Graduate Research Fellowships Available
Remote Sensing of Antarctic and Arctic Cloud Properties
University of Idaho
Application Deadline: Friday, 16 February 2007
For further information, please go to:
http://www.uidaho.edu/~vonw
or contact:
Von P. Walden
Department of Geography, University of Idaho
E-mail: vonw [at] uidaho.edu
The University of Idaho, with funding from the National Science
Foundation (NSF), announces two graduate research assistantships (MS,
PhD) to study Antarctic and Arctic clouds.
The Masters project will infer the seasonal cycles of cloud
microphysical properties and cloud radiative forcing over South Pole
Station. The doctoral project will be part of the International Polar
Year and will increase fundamental understanding of both temporal and
spatial variability of arctic clouds by investigating (a) the macro- and
micro-physical properties of clouds at various locations in the Arctic,
(b) how the spatial and temporal variability of arctic cloud properties
depend upon regional forcing parameters, and (c) if satellite retrievals
yield similar cloud properties and variability to coincident
surface-based measurements.
Candidates should have a background in meteorology, geography, or a
related geoscience field and be familiar with Linux and Matlab. The
successful candidates will have the opportunity to receive a degree in
either environmental science or geography. Funding for the PhD position
depends upon final approval from NSF.
Online applications to the University of Idaho are available at
http://www.students.uidaho.edu/gradadmissions, and to the Department of
Geography at http://www.scihome.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=89366.
For further information, please contact:
Von P. Walden
Department of Geography, University of Idaho
E-mail: vonw [at] uidaho.edu