British Antarctic Survey – 3 year, fixed term appointment

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has a 3 year, fixed term appointment available as part of a NERC funded project: Modelling the acceleration, transport and loss of radiation belt electrons to protect satellites from space weather (Rad-Sat). Rad-Sat is led by Professor Richard Horne at BAS and brings together scientists from BAS and 4 UK universities with representatives from space insurance and satellite operators to deepen our understanding of the electron radiation belts and improve our forecasting capability.

The successful post holder will work on understanding the effects of different types of plasma waves on the transport, acceleration and loss of high energy electrons in the Earth’s radiation belts. They will use the PADIE code to calculate diffusion rates due to wave-particle interactions with plasmaspheric hiss, lightning-generated whistlers, transmitters and magnetosonic waves. The diffusion rates will then be incorporated into the BAS Radiation Belt Model (BAS-RBM). The BAS-RBM will be used for case studies comparing model output with satellite data to determine the effectiveness of each wave type. The candidate will also be expected to write software to manage a large number of data files and contribute to model development and visualisation.

For more information see
https://www.bas.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy/radiation-belt-research-associate-cambridge-2/
or contact Richard Horne (rh@bas.ac.uk) or Sarah Glauert (sagl@bas.ac.uk).

Dr Sarah Glauert
British Antarctic Survey
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