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Sen. Marco Rubio "refuses to accept the basic science" on climate change
2013-08-16 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tampa Bay Times: In a recent email to supporters in Florida, Organizing for Action -- a group that supports President Barack Obama -- criticized the climate change policies of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of the Senates leading Republicans and a possible 2016 presidential contender. The email, signed by Ivan Frishberg, the groups climate campaign manager, begins like this: "Friend -- "We're spending the next week of Action August getting serious about climate change. "To get ready, we're calling out Sen. Marco...
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EPSSG Radio Occultation Science Support 1313069
2013-08-16 09:36:38| 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. EPSSG Radio Occultation Science Support 1313069 Job Description The activities of the Key person will include scientific aspects related to the development of the product processing facilities of the EPSSG ground segment. The Key person will work in a matrix structure providing crossdivisional support and be hosted in the Remote Sensing and Products Division of the Technical and Science Support Department. The tasks and responsibilities will include Preparation of algorithm theoretical basis documents for the generation of level 1 and selected level 2 products. Preparation of product generation specifications for the product processing facilities. Prototyping of product generation functions. Generation of product contents specifications. Preparation of test data. Preparation of initial validation plans. Contribution to the generation of performance budgets. Conduct of internal studies related to mission requirements refinements. Assessment of results from external studies. Contribution to the initiation of scientific support studies. System meetings and activities of instrument functional chain teams IFCT1. Participation in reviews. The support will involve close crossdivisional interactions and interface with experts in various disciplines system engineering, instruments, operations, science. Required Skills and Experience University degree in remote sensing, meteorology, oceanography, physics, or equivalent. At least three years of experience in the field of remote sensing, including experience with radio occultation observations. Experience in satellite data processing. Very good skills in a higher programming language, such as Fortran, CC, Python. Skills in writing scientifictechnical documents. Familiarity with Microsoft Office. Good interpersonal skills in support of team work. Scientific consultancy is sought in the area of Radio Occultation. Experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with a minimum level of supervision. Fluency in English. Desirable Skills and Experience Experience in understanding and writing requirements. Experience with the specification, development, and validation of satellite data processing chains. Experience with calibration and product validation methods. Knowledge in radio occultation data processing and applications. Knowledge of French Work Location Darmstadt, Germany Dates Application Deadline 16 September 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 16 September 2013
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Australia's One Nation under climate science denial
2013-08-16 04:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Oh, how the world laughed at Stephanie Banister the extreme right wing Australian election candidate who told a TV interviewer that Islam was a country. Wasn't it just side-splitting to hear the 27-year-old One Nation hopeful get her Qu-ran's mixed up with her harams? What fun to hear her re-write the Jewish faithful as a congregation of Jesus-followers? You could have knocked me down with a kippah. The Queenslander claimed she was a victim of selective editing from the television network...
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Radio Occultation Science Support
2013-08-15 23:34:48| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
MOLTEK has been serving the space and aerospace industries since 1995, providing international consultancy services for a wide variety of clients from private and public corporations to national and international authorities and agencies. We are looking to further enhance our team by adding EPSSG Radio Occultation Science Support Consultancy You will be based initially for 2 years at our clients headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany. Extension of a further 2 years may be possible. In this large European Agency you will find an excellent and modern working environment with challenging tasks and responsibilities. Your Tasks Include The activities of the Key person will include scientific aspects related to the development of the product processing facilities of the EPSSG ground segment. The Key person will work in a matrix structure providing crossdivisional support and be hosted in the Remote Sensing and Products Division of the Technical and Science Support Department. The Key person will work at our Client Headquarters, located in Darmstadt, Germany. The tasks and responsibilities will include Preparation of algorithm theoretical basis documents for the generation of level 1 and selected level 2 products Preparation of product generation specifications for the product processing facilities Prototyping of product generation functions Generation of product contents specifications Preparation of test data Preparation of initial validation plans Contribution to the generation of performance budgets Conduct of internal studies related to mission requirements refinements Assessment of results from external studies Contribution to the initiation of scientific support studies System meetings and activities of instrument functional chain teams IFCT1 Participation in reviews. The support will involve close crossdivisional interactions and interface with experts in various disciplines system engineering, instruments, operations, science. Your Profile Scientific consultancy is sought in the area of Radio Occultation. The Key person shall have the experience and capability to fulfil the assigned tasks with a minimum level of supervision. The Key person shall have, as mandatory, the following experience and background University degree in remote sensing, meteorology, oceanography, physics, or equivalent At least three years of experience in the field of remote sensing, including experience with radio occultation observations Experience in satellite data processing Very good skills in a higher programming language, such as Fortran, CC, Python Skills in writing scientifictechnical documents Familiarity with Microsoft Office Good interpersonal skills in support of team work. The following experience would be an additional asset Experience in understanding and writing requirements Experience with the specification, development, and validation of satellite data processing chains Experience with calibration and product validation methods Knowledge in radio occultation data processing and applications. Fluency in English is mandatory this is the working language and the Key person must be able to work effectively in this language. REFERENCE 13207638 LOCATION Darmstadt, Germany CONTACT recruitmoltek.net
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EPSSG Radio Occulation Science Engineer
2013-08-15 17:37:10| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
We are seeking an EPSSG Radio Occulation Science Engineer to workin a matrix structure providing crossdivisional support and be hosted in the Remote Sensing and Products Division of the Technical and Science Support Department. The successful candidate will have the knowledgeexperience in the following At least three years of experience in the field of remote sensing, including experience with radio occultation observations Experience in satellite data processing Very good skills in a higher programming language, such as Fortran, CC, Python Skills in writing scientifictechnical documents Familiarity with Microsoft Office Good interpersonal skills in support of team work. Experience in the following would be considered an advantage Experience in understanding and writing requirements Experience with the specification, development, and validation of satellite data processing chains Experience with calibration and product validation methods Knowledge in radio occultation data processing and applications. Typical tasks and responsibilities will include Preparation of algorithm theoretical basis documents for the generation of level 1 and selected level 2 products Preparation of product generation specifications for the product processing facilities Prototyping of product generation functions Generation of product contents specifications Preparation of test data Preparation of initial validation plans Contribution to the generation of performance budgets Conduct of internal studies related to mission requirements refinements Assessment of results from external studies Contribution to the initiation of scientific support studies System meetings and activities of instrument functional chain teams IFCT 1 Participation in reviews. 1 The IFCT addresses the instrument chains in an interdisciplinary endtoend fashion, i.e. from ingestion of raw signals by an instrument up to the conversion of the data into products to be delivered to users. All applicants must have a University or similar degree and be fluent in English, both written and spoken.
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