PhD Position in Data Assimilation for Urban Climate Modeling

3 weken geleden

Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland TU Delft Voltijd
Job Description

The Geoscience and Engineering department of TU Delft is seeking a PhD candidate to contribute to the interdisciplinary project UrbanAIR. This project aims to develop an improved data assimilation strategy for application in the urban atmosphere, which can also be applied in other complex systems.

As a PhD student, you will work closely with UrbanAIR partners NORCE and TU Ilmenau to co-develop an enhanced data-assimilation approach that allows decision-makers to evaluate different scenarios against their decision criteria. The resulting approach will be embedded into a digital twin of urban atmospheric circulation, co-designed with stakeholders in the cities of Barcelona, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Paris, and Bristol.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Familiarizing yourself with nonlinear data-assimilation methods such as the Ensemble Kalman Filter, the Particle Filter, and the Variational Method
  • Co-developing a scalable, adaptive, nonlinear data assimilation method based on recently developed methods
  • Exploring innovative strategies to adapt the method to application for urban air circulation
  • Implementing the resulting algorithm into a digital twin for application in selected cities in Europe

This four-year project is part of a collaboration between TU Delft, TU Ilmenau, Germany, and NORCE in Bergen, Norway within the framework of the EU-funded project UrbanAIR. You will join TU Delft's Department of Geoscience & Engineering, where you will find a vibrant and collaborative environment in which you will have the opportunity to interact with experts and fellow PhD candidates in data assimilation, atmospheric modeling, and numerical simulation.

Requirements:

  • Master's degree in meteorology, oceanography, (geo)physics, applied mathematics/statistics, or a similar field
  • Strong interest in data assimilation and digital twinning, and experience with Python or a similar programming language
  • Excellent command of written and spoken English

As a PhD candidate at TU Delft, you will be enrolled in the TU Delft Graduate School, which provides an inspiring research environment with an excellent team of supervisors, academic staff, and a mentor. The Doctoral Education Programme is aimed at developing your transferable, discipline-related, and research skills.

Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities, increasing from € 2872 per month in the first year to € 3670 in the fourth year. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.

For international applicants, TU Delft has the Coming to Delft Service, which provides information for new international employees to help you prepare the relocation and to settle in the Netherlands.

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