Postdoctoral Position in Computational Climate and Weather Predictionat University of Potsdam.

The position is available at the Department of Mathematics at the Universityof Potsdam (Germany) and is part of collaborative work with the FreieUniversit\”at Berlin, Imperial College London, and the CWI Amsterdam.

The group has developed novel numerical methods based on Lagrangian andsemi-Lagrangian formulations of atmospheric fluid dynamics. These methodsdisplay excellent conservation properties, which are of fundamental importanceto long term predictability. The multi-scale aspect of atmospheric dynamics istreated by a regularization approach jointly developed with the UK Met Office.

The successful applicant will be part of the theoretical and practicaldevelopment of these methods into a fully three dimensional simulationmethodology for atmospheric circulation. Desirable prerequisites are

• a PhD in mathematics, physics or meteorology
• experience with computational fluid dynamics/PDEs
• knowledge of mathematical concepts in fluid dynamics

The position (BAT IIa-O equivalent) is initially for 2 year period with thepossibility of extension for an additional 2 years.

Please send your complete application (cover letter, CV, summary of thesis, 2references) preferably in PDF format to:

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Reich
Department of Mathematics
University of Potsdam
Am Neuen Palais 10
D-14469 Potsdam
Germany

Phone: +49 331 977 1859
home page: http://www.math.uni-potsdam.de/prof/f_numerik

Closing date for applications: 1st March 2007