Your job

At the same time, this crucial resource is undergoing unprecedented changes, with precipitation patterns changing, glaciers shrinking and snowpacks decreasing globally. These changes may happen abruptly and in a non-linear way and the aim of the overall project is to understand these abrupt changes in mountain ranges all over the world.

As a PhD you will focus on the Himalaya, and you will combine detailed land-surface modelling with field observations and remote sensing to quantify and understand the impact of these non-linear changes on the mountain water cycle. Your outputs will be used by other project collaborators to train a global scale physics-informed AI model to develop a global scale reanalysis of mountain water resources, which will allow us to better understand the large-scale impacts of these changes for global water supply.

A personalised training programme will be set up, reflecting your training needs and career objectives. About 20% of your time will be dedicated to this training component, which includes training on the job in assisting in the Bachelor and Master programmes of the department at Utrecht University.