University of Rochester

Earth & Environmental Sciences

ProjectAssistant

$0–0k Rochester, New York, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Project Assistant at University of Rochester. Skills: computational research activities, atmospheric science investigations, modeling tools, data assimilation frameworks, dataset preparation, model execution, result processing, method development, method testing, method refinement. Performs routine and standardized computational research activities in support of atmospheric science investigations.. Assists with the setup, operation, and application of established modeling tools and data assimila”

Industry & Context.

Earth & Environmental Sciences

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor’s degree required, Experience with using programming languages (R, python, and/or Fortran) for computation and visualization required

Nice to Have

Experience with chemical transport modeling, inverse methods (4D-VAR/adjoint), and handling large observational datasets preferred

What You'll Do.

Performs routine and standardized computational research activities in support of atmospheric science investigations.

Assists with the setup

and application of established modeling tools and data assimilation frameworks.

executes prescribed model runs

and records outputs in accordance with standard practices and procedures.

Supports the development

and refinement of methods under guidance.

Assists with the setup and execution of standardized computational analyses and prescribed model runs using existing atmospheric chemistry and transport modeling frameworks.

Prepares and organizes observational and model input datasets following established protocols.

Extracts data from designated sources and processes datasets using well-defined

Assists with generating routine figures

Performs routine quality control

and documentation of computational procedures and results.

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