Four Mendenhall research fellowship opportunities within the Integrated Water Prediction Program of the Water Mission Area of the U.S. Geological Survey are listed below. The closing date for applications is Nov. 1, 2022, and information about required application materials can be found here.
21-7. Advancing co-design of models and data networks
Better integration of data, knowledge of complex hydrologic systems, and modeling tools across scientific disciplines, programs, and agencies will be required to improve and accelerate the development of water prediction capabilities. We seek a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Scholar to undertake a series of Observation System and Observed System Simulation Experiments through a variety of different modeling approaches in selected basins or at a national scale.
A critical gap in national scale hydrologic modeling efforts is the inability to integrate the surface water stream network with subsurface hydrogeology and groundwater transport. We seek a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Scholar to investigate improvement of hydrologic models through coupling of groundwater and surface water capabilities through a variety of different modeling approaches in selected basins or at a national scale.
21-9. Advancing hydroclimate science for water availability
Climate change will result in physical changes to the water cycle that will impact water availability (quantity, quality, and use) through complex interactions and feedbacks between human, ecological, economic, political, and social systems. We seek a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Scholar to investigate the impact of hydroclimate forcings on water availability through a variety of interpretive approaches including modeling in selected basins or at a national scale.
21-10. Integrated water availability modeling
To face growing demand on the Nation’s water resources, the Integrated Water Prediction (IWP) Program is developing the capacity to predict water availability (quantity, quality, and use) through integrated models of the complete hydrologic cycle, including both natural and human systems, that traditionally have been modeled separately. We seek a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Scholar to investigate water availability and sustainable water management, including human system interactions, through a variety of different modeling approaches in selected basins or at a national scale.