Research specialists

Number of positions: Three in total (One for each position #1, #2 and #3)

Main responsibilities

Position #1:
1) Research and development of technologies for rainfall forecast widely applicable to developing countries. More specifically, to study methodologies to downscale numerical weather forecast data available in developing counties, and to develop technologies to improve the accuracy and reliability of rainfall forecast through the combination with satellite-based, radar-derived and/or ground-based observational data.
2) Research and development of fast and efficient rainfall forecasting technologies using downscaling technology for numerical weather forecast data available in Japan and also using data generated from the combination of X-band Multi-parametric radar data and conventional C-band radar data.

Position #2:
1) Collection of worldwide GCM (General Circulation Model for Global Climate Change Projection) outputs and reliability assessment of those outputs by comparing their simulation results with historical observational data. At the same time, analyses to quantify the past change and variability of climate and hydrology using ground-based historical observational data.
2) Research and development of a system to make model-ensemble runoff simulations and also of analyses with its simulations on the basis of the worldwide hydrologic model which ICHARM has been developing for climate-change impact-analysis and adaptation studies.

Position #3:
1) The following tasks on the enhancement of Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS) for water resources management
i) Upgrade of IFAS (Integrated Flood Analysis System) to make it compatible with CommonMP
ii) Study on expand functions of IFAS for the purpose of water-resource analyses. The target function includes long-term hydrological analyses and development of additional modules such as evapotranspiration, groundwater, artificial water utilization, etc.
iii) Verification of the additional modules and the upgraded system with domestic and international data.
2) Support for studies to improve and verify the WEP model (a basin-wide physically-based water- and material-cycle model) and develop its guideline to apply to actual situations.

Qualifications

Position #1:
1) Ph.D. in hydrology, meteorology or radar engineering
2) Experience in publishing at least a peer-reviewed research paper in radar meteorology or development/application of numerical weather forecast/simulation models
3) Adequate expertise in computer programs and languages including Fortran, C, etc.
4) Good English skills to write research papers and communicate in various situations

Position #2:
1) Ph.D. in hydrology, water resources, river engineering or meteorology
2) Experience in publishing at least a peer-reviewed research paper in climate change projection or basin-wide hydrological analysis
3) Adequate expertise in computer programs and languages including Fortran, C, etc.
4) Good English skills to write research papers and communicate in various situations.

Position #3:
1) Ph.D. in hydrology, water resources or river engineering
2) Experience in publishing at least a peer-reviewed paper in basin-wide hydrological analysis or water-resource development/management
3) Adequate expertise in computer programs and languages such as Fortran, C, etc.
4) Good English skills to write research papers and communicate in various situations.