RESEARCH METEOROLOGIST FOR ALMA
The Universidad de
Valparaiso, Chile, invites applications for a Regular, 2-years
Full-Time Post-doctoral position in Valparaiso, Chile.
The incumbent
will: conduct research directed at improving
meteorological forecast support for the ALMA (Atacama Large
Millimeter/submillimeter Array) astronomical operations site;
special interest
will be put in the forecast of the Precipitable water
vapor(PWV); maintenance and ingest of text and binary data from
diffrent resources (e.g.,the US National Weather Service Forecast
Office); improvements to the Web-based weather data server,
and supervise the
Department's Weather Forecaster for the astronomical observatories.
Applicants
*must* have: a Ph.D. in Meteorology (or
in Physics/Computer Science with a Bachelors Degree in
Meteorology). (Ph.D. candidates may apply but
must submit evidence of Ph.D. completion upon hire); **2 years
experience** with mesoscale numerical weather prediction
models (a plus for MM5 or WRF); knowledge of the
mesoscale numerical weather
prediction
model; knowledge of Unix/Linux workstations and
Unix/Linux programming; ability to work independently to make
improvements to the mesoscale
numerical weather prediction model and forecast
products.
Application Requirements:
Send cover letter and referral source with narrative on your
qualifications for the position, resume with salary history, the
names, phone numbers, and addresses of three supervisory references,
and copy(ies) of degree(s)/transcripts/certificate(s)
used to qualify for position via email to
michel.cure@uv.cl
Salary: US$ 25.000 per year
Closing date: May 15th, 2008
Departamento
de Física
y
Astronomía, Facultad de Ciencias