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ERACLIM2 Engineering Support 1313100
2013-11-26 14:37:04| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Solenix is specialized in the provision of highquality software engineering, technical consulting and operations services in the aerospace domain. This vacancy note concerns an onsite consulting position at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany. ERACLIM2 Engineering Support 1313100 Job Description The core objective for the ERACLIM2 project is to apply and extend the current global reanalysis capability in Europe, in order to meet the challenging requirements for climate monitoring, climate research, and the development of climate services. The project focus is on production and assessment of multidecadal reanalyses of the global climate system including atmosphere, land, ocean, and cryosphere, combined with consistent information on the carbon cycle. Two types of reanalysis will be produced an extended climate reanalysis of the 20th century at moderate resolution, and a higherresolution reanalysis of the satellite era. The project includes a coherent research and development program in coupled data assimilation, specifically targeted activities to extend the current capability to future fully coupled climate reanalyses. In addition, substantial work will be directed at data recovery, reprocessing, and quality control of input observations for reanalysis, with emphasis on improving and extending the usable satellite climate data records, and expanding access to early 20th century insitu observations. The challenging problem of providing meaningful uncertainty information for users of reanalysis data will be addressed by using ensemble techniques in reanalysis production, by conducting a variety of detailed quality assessments of input observations as well as reanalysis output, and by providing open and complete access to data and data visualization tools for users. The tasks of the Consultant will include Contributions to the product and algorithm specifications for all ERACLIM2 data records Implementation of relevant operational product processing chains in the reprocessing environment Implementation of relevant operational processors for the ERACLIM2 products into the operational reprocessing chains Development and implementation of operational functional and product quality monitoring procedures to be implemented in the reprocessing monitoring and validation system Analysis of resulting product quality of ERACLIM2 products employing the quality monitoring procedures and other validation techniques and data as appropriate Acquisition of relevant data from internal and external sources to support product quality monitoring in the reprocessing environment Execution of reprocessing campaigns for all planned ERACLIM2 data sets Preparation of ERACLIM2 data sets for ingestion into the EUMETSAT Data Centre Compilation of relevant data set documentation including validation reports, user guides and format descriptions Compilation of project result presentations and participation in project progress meetings. Required Skills and Experience University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline. A minimum of 3 years experience in the implementation of software for operational processing using Metop andor Meteosat instrument data and in the validation of satellite derived products. Operational product processing environments Scripting languages, such as Python, Perl, TclTk, shell Software build environments and tools e.g. make, imake, debuggers, insure Analysis and graphic software such as IDL and Matlab Validation of satellite products EUMETSAT missions and instruments Working in international projects andor environments. Desirable Skills and Experience Data bases such as MySQL and Oracle Handling of large data volumes Configuration control of software Calibration of satellite observations Utilisation of satellite and climatological data sets Use of satellite data in modelbased reanalysis Atmospheric radiative transfer Inversion methods for retrieval of geophysical parameters Source code control systems, such as Subversion, Rational ClearCase or CVS Production monitoring and reporting Work Location Darmstadt, Germany Dates Application Deadline 02 December 2013 Start of Work 01 January 2014 Important Notes Before applying to this position, please read the page Notes to Applicants on the Solenix website under Career. Applicants must be EU citizens or have a valid work and residence permit in Germany. Security, identity and reference checks on the candidates are part of the recruitment process. Job Application Please send your applications electronically to careersolenix.ch before the application deadline 02 December 2013 Learn more about us in Facebook
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