[REDE CETACEOS - MAMMAR] PhD position vacancy

[PAT]

Por si es de su interés.
Saludos,
Pat

Patricia Castillo-Briceño
Bióloga Marina
Ecuador - América del Sur

> Dear all!
>
> We have a vacancy for a PhD position in our group, please find enclosed
> the advert for a PhD position. I would be grateful if you could pass it
> to anyone who might be interested in.
>
>
> http://www.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=41732&lang=NO
>
>
> (find the english translation in the end)
>
> Use the link «Søk denne stilling» to apply for the position and mark the
> application with 07/12083!
>
>
> Best regards,
> Corinna Schrum
>
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> **************************************
>      Corinna Schrum
>      Associate Professor
>      Geophysical Institute
>      University of Bergen
>      Allégaten 70
>      N-5007 Bergen
>      Norway
>      Tel: +47 55 58 26 20
>      Fax: +47 55 58 98 83
>      Email: Corinna.Schrum  gfi.uib.no
> ************************************
>
> Annoucement
>
> Søknadsfrist: 12.10.2007
>
> Søknaden skal merkast:  07/12083
> Stillingsomtale:
> Project title:
> "Bipolar Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation"
> The PhD student will take part in the BIAC -
> http://www.uib.no/People/ngfso/BIAC/ project, funded by the Norwegian
> Research Council and coordinated by the Geophysical Institute and the
> Bjerknes Centre in Bergen, Norway.
>
> BIAC is a project within the International Polar Year (IPY). BIAC will
> examine the role of the Thermohaline Circulation (THC) as a driving
> force for the ocean circulation, and therefore the global climate. The
> majority of the deep- and bottom- water production takes place in the
> Atlantic sector. The densest water ventilating the world ocean abyss is
> produced in the northern and southern extremes. When the dense water is
> cascading towards great depths, it mixes with surrounding water masses
> to produce the various brands of bottom water. The replacement of the
> surrounding water is believed to be an important driving force for the
> global THC. BIAC concentrate on all aspects related to bottom water
> formation and THC in the past, present and future. Modelling and remote
> sensing are important tools, as well as in situ measurements that will
> require adequately equipped icebreakers and moorings.
>
> BIAC involves Norwegian institutions and international institutions,
> runs for the four years 2007 to 2010, and has a total budget of 32 MNOK.
> The PhD position is available from January 1, 2008.
>
> The PhD candidate will work within Sea Ice freezing and HSSW formation.
> This part of BIAC has the objectives: Conduct in-situ polynya studies
> mapping the local hydrography and biogeochemistry, measure atmospheric
> forcing, turbulent mixing and ocean currents, sea ice drift and
> thickness, salinity and chemistry. Through this we will estimate ice
> formation rates and surface fluxes of heat and CO2 for validation and
> further development of existing numerical models to improve simulation
> of mesoscale oceanic processes related to HSSW formation. The regional
> models will be applied for process studies and hindcast simulations to
> investigate the variability of ice formation, HSSW production, air-sea
> gas exchange, ecosystems, and related processes on interannual and
> decadal timescales.
>
> The supervising committee will include Associate Professor Corinna
> Schrum and the two scientists Lars H. Smedsrud and Richard Bellerby
> (Bjerknes Centre). For more information contact Corinna Schrum
> (Corinna.Schrum  gfi.uib.no),
>