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Lightning Imager Support Consultancy MF
2013-09-05 17:36:38| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
With 1.700 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT company in France and in Germany, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating and operating mission critical systems. It has now been over 30 years that comprehensive CS solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey. Mission In general, the tasks of this Key Person will be towards the provision of support to the LI product development within EUMETSATs 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 EUMETSAT 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 EUMETSAT cloud products. 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. Fluency in English is mandatory. To apply, please send your CV to FranoisXavier LAFFONT francoisxavier.laffontcs.fr with CC to fabienne.millouscssystems.de with the title and the job reference.
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