Postdoctoral Position
Spatial and temporal downscaling of GCM (General Circulation Model) predictions
for Lake Erie Climate Change Scenarios - predicting
walleye and yellow perch recruitment success.
Background: Lake Erie of the Laurentian Great Lakes supports the world's largest freshwater commercial and recreational fishery. Population and recruitment models for walleye and yellow perch form the basis for setting annual harvesting quotas. The successful candidate will apply downscaling software that will provide relatively high-resolution climate data for the Lake Erie watershed. These data are instrumental to testing predictions of walleye and yellow perch juvenile recruitment models derived from existing physical mixing and population dynamics modeling for Lake Erie.
The project initially entails applying downscaling software to generate climate data that can be used to test and extrapolate the walleye model (year I). The resulting climate data will be applied to the walleye and other population and transport models with a goal to assessing the likely effects of climate change on long term recruitment success. The successful candidate will be the lead investigator on both aspects of the project.
Responsibilities: Review and quality check GCM data produced in an earlier phase of this project; pre-process data based on the above assessment, as needed; test the SDSM climate statistical downscaling model; and complete downscaling analysis to produce daily, station-specific climate variables for each of several Lake Erie meteorological stations.
Qualifications: Ph.D in environmental science with strong quantitative skills (preferably but not necessarily with background in aquatic ecology or fishery biology); familiarity with GIS; training will be available to familiarize the successful candidate in downscaling software and its application to climate change models.
Location: University of Windsor, Windsor, ON. and Wheatley Research Station, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
Duration: One year, renewable for at least one year.
Salary: $40,000/y CAD
Last Date to apply: July 15, 2009 or when position is filled.
Start Date: 1 September, 2009 or sooner.
Application: Please send statement of interest and background; CV and names/e-mail addresses of 3 individuals who can provide letters of reference to:
Jan J.H. Ciborowski
Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Windsor, Windsor,
ON, Canada N9B 3P4.
cibor@uwindsor.ca
The University of Windsor is committed to equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes
applications from Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, women, and others who
may contribute to further diversification.
