**Job Description**
This position is part of the ‘Quantifying efficacy and risks of solar radiation management approaches using natural analogues’ (QUESTION) project, funded by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The project aims to study Solar Radiation Management (SRM) methods, such as Stratosphere Aerosol Injection (SAI) and Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB), by using natural analogues like wildfires and volcanic eruptions. The research will help assess SRM’s risks and benefits for informed climate action. The role specifically involves further developing and applying a novel AI/machine-learning approach to investigate SAI’s impacts on stratospheric chemistry (aerosol, ozone, chloride, water vapour) and highly influential consequences like ozone layer depletion, tropics drying, ITCZ shifting, and extreme precipitation. Satellite remote sensing, meteorological reanalysis, AI, and global climate models will be utilized to understand SAI efficacy and unintended consequences for policymaking.
**Skills & Abilities**
• Good programming skills in a data processing and visualization language (e.g., Python, MATLAB, R, NCL).
• Experience with UNIX/LINUX and High Performance Computer.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly.
• Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively.
• Ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes.
• Ability to contribute to the planning and organising of the research project.
• Ability to coordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort.
• Understanding of and ability to ensure equality and fairness as per the Equality Act 2010.
• Willingness to work flexibly to achieve project demands.
**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Atmospheric Science
• Climate Science
• Meteorology
• Computer Science
• Data Science
• Physics
• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Environmental Science
**Experience**
Other:
• PhD (or close to completion) or equivalent experience in a relevant, quantitative field.
• Evidence of a good understanding (or capacity to develop understanding) in relevant field.
• Publication record appropriate to experience.
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