Postdoc: stream temperature modeling
We anticipate hiring a Post-Doc to study climate change impacts on temperature of streams in the intermountain western United States that provide critical habitat for cold-water dependent fishes. The project will use reach- and network-scale models in a mechanistic study of the factors controlling stream temperature response to climate change – especially the effects of changing stream discharge and air temperature, changes in channel morphology, hyporheic exchange, and riparian shade following stream restoration, and the longer-term potential influences of air temperature on groundwater temperatures.
This position will be with Dr. Roy Haggerty at Oregon State University in Corvallis OR, but the research will be conducted in close collaboration with Dr. Steve Wondzell at the US Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station.
The Post-Doctoral Scientist hired into this position will focus on stream temperature modeling, however the modeling project is part of a larger, multi-investigator project examining stream temperature regimes, likely future changes in temperature regimes in response to climate change, and the likely effects of changing temperature regimes on salmonids in the interior western United States. The larger project is a joint research effort among the US Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station, USGS Biological Resources Division, and Oregon State University with potential for additional collaboration with federal land management agencies. The project will include both basic and applied science, with abundant opportunities for collaboration across this multi-investigator project.
The preferred candidate will have direct modeling experience with reach- and/or network-scale stream temperature models (e.g., HeatSource, CE-QUAL-W2 or equivalents). A background in stream temperature work is also preferred, but a good understanding of heat budgets from a closely allied field may be acceptable. The candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and must work very well in a team environment. The starting date is negotiable, but September 1, 2010 would be ideal.
For further information contact either:
Dr. Roy Haggerty Department of GeoSciences 104 Wilkinson Hall Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97330 Tel: 541-737-1210 Email: haggertr@geo.orst.edu
Dr. Steve Wondzell Pacific Northwest Research Station Olympia Forestry Sciences Lab 3625 93rd. Ave SW Olympia WA 98512 Tel: 360-753-7691 E-mail: swondzell@fs.fed.us
The Post-Doctoral Scientist hired into this position will focus on stream temperature modeling, however the modeling project is part of a larger, multi-investigator project examining stream temperature regimes, likely future changes in temperature regimes in response to climate change, and the likely effects of changing temperature regimes on salmonids in the interior western United States. The larger project is a joint research effort among the US Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station, USGS Biological Resources Division, and Oregon State University with potential for additional collaboration with federal land management agencies. The project will include both basic and applied science, with abundant opportunities for collaboration across this multi-investigator project.
The preferred candidate will have direct modeling experience with reach- and/or network-scale stream temperature models (e.g., HeatSource, CE-QUAL-W2 or equivalents). A background in stream temperature work is also preferred, but a good understanding of heat budgets from a closely allied field may be acceptable. The candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and must work very well in a team environment. The starting date is negotiable, but September 1, 2010 would be ideal.
For further information contact either:
Dr. Roy Haggerty Department of GeoSciences 104 Wilkinson Hall Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97330 Tel: 541-737-1210 Email: haggertr@geo.orst.edu
Dr. Steve Wondzell Pacific Northwest Research Station Olympia Forestry Sciences Lab 3625 93rd. Ave SW Olympia WA 98512 Tel: 360-753-7691 E-mail: swondzell@fs.fed.us
