Thesis as a part of the Agri4SoilWater project: modeling the effects of agricultural practices on soil water dynamics (M/F)

5 Apr 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

CNRS

Department

Centre national de recherches météorologiques

Research Field

Environmental science
Biological sciences
Geosciences

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

France

Application Deadline

25 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

1 Oct 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The National Center for Meteorological Research (CNRM) is a joint research unit (UMR 3589) set up by CNRS and Météo-France. The CNRM is recognized as one of the world's leading meteorological research centers, coordinating and carrying out most of the research activities carried out within Météo France. To carry out its missions and carry out the experiments essential to the acquisition of new knowledge, the CNRM teams rely on high-tech resources: supercomputers and numerical models of the Earth system, observation satellites, instrumented aircraft, fixed or mobile measuring stations, instrumented sites, etc., and members of CNRM cooperate closely with other French and international laboratories, universities and research structures. The PhD student will be based at CNRM in Toulouse, in the mesoscale processes group (GMME), within the SURFACE team, which specializes in modeling continental surface processes and surface-land-hydrology interactions.

Create a digital laboratory to study the impact of agricultural practices on water and energy budgets, both in the past and in the future, for better water management in the face of climate change. To achieve this objective, the student will implement a pragmatic approach to modeling agricultural practices in ISBA-SURFEX (i.e. impact on vertical heat and mass transfer, infiltration and surface energy balance). The idea is to implement/evaluate the changes on a local scale, then implement them in an "offline" spatially distributed simulation over the Occitania region to study and quantify the impact on the hydrological cycle, with a possible longer-term objective of studying strategies for improving water conservation.

Requirements

Research Field

Environmental science

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Biological sciences

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Geosciences

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Languages

FRENCH

Level

Basic

Research Field

Environmental science

Years of Research Experience

None

Research Field

Biological sciences

Years of Research Experience

None

Research Field

Geosciences

Years of Research Experience

None

Additional Information
Additional comments

This thesis grant has been awarded by Observation de la Terre et Territoires en Transition (O3T) and Météo-France. It is part of the OT3-Argi4SoilWater project. The thesis will be co-directed by J.-P. Sarthou of LEFE/UPS and ENSAT, Toulouse. Most of the observation data will be provided by CESBIO, Toulouse, so there will be strong collaboration between these 4 institutes and CNRM.

Website for additional job details

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/UMR3589-AARBOO-005/Default.aspx

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Centre national de recherches météorologiques

Country

France

City

TOULOUSE

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Candidat/Offre/UMR3589-AARBOO-005/Candidater.aspx

Contact

City

TOULOUSE

Website

http://www.umr-cnrm.fr/

STATUS: EXPIRED