.ir. Nick van de Giesen<br>
Water Management<br>
Civil Engineering & Geosciences<br>
TU Delft<br>
Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, Room 4.73<br>
PO Box 5048, 2600 GA Delft<br>
Netherlands<br>
n.c.vandegiesen@tudelft.nl<br>
www.wrm.tudelft.nl<br> +
There is an open Postdoc position at the '''Oregon State University''', Corvallis, USA.
The Postdoc will develop a '''pretreatment engineering device''' for stormwater, floodwater, or recycled wastewater to '''mitigate clogging and reduce contaminant loads''' in managed aquifer recharge infiltration techniques across Oregon and Central Valley, California.
Eligibility Requirements
* '''a Ph.D. in engineering''' or relevant discipline (environmental, chemical, water resource, or a related field)
* Strong laboratory (contaminant fate and transport) and field experiment (data collection using various monitoring sensors) skills
* Strong analytical skills and experience with mathematical modeling and data analysis
* A proven track record of independent research, critical thinking, and successful academic publications.
* Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as part of a research team, supervise undergraduate or graduate students, and lab management
'''For full consideration, please apply by 22 January 2022'''
Please find attached a PDF or the OSU Webpage (https://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/postdocs/open-positions) for more information regarding the position and instructions to complete the application.
I would greatly appreciate your help in forwarding this announcement to any potentially interested candidates.
Kind Regards and Happy New Year!<br>
Salini Sasidharan
Dr. Salini Sasidharan (she, her, hers)<br>
Assistant Professor<br>
Groundwater Sustainable Management Engineer <br>
Department of Biological & Ecological Engineering<br>
College of Agricultural Sciences<br>
Oregon State University<br>
Email: salini.sasidharan@oregonstate.edu<br> +
There is an open position for a PhD Research Fellow in Quaternary Geology and Palaeoclimate in the Department of Earth Science at the University of Bergen, Norway, to start in early 2023. The project will investigate how ice-marginal moraines formed by mountain glaciers can be interpreted as a record of both past climate and glacier dynamics. There are several possible study regions (e.g., the Himalaya, European Alps, Southern Alps, or the Andes) and the opportunity to live and work in beautiful western Norway.
Details on the project and how to apply are here:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/231439/phd-research-fellow-in-quaternary-geology-and-palaeoclimate
The deadline for applications is 30/09/22
Please contact Ann Rowan (ann.rowan@uib.no) or Henriette Linge (Henriette.Linge@uib.no) if you wish to discuss the project before making an application. +
There is an opening for a one-year post-doctoral position in the School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment at the University of South Carolina to study how changes in estuarine geometry associated with harbor development and dredging have impacted tides in Charleston estuary, South Carolina. The Regional Ocean Modeling Systems (ROMS) will be used to perform simulations of astronomical tides on present and historical bathymetries, which will be reconstructed from maps available through e.g. the Library of Congress and other repositories.
Alexander Yankovsky and Raymond Torres based in the School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, Enrica Viparelli and Erfan Goharian in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department will closely work with the post-doc and with two undergraduate students.
The students will help in the analysis of field data to determine changes in estuarine geometry since 1700 and in water levels recorded at the USGS stations. Field work will be performed to collect water level data for model verification.
Minimum qualification is a PhD in physical oceanography, civil engineering, geomorphology or related fields by the end of 2020. Experience with the Regional Ocean Modeling Systems (ROMS) is preferred.
If interested, please send a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, name and contact information of three references to Enrica Viparelli at viparell@cec.sc.edu.
We will start reviewing applications on October 26, 2020 and online interviews will be done in November.
Enrica, Sasha, Ray and Erfan +
There is now an open call for application to the PhD programmes of the Università della Campania "L. Vanivitelli". Within the call, please have a look at the Programme in "Environment, Design and Innovation" at the following link:
http://international.unicampania.it/index.php/en/teaching/phd-degrees/list-of-phd#environment-design-and-innovation
Profiles 1 and 3 include topics related with contaminanr hydrology, vadose zone hydrology and hillslope hydrology. Four PhD positions are reserved to applicants who have completed their MsC outside Italy.
More information and the call for application can be found at:
http://international.unicampania.it/index.php/en/teaching/phd-degrees/enrol-in-a-phd-programmes
Please, spread this information among your collegaues.
Best regards,
Roberto Greco +
There is still time to apply for a tenured Associate/Full Professor position at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. This is a 12-months appointment, and the selected candidate will also serve as the Director of the National Center for Integrated Coastal Research (UCF Coastal) at UCF. More information on the position can be found here: https://ucf.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/Orlando-FL-Main-Campus/Associate-Professor-or-Professor-and-Director--National-Center-for-Integrated-Coastal-Research_R106384?jobFamilyGroup=5bcda454ef2601011c97052f3c060000
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Best wishes,
Thomas
Thomas Wahl, Ph.D.<br>
Associate Professor<br>
Civil, Environmental, & Construction Engineering<br>
National Center for Integrated Coastal Research<br>
University of Central Florida<br>
12800 Pegasus Drive, Suite 211<br>
PO Box 162450<br>
Orlando, FL 32816-2450<br>
https://core-lab.weebly.com/<br> +
This Research Hydrologist serves the Ecosystem Function and Health Program (EFH) with the Pacific Southwest Research Station. The mission of this program is to lead the development and communication of knowledge and technology required to sustain, enhance, and restore the function, health, and productivity of ecological, hydrological, and atmospheric systems.
For more information about this position, please contact Dr. Chrissy Howell at
chrissy.a.howell@usda.gov
'''Responsibilities'''<br>
* Serves as part of a research team conducting research projects on forest and shrubland hydrology and collaborating with scientists on other hydrologic studies.
* Serves as an authority on watershed hydrology, and large-scale hydrologic modeling.
* Determines and analyzes the controls on streamwater sources, flowpaths, and water quality.
* Measures and models basic hydrologic processes such as transpiration and streamflow.
* Develops hydrologic models to scale hillslope and watershed hydrologic and biogeochemical processes in time from hours to decades and in space from plots to catchments.
* Oversees on-going research studies in California including instrumented watersheds on the Kings River (Sierra National Forest) and the San Dimas Experimental Watershed (Angeles National Forest).
* Assesses the sources and residence times of water and sediment in headwater catchments.
* Assesses vegetation and topographic controls on the hydrograph, including the importance of fire and vegetation loss on water quantity and biogeochemical cycling
* Assesses the impact of hydroclimatic variability on water quality and quantity.
* Applies measurements and modeling approaches for analysis of the impacts of land use on water, sediment and nutrient fluxes.
* Monitors climate and hydrologic parameters, and oversee long-term research projects where high quality data are collected.
* Studies the effects of forest harvesting and landscape management practices (forest and shrubland) on streamflow sedimentation, and biogeochemical processes in watersheds.
This is open a call for application for admission to PhD programme - 38th cycle (2022/2023) of the PhD School "Earth Science, Fluid-Mechanics And Mathematics. Interaction and Methods", organised by the University of Trieste in collaboration with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS). The working site is located at the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS) in Borgo Grotta Gigante (Trieste). The deadline for submitting applications is December 1, 2022, 1:00 pm (Italian time). All information can be found at the following link: https://www2.units.it/dottorati/files/PhD09Concorso38PNRRbis.pdf
Contact:
Michela Giustiniani (mgiustiniani@ogs.it);
Martina Busetti (mbusetti@ogs.it);
Claudia Cherubini (chrcld@unife.it).
Integration of geophysical and geological data and hydrogeological modelling for characterisation of geothermal resource in the Friuli Plain
The Lower Friuli Plain is characterised by a low-enthalpy geothermal anomaly that leads to the heating of the groundwater flowing in the aquifers. The heat source is due to the slow flow of deep water heated by the normal geothermal gradient and contained in the carbonate rocks buried beneath the Cenozoic sedimentary cover. The carbonate rocks constitute the reservoir for the thermal waters and are also a source of heat for the waters confined in the overlying Late Cenozoic sediments. Locally, where the carbonates are outcropping, the thermal waters contained in the reservoir escape naturally, as in the Roman baths of Monfalcone (North-East Italy).
In the proximity of these springs, the interaction between the waters of the geothermal reservoir and those of the surface porous aquifers is very complex. The current global energy and environmental crisis requires efforts to improve the knowledge of renewable energy resources available in the region.
The objective of this research project is to develop a conceptual model by integrating geophysical and geological data and numerical modelling to characterise regional geothermal resources and their interaction with shallower aquifers. In addition, a laboratory-scale physical model will be developed to reproduce the interaction between the fractured karst aquifer that hosts the geothermal resources and the overlying porous aquifers. The project will contribute to the development of a digital twin model of the study area.
Thank you
Michela Giustiniani
Dott.ssa Michela Giustiniani, PhD<br>
Sezione di Geofisica<br>
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS<br>
Borgo Grotta Gigante n. 42/c<br>
34010 Sgonico (Trieste) - Italia<br>
This is to bring to your attention the call for application to the 2-year MSc in Environmental Engineering of the University of Trento is open to international students with a BSc in Civil and/or Environmental Engineering.
The call for non-EU candidates is open and closes on 6th March 2025 at 12:00 noon (CET) (https://international.unitn.it/environmental-engineering/how-to-apply).
Fees (https://international.unitn.it/environmental-engineering/fees-and-grants; up to 4'500 €/year) can be fully or partially waived, and scholarships (https://international.unitn.it/incoming/scholarships) are available to top scored candidates: 7'200 € per year for male and 8'500 € for female students (for the first year, subject to a successful performance to get the same amount in the second year).
The programme is organized in four tracks:
* Water Resources and Land Protection
* Environmental Quality and Remediation Technologies
* Environmental Sustainability and International Cooperation
* Modelling and Simulation of Environmental Systems
All the details and the admission requirements (https://international.unitn.it/environmental-engineering/admission-requirements) are available in the master's website:
https://www.unitn.it/menve
The entire programme is taught in English, apart from a few courses of track 1.<br>
Should you need further information, please refer to our secretary <master-st@unitn.it> or the coordinator of the programme <coordinatore.iat@unitn.it> prof. Bruno Majone.
With kind regards,
Giuseppe Formetta +
This is to bring to your attention to the Doctoral Program in Agrifood and Environmental Sciences. This year we have 24 positions of which 22 covered by a grant. Please find the Call at:
https://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/80909/announcement-of-selection. The deadline is JULY 22, 2019, hrs. 04.00 PM (Italian time, GMT +2). Among these some positions regards Hydrology.
For what concern myself I am interested in applicants to the topic I specified and describe in this blog post: https://abouthydrology.blogspot.com/2019/06/some-new-phd-positions.html. I can support more than one position.
Riccardo Rigon +
This is to inform you of a call for a PhD position at the Philipps-University of Marburg, Department for Geography, Prof. Peter Chifflard. The PhD call is still open and ends mid of February 2023. The duration of the DFG-funded research project is three years.
Please, find further information about the project attached, below or via this link: https://stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/4c8bed21d666e89a75b2bfc9299c79546cb268e50
Longitudinal variation of macroinvertebrate assemblages in Icelandic arctic glacier-fed and snow-fed streams: changes and their environmental drivers – a comparison after 26 years - Climate-induced retreat of glaciers will affect the macroinvertebrate composition in glacier‐fed rivers and lead to an increase in α-diversity and abundance as well as to an upward migration of downstream macroinvertebrates. In Arctic regions, where climate change is expected to cause major environmental changes, snow is becoming increasingly important for aquatic ecosystems, and the influence of glacier meltwater is declining. The consequences for macroinvertebrate composition are still largely unresolved, mainly because long-term studies in Arctic regions are also lacking. Therefore, this research project will investigate temporal changes in macroinvertebrates along an Arctic glacier-fed river and a snow-fed river on the basis of Gíslason et al. (2001) who mapped macroinvertebrate, hydrophysical and -chemical parameters in 1996 and 1997 along the arctic rivers Vestari- and Austari-Jökulsá River. Since these first investigations the hydrological and climatic conditions have changed significantly. This intensive cross-scale study of the hydrobiological and biogeochemical properties of two Arctic streams with different hydrology and their spatial and temporal dynamics will close the knowledge gap regarding the long-term change of longitudinal variation of macroinvertebrate communities in arctic glacier-fed streams.
Best regards
Peter +
This is to inform you of a call for a PhD position at the University of Cagliari, Department for Chemical and Geological Sciences. The PhD call should be at the end of January 2023. The duration is three years
Below, please find the title and a short description of the doctoral project:
'''Monitoring and modeling of soil salinization processes in coastal areas connected to irrigation in the presence of shallow groundwater and saline intrusion''' - The research project aims to evaluate the secondary salinization processes of soils induced by irrigation with saline waters drawn from shallow groundwater in coastal areas. In these areas, a progressive penetration of the saline wedge is expected, also related to climate change, which determines a decrease in recharge flows, induces a growing need for irrigation and thus a greater abstraction of groundwater and deepening of wells for irrigation water. The project will require a hydro-pedological characterization of the soils and of the related spatial variability. Soil properties will then be used as input for physically based dynamic simulations to be conducted using a 1D agro-hydrological model which returns a series of spatio-temporal outputs essential for quantifying the distribution of water and salts along the soil profile and the related percolation flows towards the aquifer. The simulations will be conducted considering different climatic scenarios and a progressive salinization of groundwater induced by seawater intrusion.
Best regards<br>
Antonio<br>
antonio.coppola@unica.it<br> +
