Jobs:Job-00261
Apply before: 8 January 2021
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Position: PhD opportunity
Apply before: 8 January 2021
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The Centre for Water Systems (CWS) at University of Exter and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) are looking for a PhD candidate on the topic of Near Real-Time Multiscale Hybrid Surface Water Flooding Risk Forecasting.
The aim of the project is to dynamically link the national-scale Grid-to-Grid hydrological model (typically applied at a 1km resolution) with the detailed urban flood model (with 10m or finer spatial resolution) in highly urbanised areas to better simulate the influences of urban features (e.g. drainage network, buildings) on surface water propagation. Further, the flood modelling results will be combined with socio-economic datasets to forecast flood risk - to human safety, critical infrastructure and services, properties and communities - to develop prototype tools for alerting the public that are at high risk and support emergency response actions to mitigate the hazard impact.
The candidate will be supervised by Profs Albert Chen and Slobodan Djordjevic at CWS, and Dr Steven Cole and Mr Robert Moore at UKCEH to develop a hybrid modelling approach, coupling with environmental observations and weather forecasting, to nowcast and forecast flooding and its impact across multiple scales (national, regional, catchment-wide, and local community) to support decision-making for different stakeholders. The candidate will be able to discuss with the supervisors how to shape the final research direction of the project and co-design the hybrid modelling framework for real-time applications.
Further interactions will be arranged with the Natural Hazards Partnership (NHP), including the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on assessing impacts and the Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) on operational challenges.
The studentship is funded by the NERC Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (GW4+ DTP). For eligible successful applicants, the studentships comprises:
- An stipend for 3.5 years (currently £15,285 p.a. for 2020-21) in line with UK Research and Innovation rates
- Payment of university tuition fees;
- A research budget of £11,000 for an international conference, lab, field and research expenses;
- A training budget of £3,250 for specialist training courses and expenses.
- Up to £750 for travel and accomodation for compulsory cohort events.
- More details can be found at University of Exeter website. The application deadline is 08 Jan 2021.
