Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Climate Predictability and Dynamics
University of Oxford
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We are seeking a curious and motivated postdoc to join the Predictability of Weather and Climate (Antje Weisheimer) and
(Tim Woollings) research groups within Oxford’s Physics department.
Climate DynamicsThe position offers an exciting opportunity to work as part of the NERC/UKRI-funded AUSPICE project — Advancing Understanding of the Signal-to-noise Paradox and its Impacts on Climate Ensembles, with project partners at the University of Reading, the UK Met Office, ECMWF and NCAR. The project will address a significant problem in climate forecasting known as the Signal-to-Noise Paradox. It describes how the real world can sometimes appear more predictable than our best climate models suggest — meaning the models may underestimate predictable signals. In this role, you will help develop innovative approaches to better understand this paradox, correct its impacts and improving the reliability of climate forecasts for the Euro-Atlantic region and beyond.
We welcome applicants with a PhD in weather and climate science, mathematics, physics, statistical science or a closely related field who bring curiosity and ability for independent, innovative thinking about the climate system.
Application deadline: Midday (UK time), Monday 5 January 2026
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Funded PhD at UEA (plus Met Office as CASE partner) - Redeveloping Central England Temperature: Modernising a Historic Climate Series
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PhD position in the Climatic Research Unit (CRU), School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich.
REDEVELOPING CENTRAL ENGLAND TEMPERATURE – MODERNISING A HISTORIC CLIMATE SERIES
This PhD position starts in October 2026 and has 3 years funding for UK applicants.
The funding pays you a stipend and covers your tuition fees.
This project will be based in the Climatic Research Unit (UEA, Norwich) with strong links with the Met Office (as "CASE" partner) and the University of Reading. It includes the opportunity for extended research placements at the Met Office.
Central England Temperature (CET) is the world’s longest instrumental temperature record (monthly from 1659, daily since 1772). Preserving its consistency and homogeneity across centuries – despite changes in instrumentation, weather station locations, land use and urbanisation patterns – remains a significant scientific challenge. Originally compiled by Manley (1953) and later refined and improved (e.g. Parker et al. 1992; Legg et al. 2024), the CET now requires a modern, transparent redevelopment that meets these growing challenges. That is the focus of this PhD project (more details at the link below).Supervisors: Tim Osborn (UEA), Stephen Packman (Met Office), Ed Hawkins (Reading) and Andrew Friedman (UEA)
Details of the project and HOW TO APPLY are here:https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-doctorate/phd-redeveloping-central-england-temperature-modernising-a-historic-climate-series-osborntu26sci-Closing date: 10 December 2025
For informal enquiries, please contact Tim Osborn t.osborn@uea.ac.uk
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Research Scientist (North Atlantic Storms and Climate Change)
University of Reading
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Are you a researcher with interests in atmospheric dynamics, high impact weather and climate change? We seek a talented Post-Doctoral Research Scientist to study the impacts of climate change on extreme, diabatically-driven, North Atlantic storms in present and future climates under the NERC-funded ‘Diabatic Rossby Waves: An Unexplored Climate Threat’ project.
Despite substantial effort aimed at understanding how climate change will influence extra-tropical cyclones (ETCs) in future, important uncertainties remain. The emerging consensus is a trend towards fewer ETCs overall but an increase in the intensity of the most extreme cases. This project will take a process-based approach to understand this change in climate risk by investigating extreme ETCs that follow the diabatic Rossby wave (DRW) development mechanism. It will utilise the unique capabilities of a new large ensemble of high-resolution climate model simulations produced within NCAS – the CANARI Large Ensemble – to assess for the first time the ability of state-of-the-art climate models to simulate DRWs and their response to climate change.
Why Join Us?
This role provides an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of climate and high impact weather within the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) at the University of Reading. As part of a well-established research group, you will work in a collaborative and supportive environment with access to cutting-edge resources and opportunities for career development.
Key responsibilities include:
- Implement, adapt and refine an existing DRW detection algorithm for use with climate model outputs and apply it to the new CANARI Large Ensemble dataset.
- Assess the representation of DRWs in the climate model against reanalysis datasets and quantify projected future changes including in their potential for explosive deepening
- Perform km-scale dynamical downscaling to examine the role of model resolution on the evolution pathways of DRWs and their impacts.
You will have:
- A PhD (or equivalent research experience) in a physics- or maths-based topic, or expect to obtain this shortly
- Good programming skills in data processing and visualization (ideally Python)
- Good understanding of the physical processes relating to weather and climate
The University of Reading is a campus-based University and there it is a general expectation for colleagues to be present on campus for most of the working week.
We welcome applications from both external and internal candidates. As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to professional development, this role can be considered on a seconded basis for existing staff members. Internal candidates should discuss this with their line manager prior to applying.
For further info, please see the job advert or contact Dr Ben Harvey b.j.harvey@reading.ac.uk
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Atmospheric Science Research Technician
St.George's, Bermuda Full Time
Salary: $45,000 to $53,000 Annually
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The ASU Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences is seeking a motivated research technician to join the ASU BIOS Environmental Quality Program to work on a range of projects, including ambient air quality monitoring conducted at locations around Bermuda and operation of the NSF-funded Tudor Hill Marine Atmospheric Observatory.
For more information and application instructions, please visit the ASU BIOS Careers webpage: https://bios.asu.edu/careers
Applications will remain open until the position is filled.
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Researcher in Modeling of Aerosols, Cold Clouds and Climate
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Researcher in Modeling of Aerosols, Cold Clouds and Climate
Lund University, Natural Science Faculty
Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.
Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.
There is scientific uncertainty about how much climate change will occur in future for any given scenario of emissions of greenhouse gases. The reason for most of this uncertainty is that clouds are especially challenging to represent in numerical models of the atmosphere. Clouds affect the Earth’s radiation budget. Changes in their properties, either due to global warming or aerosol pollution, can strongly modify any ongoing climate change.
Most of the volume of the troposphere is subzero, where clouds contain ice. There has been controversy about initiation of ice in clouds, especially regarding the identity of aerosol species (‘ice nuclei’) initiating the first ice and the time-dependence of their activity.
The position is part of a larger collaboration between Lund in Sweden, NASA in USA and University of Oslo in Norway since 2019. This international collaborative project has performed lab observations of ice initiation from solid aerosol material, informing the design of microphysical schemes of models of clouds and climate at Lund. A new climate model is being developed to represent cloud processes with more realism in the project.
The post will involve global modeling with this new climate model at Lund to investigate mechanisms for the effect from ice nucleating aerosols on clouds and climate. Focus will be given to impacts on cloud properties and extent, which affect the Earth’s radiation budget. Thus, the post will aim to assess how long-term changes of solid aerosol loading may influence climate change.
Work duties
The researcher will conduct advanced numerical modeling to investigate cloud and climate processes. Key responsibilities include:
- Improving microphysics schemes in a global climate model to represent various mechanisms of ice initiation.
- Collecting and analyzing satellite and other observational data to evaluate and verify the model’s accuracy.
- Assessing the impacts of changes in ice-nucleating aerosols, including those from anthropogenic emissions, on clouds and climate.
The work will involve coding with FORTRAN 90 in a linux environment. The work will be performed in a team of atmospheric modellers at the department.
Qualification requirements
Requirements:
- The applicant must have a PhD degree in atmospheric science or simular.
- Applicant must have work life experience of programming in a linux environment, preferably with FORTRAN.
- Oral and written proficiency in English.
- The PhD must have involved numerical modelling.
It is desirable to have documented knowledge from their university education in:
- Mathematics, especially differential equations.
- Numerical methods and/or computer programming.
- Cloud physics
It will be advantageous if the applicant is experienced with modeling of either clouds or climate.
In the application, applicants should provide evidence of how they meet these requirements.
Consideration will also be given to good collaborative skills and drive, and how the applicant’s experience and skills complement and strengthen ongoing research within the department, and how they stand to contribute to its future development.
Terms of employment
This will be a full-time fixed-term employment (SÄVA 5§ p1 LAS) of 100% for 12 month with starting date 2026-02-01 or due agreement.
Instructions on how to apply
Applications shall be written in English and be compiled into a PDF-file containing:
- résumé/CV, including a list of publications,
- a general description of past research and future research interests (no more than three pages),
- contact information of at least two references,
- copy of the doctoral degree certificate, and other certificates/grades that you wish to be considered.
Welcome to apply!
Within the Faculty of Science research and education is conducted within Biology, Astronomy, Physics, Geosciences, Chemistry, Mathematics and Environmental Sciences. The Faculty of Science is organized into eight departments, gathered in the northern campus area in Lund. The Faculty of Science has approximately 1500 students, 360 PhD students and 700 employees.
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