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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Immediate
opening for a postdoctoral fellow in ocean dynamics based at
Laboratory of
Physical Oceanography (LPO) in Brest, France, working with Rob
Scott and his
collaborators in the USA, UK and France. LPO is joint with
IFREMER, IRD and the
University of Brest, and is a world leader in physical
oceanography, with 54
scientists and engineers, and 30 postdocs and PhD students,
working on
observing, modelling and understanding the oceanic circulation
and its
variability on multiple time scales: </span><span lang="FR"><a
href="http://wwz.ifremer.fr/lpo"><span style="color:
windowtext; text-decoration: none;" lang="EN-GB">http://wwz.ifremer.fr/lpo</span></a></span><span
style="" lang="EN-GB">. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" lang="EN-GB">This
project is centred on understanding the dynamics of the real ocean
testing
theory against <i style="">in situ</i> data and
satellite-based measurements. The postdoc would have access to,
and gain
expertise using, the largest collection of moored current meter
records ever
assembled. This is a mature project allowing the postdoc 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 1/25th
deg resolution, eddying models at University of Michigan, Florida
State and
Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center. Essential background of
suitable
candidate: Ph.D. in physics, applied mathematics, physical
oceanography, or
atmospheric sciences. Helpful: Strong background in theory of
ocean dynamics,
skill with MatLab, experience with real ocean data analysis.
Interested
applicants should email CV and very brief statement of interest
and anticipated
dates available to </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Cambria;" lang="FR"><a
href="mailto:Robert.scott@univ-brest.fr"><span style="color:
windowtext; text-decoration: none;" lang="EN-GB">Robert.scott@univ-brest.fr</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" lang="EN-GB">. The
anticipated start date is May 1st, 2011. Applications received
before April 1st will receive full consideration</span>
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