Research Associate for the Project “W4 Gravity wave parameterization for the ocean” of the collaborative research center TRR 181 Energy transfers in atmosphere and ocean § 28 Subsection 3 HmbHG

Duties primarily include 25 % teaching and research and 75 % academic services in the project named above. Research associates may also pursue independent research and further academic qualifications.

The TRR 181 is a DFG (German Research Foundation) funded collaborative research center that involves several German universities and research institutes and aims at better understanding and consistently representing energy transfers between different dynamical regimes in mathematical and numerical models (see https://www.trr-energytransfers.de). The subproject W4 investigates energetically consistent parameterizations of wave-induced turbulent mixing in ocean general circulation models, notably the IDEMIX (Internal wave Dissipation, Energy and MIXing) concept. Tasks specific to this position include (a) the development of a computationally cheap simplified IDEMIX model to increase its usability, and (b) a thorough evaluation of the different IDEMIX versions with respect to the characteristics of the modelled wave field, the associated computational costs and the agreement with global scale observations. The successful candidate will be part of the theoretical oceanography group at the University of Hamburg, working under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Carsten Eden (University of Hamburg), Dr. Friederike Pollmann (University of Hamburg) and Prof. Dr. Dirk Olbers (University of Bremen and Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research). There will be strong collaboration with the experimental oceanographers at University of Bremen and with the climate modelers at University of Bremen, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven), and Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg). The successful candidate will also be a member of the projects’ research training group ENERGY, which connects the participating universities and research institutes and provides dedicated training courses, ample opportunity for (international) networking and a mentoring program to support career development. The position includes the responsibility to teach 1 hours/week.