Please distribute to interested students or colleagues:
Applications are sought for two open PhD positions in Antarctic
Peninsula glaciology within the School of Geography, Earth and
Environmental Sciences (http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gees) at
the University of Birmingham, UK (http://www.birmingham.ac.uk) and the
British Antarctic Survey (http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/index.php). The
successful candidates will join the Water Sciences research group
within GEES and work collaboratively with staff in the Ice Sheets
(http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/bas_research/our_research/current/programmes/icesheets)
and Climate (http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/bas_research/our_research/current/programmes/climate)
research programmes at BAS. The two projects are summarised in brief
below:
Computing the volume response of the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet to
climate change over the next 200 years.
(GEES, Birmingham and Ice Sheets, BAS)
Using a newly developed numerical ice sheet model, this project will
undertake a variety of ice flow modelling exercises designed to
improve our understanding of the volume response and future
contribution to sea-level of the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet and
outlet glaciers. Specific questions addressed will include: i) what is
the volume response of the ice sheet to changes in regional climate;
ii) how will the interior ice sheet respond to rapid grounding line
retreat, and how does this vary spatially; and iii) what is the future
sea-level contribution resulting from ice sheet adjustment to collapse
of fringing ice shelves. Further information and details of the
application procedure are available here:
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gees/courses/postgraduate/phd-projects.aspx
Modelling meltwater production in the Antarctic Peninsula using
regional climate models.
(GEES, Birmingham and Climate, BAS)
This project will develop and test a range of glacier melt models of
varying complexity to simulate melt in the Antarctic Peninsula. Models
will be examined for parameter sensitivity and transferability using
forcing from in situ measurements at point scale and distributed
output of several regional climate models. Experiments may be
conducted with regional model runs at a variety of resolutions, over
different domains and exploring different parameter sets, in
particular the implementation of different cloud schemes. These
experiments will help to constrain estimates of Antarctic Peninsula
surface mass balance (including projections) and thus improve
understanding of glacier sensitivity to climate change and
contribution to sea-level rise. Further information and details of the
application procedure are available here:
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gees/courses/postgraduate/phd-projects.aspx
Both projects are eligible for competitive funding through NERC
studentships awarded to the School. Prospective students from China
are eligible for Birmingham Li Siguang (李四光) scholarships
(http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/international/students/finance/scholarships/lisiguang.aspx
NOTE initial application deadline January 18th, 2013). Other funding
sources may be available and self-funded students are also welcomed.
For more information or informal enquiries, please contact Dr Nick
Barrand (nirr1@bas.ac.uk)
The following links provide some general information about the city of
Birmingham (http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/birmingham/thecity.aspx)
and the University (http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university).
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Dr Nicholas Barrand
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road
Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1223 221347
nirr1@bas.ac.uk
NOTE: NEW CONTACT DETAILS FROM MARCH 2013:
Dr Nicholas Barrand
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
n.barrand@birmingham.ac.uk
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