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see the postdoc position advertised below<br class="">
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<div class="">On Jan 31, 2023, at 10:36 AM, Magdalena Andres <<a href="mailto:mandres@whoi.edu" class="">mandres@whoi.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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Not sure if this postdoc opportunity made it to you both, but perhaps some of our soon-to-graduate JP students would be interested?<br class="">
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font style="" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">Dear Colleague, </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">A <span class="gmail-il">Postdoctoral</span> Fellow Position is available in Physical Oceanography at the University
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">Rhode Island (URI). Please bring this to the attention of colleagues and students who have </span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">completed or will soon complete their Ph.D. and all who may meet the qualifications. </span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">The <span class="gmail-il">Postdoc</span> will work collaboratively with Professors Kathleen Donohue and Randolph
Watts </span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">at the Graduate School of Oceanography - URI, and Drs. Clark Rowley and Prasad Thoppil </span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">at the US Naval <span class="gmail-il">Research</span> Laboratory - Stennis Spaceflight Center. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">A key gap exists in forecasting of ocean </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">circulation:</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""> Almost
all inputs for data assimilation </span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">are from near-surface measurements. This arises because until recently in the ocean only </span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">surface data have been available in near real time. </span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font class="">The broad goal is to improve ocean forecast accuracy and to extend the useful forecast lead time. </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font class="">The specific goal for this <span class="gmail-il">Postdoc</span> is to develop and extend numerical forecast models
for the </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font class="">Gulf of Mexico Loop Current System, including the separation of Loop Current Eddies and </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font class="">associated strong deep currents. The focus will be upon assimilating state-of-the-art near-real-time </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font class="">observations of deep currents and bottom pressure variability -- in particular to tailor data </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font class="">assimilation methods to subsurface observations and to apply observing system simulation </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font class="">experiment studies to quantify the influence of these observations toward improving </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font class="">forecasts to 60+days. We envision broad application to other regions and to user communities </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font class="">such as fisheries, ship-routing, energy industry operations, and weather forecasting.</font></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">This <span class="gmail-il" style="">Postdoc</span> is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering
and Medicine’s </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">Gulf <span class="gmail-il" style="">Research</span> Program, "Understanding Gulf Ocean Systems" (UGOS).
This third phase </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">of UGOS brings together a team of scientists from top national and international </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">oceanographic institutions with the shared goal to increase our understanding of the Gulf </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">and to advance forecasting skill. There is opportunity to collaborate with experts across </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">all consortia.</font></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">Candidates should have experience with numerical models of physical processes, and we have </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">a preference for physical oceanography or meteorology, especially in forecasting mesoscale/ </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">synoptic scale processes in the ocean/atmosphere. Some preference will be given to</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">US citizens or holders of a GreenCard.</font></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">Thank you for distributing this advertisement. Interested candidates can respond to me</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><font style="" class="">at the email address listed below.</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class=""> Best wishes,</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class=""> Randy Watts</font></div>
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