Forskerstilling innen bølgemodellering

Permanent researcher position (code 1109) in wave modelling in the Department of Oceanography and Marine Meteorology at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in Bergen, which develops the wave-forecasting services and operational emergency models for anything drifting at sea, such as oil, ships and search-and-rescue objects. The researcher will lead development of an ensemble wave-forecasting system based on the MEPS weather-model system, covering technical model and system development, calibration, operationalisation and validation of an ensemble wave forecast built on the WAVEWATCH III model, together with project work on wave modelling, measurements and analysis and communication with users.

Norwegian is the institute's working language.

PhD in geophysics, physics, statistics, applied mathematics or a related field; experience with parallelisation and high-performance computing, Fortran and scripting (Python or similar); good English; foreign applicants must be willing to learn Norwegian.