************************************************************************ IERS Message No. 115 July 09, 2007 ************************************************************************ NASA Post-Doctoral Fellow (NPP) at JPL Jean Dickey expects to have a NASA Post-Doctoral Fellow (NPP) position available this fall and is seeking candidate. A description is given below; those interested should contact Jean at the address listed. Please send a CV and the names of three references. High-resolution retrievals of the recent changes in Earth's gravity field using GRACE, and longer records of changes in lower-order components from satellite laser ranging data can offer unique insights into a wide range Earth system processes encompassing the dynamics of the atmosphere, ocean, land water (hydrology), land ice, and the mantle. We will utilize these space geodetic data sets along with complementary observations and model results of the Earth's various subsystems to study the physical processes that govern their dynamics over a wide range of time scales. Our interests are interdisciplinary, crosscutting into several related areas. In particular, we plan to study high-latitude areas where water/ice mass fluxes are rapidly changing such as Alaska, Canada and Russia. Comparisons with models will be particularly valuable in assessing the climatic implications of the observed geodetic and gravitational variations. Dr. Jean O. Dickey Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech Mail Stop 238-600 Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 Office: +1 818-354-3235 Fax: 818-393-4965 E-mail: jean.o.dickey@jpl.nasa.gov ************************************************************************ IERS Messages are edited and distributed by the IERS Central Bureau. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please write to . Archives: http://www.iers.org/iers/publications/messages/ ************************************************************************