Position Announcement
Lectureship in Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere
School of Geosciences, Edinburgh University
Application Deadline: Tuesday, 6 September 2005
For position information and to apply, please go to:
http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.furth…
The School of Geosciences at Edinburgh University is seeking
applications for a Lecturer in Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere.
The successful candidate will be a research leader in the field of
remote sensing of the cryosphere. This post will focus on Earth system
dynamics and will build on the strengths of the School of GeoSciences in
radar remote sensing and glaciology. The lecturer will be associated
with two research groups: the Edinburgh Earth Observatory and Global
Change.
The successful candidate will have an international reputation for
original research in remote sensing or clear potential to develop such a
reputation. He/she will provide research leadership, work with other
leading world groups, and add value to the work of the Edinburgh Earth
Observatory and Cryosphere groups in the School of GeoSciences.
The cryosphere plays a critical role in the Earth's climate through its
links with the terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric systems.
Understanding how the whole works at a global scale requires remotely
sensed data, particularly from the Arctic and Antarctic, and using
dedicated platforms such as the NASA IceSat and the ESA CryoSat
satellites. The successful applicant will have the potential to exploit
such technology and will investigate critical cryospheric processes such
as: i) ice dynamics (e.g., through interferometric synthetic aperture
radar, synthetic aperture radar speckle tracking, and visible image
feature tracking); ii) mass balance (i.e., geometric change through
radar and laser altimetry); and iii) surface melt-characteristics (e.g.,
melt extent and duration using QuikScat and monitoring of glacial lake
development). The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to
generate and publish original research ideas. This position contributes
to teaching courses in the School of GeoSciences at the undergraduate
and masters level.
For further information, please contact:
Professor David Sugden
E-mail: david.sugden [at] ed.ac.uk