Part-time Research Assistant in Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Modeling and Data Analysis
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University Park, IL - USA
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Job Summary
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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS
This position in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at Penn State supports a scientific researcher to work on projects at the intersection of tropical cyclones natural hazards and data science. The successful candidate will:
- Clean organize and manage tropical cyclone data for internal analysis and public release
- Apply state-of-the-art atmospheric models to better understand the seasonal predictability of tropical cyclones in the Eastern United States given forecasted large-scale environments
- Develop methods to compare overland precipitation as simulated by open-source tropical cyclone rainfall models with very-high-resolution weather model simulations and radar observations
- Write and contribute to peer-reviewed scientific publications
- Develop document and maintain clean well-organized code for data processing and analysis workflows
Ideal candidates will have an M.S. degree (or higher) and prior experience with Python tropical cyclone datasets statistical-dynamical TC downscaling models and working with gridded weather and climate data in NetCDF formats along with strong scientific communication skills.
Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover lever online. Expected start date is 8/1/2026.
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