Appel d’offres : Institut International pour l’Analyse des Systèmes Appliqués (IIASA) recherche un Chercheur en modélisation de l’évaluation intégrée (H/F).

 

 

Tasks and responsibilities :

  • Perform in-depth research of recent urban datasets relevant for urban climate, microclimate and novel mitigation approaches. Define resilient urban climate classes and production of dataset suitable for modeling within the project based on research;
  • Analyze, process, and utilize large-scale geospatial datasets for the target regions Vienna and Graz in Austria;
  • Prepare urban parameters for present and future urban scenarios for all urban climate classes for the usage in WRF-TEB;
  • Prepare meteorological and EO-datasets for validation of WRF-TEB;
  • Improve the vegetation representation within the WRF-TEB model;
  • Investigate, prepare, and analyze urban model scenario campaigns in conjunction with senior researchers and stakeholders of the project;
  • Develop and document version-controlled collaborative modeling code that allows to re-process data and analyze datasets and model results;
  • Maintain and disseminate relevant datasets according to FAIR data principles;
  • Publish relevant results in peer-reviewed journals and actively engage in dissemination efforts such as scientific conferences and workshops, stakeholder, and policy events;
  • Contribute to ongoing and future projects and related deliverables, reports, stakeholder communication and capacity building activities;
  • In line with the team spirit that prevails at IIASA, the incumbent may occasionally work on other tasks assigned by their superiors, that might not be directly related to this appointment but where the post holder has relevant experience and skills, and/or a shortage of immediate personnel capabilities requires such.

skills, qualifications and experience :

  • A PhD degree in a field related to meteorology and environmental science with at least one of the following qualifications;
  • Demonstrated specific domain knowledge in one or more of the above target regions is a strong asset;
  • Experience in the preparation, initialization, performance, evaluation and interpretation of urban climate modeling applications at different spatial resolutions;
  • Experience in Fortran and Python is essential;
  • Experience with geoinformation systems, urban development processes and land use categorizations are essential;
  • Experience with the TEB and WRF-TEB model is essential;
  • Demonstrated ability to develop, collaborate on and publish scientific research through peer-reviewed publications;
  • A degree of flexibility and willingness to travel;
  • Fluency in English and excellent presentation skills;
  • IIASA offers an interdisciplinary and international workplace, and the possibility to interact with researchers of different nationalities, with strong ties to a world-wide network of research institutions engaged in environmental systems research. The successful candidate must be able to work in, and have respect for, an intercultural environment, and IIASA core values.

Appointment terms

The selected candidate should be available to take up the position as possible in 2023. We offer an initial fixed-term, one year, full-time (40 hours per week) employment contract, with the possibility of extension after the first years’ work. Eligible applicants wishing to work part-time hours will also be considered.

Duties will be carried out at the IIASA premises in Laxenburg, near Vienna in Austria (up to 100 days per year home office working within Austria possible).

The successful candidate will be hired in accordance with their corresponding profile in the IIASA Researcher profiles.

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