[Jpjobs] Postdoc position opened in the Remote Sensing & Satellite Research group,,(RSSRG), Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia

[James Yoder]

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Subject: 	[Ocean-Color] 4 positions opened in the Remote Sensing & 
Satellite Research group,,(RSSRG), Curtin University, Perth, Western 
Australia
Date: 	Fri, 6 May 2016 08:55:25 -0400
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The remote sensing &amp; satellite research group (RSSRG) at Curtin 
University, Perth, Western
Australia, is seeking qualified candidates to fill a PhD, a Post-doc and 
2 technical staff positions.
The RSSRG is currently developing new bio-optics and satellite ocean 
colour remote sensing
activities in the Southern Ocean and near Perth. These positions are 
opened thanks to grants
obtained from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the Australian 
Integrated Marine
Observing System (IMOS). For more information, contact Prof. David 
Antoine, at
david.antoine at curtin.edu.au.

If you do so, please indicate which position you are referring to in
your email subject. Applications to the PhD scholarship can be sent 
directly by email to D. Antoine.

Applications to the other positions MUST however be made through the 
“jobs at Curtin” website,
following the links provided below for each specific position. Please DO 
NOT send applications to
these positions via email.

*Position [1] 2.5-year post-Doctoral position [March 2017 – August 2019]*
This position is linked to a 4-year project funded by the Australian 
Research Council (ARC)
discovery scheme. The goal is to elucidate why bio-optical properties of 
the Southern Ocean are
different as compared to other regions by analysing a unique data set of 
optical, bio-optical and
biogeochemical parameters to be collected by the “Polar POD” expedition
(http://www.jeanlouisetienne.com/ polarpod/EN/index.cfm). Ultimately, 
this should lead to better
interpretation of satellite ocean colour observations in this vastly 
under sampled ocean, and to
analysis of temporal changes in phytoplankton amounts and in their 
community composition from
seasonal to decadal scales. The project involves several partner 
institutes: the CSIRO, the
University of Tasmania (Australia), the NASA/GSFC and the University of 
Maine (USA), CNRS
(France), and University of Sherbrooke (Canada). The work will also 
benefit from data to be
collected from the “Antarctic Circumpolar Expedition”, which is a 
3-month research voyage around
the Southern Ocean for which RSSRG is funded (20 th December 2016 - 20 
th March 2017; See
http://actu.epfl.ch/news/newly-created- swiss-polar- institute-to- 
launch-an- a/). The post-Doctoral fellow will
work with D. Antoine at Curtin, on the characterisation of bio-optical 
properties in the Southern
Ocean and on the development of ocean colour remote sensing algorithms 
applicable to the
Southern Ocean. “Anomalous” optical properties (i.e., optical properties 
that do not conform to
general Chlorophyll-based bio-optical models) have been already 
identified locally in the Southern
Ocean. It remains unknown whether these anomalies are ubiquitous in the 
Southern Ocean, and
whether they are permanent or seasonal. The vastly expanded dataset 
arising from the PolarPOD
and ACE expeditions, combined with data from BioArgo profiling floats 
and historical data will
allow these questions to be addressed. Once improved knowledge of the 
bio-optics of the
southern ocean is translated into more accurate bio-optical algorithms, 
it can be applied to past,
current and future satellite ocean colour observations, opening the 
possibility to properly assess
inter-annual and decadal changes in the phytoplankton biomass of the 
southern ocean. Apply
at:

https://webkiosk.curtin.edu.au/recruit/WK8127$APP.draw_attachments?P_VACANCY_REF_NO=4158&amp;P_CALLER_

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