Laboratoire de Glaciologie - ULB
Postdoctoral position - Ice sheet modelling
The Laboratoire de Glaciologie of the Universté Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is currently seeking to fill a postdoctoral research position in ice modelling within the framework of the IceCube-Dyn project, funded by the Communauté Française de Belgique.
IceCube is a cubic kilometer large at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. IceCube is being constructed in deep Antarctic ice by deploying thousands of optical between 1,450 and 2,450 meters. The IIHE laboratory of the ULB is strongly involved in this project.
The IceCube setup offers also a unique dynamics at high resolution, which has never been done before. IceCube surveys one cubic kilometer of ice to depths of more than 2500m, the ice divide where ice deformation and flow matter. Moreover, IceCube is close to a subglacial lake, emphasizing the importance of the interaction with . Within IceCube it is planned to install additional inclinometers at depth to measure ice deformation. The neutrino detectors will provide additional . We will establish new constitutive equations for ice flow, and verify high-resolution higher-order and full Stokes models with the measured . Besides the IceCube setup, the ice flow of a local Antarctic ice dome and grounding line region will be investigated, for which detailed data on , surface elevation, mass balance, surface velocity and internal layers from radar measurements are available.
The successful candidate will contribute to the higher-order and full Stokes model and use assimilation techniques based on the detailed amount of data to reconstruct the parameters needed. approximations to the Stokes equations (such as ice stream models and shallow-ice models) will be investigated as well, so as to define the complexity needed to . Results will lay out the basis for next-generation ice sheet models. The candidate will also work closely together with other partners of the .
The desired qualifications are a PhD in glaciology, geophysics, or an equivalent geoscience, with good programming skills in a C and Matlab environment. . The position is for a period of 3 years (and extendable to 4) and will start as soon as possible (preferably June-July). par Applicants should email a cover letter and Curriculum Vitae at the address below. Review of the applications will begin 20 April and will continue until the position is filled.
For more information, please contact:
Prof. Frank Pattyn
Laboratoire de Glaciologie
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
fpattyn@ulb.ac.be
http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~fpattyn
Tel : +32 2 650 28 46
Fax : +32 2 650 22 26