The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) is seeking a graduate research assistant to participate in an active multi-institute research program in the area of solar and heliospheric studies. Funding is available through the NSF-funded Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (see http://www.bu.edu/cism or
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/cism).

The goal of planned activity is to model and understand large-scale dynamic phenomena in the solar wind (including magnetic clouds and interplanetary shocks) that might cause geomagnetic storms. The work will involve conducting and interpreting numerical simulations using three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic models and includes the analysis of
in-situ and remote observations from a variety of spacecraft. The project offers the opportunity to develop scientific data analysis skills, theoretical and numerical modeling, and using parallel supercomputers and visualization tools. The project is suitable for a Ph.D. Thesis work.

Requirements:

• a bachelor's degree in physics, computer sciences, or a related discipline;
• enrollment in a PhD program at CU;
• basic knowledge of plasma physics, fluid dynamics, numerical methods, and programming (Fortran, IDL, C++, or similar languages).

The work commences in Fall/Winter 2004 and is open to qualified incoming graduate students as well as those already enrolled in graduate school at CU.

For more information please contact:

Dusan Odstrcil
NOAA/Space Environment Center
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303

e-mail: dusan.odstrcil@noaa.gov