Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) in the field of "Simulation of greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands in Germany using a GIS-based modeling framework"

Area of research:

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Starting date:

12.02.2024

Job description:

The announced position is to be occupied in our Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMKIFU) in Garmisch-Patenkirchen. It is  embedded in the BMBF-funded collaborative project "Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring for Germany (ITMS,https://www.itms-germany.de)" and will be carried out in close collaboration with the German Peatland Science Center (https://www.hswt.de/en). ITMS isdesigned to enable Germany to operationally monitor the sources and sinks of the three most important greenhouse gases (GHG), CO2, CH₄ & N₂O, via an independent integrative measurement and modeling approach . The collaboration project will support Data-driven GHG monitoring and increase the transparency of Climate Mitigation Measures.

Your tasks include:

• improve  the biogeochemical model LandscapeDNDC (https://ldndc.imk-ifu.kit.edu) and develop a module for the process-based modeling of organic soils
• calibrate and evaluate the model and assess uncertainties
• develop a GIS-based modeling framework for the federal state of Bavaria and Germany
• calculate GHG emission inventories of organic soils for Germany with uncertainty analysis
• interpret the model results in close collaboration with peers from both the bottom-up and top-down modeling community

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.