The Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has 1 opening for a postdoctoral researcher. The successful candidate will join an international research group in a collaboration project on the analysis and understanding of dust storms and land-atmosphere interaction in the Middle East. A Ph.D in atmospheric sciences or a related science field is preferred. Strong programming and statistical analysis skills are favored. The initial appointment is for one year. Please send an application letter, an updated curriculum vitae, and the contact information of three professional references to both: Prof. Zhengyu Liu at zliu3@wisc.edu and Dr. Michael Notaro at mnotaro@wisc.edu.  Applications are due by August 15, 2011.

For RegCM'ers, a subset of this postdoctoral project will involve using RegCM4 to examine the ability of