Call for Papers

Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing on the 10th Specialist Meeting on
MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY and REMOTE SENSING of the ENVIRONMENT (MICRORAD 2008), Florence, Italy - 11-14 March 2008

MICRORAD 2008 presenters are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing MICRORAD 2008 Special Issue to be published in September 2009.

Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tgrs. Prospective authors should follow the regular guidelines of the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, which are available at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tgrs. Selected “MICRORAD 2008 Special Issue” from the pulldown menu for manuscript type. Direct questions concerning the submission process should be sent to tgrs-editor@ieee.org. Submissions should be complete descriptions of new and significant results. In most cases, the conference paper as it appears in the Symposium Proceedings will not be suitable for submission to the Transactions. Papers will be reviewed in the standard IEEE process.

The Guest Editors of the MicroRad 2008 Special Issue are:

• Giovanni Macelloni, CNR-IFAC, Florence (Italy)
• Simonetta Paloscia, CNR-IFAC, Florence (Italy)
• Paolo Pampaloni, CNR-IFAC, Florence (Italy)
• Martti Hallikainen, HUT, Espoo (Finland)
• Ed Westwater, University of Colorado at Boulder (USA)

The main dates are the following:

• Deadline for Manuscript Submission: September 1st, 2008
• Final manuscript submission to IEEE: May, 2009
• Publication date: September, 2009

TGARS Special Issue on Calibration & validation of ALOS sensors (PALSAR, AVNIR-2, and PRISM), and their use for Bio- and Geophysical parameter retrievals

The Advanced Land Observing Satellite “Daichi” (ALOS) has been on-orbit more than two years viewing the Earth surface using three high resolution optical and radar imaging sensors. These include the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR), the Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type-2 (AVNIR-2), and the Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM). The objectives of ALOS are to provide for the generation of digital elevation models, obtaining regional observations for sustainable development, disaster monitoring, exploration for natural resources, and technology development for future Earth observing satellites...

The technologies covered by this Special Issue include calibration and validataion as well as geophysical parameter retrieval. Papers for this issue should deal with theory and its verification, accuracy measurement, demonstration of geophysical parameter retrieval, or technology development. Topics of interest include Interferometry, Polarimetry, Polarimetric SAR interferometry, cartography including digital elevation model construction, disaster mitigation, forest monitoring and its relationship to the Kyoto and Carbon initiatives, land use and land cover monitoring, sea ice monitoring related to the IPY (International Polar year), soil moisture retrieval, ionospheric research, and other applications in agriculture, geology, or related areas.

Prospective authors should follow the regular guidelines of the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, as listed in the back cover of the Transactions. Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tgrs. Instructions for creating new accounts, if necessary, are available on the login screen. Please indicate in your submission that the paper is intended for Special Issue by selecting “ALOS Special Issue” from the pull-down menu for manuscript type. Questions concerning the submission process should be addressed to tgars-editor@ieee.org. Inquiries concerning the Special Issue should be directed to the Guest Editors:

Dr. Masanobu Shimada
Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sengen 2-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 305-8505, shimada.masanobu@jaxa.jp

Dr. Ridha Touzi
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing,Natural Resources Canada, 588 Booth St., Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0Y7, ridha.touzi@ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca

Dr. Take Tadono
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Earth Observation Research Center, Sengen2-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 305-8505, tadono.takeo@jaxa.jp

Dr.James A. Smith
Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD 20771, James.A.Smith@nasa.gov

Submission Deadline: November 30, 2008

Executive Officer for IMBER (Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research) international project

IMBER is an international research project focussed on marine biogeochemical and ecosystem research (www.imber.info). IMBER is seeking to appoint an Executive Officer to lead the International Project Office (IPO) at the Institut Universitaire EuropŽen de la Mer, Brest, France. IUEM is a joint institute between CNRS and the University of Brest. The Executive Officer will be assisted by a Deputy Executive Officer and an Administrative Assistant. The tasks of the Executive Officer and IPO staff include assisting the SSC in implementing the IMBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy, organising and servicing meetings of the SSC, working groups and task teams, liaising with the sponsors (IGBP and SCOR) and other relevant organisations, seeking and managing project finances, representing the project at international meetings, maintaining the project website and interacting with IMBER national committees and groups, as well as other international projects. For this senior post we seek a candidate with a strong track record in scientific coordination, as well as familiarity, and preferably some experience, in the IMBER research area. Experience of coordination of international science projects would be an advantage. Some international travel will be involved. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and administrative abilities, be fluent in English and have first-class skills in both written and verbal communication. This post is available for three years and will be filled as soon as possible. Starting salary will up to 70,000 Euros (gross), dependent on the relevant skills, knowledge and experience that the post holder brings to the role.

Details of the IMBER project can be viewed at www.imber.info
Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Julie Hall,
Tel: +64 7 856 1709; Fax: +64 7 856 0151;
e-mail: j.hall@niwa.co.nz

Applications, to include a CV, and the names and contacts for three referees should be sent to:

Dr Julie Hall
NIWA
PO Box 11 115
Hamilton
New Zealand
or j.hall@niwa.co.nz
or Fax 64 7 856 0151
By June 23th, 2008.

4 Positions in Humidity and Cloud Science

The Satellite Atmospheric Science working group in Kiruna, Sweden, is recruiting new scientists:

1. Assistant Professor (Forskarassistent) in Experimental Cloud Microphysics
2. Postdoc Position in Satellite Cloud Remote Sensing
3. PhD Student Position in Millimeter/Sub-Millimeter Wave Observations of Ice Clouds
4. PhD Student Position in Parameterizations of Cloud Ice Microphysics in Climate Models

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre is a major new research enterprise in Singapore established by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Singapore.

SMART, MIT’s first such research unit outside of Cambridge, MA, will serve as an intellectual hub, allowing faculty, researchers and graduate students from MIT to collaborate with their academic and industrial counterparts from Singapore and the region in exciting new areas of science and technology.

The Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling (CENSAM) is a center of research excellence in the area of environmental sensing and modelling, established within SMART. The CENSAM’s project aim is to provide proof-of-concept for pervasive monitoring and multi-scale modeling of the ocean, land and atmosphere. For more information, visit our website at http://censam.mit.edu.

CENSAM will be staffed with MIT faculty, research staff and students. Located in Singapore, CENSAM has several research scientist / research fellow / postdoctoral associate positions now available in the following topics:

1. Modeling of ocean currents and transport. Data assimilation and adaptive sensing.
2. Regional atmospheric modeling and data assimilation. Analysis of satellite observations.
3. Urban canyon air flow, energy balance and transport modeling. Collection and analysis of observations.
4. Distributed hydrologic modeling. Coupled surface water-groundwater modeling and tracer transport.
5. AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) and underwater instrumentation. Mechanical design, chemical instrumentation (mass spectrometry and optical techniques), instrument control and data acquisition, field trials in lakes and coastal marine waters.

Applicants are expected to have doctoral degrees in atmospheric, oceanic or hydrologic sciences, mathematics, physics or related fields. Applicants should have strong skills in mathematics and computation. Ability to work independently but within a team-base research environment is needed.

Interested applicants please email us (censam@mit.edu) your detailed resume, including publication list, names of three references, post applied for and contact information.

Earthworks-Jobs.com

www.earthworks-jobs.com

Jobs in oil, energy, mining, geoscience, seismology, geodesy, earth science, earth system science, environmental science, environmental engineering, remediation, contaminated land, agriculture, forestry, ecology, plant science, meteorology, atmospheric science, oceanography, marine science, geography, hydrology, hydrogeology, soil science, remote sensing, GIS, geomatics, geotechnical / civil engineering, transport, asbestos surveying, renewable energy, carbon management, EIA, EMS, waste management and related subjects.

RESEARCH ASSISTANTS / POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

The Woods Hole Research Center has positions open for Research Assistants and Postdoctoral Researchers with experience and responsibilities in remote sensing and programming to monitor and analyze land-use change and to model ecosystem responses to climate change. Job descriptions are posted at www.whrc.org/jobs. Application deadline: April 18, 2008

Application Instructions: To apply, send cover letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references to jobopenings@whrc.org.

Contract Work in the Societal Benefit Area (SBA) of Disasters

Purdue University - Faculty Position in Aerosols and Climate

In support of the Purdue University initiative in Climate Change Research and the Purdue Climate Change Research Center (PCCRC), the College of Science and the College of Agriculture invite applicants for a tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of Aerosols and Climate. We seek candidates who are using experimental, observational (ground, air and space based; in-situ or remotely sensed), or numerical modeling methods applied to the study of (i) aerosol microphysical processes, (ii) the production, transport and fate of anthropogenic or biogenic aerosols, (iii) the impact of aerosols on the hydrologic cycle, including cloud formation and precipitation, (iv) the impact of aerosols on ecological systems such as croplands and forests. The position is expected to be a joint appointment between the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) in the College of Science and an appropriate department in the College of Agriculture. We seek to expand the strengths of the PCCRC and complement the EAS core research areas of climate & extreme weather (CLEW) and atmosphere-surface interaction (ASI).

Candidates must have completed the Ph.D., and postdoctoral experience is preferred. The appointee is expected to develop and maintain a vigorous, externally funded, internationally recognized research program and to teach and mentor students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Screening of applications will begin November 1, 2007, and the search will continue until the position is filled. Additional information on EAS can be found at http://www.purdue.edu/eas and information on PCCRC can be found at http://www.purdue.edu/climate.

APPLICATION PROCESS: Submit (1) a cover letter, including the names of three people who have been asked to send letters of reference by the position closing date; (2) a curriculum vita; and (3) statements of research and teaching experience and interests. Application materials can be emailed in PDF format to glenda.c.bauer.1@purdue.edu with the subject line “Aerosols and Climate Position” or sent via postal mail to:

Glenda C. Bauer, Faculty Search Coordinator
Purdue University
PCCRC
503 Northwestern Ave
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Graduate student funding opportunity to study abroad

I would like to bring to your attention a funding program available through the National Science Foundation (NSF) called the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI). The EAPSI program offers U.S. graduate students in science and engineering a unique opportunity to study abroad with foreign researchers (in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, or Taiwan) for 8 weeks during the summer. In 2008, the EAPSI awards will include a stipend of $5,000, an allowance for international travel, and support to attend a pre-departure orientation in Washington DC. Foreign co-sponsoring organizations will provide additional support to cover EAPSI students' living expenses abroad.

I have initiated the outreach phase for our 2008 summer program. Attached to this e-mail is a copy of our 2008 EAPSI flyer. The link to the EAPSI website is http://www.nsf.gov/eapsi. Please distribute this information to graduate students who may have an interest in the program. If you would like to receive hard copies of the EAPSI flyer or the EAPSI poster for your program or institution, please provide me your mailing address and I will ensure that copies are mailed to you.

Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions about the EAPSI program. I hope very much to see applications from graduate students at your institution.

Andrew S. Backe, Ph.D.
Program Specialist for East Asia and Pacific
Office of International Science and Engineering
National Science Foundation
E-mail: abacke@nsf.gov

THEME 1: CLIMATE VARIABILITY & CLIMATE CHANGE THEME 2: IMPACTS/ADAPTATIONS/VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE THEME 3: LAND USE CHANGE/ECOSYSTEMS/BIOGEOCHEMICAL CHANGE/BIODIVERSITY

To be eligible for a grant, the proposed project must fall within the research framework of START's sponsor, the Earth Systems Science Partnership (ESSP) and its programmes, the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and DIVERSITAS.

The full Call for Proposals and the Application Form can be found at the START website: www.start.org/Program/African_sm_grants.html