Jobs:Job-01092

3-years Researcher position in Quantitative Precipitation Nowcasting

University of Cagliari, , Italy
Apply before: 15 December 2022

Posting:

Position:

Researcher position

Apply before:

15 December 2022

The hydrology group at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) is looking for one researcher for three years, fully funded by the NextGeneration EU program for the GeoSciences IR Project, coordinated by ISPRA (The Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research). The project will set-up a national network of infrastructures to improve monitoring and risk assessment in the different sectors of Earth Sciences.

The successful candidate will develop, in close collaboration with the research unit, precipitation ensemble nowcasting procedures based on different techniques (optical flow and deep learning), preserving scaling properties of observed precipitation. Developments in Quantitative Precipitation Nowcasting (QPN) will be implemented for near-realtime processing in an operational perspective, with an emphasis on radar data merging to take advantage of different data sources. The researcher will develop and test procedures on radar data retrieved in Sardinia, and specifically on the urban area of Cagliari, as well as on other case studies of the GeoScience network (18 partners among Italian Universities and Research institutions).

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree (PhD or equivalent) with a master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (e.g., Hydrology, Engineering, Meteorology, Physics, Geosciences, ICT etc.) to apply.

The call is available at: https://dirpersonale.unica.it/concorsi/valutazione/bandi_doc/materiale/ricercatori_td/1058_2022.zip (rtda11_29D_1122_08/A1)

The deadline is December 15th and application must be completed online

For further details and information on the online application, please contact Roberto Deidda, rdeidda@unica.it or Maria Grazia Badas, mgbadas@unica.it

Prof. Roberto Deidda
Ordinario di Costruzioni Idrauliche, Marittime ed Idrologia
DICAAR (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Architettura) - Sezione Idraulica
UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI

Fax: +39 070 6755310

e-mail:rdeidda@unica.it

Of interest for:

Hydrology Focus Research Group