Missions

Our team is looking for a postdoctoral researcher (5-month fixed-term contract) in continental surface modeling. He or she will work on characterizing the different phenological cycles of C3 and C4 plants and the impacts of these cycles on energy, water, and carbon exchanges at the interface with the atmosphere. The tasks of the position will be (1) to process NDVI time series provided by UCL as part of the ESA CCI Medium Resolution Land Cover project at 300m resolution to identify key dates in phenological cycles (2) to review the ORCHIDEE parameterization in light of these data (3) to generate ORCHIDEE simulations for the study area at high resolution (0.1°), (4) to analyze the simulations in terms of their impact on surface fluxes (5) to write a report and/or scientific article on the work as a whole.

Activités

The successful candidate will be required to:
• identify key dates in the C3 and C4 cycles
• review ORCHIDEE settings
• generate ORCHIDEE simulations using the new settings
• analyze the simulations
• write a report or article

Compétences

Doctorate in physics or biogeochemistry, with solid skills in global modeling of water and carbon cycles and in Fortran and Python programming, as well as excellent command of the English language (written and spoken).

Contexte de travail

The position will be based at the LSCE laboratory (https://www.lsce.ipsl.fr). This is an international-level research laboratory resulting from a collaboration between the CEA, the CNRS, and the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin -UVSQ. The LSCE employs around 300 researchers, engineers, and administrative staff, including many doctoral and master's students. Location: approximately 20 km from central Paris, in the green belt of Orme des Merisiers. The postdoctoral researcher will be part of the MOSAIC team and will also work with partners.