Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research associateship in parameterization of clouds and precipitation in climate models. The project seeks to improve high-resolution next-generation models, particularly in their simulation of precipitation, including extreme events. The project involves coupling a new cloud parameterization to a version of the Community Atmospheric Model (CAM) that contains a new state-of-the-art dynamical core. The new core scales out to hundreds of thousands of processors. The research associate will seek to improve the formulation of the cloud parameterization, improve the numerical coupling of the cloud parameterization to the dynamical core, and understand the behavior of clouds in high-resolution global simulations.

The applicant will work with a collaborative team at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., and at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), and may choose to reside full-time in either Boulder or Milwaukee, or to split time between the two locations. The initial appointment will last for one year with the possibility of renewal for one additional year upon mutual consent.

To apply, send a statement of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references to Vincent Larson at vlarson@uwm.edu.