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2013-10-17 12:37:10| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Dear Sir or Madam, We are currently in search of support for the following project. This position is available on a permanent basis. POSITION ID 1932 ROLE FUNCTION Lightning Imager Support in Darmstadt Germany GENERAL CONDITIONS START 01 January 2014 PERIOD 2 years 2 options for extension, each option stands for 1 year LOCATION Darmstadt TYPE OF BUSINESS Science CONTRACT fulltime employment WORKING LANGUAGE English, French is considered an advantage DEADLINE 21 October 2013 PROFILE The Key Person shall have, as a prerequisite, a university degree or comparable qualifications in Meteorology, Atmospheric Physics or related subjects, and a demonstrated experience in the area of satellite meteorology or satellite data processing. Furthermore, at least 3 years experience in software development in a Linux or Unix environment is required, together with at least 3 years experience in CC, preferably also in Fortran90. Knowledge on lightning processes, lightning detection systems ground or space based and on the general atmospheric processes in convective situations would be a distinct advantage. Furthermore, experience with graphics packages like IDL or Matlab would be a distinct advantage. The Key Person is required to have the experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with a minimum of supervision. The Key Person shall also possess good interpersonal skills. TASKS In general, the tasks of this Key Personwill be towards the provision of support to the LI product development within CUSTOMERs Remote Sensing and Products Division RSP. Within RSP, the Key Person will work in the team of the Atmospheric and imaging Applications AIA in the group responsible for the scientific product development. It is expected that the tasks of the Key Person will include support to the MTG programme for the LI instrument in the following areas Development and evaluation of appropriate filtering techniques Development of a reference processor for LI, from Level 0 to Level 2 with emphasis on filtering false events in the Level 0 data to optimise detection efficiency Provision of an Algorithm Theoretical baseline Document ATBD for the LI processing Conducting external studies and analysing study results.As lightning and convective activity in the atmosphere are closely related, the Key Person will be required to support activities concerning specific cloud products obtained from the optical imaging instrument onboard MTG Flexible Combined Imager, FCI. This includes Support for the utilisation of CUSTOMER cloud products, in severe storm situations Support of the development of advanced cloud models for use in remote sensing using passive VIS IR measurements, e.g. through literature studies Obtaining, classifying and analysis of validation data, e.g. the ATrain satellite observations see httpatrain.nasa.gov, for the CUSTOMER cloud products. Ms. Bianca Brankers Corporate Recruiter EMail Bianca.brankersitprofiler.com Tel 49 0 6151 667 3858 httpswww.xing.comprofileBiancaBrankers
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