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>ANTARCTIC CRC POST DOCTORAL PROGRAM  - 4 POSITIONS
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>The Australian Antarctic Division, the CSIRO Division of Oceanography, the
>Bureau of Meteorology, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation, and
>the University of Tasmania formed a Cooperative Research Centre for
>Antarctica and Southern Ocean (Antarctic CRC) on the campus of the
>University of Tasmania in Hobart in 1991.  The CRC now has 60 scientists
>and 27 support staff concerned primarily with the role of the south polar
>region as a monitor and control of the global climatic environment.
>Programs include Polar Waters, Biogeochemical Cycles, Continental Ice
>Sheet, Modelling, Palaeo Environment plus a programme on Law Policy and
>International Relations.  Research is strongly linked to that of the
>partner agencies.  The CRC is a major post-graduate training ground, and
>has direct access to large-scale facilities such as the ice-breaking
>research vessel Aurora Australis, both L and X-band satellite reception,
>and extensive in-house computing power including a CRAY multi-processor
>supercomputer.
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>The Antarctic CRC has instituted a post doctoral program for which four
>positions are currently available.
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>1.      Law, Policy and International Relations
>The successful applicant will be expected to conduct research in one or
>more of the key research areas identified by the Antarctic CRC Law, Policy
>and International Relation Program. These are: the relationship between
>Antarctic science and national and international climate change policies;
>resource management in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, including the
>monitoring and enforcement of distant water fisheries, tourism and waste
>management; and issues and future directions for the Antarctic Treaty.
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>2.      Three Climate Modelling Positions with particular emphasis on the
>sea ice, palaeo-climatology and the global carbon cycle.
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>The Antarctic CRC research programs focus on the role of the Antarctic and
>Southern Ocean regions in global change.  Observational studies and field
>programs are carried out in the broad range of topics covering the
>atmosphere, ice sheet, sea ice, physical oceanography, marine chemistry and
>sea sediments.  The CRC also has a modelling program which includes global
>coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice models, ice sheet and ice shelf models,
>carbon cycle models, and other high resolution regional or nested models.
>The role of the new modelling positions is to help link the observational
>and modelling programs to improve the understanding of the global climate
>system and its changes with time.  The modellers will need to work closely
>with the researchers in the different discipline areas as well as with the
>other members of the modelling group.
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>Applicants should have expertise in numerical modelling with atmosphere,
>ocean or coupled models and experience in the representation of physical or
>chemical processes in climate models.
> APPOINTMENT CONDITIONS
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>The Post Doctoral appointment will be for a contract period from 1 to 3
>years commencing early 1998.  The appointees will be formally employed by
>the University within the Postdoctoral Level A range (A$39,092 to A$41,889)
>with superannuation benefits.  Reasonable relocation expenses will be met
>by the CRC.
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>Further details of the program may be obtained by contacting (preferably by
>fax or email) Mr Rodney Cameron-Tucker, Business Manager, Antarctic CRC on
>fax 61 61-03-62262973 or email [log in to unmask]  Potential
>applicants are advised to consult the web page www.antcrc.utas.edu.au
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>For an application package please phone Nicki on 03 6226 2013 or fax on 03
>6226 2751
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>The closing date for receipt of applications is 9 January 1997.
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