PhD position at Univ. Bern/ETH Zurich Homogenization and analysis of historical meteorological time series

A 3-yr PhD position is open at the Institute of Geography of the University of Bern in the area of historical climate data homogenization. The position includes the following tasks

• Quality control and detection of inhomogeneities in long, sub-daily meteorological time series from Switzerland
• Development of semi-empirical, physics-based procedures for correcting inhomogeneities in sub-daily data
• Analysis of the homogenized time series with respect to extremes

Requirements are an MSc degree (or equivalent) in environmental sciences, meteorology, atmospheric physics, or statistics. We expect a strong background in statistics and interest in meteorological instruments and science history. Start of the position is in fall 2009. The PhD position is embedded in COST Action "HOME" (ES0601: Advances in homogenization methods of climate series: an integrated approach) and is performed in a collaboration between the University of Bern and ETH Zurich, enrollment is at University of Bern (see Graduate School for Climate Sciences, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, http://www.climatestudies.unibe.ch).

Please e-mail application letters and all relevant documents (curriculum vitae, names of 2-3 references, diploma) in one pdf file to Stefan Brönnimann).

Screening of applications starts 20 Sep 2009 until position is filled.

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