Canada-PhD Studentship in Climate Downscaling

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

A Canadian research network on climate downscaling has provided funding for a PhD / MSc student in the Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, at the Univ. of British Columbia. Research would involve using machine learning/statistical methods (e.g. neural networks, kernel methods) to downscale the coarse-resolution global climate/weather model outputs to finer, local scales. Applications include precipitation and extreme weather forecasts, and climate change scenarios.

Deadlines for applications for September 2008:

• February 1, 2008 for Canadian/US citizens.
• January 1, 2008 for all other applicants.

Deadlines for applications for January 2009:

• July 1, 2008 for Canadian/US citizens.
• June 1, 2008 for all other applicants

Pease apply online at this site, or contact
Prof. William Hsieh, E-mail: whsieh[ at ]eos.ubc.ca, website: http://www.ocgy.ubc.ca/~william/index.html