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Holders of a doctorate or a PhD or equivalent degree or applicants who have gained scientific qualifications or carried out scientific work deemed to be of an equivalent level.There is no restriction on the age or nationality of applicants. All CNRS positions are accessible to people with disabilities, with special arrangements for tests made necessary by the nature of the disability

Institution Strategy

The recruitment of researchers with a strong commitment to the management of long-term observation systems for the universe and planet Earth is a major challenge for CNRS. As the leading player in research and observation for research to document the processes underlying global change, CNRS designs and manages numerous national and international research infrastructures (IR/IR*). These IRs are supported by National Observation Services (SNO) accredited by INSU. Based on national prospectives, the CPJ is a remarkable opportunity for the CNRS to recruit scientific leaders to develop and supervise SNO and IR/IR* dedicated to Universe and Earth observation, in close collaboration with the Universities where CNAP researchers (staff dedicated to observation at INSU) carry out their missions via the OSU.
The ONAGES CPJ is fully in line with this strategy, making support and development of the following IR/IR* (and their SNOs) its core target: ACTRIS, ICOS and IAGOS.
CNRS-INSU is committed to maintaining French excellence at the forefront of atmospheric science research, opening doors to new research horizons, and contributing to the development of data acquisition capabilities (instrumental, methodological, operational) to complete knowledge of key tropospheric processes in a context of anthropization and change.

Host Lab Strategy

Potential host laboratories have been identified based on the intensity of their contribution to tropospheric observation, their SNO or IR/IR* portfolios, or the intensive exploitation of the data they produce.
Given the substantial effort required to maintain long data series, and the visibility and recognition of the laboratory's supervisory bodies, the human resources support provided by this Chair is an essential part of the laboratory's priorities. The candidate must have demonstrated his/her ability to develop programs for exploiting the data and samples available within the framework of projects and observatories, both nationally and internationally. The candidate will develop innovative acquisition and analysis methods applied to tropospheric processes.

Compte tenu de l'effort substantiel que constitue le maintien de longues séries de données, mais aussi de la visibilité et de la reconnaissance par les tutelles, le support en ressource humaine que constitue la présente chaire s'inscrit nécessairement dans les priorités du laboratoire. La/le candidat.e doit avoir démontré sa capacité à développer des programmes d'exploitation des données et les échantillons disponibles dans le cadre de projets, d'observatoires, tant aux niveaux national qu'international. La/le candidat.e développera des méthodes innovantes d'acquisition et d'analyse appliquées aux processus troposphériques.

International Strategy

In the field of atmospheric observation, CNRS participates in and leads a large number of international organizations and programs. In addition, the research infrastructures mentioned above all have strong international roots, and even European or global mirrors. The CPJ ONAGES opportunity will be widely publicized in these networks.
In return, beyond SNO, the candidate's project could also propose actions within the framework of major international observation programs (e.g. WMO GOS, GAW, etc.).

National Directory of Research Structures (RNSR) of the host laboratory

Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique UMR6016 (RNSR : 200012116Z)
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales UMR8190 (RNSR : 200918434C)
Laboratoire d'Aérologie UMR5560 (RNSR : 199512000V)
Laboratoire de l'Atmosphère et des Cyclones UMR 8105 (RNSR : 200212762T)
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement UMR8212 (RNSR : 200611689J)
Laboratoire d'optique atmosphérique UMR8518 (RNSR : 199812847C)

Summary of the scientific project

The CPJ aims to coordinate research into the physics and chemistry of the troposphere, based on observations made by the following National Observing Services (SNO): CLAP, GAZIS, INDAAF, NDAAC, PHOTONS, ICOS-France, IAGOS-France. The successful candidate will promote observations and research carried out in collaboration with the entire international community in the field.
The project will focus on monitoring and characterizing climate forcings (gases, aerosols, water vapor) and their evolution, gaining a better understanding of the responses of the climate system to these forcings (clouds, precipitation, atmospheric composition and dynamics), and studying the processes, feedbacks and couplings that explain their variability.
The successful candidate will contribute to the long-term acquisition of labelled variables for one of the SNOs concerned, and will be encouraged to develop instruments and methods likely to improve and complement the environmental monitoring already underway.

Summary of the teaching project

The 42h equivalent of teaching time integrated into the CPJ will be carried out entirely in the form of “observation assignments”, particularly in universities with which agreements will be signed to recognize this observation service locally in the activity reference framework of teacher-researchers. Observation duties are to be defined with the Director of the OSU, or in the absence of an OSU, by the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology.

Financial Environment

• Total (included package ANR) : 200 k€
• Total financement : k€

Scientific dissemination

The dissemination of the results will be done through world-class scientific productions: publications, patents, software... In addition, the results will be communicated to various targets such as scientific communities, media, decision makers, general public, schools, etc., with an adapted calendar. Specific tools may be developed such as websites, newsletters, meetings, international symposia, summer schools and conferences.

Open Science

The CNRS is developing a strong policy in favor of open science. Open science consists of making research results "as accessible as possible and closed as necessary". As such, the CNRS aims to make 100% of the texts of publications resulting from the work of its laboratories accessible , in particular through deposit in HAL. The data produced must also be made available and reusable, except for specific restrictions. In addition, the guiding principles of individual evaluation have been revised in accordance with the DORA declaration, to be more qualitative and to take into account all facets of the researcher's profession.

Science and society

The relationship between science and society is now recognized as a full dimension of scientific activity. The project will develop this dimension in synergy with all the partners. The resulting research work will contribute to informing public decision-making. Participatory science initiatives may be initiated with actors from the project’s socio-economic and cultural eco-system.

Indicators

The activity will be evaluated in particular on the basis of scientific production (publications, software, patents, etc.), on institutional and private partnerships formalized by contracts, on international presence, on the promotion of work to multidisciplinary scientific communities, on innovation and its transfer to society and on scientific dissemination to non-specialist audiences.

Methods of organization of the interviews

Only the candidates selected on file by the selection committee will be invited to the auditions.