A Multi-Institutional Post-Doctoral Program for Climate/Earth System Modeling

海洋-陆地-大气研究中心（COLA）将管理和协调一个多机构博士后项目，帮助下一代气候和地球系统建模者在美国主要建模中心工作。该项目的博士后研究员与国家气候模拟实验室的顶尖科学家合作并在他们的指导下进行的研究，将通过深入的建模，促进对气候动力学和变率的理解。预期的结果是美国气候模型的快速改进。该项目将与COLA现有的研究项目相结合，并将使博士后水平的高素质科学家获得在国家气候和地球系统建模实验室工作的经验，包括从事气候建模各个方面的国家大气研究中心和能源部实验室。该计划预计将扩大到包括其他机构运营的实验室。博士后项目将为有才华和高素质的个人提供一个家园，在COLA导师的指导下，与国家气候模拟实验室的科学家合作进行原创性研究。该项目还将满足对能够在系统级别对地球系统进行建模的科学家的迫切需求，这对于向国家提供科学信息至关重要，这些信息将用于就减缓和适应全球气候变化的后果做出决策。

The Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) will manage and coordinate a multi-institutional post-doctoral program that will help prepare the next generation of climate- and Earth-system modelers to work at major U.S. modeling centers. Research conducted by the post-doctoral research associates in the program, in collaboration with and mentored by scientists at the leading national laboratories in climate modeling, will advance understanding of climate dynamics and variability through intensive modeling. The expected outcome is rapid acceleration of improvements in U.S. climate models.The program will be integrated with the research program already in place at COLA and will enable highly-qualified scientists at the post-doctoral level to gain experience working in the national climate- and Earth-system modeling laboratories, including the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Department of Energy laboratories that are engaged in various aspects of climate modeling. The program is envisioned to expand to include laboratories operated by other agencies as well. The post-doctoral program will provide a home for talented and highly-qualified individuals to conduct original research under the guidance of mentors from COLA and in collaboration with scientists at the Nation's climate modeling laboratories. The program will also address a critical need for scientists who are capable of modeling the Earth system at the system level, which is essential in order to provide the Nation with the scientific information that will be needed to make decisions on mitigation of and adaptation to the consequences of global climate change.