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Thanks to new funding from the Leverhulme Trust for a new project entitled "Investigating glacier stick-slip motion using a wireless sensor network" we have two new three year research posts. One based in Geography and the other in Electronics and Computer Science. These posts are an ideal way to join an interdisciplinary research team to carry out ground-breaking work.
The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) failed to predict the recent dramatic break-up of the Greenland ice sheet. One of the contributing factors is that basal boundary conditions of glaciers remain one of the key uncertainties in modelling glaciers and ice sheets. Until recently it was assumed that glaciers flowed slowly and continuously, but there is a growing body of evidence that glacier movement can be episodic, and can be modelled in a similar way to earth-quakes as stick-slip motion.
We plan to use an accurate (differential) GPS and accelerometers on the glacier surface to measure the “slip” and use an improved version of the multisensor Glacsweb probes within the ice and till (glacial sediment) to measure the “stick” phase. The project aims to deploy a long-term sensor network using the latest technology available. The post will involve the design and construction of the next generation wireless sensor network system, building upon the Glacsweb systems.
There are two research posts associated with this project, one based in ECS specialising in the design, building, calibration and programming of the sensor network and another in Geography who will contribute to the design, calibration, with particular emphasis on data analysis of the dGPS and accelerometer data. Annual fieldwork will be in Iceland.
The ECS post requires a degree in Electronics or Physics, and preferably a PhD in Electronics, experience in embedded system design and construction and C programming. Experience of wireless sensor network research is preferable. The Geography post will need an interest in glaciology, arctic fieldwork, with a good mathematical ability, preferably with a knowledge of GIS, GPS, GPR and geophysics and model development. Experience of software development (including Matlab) is preferable. A degree in Geography, Earth Science or Physics, and a PhD in Glaciology or Geoscience is essential.
Informal enquiries:
Dr Martinez (km @ ecs.soton.ac.uk).
Prof. Hart (jhart @ soton.ac.uk)
Salary: £30,002- £31,829 per annum. The posts are available from 1st Oct. 2010 for 3yrs.
Further information can be obtained from:
envisense.org/glacsweb and www.soton.ac.uk
The closing date is Sept 3rd 2010 at 12.00 BST.