[Jpjobs] Postdoc position in Brest, France.

[Julia Westwater]

Immediate opening for a postdoc in ocean dynamics research based at 
Laboratoire de Physique des Océans(LPO) in Brest, France, working with 
Rob Scott and his collaborators in the USA, UK and France. The project 
is centred on understanding the oceanic mechanical energy budget using 
theory and a wide range of observational data analysis. The researcher 
will have access to, and gain expertise using, the largest collection of 
mooring current meter records ever assembled. This is a mature project 
allowing the researcher to obtain publishable results quickly. Specific 
goals of the project include quantifying the pathways of mechanical 
energy from forcing at atmospheric synoptic scales (thousand km) to 
dissipation at turbulence micro-scales (centimetres), while balancing 
the rate of forcing and dissipation by bottom boundary layer turbulence, 
lee wave generation, etc. There's scope for collaboration in numerical 
model development with colleagues leading the field in internal tide 
modelling with global 1/25^th deg resolution, eddying models at 
University of Michigan, Florida State and Naval Research Lab, Stennis 
Space Center. Essential background of suitable candidate: strong 
background in theory of ocean dynamics, skill with MatLab. Helpful: 
experience with real ocean data analysis. Interested applicants should 
email CV and very brief statement of interest and anticipated dates 
available to Robert.scott at univ-brest.fr <mailto:Robert.scott at univ-brest.fr>

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