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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Immediate
opening for a postdoc in ocean dynamics based at </span><span
style="" lang="FR-CA">Laboratoire de Physique des Océans</span><span
style="" lang="EN-GB"> (LPO) in Brest, France, working
with Rob Scott and his collaborators in the USA, UK and France.
The project is
centred on understanding the oceanic mechanical energy budget
using theory and
a wide range of observational data analysis. The postdoc would
have access to,
and gain expertise using, the largest collection of mooring
current meter
records ever assembled. This is a mature project allowing the
postdoc to obtain
publishable results quickly. Specific goals of the project
include quantifying
the pathways of mechanical energy from forcing at atmospheric
synoptic scales
(thousand km) to dissipation at turbulence micro-scales
(centimetres), while
balancing the rate of forcing and dissipation by bottom boundary
layer
turbulence, lee wave generation, etc. There’s scope for
collaboration in
numerical model development with colleagues leading the field in
internal tide
modelling with global 1/25<sup>th</sup> deg resolution, eddying
models at
University of Michigan, Florida State and Naval Research Lab,
Stennis Space
Center. Essential background of suitable candidate: strong
background in theory
of ocean dynamics, skill with MatLab. Helpful: experience with
real ocean data
analysis. Interested applicants should email CV and very brief
statement of
interest and anticipated dates available to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Robert.scott@univ-brest.fr">Robert.scott@univ-brest.fr</a></span></p>
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