How you contribute
KNMI is taking part in the Copernicus project ‘Accelerating Europe’s Energy transition through a tailored Copernicus web portal’, led by the German Weather Service (DWD). One of the tasks in this project is the production of a one-year high-resolution demonstration reanalysis. This dataset, based on Copernicus reanalyses, will incorporate effects of offshore wind farms – an essential factor currently missing from operational products and a major source of uncertainty for the energy sector. By resolving convective clouds, the dataset will also offer considerable added value for the solar industry. The reanalysis will be created using the most recent version of HARMONIE-AROME on a 1-2 km spatial resolution, including 3DVAR data assimilation.
Your activities
In your role as NWP scientist, you will contribute to the following:
- set up HARMONIE-AROME reanalysis suite with latest model version
- work on integrating wind turbines into the model
- test and evaluate the setup of HARMONIE-AROME at various resolutions/domains
- perform the necessary adaptation to feed output to downstream applications
- monitor long-term simulations and deliver and communicate the data to the project
- set up and maintain the code repository in git
You will join the enthusiastic team working on this project, will be part of the Research and Development of Weather and Climate models (RDWK) department, and will be involved in the larger project consortium.
More information
For any questions regarding the vacancies, you can contact Ben Wichers Schreur, manager, at +31 6 81 33 68 49. Or find out more about what it’s like to work at the KNMI here.