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Remote Sensing Scientist
2013-04-05 15:36:05| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
This position, based near Frankfurt in Germany, is for a Scientist with at least 3 years experience in atmospheric remote sensing in the microwave spectrum. You should have a university degree in meteorology, atmospheric physics, remote sensing, instrument engineering or equivalent. Our client is responsible for establishing and operating weather forecasting and Earth observation satellite programmes with associated data telemetry and dissemination operations. This role involves Microwave Imager MWI and Ice Cloud Imager ICI instruments and the primary task of the Scientist is the development of algorithms for calibration and navigation of MWI and ICI level 0 data to generate level 1a and 1b datasets. The key experience and attributes sought are Experience in atmospheric remote sensing in the microwave spectrum Experience in radiative transfer Indepth understanding of instrument calibration and characterisation Familiarisation with Earth observation systems Handling and processing of remote sensing data Good writing skills in preparing scientific technical documents Very good skills in higher programming language e.g. Fortran, C The working language is English. This is a freelance contract assignment with an initial period of 2 years starting in August 2013 with two options to extend for a further period of one year each. Pactum have supplied professional recruitment services to clients throughout the UK and across continental Europe since 1988. We operate as a group of practices focussed onto specific markets and have been successfully recruiting for the Space sector since 2002.
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James Hansen, Famed Climate Scientist, Urges Obama To Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline
2013-04-04 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: On Thursday, after retiring from NASA to pursue environmental activism, James E. Hansen published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times warning that the Keystone XL pipeline, if approved, would exacerbate global warming and put the U.S. on the hook for oil spills and environmental degradation. The op-ed marks the first move in Hansen's new career as a carbon campaigner, after nearly half a century spent as NASA's most famous climate scientist at the agencys Goddard Institute for Space Studies. In...
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Scientist Links Oil Sands to Fish Deformities, Asks Canada to Investigate
2013-04-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: A renowned Canadian scientist says there appear to be similarities between fish deformities found downstream from Alberta's oilsands and those observed after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska and Florida's Deepwater Horizon disaster. David Schindler of the University of Alberta has written two federal cabinet ministers pointing out the research similarities. He's proposing that some chemical or suite of chemicals found in crude oil may be causing the malformations, and he'd like to see Canada...
NASAs Top Climate Scientist Retires to Activist Life
2013-04-03 20:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Outspoken climate scientist James Hansen, director of NASA`s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is retiring as director of the cutting-edge Earth climate research lab to devote more time to climate activism and scientific inquiry. In an email to the "New York Times" Monday, Hansen wrote that he is stepping down "so that I can spend full time on science, drawing attention to the implications for young people, and making clear what science says needs to be done." Dr. James Hansen with other...
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NASA Climate Scientist James Hansen Quits to Fight Global Warming
2013-04-02 18:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Climate scientist James Hansen is retiring from NASA this week to devote himself to the fight against global warming. Hansen's retirement concludes a 46-year career at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, but he plans to use his time to take up legal challenges to the federal and state governments over limiting greenhouse gas emissions. In recent years, Hansen, 72, has become an activist for climate change, which didn't sit well with NASA headquarters in Washington. "As a...
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