A three year Ph. D. fellowship position (2012 - 2015) is open at the G.C. Rieber Climate Institute with focus on understanding, simulation and projection of urban air quality and climate in Bergen. The work is aimed to set-up, to calibrate and to run the turbulence-resolving model PALM. It necessarily includes intensive communications with data providers (Bergen municipality, Road authorities, Meteorological Institute, Health authorities and Geophysical Institute) and essential contribution to the PALM development and data processing. The study should result in a novel, model-based approach to the urban air quality assessment, warning of air quality hazards and scenarios of future air quality in Bergen.

The qualified candidate should demonstrate:

• Familiarity with numerical modelling in geo-sciences and/or fluid dynamics
• High level of computer programming skills for parallel computations
• Experience with statistical analysis
• Good skills in public relations and written communication

The Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (http://www.nersc.no) is an independent research foundation located in Bergen, Norway and affiliated with the University of Bergen. The centre currently employs about 60 persons from 14 nations. The Nansen centre is a part of the Nansen Group of research centres, the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR) a Norwegian Centre of Excellence and the Norwegian Centre for Climate Dynamics.

The applications must be sent to Dr. Igor Esau by e-mail: igor.ezau@nersc.no