The USGS - Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) is seeking a coastal ocean modeler. The USGS conducts a wide range of
interdisciplinary research activities in marine, estuarine, lacustrine, and terrestrial regions of the United States, including the Atlantic Ocean,
Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, the Arctic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Great Lakes, and Alaskan North Slope, as well as international locations (e.g.,
South America and Europe). The research addresses geological issues of local, regional, national, and global concern, such as energy resources,
natural hazards, climate change, environmental quality and health, and information management. The research is carried out under the USGS Natural
Hazards Mission Area, with links to other USGS Mission Areas and Programs, as well as cooperative agreements with other agencies, organizations, and
institutions. The fundamental goal is to develop a scientific understanding of Earth processes that contributes to decision making in coastal and
marine environments.
The job application is through: Akima Systems Engineering, listed as a Researcher V that can assist with activities addressing issues in natural hazards, environmental
quality, natural, resources, and information, and are principally carried out as part of the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
within the Natural Hazards Mission Area, but also through other disciplines such as the Water Resources Mission Area, USGS programs, and through
cooperatives and agreements with other agencies and institutions. Experience in participating in a broad multidisciplinary research program
to address key issues in coastal and marine environments.
Job Responsibilities:
-Performing numerical simulations of nearshore physics to simulate wave shoaling, breaking, runup, surge, inundation, barrier island overtopping,
breaching, and coastal geomorphic change.
-Acquiring, organizing and formatting required input observational datasets (e.g., from online data repositories, project collaborators).
-Applying computer code (e.g. Matlab, Python) to create model forcing and boundary data such as for tides, currents, and wave directional spectra.
-Preparing model grids with bathymetric datasets.
-Compiling and running model code on HPC and prepare input files for idealized and realistic applications. These will be at selected sites such
as Madeira Beach, FL, Sanibel Island, FL, or Duck NC, or others, where accurate observational data is available focusing on Hurricane Ian (2022),
and possible other time periods of storm impacts.
-Performing simulations in both 1D cross shore profiles (as applicable) and 2D spatial simulations using InWave, XBeach, SWASH, CROCO, or similar
nearshore coupled wave-circulation-morphological modeling system.
-Planning, coordinate, and assist in numerical experiments for regional applications to provide downscaling information for the nearshore
experiments.
-Testing new algorithms implementations using idealized test cases. Document the code.
-Performing data analysis on model output (e.g. compare model output with field observations, time series analysis).
Full job specifications and application instructions listed here:
https://careers.akima.com/barnstable-ma ... D3D47/job/