A three year postdoctoral position in physical oceanography is available at the Australian National University. The project will use numerical models to develop new understanding of the complex ocean processes that drive Antarctic ice melt. This will lead to improved projections of future rates of sea level rise stemming from Antarctica. Areas of particular interest include understanding mechanisms of ocean heat transport towards ice shelf cavities; investigating the sensitivity of melt to changes in winds, the offshore heat reservoir, along-shelf ocean currents and sea ice; and improving simulations of Antarctic ice shelf – ocean interactions, including basal melt parameterisation. 

 

This position is funded by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project, ‘Improving projections of the risk of ocean-driven Antarctic ice melt’, which is a collaboration between investigators at the Australian National University (Dr Adele Morrison), University of New South Wales (Prof. Matthew England) and University of Tasmania (Dr Madelaine Rosevear).

 

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