The Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events (RISK KAN) provides an open platform for scientific communities from across science disciplines and
engineering working on extreme events, disaster risk reduction, and governance under the umbrella of the Future Earth, IRDR, and WCRP programs, to exchange information, knowledge, and data.
The International Science Council (ISC) has been selected to manage the External Review of IPBES (the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) – the “IPCC-like mechanism for biodiversity.” As part of the External Review, the review panel is
seeking your inputs on IPBES’ work to date and its future development through an online survey.
The survey will take you approximately 30 minutes to complete, and responses must be submitted by no later than 10 October 2018. The survey is available in English, French, and Spanish. For more details regarding consent procedures, and to complete the
survey, go to https://ipbes-review2018.questionpro.com/.
Survey Deadline: 31 October 2018
The International Science Council (ISC) project ‘Gender Gap in Science‘ is a global approach to addressing the gender gap in mathematical, computing, and natural sciences, looking at how to measure the gender gap and how to reduce it. If you are involved in these sciences at any level, including as a student, you are invited to share your career and education
experiences before 31 October 2018.
The NASA Earth Sciences Division (ESD) plans to release an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for the
first Earth Venture Continuity mission (EVC-1) in December of 2018. ESD created the Earth Venture Continuity program in response to the recommendation of the 2017 Earth Science Decadal Survey, and decided that EVC-1 will be directed toward maintaining the continuity of the Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) data sets that are now being produced from observations made by the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instruments, which are currently flying on the Aqua, Terra, Suomi-NPP, and
NOAA-20 spacecraft.
In order to increase the likelihood of acquiring an observing system through EVC-1 with characteristics that would be sufficient to provide seamless continuity of NASA's ERB data products, NASA Headquarters organized an ERB Scientific Working Group (SWG) earlier this year to consider the issue of maintaining continuity and
to produce a report describing the measurement and instrument characteristics of a possible continuity-maintaining observing system.
A first draft of this report was delivered to ESD by the SWG in July, 2018, and comments received were considered by the SWG in the production of its final report. ESD plans to include the final report in
the EVC-1 reference document library as a resource for groups interested in proposing to the upcoming EVC-1 solicitation. More details of the motivation for the report and the processes followed in its production can be found in the report
itself.
Dates: 22-23 October
2018
Location: Sorbonne University, Paris, France
The GEWEX UTCC PROES working group aims to gain a better understanding of the interconnection between the convection and the properties of the outflowing anvils. The group will meet from 22-23 October 2018 in Paris to discuss progress made on studying upper tropospheric clouds and convection.
Dates: 22-24 October 2018
Location: Santiago, Chile
ANDEX is a proposed new Regional Hydroclimate Project (RHP), under the umbrella of GEWEX, that aims to improve our understanding and
prediction of climate and hydrology along the Andes Cordillera. It will integrate atmospheric and hydrologic models, and assimilate local and remotely sensed data products.
The workshop in Santiago de Chile will determine the level of interest in this proposed GEWEX RHP and assess whether the level of scientific activity currently underway or planned would be sufficient to get to the stage of initiating RHP. The Santiago meeting aims
to: - Review the Andes Hydroclimate White Book status
- Identify overarching themes and major questions
- Establish a first approach to implementation plans
More information on topics and speakers can be found in the preliminary agenda.
Dates: 15-19 July
2019 Location: Met Office, Exeter, UK Abstract Submission Opens: 7 January 2019
ParaCon is hosting the Convection Parametrization: Progress and Challenges workshop at the Met Office (Exeter, UK) from 15 to 19 July 2019. Topics include: - Dynamics of updraughts, downdraughts, and cold pools
- Triggering, cloud populations, and organization
- Convection Parametrization frameworks, and representation of convection in the grey zone
- Convection-dynamics coupling
- Turbulence approaches
- Model evaluation techniques
Abstract submission opens 7 January 2019 and closes 15 March 2019. Early bird registration opens 4 February 2019, and
regular registration fees will be applied starting 17 May 2019.
Application Deadline: 3 October 2018
An exciting research post is now available for a motivated and
qualified candidate to develop new insights into climate change impacts on storm-related extreme weather (hail, lightning, and windstorms) in the NERC FUTURE-STORMS [Quantifying uncertainties and identifying drivers of future changes in extreme weather from convection-permitting model (CPM) ensembles] project. The successful candidate will be based at the Met Office Hadley Centre in Exeter in the Understanding Regional Climate Change team of Dr. Lizzie Kendon, but employed by Newcastle
University.
Candidates should have a background knowledge in either science, engineering, math, or geography, or closely related discipline. Candidates should have a Ph.D. (or be near completion) and have previous experience in the analysis of climate model outputs. The position has a fixed post of 30 months from the start date. For more information, visit the position description.
Research and Post-Doc Openings at NOAA Global Monitoring Center
Deadlines: Positions are
open until filled
The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) has an opening for a Radiation Research Scientist with experience in high accuracy solar and infrared radiation measurements and analysis for research in
climate monitoring and renewable energy. The position will be in the Global Monitoring Division of NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. The researcher will work closely with a team of CIRES and federal scientists helping to maintain, improve, and analyze the global radiation (G-RAD) group’s historical and contemporary broadband and spectral radiation measurements from its 21 SURFRAD, SOLRAD, and global sites.
CIRES is also seeking
a Post-Doctoral Research Scientist to work in the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)/Global Monitoring Division (GMD). The scientist will work through the Atmospheric Science for Renewable Energy (ASRE) program which is coordinated across
divisions at ESRL (Chemical Sciences, Global Monitoring, Global Systems, and Physical Sciences) with the goal of improving solar and wind forecasts for the renewable energy sector.
Deadline: Unknown
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)'s Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division is looking for an ambitious, innovative mid- to senior-career atmospheric scientist with recognized expertise in developing and applying leadership-class global models to address important research challenges. The
successful candidate will provide leadership to projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, such as the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM). The candidate will also lead and support strategic planning of new programs, interface directly with program managers, and facilitate close relationships with regional, national, and international scientific institutions for collaborations and partnerships. For more information, visit the job portal and enter the Job ID "307812."
Application Deadline: Unknown
This postdoctoral opportunity at the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL) involves
demonstrating the value of convection permitting regional models in studying high impact weather events in a future climate by using the IPSL regional climate model, RegIPSL. IPSL will contribute to the EUCP project by configuring RegIPSL at convection permitting resolutions over Western Europe and studying hydrological extremes.
Candidates need a university degree equivalent to a Master’s or Ph.D. The successful candidate should have a very good knowledge of computer
science (unix/linux, python, shell programming, Fortran programming), particularly in the parallel and High Performance Computing environment. The candidate needs to demonstrate a high degree of scientific rigor. He/she should be able to work in English and in a collaborative environment. Knowledge of climate system modeling and netcdf data handling would be significant advantages. Knowledge of the French language is an asset. For more details, view the listing.
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