Research Engineer On Aerosols Forecast Products (Bj-432)

Job Reference: 483_24_ES_DAFA_RE1/RE2

Position: Research Engineer on aerosols forecast products (RE1/RE2)

Closing Date: Tuesday, 01 October, 2024

About BSC: The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress.

BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries. We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favoured. We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences. If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer. We value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.

Context And Mission: We are looking for an enthusiastic research engineer to join the Atmospheric Composition (AC) group within the Earth Sciences department at the BSC-CNS.

The AC group aims at better understanding and predicting the spatiotemporal variations of atmospheric pollutants along with their effects upon air quality, weather and climate. This is addressed through the continuous development and application of numerical models over multiple scales, from weather to climate and from global to urban scales. The BSC hosts the Barcelona Dust Regional Center, which provides forecasts of mineral dusts over Northern Africa, Middle East and Europe with an ensemble of state-of-the-art numerical models. The AC group also develops and maintains its own forecast model MONARCH, which is a coupled meteorological-chemistry model that can be run at global and regional scales to simulate gaseous chemistry and aerosols plus their feedbacks on radiation. With MONARCH, a larger number of aerosols products tailored for aviation, solar energy and air-quality are provided on a daily basis.

In the framework of a newly funded European project (ATARI), the AC group will provide training and know-how on dust modelling, assimilation and forecast products to early stage researchers and students from different countries.

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