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<td>[Ocean-Color] 4 positions opened in the Remote Sensing
&amp; Satellite Research group,,(RSSRG), Curtin
University, Perth, Western Australia</td>
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<td>Fri, 6 May 2016 08:55:25 -0400</td>
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<td>Ocean Color Mailing List
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<p> The remote sensing &amp; satellite research group (RSSRG)
at Curtin University, Perth, Western<br>
Australia, is seeking qualified candidates to fill a PhD, a
Post-doc and 2 technical staff positions.<br>
The RSSRG is currently developing new bio-optics and satellite
ocean colour remote sensing<br>
activities in the Southern Ocean and near Perth. These positions
are opened thanks to grants<br>
obtained from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the
Australian Integrated Marine<br>
Observing System (IMOS). For more information, contact Prof.
David Antoine, at<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:david.antoine@curtin.edu.au">david.antoine@curtin.edu.au</a>.
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<p>If you do so, please indicate which position you are referring
to in<br>
your email subject. Applications to the PhD scholarship can be
sent directly by email to D. Antoine.<br>
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Applications to the other positions MUST however be made through
the “jobs at Curtin” website,<br>
following the links provided below for each specific position.
Please DO NOT send applications to<br>
these positions via email.<br>
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<b>Position [1] 2.5-year post-Doctoral position [March 2017 –
August 2019]</b><br>
This position is linked to a 4-year project funded by the
Australian Research Council (ARC)<br>
discovery scheme. The goal is to elucidate why bio-optical
properties of the Southern Ocean are<br>
different as compared to other regions by analysing a unique
data set of optical, bio-optical and<br>
biogeochemical parameters to be collected by the “Polar POD”
expedition<br>
(<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.jeanlouisetienne.com/">http://www.jeanlouisetienne.com/</a>
polarpod/EN/index.cfm). Ultimately, this should lead to better<br>
interpretation of satellite ocean colour observations in this
vastly under sampled ocean, and to<br>
analysis of temporal changes in phytoplankton amounts and in
their community composition from<br>
seasonal to decadal scales. The project involves several partner
institutes: the CSIRO, the<br>
University of Tasmania (Australia), the NASA/GSFC and the
University of Maine (USA), CNRS<br>
(France), and University of Sherbrooke (Canada). The work will
also benefit from data to be<br>
collected from the “Antarctic Circumpolar Expedition”, which is
a 3-month research voyage around<br>
the Southern Ocean for which RSSRG is funded (20 th December
2016 - 20 th March 2017; See<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://actu.epfl.ch/news/newly-created">http://actu.epfl.ch/news/newly-created</a>-
swiss-polar- institute-to- launch-an- a/). The post-Doctoral
fellow will<br>
work with D. Antoine at Curtin, on the characterisation of
bio-optical properties in the Southern<br>
Ocean and on the development of ocean colour remote sensing
algorithms applicable to the<br>
Southern Ocean. “Anomalous” optical properties (i.e., optical
properties that do not conform to<br>
general Chlorophyll-based bio-optical models) have been already
identified locally in the Southern<br>
Ocean. It remains unknown whether these anomalies are ubiquitous
in the Southern Ocean, and<br>
whether they are permanent or seasonal. The vastly expanded
dataset arising from the PolarPOD<br>
and ACE expeditions, combined with data from BioArgo profiling
floats and historical data will<br>
allow these questions to be addressed. Once improved knowledge
of the bio-optics of the<br>
southern ocean is translated into more accurate bio-optical
algorithms, it can be applied to past,<br>
current and future satellite ocean colour observations, opening
the possibility to properly assess<br>
inter-annual and decadal changes in the phytoplankton biomass of
the southern ocean. Apply<br>
at:<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://webkiosk.curtin.edu.au/recruit/WK8127$APP.draw_attachments?P_VACANCY_REF_NO=4158&amp;P_CALLER_">https://webkiosk.curtin.edu.au/recruit/WK8127$APP.draw_attachments?P_VACANCY_REF_NO=4158&amp;P_CALLER_</a><br>
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URL=WK8127ZZDOLLARZZAPP.QueryListZZQMARKZZZ_VACANCY_CAT=ACADZZAMPZZZ_ORDER_BY=1<br>
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