Project or activity title:
Moisture transport in the present and future climate over Central and South America: mechanisms, extremes, and attribution of changes
Principal Investigator:
Robert Sorí Gómez
Department:
T08 Applied Physics
CONTRACT DETAILS
Type of contract:
Fixed-term contract due to production circumstances (maximum 6 months)
Number of positions:
1
Work to be performed:
Downloading and processing agrometeorological data
Functions to be carried out:
- Download and process daily meteorological data from weather stations and from outputs of the regional WRF model for the period 1980–2024 and the future period 2041–2100 under two socioeconomic and climate development scenarios: SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5
- Phase analysis for regions defined according to IPCC
- The data will be downloaded for a regional agricultural area of interest in the Caribbean
- Data processing includes analysis of missing data, errors and basic statistics
Gross monthly salary:
737,52 € (including pro-rata extra payments)
Expected start date:
From the resolution of this call, on the date established therein
Working hours:
Part-time (15 hours/week)
Job category:
Non-doctoral research staff
Workplace:
Faculty of Sciences of Ourense
Contract duration:
4 months
REQUIREMENTS AND MERITS OF CANDIDATES
Required qualification:
Bachelor’s degree or licentiate in Environmental Sciences, Agronomic Sciences or Meteorology
MERITS TO BE ASSESSED:
- Professional experience in universities, public institutions or companies — 40
- Handling of raster databases, NetCDF, .csv, .xlsx — 20
- Knowledge of calculation of agrometeorological indices and indicators — 20
- Knowledge of programming in Python, R and QGIS — 20
More information:
https://secretaria.uvigo.gal/uv/web/convocatoria/public/show/1820