Storm-Scale Modeling, Assimilation, and Prediction
National Severe Storms Laboratory
There are several research opportunities, which all focus on severe convective storm events. At the core, the research focuses on using cloud-scale numerical models to improve our understanding of the physical processes of the atmosphere and on exploring the ability of these models to improve operational forecasts and warnings of severe weather events. Research topics include (1) improving the representation of convective-scale processes in clouds including microphysical and other sub-grid processes, (2) assimilating radar and surface observations into numerical model simulations of thunderstorms using an ensemble Kalman filter approaches, (3) understanding the limits of predictability at the convective scale, and (4) the visualization/presentation of storm-scale model output to operational forecasters at the Storm Prediction Center and National Weather Service. These topics represent most of the significant hurdles that need to be addressed in order to create a storm-scale numerical weather prediction capability for the US operational forecasting community.
$24,000 Supplement for Doctorates in Electrical Engineering
Experience Supplement
Postdoctoral and Senior awardees will receive an appropriately higher stipend based on the number of years of experience past their PhD.
Awardees who reside more than 50 miles from their host laboratory and remain on tenure for at least six months are eligible for paid relocation to within the vicinity of their host laboratory.
A group health insurance program is available to awardees and their qualifying dependents in the United States.